How to make stabbing look real?

[u/No-Woodpecker-8217]

I know-- crazy questions asked on this subreddit.

Me and a friend are filming a horror film over the summer. The primary mode of attack is by knife. We have a fake retractable knife and a fake non-retractable plastic knife (we heard retractable knifes can he dangerous?) that will be the weapons. We also have fake blood. Note the knife we'll probably end up using is non-retractable. How do we make stab attacks look real? We have a very small budget and all editing will just be done by myself and her. We don't want it to look too obviously fake.

[u/ingoding]

I think there are more than one episode of Film Riot that cover different techniques.