VIA THE LANTERN
Rick “Rico” Genest is a Canadian white male, average height and build, who would scare the hell out of anyone walking near him in a dark alley. Why? Because he tattooed his entire body to look like the living dead, earning him the nickname “Zombie Boy.”
Though he literally looks like he’s just risen from a grave, there’s something oddly comforting about Genest. It could be his overall “I don’t give a damn” attitude or because he doesn’t look like a human being anymore.
He’s claimed to have spent $16,000 on tattoos alone and works in sideshows in various circuses in Montreal.
“They’re about the human body as a decomposing corpse — the art of a rotting cadaver. It’s also a tribute to horror movies, which I love,” Genest said in an interview with Bizarre magazine.
My guess is Genest is simultaneously giving reason for his madness and mocking those who will look too deep for some higher meaning in his body modifications.
Some of the things he said in the interview can lead to questions about his mental stability, but take one look at him and you can see he doesn’t think like the average human being.
He said as a kid he wanted to grow up to be a zombie, so this was the closest he could get to becoming one without actually being dead. How’s that for ambition? READ MORE
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