The hair and makeup design and costume categories at the Oscars are always a feast for the eyes, brimming with sumptuous period dramas and often shocking transformations of movie stars. There is plenty of that among this year’s contenders, but there is also an unusually high number of movies that delve into the supernatural, horror and fantasy. We have the return of a troublemaking demon in prison stripes; songbird frenemy witches in Emerald City; an infamous Hungarian vampire first imagined by F.W. Murnau 102 years ago; an actress decomposing in graphic, oozing detail; and a pair of star-crossed citizens of Gotham City.
Looks That Could Kill: Inside the Costumes, Hair and Makeup of 5 Oscar Hopefuls
How “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” “Wicked,” “Nosferatu,” “The Substance” and “Joker: Folie à Deux” created their to-die-for visuals
