Meet the horror enthusiast spending up to 12 hours turning herself into lifelike scary characters this Halloween - including Pennywise and Weeping Angels. Natasha Jane Wood, 29, began turning herself into her favourite scary movie characters four years ago. After studying special effects makeup at Bolton University in 2019, she became inspired by her love of all things horror.
She turns herself into iconic horror characters - as well as putting a sinister twist on kids movie favourites. Some of her most impressive transformations including turning herself into 'The Other Mother' from Coraline - complete with button eyes - and Pennywise the clown. She has even turned herself into a possessed Winnie The Pooh - to the delight of over three million followers.
Natasha, a full-time content creator from Darwen , said: "I'm obsessed with spooky stuff - it's my favourite thing in the world. "When I do my makeup I put a horror film in the background so I can get inspiration and make the character as realistic as possible. "Sometimes the looks can take up to 12 hours to do when I'm filming them for a video.
"But the time goes by so quickly because of how focused I am - I barely notice how much time has passed!" Natasha used to "sneak downstairs" and watch her favourite gory blockbusters when she was a young girl. After studying special effects makeup, she honed her skills during the pandemic and began uploading scary looks to TikTok, and later YouTube. Now her full-time career, she has .