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post #1 of 25
4/1/02 at 11:02pm
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I know this thread has been done before, but I'm bored and I'm interested in this again. Tell me what bad special effects are so horribly awful that their presence in the film causes you to howl with laughter and/or despise the rest of the film.

The Rock's final appearance in The Mummy Returns rings into my head as well as the absolutely crap special effects in Blade. And, if you've seen the Blade DVD, you are damn happy they went with that ending and not the one they were intending to do... that "column of blood" is the most horrible effect I have ever seen... well, that and Dungeons and Dragons.

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post #2 of 25
4/1/02 at 11:07pm
The "skeleton monsters" in Nightmare in Elm Street Part 3.
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post #3 of 25
4/2/02 at 12:19am
I wouldn't say it's my favourite ever, but the one that pops to mind is "The Howling". Which is a good flick. But whenever the werewolves change, or stalk someone, their victims stand there in horror for about five minutes as a very unconvincing wolf puppet/mask/dummy whatever is manipulated (barely) by the stagehands. Shot of a wolf, barely moving. Shot of a horrified victim, standing, looking horrified (rather than, say, RUNNING AWAY). Shot of the wolf thing again, with maybe a foot moving forward. The third or fourth time this happens it becomes quite amusing.
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post #4 of 25
4/2/02 at 12:22am
Micheal Jackson.
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post #5 of 25
4/2/02 at 12:25am
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Micheal Jackson.
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post #6 of 25
4/2/02 at 12:38am
That absurd glowing ball everyone marvels over in SOLARBABIES.

Oh, and the spiders in THE BEYOND.

Speaking of spiders, I love how the tarantula in DR. NO is so clearly walking over a glass surface when it's supposed to be suspensefully creeping up Sean Connery's bicep.
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post #7 of 25
4/2/02 at 12:38am
The exploding head in "Dawn Of The Dead".
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post #8 of 25
4/2/02 at 12:45am
Remo Williams running across wet concrete. Actually, that one's kind of cool.
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post #9 of 25
4/2/02 at 1:00am
Pretty much everything in "Killer Klowns from Outer Space," especially the murder of the rent-a-cop at the funhouse. Who knew the old 'pie in the face' gag could be so deadly?

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post #10 of 25
4/2/02 at 1:23am
When Jeffrey Combs rams the bonesaw through the violent corpse's torso in 'Re-Animator'. Classic.
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post #11 of 25
4/2/02 at 3:35am
Sheesh sooo many to choose from eek!

But I would have to say - just about everything in Basket Case
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post #12 of 25
4/2/02 at 4:55am
The "fruit salad" head explosion in Hamburger Hill.
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post #13 of 25
4/2/02 at 11:28am
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Micheal Jackson.
AAHHHH hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Mirth....

Anyway, I'd have to say Star Wars: A New Hope, the doors opening and closing on the Death Star. You can just FEEL the stop motion animation.
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post #14 of 25
4/2/02 at 1:31pm
Bruce IV in Jaws: The Revenge. While the shark looks okay, every shot you see showcases th HUGE metal rig that pushes it along from its underbelly. You even see right inside the hole in its stomach to see the wooden "ribs" in one shot. Wonderful.

Also, the huge metal rod coming out of the General's behind at the end of Arachnophobia. You cringe as the huge beastie walks up Jeff Daniels' leg, and then oops! The whole effect is ruined because of some really bad photography. It shows up clear as day fullscreen, so I can't imagine how bad it must be widescreen.
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post #15 of 25
4/2/02 at 5:11pm
There's this one shot in Stone's Nixon where Stone apparently wanted to integrate archival footage of Nixon at some sort of rally and so put Anthony Hopkins' cut-out head over the archival body. It was instaneous, but did any one else catch that one? Like the Hopkins head was chasing the neck around over the screen.

A similar shot in Titanic. The part where Leo and Rose and running down a corridor with this giant flush of water chasing them. Light is flickering, but you can see Leo's and Rose's heads were both pasted over their stunt doubles.

Always kind of tickled me. In another context, I liked how Peter Jackson used some bad FX puppetry in Braindead to comedic effect. I just saw that for the first time the other night. The part I'm thinking of is the monster baby in the park. Anyone who has seen the movie should know what I'm talking about.
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post #16 of 25
4/2/02 at 5:41pm
In Enter the Dragon during the climactic fight, there's a shot where Bruce kicks this dummy of Han's head that looks remarkably like a wig-maker's bust with Han-hair on top. Man, Bruce really kicks the living shit out of it though.
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post #17 of 25
4/10/02 at 11:14am
The Dragons in the D&D movie
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post #18 of 25
4/10/02 at 11:53am
I concur with Jack Frost. I love that horrible, snowman-being-pulled-along-on-a-dolly style effects work.

In "Friday the 13th Part V," when Jason (yeah, right - Roy) smacks a road flare in someone's face and it's pretty obviously not a human, I love that.

I also love the "winged demon" at the end of "Hellraiser" that looks so sad and fake, but hey, it's in a great movie.

But going back to "Friday the 13th," there are so many fake "reaction shots" where you'll have a face FROZEN IN A SCREAM with a knife/axe/road flare/pike or whatever smashed into it that look impossibly fake.
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post #19 of 25
4/10/02 at 12:03pm
1. I caught a few minutes of Showdown In Little Tokyo with B Lee, D Lundgren and T&A Carrere on TV recently. There was a WOEFUL special effect in a scene where a poor Chinese guy is being slowly crushed to death in his car. A shot of him screaming, a shot of the bad guys, a shot of an upright dummy propped where the guy had been. Dear God it was awful.

2. I saw Blade 2 last night.

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I loudly laughed my ass off when Reinhart was cut in two. Worst CGI I've ever seen.
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post #20 of 25
4/10/02 at 12:11pm
I'm partial to the inflatable Yaphet Kotto in Live and Let Die. Perfect ending to a perfect movie.
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post #21 of 25
4/10/02 at 12:54pm
Carl Weathers' hilarious amputated arm in Predator always raises a smile, as he spins round in slow motion - with his actual arm clearly tucked behind his back.

In a similar vein, the climactic battle in Aliens, when Bishop's severed torso lunges to save Newt from being sucked out of the airlock - and you see Lance Henriksen standing in a big hole.

I've also never been able to figure out why they never re-did the Rancor in Return Of The Jedi: Special Edition. The washed-out matte work is shockingly obvious. The same is also true of the giant scorpion in Clash Of The Titans, but that's by the master of animation - it's just spoiled by some clumsy matte work that makes it obviously "not there". Probably something to do with it being a night scene...

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post #22 of 25
4/10/02 at 12:56pm
Oh yeah, and pretty much anything in "Spawn" - especially the stupid cloak-bike, the Violator and the entire CGI scene in Hell with Malebolgia. Who would've thought that eternal damnation would look like a gay disco?

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post #23 of 25
4/10/02 at 1:04pm
I love in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (original release. If you look for it on the Director's cut DVD, you'll have to go to the excised scenes area.) when Kirk follows Spock outside of the ship in the individual rocket suits. As Kirk leaves the airlock, you can quite plainly see the 2x4 rigging supporting the live set. Somebody didn't do a matte painting...
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post #24 of 25
4/10/02 at 6:40pm
The demon at the end of The Golden Child was compete crap, but that just may have been to keep the general theme of the movie intact.
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post #25 of 25
4/10/02 at 8:32pm
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Oh yeah, and pretty much anything in "Spawn" - especially the stupid cloak-bike, the Violator and the entire CGI scene in Hell with Malebolgia. Who would've thought that eternal damnation would look like a gay disco?
Don't forget that cape! ugh! ILM is definitely overrated at times.
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