Secret Trove From Phil Tippett’s Garage Sale Surfaces Online
A trove of unseen Star Wars material emerges online after Phil Tippett's garage sale, preserving his career for posterity.
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Tag: practical effects
Choreographer Reveals the Real Performers Behind Resident Evil’s Human Tumbleweed Monster
Behind-the-scenes footage shows performers strapped together to mimic Resident Evil's Merged Monster before CGI took over.
Movie Reviews3/10
Four Years On, Troll Still Proves That Monster Movies Work Better Without Anyone Worth Saving
A monstrous troll stirs in Norway's Dovre mountains, while paleontologists, soldiers, and politicians fail miserably to contain it.
Movie Reviews6.3/10
A House Built From Glass That Lets You See Its Secrets — and Its Flaws
A house of glass traps a family with twelve ghosts; a tale of terror that never quite reaches its promised height.
Movie Reviews8.8/10
Two Handymen Face Giant Worms Beneath Perfection, Nevada
A worm lives beneath the ground, swallowing men whole in a desert town named Perfection. Tremors earns its terror and its laughter.
Movie Reviews9.8/10
The Thing: Carpenter’s Antarctic Nightmare Is the Best Horror Film Ever Made About Trust
John Carpenter's 1982 sci-fi horror The Thing: paranoia in Antarctica, Kurt Russell, practical effects, and the ending that still haunts us. Score: 9.8.