We know most scary movies feature a lot of makeup and special effects, but the people who make them are humans, too ... and we wanna see if you can guess who this horror movie icon is!

We caught up with this filmmaker back in 2018, when he was making his way through LAX -- and he was passing the time by tapping on a talking drum ... we're not sure if he picked that up at a recent stay at a hostel.

Oh, and we're thinking we're gonna have to catch up with him soon ... he said he wanted to learn how to play "Stairway to Heaven" on the drum ... and we really wanna know if he ever figured that one out!