Blade: How The Iconic Blood Rave Scene Was Made
The iconic Blood Rave scene is one of Blade's most memorable moments, but how exactly was it made? First released on August 21st, 1998, Stephen Norrington's Blade was heralded as a groundbreaking piece of cinema for its time that redefined the parameters of Marvel superhero movies and paved the way for the MCU's comic book adaptation success. While Blade's gratuitous violence and blood-soaked, seedy atmosphere are a far cry from the majority of more modern Marvel superhero takes nowadays, its unique brand of visceral, rapid-fire entertainment has been emulated countless times by filmmakers in subsequent decades.
This approach is exemplified by Blade's opening scene, known infamously as the "Blood Rave," which sees Blade (Wesley Snipes) infiltrate Deacon Frost's (Stephen Dorff) vampiric nightclub. As revelers dance to Pump Panel's techno remix of «Confusion» by New Order, blood rains down from sprinklers on the ceiling, delighting the partying vampires and horrifying the nightclub's humans alike. Some 24 years on, the cinematography and pulpy special effects still serve to make Blood Rave one of the best opening horror scenes of all time that immediately signals toBlade audiences Norrington's film is not another vampire gothic-style flick.
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Entertainment Weekly's oral history of Blade sheds new light on how the iconic Blood Rave scene was made, with production designer Greg E., cinematographer Theo Van De Sande, and lead man Wesley Snipes elaborating on the intricacies behind creating Frost's bloodsoaked nightclub. These include scouting a run-down meatpacking factory with an intact sprinkler system to re-rig for blood, the gooey corn syrup mixture used
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