For more than ten years, independent filmmakers were told that visual effects would make their films look as good as those made by studios. Digital tools got cheaper, compositing software got easier ...

Before Kevin Feige’s Marvel multiverse, before blue Na’vi forests or digitally de-aged heroes, George Lucas had the Star Wars team making movie magic the old-fashioned way, with puppets, miniatures, ...

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Vecna delivered new kinds of horrors on Stranger Things, and the prosthetics artist explained how practical effects pulled it off. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Ghostbusters: Afterlife introduced bustin’ to a whole new generation. But it also paid homage to the franchise’s early days. We’re not just talking about the return of Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, and ...

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Cameron is a writer, artist, and journalist working from Ohio. Click here for more work! Practical effects in Total Recall evoke a range of emotions, from fear to awe to nervous laughter, making them ...

Practical effects have long been a staple of the horror movie genre, where they’ve been used to pull off deaths, dismemberments, and everything between. From Sandberg’s new video, it seems the ...

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