Makeup Effects Supervisor preps the "melting Donovan Leitch" animatronic puppet for it's closeup while Director Chuck Russell looks on.

THE BLOB Makeup effects artist Mike Smithson (L) finalizes the prosthetic makeup while Makeup Effects Supervisor Tony Gardner (R) adds the lace hairpieces to actor Del Close as Reverend Meeker for the Chuck Russell helmed film "The Blob."

Kevin Dillon and Shawnee Smith in The Blob (1988)

Ricky Paull Goldin, Del Close, and Art LaFleur in The Blob (1988)

Douglas Emerson, Michael Kenworthy, and Shawnee Smith in The Blob (1988)

Shawnee Smith and Donovan Leitch Jr. in The Blob (1988)

Kevin Dillon, Paul McCrane, Billy Beck, Joe Seneca, and Shawnee Smith in The Blob (1988)

Kevin Dillon, Candy Clark, Jeffrey DeMunn, Joe Seneca, Shawnee Smith, and Donovan Leitch Jr. in The Blob (1988)

Erika Eleniak, Kevin Dillon, Ricky Paull Goldin, Joe Seneca, and Shawnee Smith in The Blob (1988)