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This paper is a retrospect of special make up effects throughout the West culture cinema (the cinema of West European countries, North America and their former colonies, like Australia). It is structured chronologically and each chapter consists of four sections. The first section in each chapter (simply) names the pioneering special effects makeup artists of each era, along with the innovations they launched. The second section is a selected mention of greatly important films of each era, which are considered either technically groundbreaking or giving prominence to special effects makeup otherwise, e.g. by creating a new trend. The third section in each chapter examines either a creative trend or a film genre or a certain development in each era that has affected not only the special effects make up world but the history of cinema itself. The fourth section is about techniques and materials that had been considered revolutionary when first appeared, as well as the difference they made in the course of the special effects makeup profession.