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Worst Practical Effects
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Baby Firefly	Oct 27 2013, 07:29 AM Post #1
The Devil Himself Posts: 75,546 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: Apr 4, 2013 Mood None Favorite Horror Films The Devil's Rejects, Dawn Of The Dead (2004), Halloween II (2009), The Hills Have Eyes (2006), The Last House On The Left (1972), The Divide, Red State, Mother's Day, Stage Fright Favorite Horror Subgenre Slashers	What are some of the WORST Practical Effects setpieces you've seen in Horror films?



MonkeyParadise	Oct 28 2013, 02:39 AM Post #2
Demon Posts: 33,304 Group: Members Member #3 Joined: Apr 5, 2013 Mood Confused Favorite Horror Films Child's play series, Hannibal Rising, Would You Rather, American Psycho, The Loved ones, The Divide, Psycho series Favorite Horror Subgenre Psychological	Lol in misery, the lady's dead corpse



Dead Sorority	Feb 1 2015, 06:14 AM Post #3
Sole Survivor Posts: 23,328 Group: Members Member #2 Joined: Apr 4, 2013 Mood None Favorite Horror Films The Good Ones Favorite Horror Subgenre Slasher, Supernatural, Creature, Thriller	The effects in Hatchet 2 was less than stellar. Return To Sleepaway had DREADFUL CGI.



Baby Firefly	Feb 1 2015, 06:55 AM Post #4
The Devil Himself Posts: 75,546 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: Apr 4, 2013 Mood None Favorite Horror Films The Devil's Rejects, Dawn Of The Dead (2004), Halloween II (2009), The Hills Have Eyes (2006), The Last House On The Left (1972), The Divide, Red State, Mother's Day, Stage Fright Favorite Horror Subgenre Slashers	While it's not a big effect, I'm not fond of the jaundiced look of the Black Christmas '06 killers at all.



dwforbes84	Feb 1 2015, 09:08 PM Post #5
Opening Victim Posts: 6 Group: Members Member #1,361 Joined: Feb 1, 2015 Mood Gloomy Favorite Horror Films Nightmare On Elm St, Friday the 13th 1-4, Zombi 2, Demons 1&2, could really go on and on lol Favorite Horror Subgenre Don't really have one	Blue zombies from Dawn of the dead, great movie and a classic for sure but I thought the blue zombies were a little cheesy



Dead Sorority	Feb 2 2015, 01:29 AM Post #6
Sole Survivor Posts: 23,328 Group: Members Member #2 Joined: Apr 4, 2013 Mood None Favorite Horror Films The Good Ones Favorite Horror Subgenre Slasher, Supernatural, Creature, Thriller	Baby Firefly Feb 1 2015, 06:55 AM While it's not a big effect, I'm not fond of the jaundiced look of the Black Christmas '06 killers at all. Yeah, Same here.



Vanessa	May 22 2015, 08:05 AM Post #7
Madman Posts: 26,903 Group: Admins Member #722 Joined: Mar 3, 2014 Mood None Favorite Horror Films The Evil Dead series; Thirst; May; American Mary; Repulsion; God Told Me To; Halloween (1978); Sleepaway Camp II & III; Antichrist; Stoker; Stagefright; What's the Matter with Helen?	I really didn't like the makeup in The Grudge 3.



Electrocution Lessons	May 22 2015, 02:31 PM Post #8
Random Redneck Posts: 85 Group: Members Member #1,599 Joined: May 14, 2015 Mood Breezy	Yep- Kathy Bates' fake deadhead in Misery. The tarantula scene in Fulci's The Beyond. Anything CGI. Anything with blood that looks like soupy melted crayon, so, Bava's Bay of Blood is a big contender there. All the deaths. And a lot of 70's vampire films suffered from this. Nightmare City, all the face makeup on the zombies. I think we're seeing a trend here- pretty much anything Italian.



Baby Firefly	May 23 2015, 08:52 AM Post #9
The Devil Himself Posts: 75,546 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: Apr 4, 2013 Mood None Favorite Horror Films The Devil's Rejects, Dawn Of The Dead (2004), Halloween II (2009), The Hills Have Eyes (2006), The Last House On The Left (1972), The Divide, Red State, Mother's Day, Stage Fright Favorite Horror Subgenre Slashers	Electrocution Lessons May 22 2015, 02:31 PM Anything CGI. Prometheus and Dawn Of The Dead (2004) and quite a few other films would disagree. Some CGI is pretty good.



Electrocution Lessons	May 23 2015, 08:13 PM Post #10
Random Redneck Posts: 85 Group: Members Member #1,599 Joined: May 14, 2015 Mood Breezy	There's no reason to watch either of those films. George Romero's Dawn of the Dead is a masterpiece and can't be adapted to any later time period. Socially, culturally, politically- it doesn't translate to the W. Bush aughts. Edited by Electrocution Lessons, May 23 2015, 08:13 PM.



Vanessa	May 24 2015, 03:44 AM Post #11
Madman Posts: 26,903 Group: Admins Member #722 Joined: Mar 3, 2014 Mood None Favorite Horror Films The Evil Dead series; Thirst; May; American Mary; Repulsion; God Told Me To; Halloween (1978); Sleepaway Camp II & III; Antichrist; Stoker; Stagefright; What's the Matter with Helen?	Can we focus on CGI not being a practical effect? There's other threads for talking about CGI.



Vanessa	May 31 2015, 06:28 AM Post #12
Madman Posts: 26,903 Group: Admins Member #722 Joined: Mar 3, 2014 Mood None Favorite Horror Films The Evil Dead series; Thirst; May; American Mary; Repulsion; God Told Me To; Halloween (1978); Sleepaway Camp II & III; Antichrist; Stoker; Stagefright; What's the Matter with Helen?	I don't want to single it out since it was so ambitious, but the ending of Saw had some rough effects.



MacReadyOrNot	Apr 9 2018, 12:40 AM Post #13
Best Friend Character Posts: 11,760 Group: Global Moderators Member #1,503 Joined: Mar 23, 2015 Mood Notworthy Favorite Horror Films John Carpenter's The Thing, The Cabin in the Woods, Bride of Frankenstein, An American Werewolf in London, Night of the Living Dead and so many more Favorite Horror Subgenre Horror/Comedy, Horror/Sci-Fi, Horror Anthology and Foreign	Some of the effects in the original ANOES -- the long arms scraping along the fence or whatever, the rope scene set at the jail, and the mom being pulled through the door at the end. I would also say probably the marshmallow staircase scene. As much as I love that scene you can tell where Heather Langenkamp's marks are for her to hit. Troll 2 has some pretty bad practical effects Slime City does too throughout Troma movies, obviously, but endearingly so The zombie that gets killed by the helicopter blade in the original Dawn of the Dead is bad for having an obvious fake forehead. I want to say Basket Case has some bad effects, but I do enjoy that movie in spite of its faults.



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