Practical Effects
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Mark Hamill's drunk cameo, the hidden nude alien, and other secrets of 'The Last Jedi' deleted scenes
"Star Wars" animation supervisor Stephen Aplin explores the cutting-room floor and fills us on what didn't make the blockbuster movie.
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‘Death Becomes Her’ Turns 25: Behind the Scenes of Its Oscar-Winning Special Effects
How they did it: A chat with visual effects artist Doug Chiang, then starting his ILM career, now a VP and executive creative director at Lucasfilm.
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‘Alien’: Inside the Chestburster Scene That Shocked Audiences — and the Cast
The story behind 'Alien's infamous scene
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'Green Room' F/X Spotlight: Practical Effects That Go for the Throat
Director Jeremy Saulnier and his special effects team explain how they shot a gruesomely memorable scene in new thriller the old-fashioned way, using makeup and camera tricks, not computers
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The Gruesome Inside Story of 'Misery's' Terrifying Ankle-Bashing Scene
Kathy Bates prepares to break James Caan’s ankles in the 1990 film ‘Misery’ (Photo: Everett Collection) If you’ve seen the horror film Misery, which opened 25 years ago this November, chances are one scene is burned into your brain: the moment when Annie Wilkes breaks the ankles of bedridden novelist Paul Sheldon with a sledgehammer. It’s the most memorable and disturbing moment of the 1990 film, based on a Stephen King novel — and yet, from the moment Misery went into production, the hobbling