Kevin Yagher

Kevin Yagher born June 23 1962 is an American special effects technician known for Freddy Kruegers makeup and The Crypt Keeper creature His company Kevin Yagher Productions has created effects for A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 Freddys Revenge A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 Dream Warriors A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 The Dream Master FaceOff Enemy of the State Volcano Starship Troopers Conspiracy Theory Radio Flyer Mission Impossible 2 and Honey I Blew Up the Kid Yaghers other credits include Tales from the Crypt and Childs 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 Childs 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 reedited 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 Yankovics 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