sapphicrevan:

albino-mothman:

jennathearcher:

I just watched The Conjuring 2, and while it’s on my mind in a similar vein to this post, I also want to spread some appreciation for Javier Botet because GOD DAMN LOOK AT THIS SHIT

He has Marfan Syndrome, which is a rare connective tissue condition that gives him bizarrely elongated limbs and allows him to do unnatural things with his body, and he’s built quite a resume for himself appearing in horror movies

Like Doug Jones, he also appeared as three of the ghosts in Crimson Peak:

But you may have also seen him as The Crooked Man in The Conjuring 2:

Eddie’s leper in IT:

The Nina monster in all three REC movies:

Set, the God of Death in The Mummy (2017):

The titular creature in Mama:

He did motion capture work for the Xenomorph in Alien: Covenant:

And he most recently appeared in Insidious: The Last Key and the Slender Man movie!!

He’s done other more obscure horror movies too but basically this guy is adorable and inspiring and an amazing talent and I adore him 8D

Had the opportunity and fucking owned it

that’s literally the modern day equivalent of a freak show where the hideous disabled people can go because nobody wants to see them as real people but we’re romanticizing that, i guess? he plays horror monsters because that’s the kind of role he gets. he’s seen as disgusting. that’s not a good thing.

So we are encouraging modern freak shows if we hire this guy but if there exists a human being who has the correct morphology to play these fantastic creatures and aliens who obviously wants to work in the industry, would you rather they cast someone who has more traditional proportions and used after effects to create the necessary elongation to realize these creatures? Personally I’d rather someone who wants this work has it.