How’d They Do That?
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How They Shot ‘Russian Ark’ in One Take With No Hidden Cuts
“In hindsight, it couldn’t have worked. But it did.” – producer Jens Meurer
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How They Did the “Birth of Frank” Sequence in ‘Hellraiser’
Pull yourself together!
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How They Did the “Breathing Television” Effect in ‘Videodrome’
Long live the New Flesh and pucker up! Here’s a breakdown of what went into the “breathing television effect” in ‘Videodrome.’
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How Does Rear Projection Work?
Roll plate!
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Slime and Space Dust: How They Built ‘The Blob’
Horror movies in the 1980s are known for being goopy. So let’s wade into the deep end, shall we?
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How They Shot the Impossible Mirror Scene in ‘Contact’
Mirror, mirror on the wall what’s the most mind-boggling blue screen effect of them all?
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How They Shot the Wrong-Way Car Chase in ‘To Live and Die in L.A.’
We’re going this way. And by “this way” we mean straight towards the latest entry of “How’d They Do That?” with a break down of the audacious wrong-way car chase.
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Puppets, Prosthetics, and Bubblegum: How They Did The Chest Chomp Scene in ‘The Thing’
In our latest “How’d They Do That?” column, we break down the making of a famous scene from John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing.’
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The Coolest Effect in ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ Was a Bloody Accident
There are happy accidents. And then there’s the time Wes Craven lost control of a rotating room full of blood.
