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Squibs fire the blood hits on cue

A small charge taped under the costume bursts a bag of fake blood A squib is a tiny explosive device wired to a firing box and taped beneath clothing, with a blood bag on top. The operator fires it on the gunshot so the hit appears at the right instant. Many productions now use compressed air instead, and the wires are painted out later. It sits in Mondo's movies & tv collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: A small charge taped under the costume bursts a bag of fake blood. The figure is taken from BFI, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a movies & tv fact?: Yes. It sits on the Movies & TV shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.