Gotta go with The Thing. Seriously next level and gross special effects. One of John Carpenters best movies.
Yeeesssssssss nothing has looked so good to me since. It's not that the effects look photorealistic to anatomy or something tangible, they do but that's not what sells it. it's that they're textured and made by someone who is inspired by things that are tangible.
Beth Cavener is a sculptor from Washington who's got a similar grasp on that vibe
Also stop motion animation moves creepy
Amazing artwork, thanks for sharing
You're welcome CUNO :D
Yeah, think about that rabid CUNO shit
Rob Bottin, who was responsible for the effects, was only 21 when he did them! He also worked himself into hospital care with exhaustion, double pneumonia and a bleeding ulcer and was the one who came up with the idea of the Thing not having a definitive form.
Aliens.
Still holds up in 4K nearly 40 years on. The drop ship, the mother alien, the armoured carrier, all incredible looking.
Sigourney Weaver battling the queen alien in that loader is one example that often pops into my head when this sort of question comes up.
Good answer!!
What’s your favorite movie that uses lots of practical effects?
The Thing has to be up there if the criteria is just an overall great movie heavy on practical effects.
Do you have a favorite practical effect of all time?
The "digital" wireframe view of the city from Snake's glider in 'Escape From New York'.
It was accomplished with miniature buildings which is rad.
Thats super interesting about the wire frame intro to Escape From New York. I've seen that movie a ton of times but I always thought that part was early digital.
The Thing is a great one that I haven't seen in too long. I'll add it to my list.
That is super cool about the digital wireframe!
Mad Max Fury Road. Pretty impressive what they were able to accomplish.
Here's the behind the scenes shot of my favorite effect near the end of the film. Link is timestamped but the rest of the video is pretty cool too.
Not at all like Army of Darkness, but my fave hasta be 2001: A Space Odyssey
This movie still looks stunning!!
Also 2010, just beautiful!!
Never a bad time to drop some acid and watch 2001 A Space Odyssey. I've been tripping everytime I've watched it but I'm pretty sure the story makes no sense if you're sober
Somewhere out on the web one can find 2001 with Pink Floyd replacing the movie audio. Don't settle for just the last bit. Get the whole movie with alternate (flyod) audio. A cursory look suggests the full replacement isn't on youtube, but since I've seen it in the past, I'm sure it still exists somewhere.
Soundtrack details here: https://moviesyncs.com/pf_syncs/sync_pf_i.html
The Empire Strikes Back
Yeah all three original Star Wars movies. That was awesome to watch. When I got older and saw the making of movies… holy!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fall_(2006_film)
Singh stressed the importance of on-location filming and lack of special effects, as he found that modern techniques would not age well in comparison.
When shooting scenes of the blue city in Jodhpur, Tarsem provided locals with blue paint to refresh the paint on their houses. This alternative to post-production effects resulted in the vibrant blue of the city in the film.
This entire film is practically a love letter to early film practical special effects. Is it the best story? No, the story is flat in many respects. Yet the film to this day is visually stunning, and stands as one of my favorite films due to it's visually captivating presence. The film surely does have small amounts of modern special effects, but by and large Singh worked very hard at producing mostly practical effects.
It's one of my favorite movies, and I find the story beautiful. Incredible acting from a child, as well as Lee Pace.
Interesting ty! I'll check it out!
Mad God and John Carpenter's The Thing.
Came here to post The Thing. Glad someone beat me to it.
Mad God the 2021 movie?
Yes, the one by Phil Tippett. It's a stop motion movie. One of a kind.
Battle of Britain, because it was filmed in the 60s they managed to get a load of old spitfires that were mothballed after the war and used them for filming.
The Princess Bride
Hey, you said favorite, not most dramatic or best use of those effects.
Check out F/X. It's litterally about practical special effects. It's been a long time but I remember liking it a lot. I wasn't subscribed to Fangoria but my buddy was.
Added ty!
Dark City. When the city transforms overnight. I wish there was more behind the scenes footage of how they pulled some of them off.
For me, the peak of practical effects is Scanners.
https://www.slashfilm.com/1603402/scanners-head-explosion-why-shotgun-vfx/
Hellraiser
Dead Alive and Bad Taste come to mind.
I was talking to someone about dead alive earlier this evening at my 8yo bday party. Such a classic.
"I kick ass for the LORD!"
Peter Jackson's early work is a wonderful showcase of horror practical effects.
The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen.
Be Kind, Rewind
Kind of a joke answer because if you don’t know it, the entire premise is some guys remaking classic movies based on their memory and just a bunch of whatever junk they can find. It’s adorable, clever, inventive, and bewilderingly creative. It’s by the director of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, several White Stripes videos, the Daft Punk video for Around the World, and so much other brilliant stuff.
Idle Hands if you like Army of Darkness and gross out practical effects.
Ty I'll check it out
I haven't seen it mentioned, but I think Tremors (1990) is very much in the same genre as Army of Darkness, and I'm pretty sure the whole movie is pure practical effects.
Since 2001: Space Odyessy is above...
Im tempted to go with some Jackie Chan (?!) or Jet Li (Hero) or Tony Jaa (Ong Bak) or Donnie Yen (Ip Man) film — the one that's closest to my heart is Wo Hu Cang Long (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon).
Do not watch the trailer. It's garbage. The film is beautiful.
There are a few outstanding moments in film as well that are practical effects that just force my memory:
As mentioned: 2001, and the Fall.
The last arrow in Throne of Blood. Several scenes in The Cell (dir: Tarsem, who also did the Fall) I'll also highlight Hero.
e: And all the crazy shit Tom Cruise does in Mission: Impossible. Those are some fun movies.
John Carpenter’s The Thing is the peak. It does not go higher.
The Terrifier films are unbeatable for practical gore.
David Cronenberg’s The Fly is also a must-watch if you like practical creatures.
I don't know if I'd say favorite exactly, but I've always thought it was so cool how for the movie Independence Day they made the models of the Cities they blow up. That's just neat.
Watch the original Gone in 60 Seconds, from 1974. The car stunts are absolutely insane, to the extent that they probably shouldn't have been allowed to make the movie the way they did, but it happened and I'm glad that cameras were rolling. The Nic Cage remake was trying to make a movie safer, slicker, and more coherently, but there's no replacement for a bunch of insane stunt drivers risking their lives and the lives of everyone around them.
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