As everyone who’s streamed Gen V with an Amazon Prime subscription learned very quickly, the younger-skewing spinoff of The Boys was every bit as hilariously twisted, sadistic and unpredictable as its predecessor. (Or maybe unpre-dick-table is the better word, given the giant penis prop on display in the premiere.) The series also obviously leaves quite the bloody mark, and I received a bit of insight into just how much blood was in the mix when I talked to Gen V’s makeup effects head Colin Penman, who was also a guiding force on the show for all things prosthetic and puppet-related.
Not only was Penman responsible for plenty of Gen V’s ickiest moments, but he also headed up the same department for Eli Roth’s long-awaited holiday horror Thanksgiving (which hits theaters November 17). When I asked if he could compare the highly deadly projects by way of the amount of fake blood used, he immediately started chuckling over just how lopsided a victory it was for the streaming superhero satire. In his words:
