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portions of its haunted house. Breakaway railings, smashable gargoyles and exploding gallery wallsso much fun stuff for the satanic siblings' big showdown. Whether on stage or location, the set decoration and props teams had to create worlds with a sharply controlled visual style—but which still had to feel authentic. By turns that meant a mansion dressed as a luxury hotel showcasing Ana's posh tastes—or a sinister, secret hotel run by The Blood, an ancient sect who keeps possessed people in comas. There was a family mortuary business, a fraternity house slaughter, several fight scenes in heavily dressed warehouses and parking decks, and various character homes visited by our X-Files- inspired investigators. Though the events depicted were supernatural while the surrounding world was not, the show wanted to feel embedded in iconography, as with David Lynch films or vintage horror classics— as though the demons haunting the characters were everywhere. Sometimes out in the open, but often just buried in the details. Many of these details had their eerie origins in the comics but still had to feel like real moments. They had to resonate emotionally. And that was the most challenging and exciting part for everyone on the show: wielding these dark symbols, comic book motifs and stylized settings to bring the audience closer to the characters' struggles. In finding ways to help illustrate their emotions, maybe we could even exorcise some demons of our own? After all, we wrapped mid-March, when the horrors of 2020 were just awakening. ADG D. THE SURFACE OF THE VILLAIN'S IRON SARCOPHAGUS WAS SCULPTED IN BAS RELIEF BY SILVIU BEJAN AS AN ANCIENT WAR BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL. THE FACEPLATE OF TWISTING SNAKES WITH THE HEADS OF HELLHOUNDS WAS AN HOMAGE TO COMIC VILLAINS, THE SONS OF THE SERPENT. PRODUCTION STILL. E. THE KEEPER DEMON WAS SCULPTED INTO PETRIFIED EARTH, ITS SKULL REMOVABLE VIA MAGNETIC RIG AND DUPLICATED FOR VARIOUS STUNTS AS IT BECAME A KEY CHARACTER THROUGHOUT THE SERIES. F. THE KEEPER DEMON, SCULPTED BY SILVIU BEJAN. PRODUCTION STILL. ADDITIONAL IMAGES FOR THIS ARTICLE CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT: ADG.ORG/PERSPECTIVE. Todd Fjelsted, Production Designer Rick Whitfield, Shannon Grover, Art Directors Sean Goojha, Assistant Art Director Jordan Meyer, Ian Greenwell, Sean Pretorius, Set Designers Jaime Gervais, Illustrator and Graphic Artist Stephanie Ajmeria, Set Decorator D E F