Horror movies would be nothing without the extensive use of fake blood in movies. There are many different ingredients that go into making realistic looking fake blood. Before horror movies really gained popularity the blood that was used in old films was actually just Bosco chocolate syrup. This was first featured in Alfred hitchcock's 1960 movie Psycho. Since film and editing has changed since the 60’s filmmakers were no longer able to use chocolate so they ventured out to find a new form of realistic blood to use in movies. Finally after going through different ingredients such as ketchup, food dye, and even jelly until they settled on a final recipe that looks very similar to human blood. The red color can be very easily acquired its the …show more content…
In order to understand how the process of making fake blood works we can divide it into the following steps, gathering ingredients and utensils, proportioning, and mixing. The first step is to gather the following ingredients: red,blue, and yellow food dye, Golden syrup, water, cornstarch, and peppermint extract. Now the proportions of each ingredient need to be correct so first measure out two parts of golden syrup and pour that into a bowl; then to thin out the golden syrup pour one part water into the container; Now it's time to add color into the mixture first place the red food dye into the bowl then yellow there is no specific proportions for these two dyes eyeballing it will suffice then place in the final blue dye (smaller amount than previous two dyes). Finally place the most important ingredient the corn starch. This is what gives the mixture a thick blood like texture. It’s optional to include Peppermint extract for taste although not necessary. Once all of the ingredients have been placed in the bowl the final step is to mix it all together so that the mixture becomes homogeneous. Finally when the mixture becomes a syrup like consistency the fake blood is