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Speical Effects

posted 13 years ago by ProudTraitor
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I was really surprised how good they were for a 1930s movie. What do you think? I still don't know how they achieved some of this.

[–] felstein 13 years ago

I agree. Still impressive.

[–] westal_sage 12 years ago

Agreed. Very well done!

[–] ElectricWarlock 12 years ago

I agree. Today they would just use CGI objects moving around the room and it would look so fake. The effects in this movie actually looked real.

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[–] DracTarashV 12 years ago

If you think the effects look great now, just imagine how mind-blowing they were back then. They hold up tremendously.

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[–] snickz 10 years ago

I agree. I didn't expect them to be as good as they were.

[–] cybopath 10 years ago

1930's gave us this, Jack Pierce's Frankenstein and Willis O'Brien's King Kong. Many of these techniques didn't change until the 90's only refined.

They are pretty impressive especially as some movies made in the 50's and 70's had some shockingly poor effects.

[–] FridayOnElmStreet 10 years ago

I fully agree.

[–] Jamie170 10 years ago

Agreed, I could not get over how good they looked when I first watched the film knowing the film was 80 years old. It is my favourite of the Universal Horror series.

[–] MayoGalway 8 years ago

Checkout the trivia pg. It tells of the first(?) "green screen", only it's black. Go.