Kevin Yagher

Known for Costume & Make-UpBorn 1962-06-23 (age 64)Illinois, USA

Kevin Yagher (born June 23, 1962) is an American special effects technician, known for Freddy Krueger's makeup and The Crypt Keeper creature. His company, Kevin Yagher Productions, has created effects for A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, Face/Off, Enemy of the State, Volcano, Starship Troopers, Conspiracy Theory, Radio Flyer, Mission: Impossible 2, and Honey, I Blew Up the Kid. Yagher's other credits include Tales from the Crypt, and Child's Play, where he met his wife, Catherine Hicks. He is the designer and executor of the Chucky doll. Yagher frequently collaborated with puppeteer Brock Winkless on his productions. For example, Winkless performed the puppetry for Chucky in Child's Play and several of its sequels. Yagher and Winkless also worked closely on the visual effects of Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992). Yagher directed Hellraiser: Bloodline, but decided to be credited as Alan Smithee after Dimension Films re-edited the film. He heads Kevin Yagher Productions, Inc. Yagher has worked with "Weird Al" Yankovic on a number of occasions. In 1988, Yagher created a fat suit and appliance makeup for Yankovic's "Fat" video, which Yankovic later wore in his concerts while performing the song. A year later, Yagher created prosthetics that gave Yankovic a hypermuscular upper body when parodying Rambo in his film UHF.Read more

Movies & web series

Grummy

Bones

Michael Jackson's Thriller

Doc of Chucky

Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

Tales from the Crypt

Blow

Sleepy Hollow

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

Face/Off

The Spiderwick Chronicles

The Hidden

Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child's Play

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

Windtalkers

Child's Play 2

Cradle 2 the Grave

The Nightmare Begins Again

Mission: Impossible II

Bill & Ted Face the Music

Trick or Treat

Bordello of Blood

The Fan

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

Behind the Monsters

Cherry 2000

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge

Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger

The Phantom of the Opera

Hellraiser: Bloodline

Radioactive Dreams

976-EVIL

Defenseless

Time Flies When You Are Having Fun! A Look Back at a Most "Excellent Adventure"

Behind the Mask: The Making of The Phantom of the Opera

Starship Troopers: Know Your Foe