Amazing Effects in Classic Films - How Did They Pull It Off? | Part 4

[@ScriptedEntertainment]

I think I will always appreciate this channel most for being able to change its form of content over time to stay fresh while also sticking to their roots. There's so much more I could say, but honestly I'll sum it up with: I appreciate every second of every video

[@waymire01]

One of the things that makes the chestburster scene so visceral is the acting. He's just perfect, and those little twitches from the leftover nerve impulses in his hands combined with the slack face and dull gaze gets you in a place the blood and gore don't on their own. That is all John Hurt.

[@rogersjgregory]

The blending of practical effects and digital effects is always better than just pure digital.

[@metalinyourhead3604]

See I’m a big fan of reversing footage. I suggested it during our thesis film, I taught this to younger students. I love it.

[@jetcarddude]

Much better than CGI, the effort is much appreciated.

[@KevyNova]

Sleepy Hollow and American Werewolf are two of my favorite movies! Great video!

[@DogOfHades]

Sleepy Hollow reigns Supreme!

[@TonyBudenz]

Yessss! I was waiting for the next installment in this series.

[@user-fs9py7hc6v]

Sleepy Hollow great choice !!!

[@dxaviorsith5603]

it was fun to play along !

[@TheHornoxx]

👍👍 was für eine schöne Auswahl!

[@slysneakly6465]

Every time I see the Alien scene, the alien always puts on a hat and sings "hello my baby". I need help, I know.

[@LG-qm9zp]

"Not again!" - John Hurt

[@nickshimmy23]

The facehugger scene in Aliens was updated for the blu ray release in 2010, originally the transition between the shots if the faehugger resting on the table before leaving toward the camera had a much more obvious change in lighting before been tweaked for the newer release

[@Lumibear.]

That was brilliant, cheers everyone!

[@paulsantamaria2605]

The worms jumping into the guy's face please. Obvious that it was just pulled by strings in forward or reverse, but still fun!

[@descendingforth]

Nice video!

[@AntonVeliTajan]

I love this series!

[@c0pyimitati0n]

8:16 I was born in 1984 and probably around 1990 my dad forced me to watch _Nightmare on Elm St_ and then decided to hide in the hallway with knives taped to his hands 😂🤦‍♂️ Needless to say it f*cked me up big time bahahaha

[@josh.8104]

I would never have guessed the Richard Griffiths beheading in Sleepy Hollow was a practical effect, let alone _two_ practical effects in a trench coat.

[@morneschaap2944]

This was awesome to watch. Loved it!

[@jfess1911]

The 1979 "Alien" had a brilliant movie poster with the words "In space no one can hear you scream".

[@markboon341]

Killer clowns from outer space, had, In space no-one can eat ice cream!

[@jfess1911]

@@markboon341 I can't believe that I didn't know that!😂

[@RapidActionAnimations]

Great breakdowns. I already knew about the alien practical effects about it was great to learn about the practical effects used in sleepy hollow.

[@pixelsimage]

Shout out to Fangoria magazine. When I was a kid through young adult years I was a subscriber since issue #3 to get the BTS in-depth articles on this topic, and these special effects have inspired me for decades. Great memories and great video.

[@c0pyimitati0n]

I really miss the Halloween video contests!! It helped me push myself to become a better videographer/director/writer/editor ❤

[@wastedframe]

I've just found this channel and have really enjoyed this series on old vfx shots. Some old shots I like include the matte painting of the Himalayan valley in the Black Narcissus and some of the compositing in the original King Kong.

[@OldFashionedWays]

love so much fun to check these out. cheers

[@ajm7210]

Probably one of my favorite series from you guys (after Bloodtober)! Funny, fascinating, and super educational. Keep up the fantastic work!!

[@spreiselbeerleprv]

Very appealing video, I crave such background infos about special effect. 👍👍👍

[@zongmuas]

the werewolf scene is something ive always wondered how it was made. never did the research or seen a breakdown anywhere else. so glad i finally know now. 😂😂

[@PopMyth]

I’ve been subscribed to you since 2010, and 13 years later I still get giddy in October for what Film Riot is going to make. I think this series is some of the best stuff! I like the format, very informative, while as always being very entertaining ☺️🤘🏻 Bammy Wham

[@davidareeves]

I remember my youngest of my step brothers coming home from the Cinema after he watched the premiere of An American Werewolf in London. I was too young and not allowed to go see it with him. He never shut up for days about that scene, until I seen it myself, I thought he was just rubbing it in and dissing me. Miss the old horror movies! Just a couple years later, my babysitter was the projectionist, he let me in and took me three or four times a week to see whatever I wanted. I was in heaven. Though seeing some R rated horror movies was probably not a good idea, but oh man, I could tell my friends for years what they're missing out on.

[@CatManDoom84]

Absolutely love these vids!

[@mallikjan2180]

❤❤❤ quality video 📸 thanks for this video

[@TheKieshaKiesha]

this was great!!!

[@jamesdrynan]

It's all fine and dandy to see how these scenes were accomplished but one important thing is missing. The initial impact. I was in a dark theater with hundreds of people watching when that thing burst out of his stomach. You can't relive that moment.

[@DarylBaines]

Very much enjoying this. In the closing scenes of Casablanca, at the airport, in the background there is a plane being fueled up and attended to by some engineers. I'm told that they didn't have a real plane, or the space for a real airport, so the plane is actually a scale model and the actors working on it are little people. It's a tiny detail but an amusing solution.

[@DGVFX]

I really hope for a new Horror related tutorial before the month is out!

[@troydawson8606]

One of my favorite scenes is the train crash from Silver Streak, but I have never been able to find any details on how it was done! If you could find out anything and so a segment on it, that would be awesome!

[@Chrispydotbe]

Tron -The original. One of my favorites. I’ve seen and read much about it over the years. Fun facts. The stories go, they couldn’t afford Color film so shot BW. All the suits on every single film cell were Colored by hand painted by a team of film painters, hence the obvious changes frame to frame giving a slightly animated feel. 2nd, Apparently the cans of film were supposed to be shot in order to keep the emulsion run consistant, but someone took all the labels off and mixed them up. So when they changed reels there were obvious sensitivity changes between emulsions.This was covered up by the occasional frame flashes and surcharges in the suits circuits.. enjoy.

[@MFBURNS7909]

I love practical effects and the reverse shot. 1 of my favorite reverse shots is the scene in Friday The 13th:The Final Chapter where Crispin Glovers character takes a meat cleaver to the face

[@WhySteve]

I was too young when I watched sleepy hollow and it gave me nightmares for years.

[@NessaChan]

I saw a movie on TCM a few weeks ago, a silent movie called "Souls for Sale." There's a huge fire scene at the end and I was wondering how they did it, and also how they were able to tint the flames orange.

[@yuumain264]

I actually said "Nice!" aloud when you mentioned the tilting head mechanism in the Sleepy Hollow decapitation. My guess was right but that tilt was the one thing that made me doubt that guess.

[@DethronerX]

Hell yeah, more, yes!

[@SamLovesMovies25]

Another fact about the American Werewolf in London transformation effects: After Michael Jackson saw the film, he was so impressed that he hired John Landis and Rick Baker to work with him on the Thriller video!

[@brianclaridge7695]

Regarding The Alien chest burst scene, even as a 13 year old I noticed while struggling around on the table John Hurt's shirt was un-tucked from his trousers, then when the alien burst out it was tucked in.

[@mikekaye3874]

This is a big ask, but from the moment I saw it in the theatre, (I feel the story first and am not watching and breaking down effects) I was blown away. I felt uneasy, and my anxiety was through the roof. It's the ONER from Steven Spielbergs WAR OF THE WORLDS, where they are driving in the van and the camera is doing and going everywhere till the scene pulls out and the van continues on the road. In the extras Spielberg said he would keep the magic of this shot to himself. And no one has been able to show me enough, or any behind the scenes fottage of the making of that shot. Wonder if you can. - Toronto, Canada.

[@barnabyhughes5643]

I have one that I would like to see explained: How did Ed Wood do the flying saucer special effects on 'Plan 9 from out of space'?

[@NonsenseNerd]

This is your guys’ corridor crew, VFX artist reacts! I love this series, and it’ll be a great one to watch all year round. I do like seeing the guesses from the cast members first before you reveal the answer as well!

[@Mowgi]

Can we get like an hour long version of these?

[@ryanworkman3032]

Speaking of reverse photography effects. You should talk about the self healing car effects in “Christine”

[@c0ldc0ne]

8:49 "which I always forget Johnny Depp was in this movie"

[@cvisual]

I love this episode ❤

[@lucutuz]

More!more!moreee!

[@Kmac005]

There is an amazing shot in the film "Time and Tide" (2000) in which we follow our hero from the living room of an apartment building to the window as he repels downward. The camera goes straight to the window and only pauses for a moment before turning 90-degrees downward and sliding down the repel line with the hero about 20 feet or so ahead. The director's commentary does not reveal how he did it, but it seemingly was done all in-camera and in one shot. It was also shot in a real apartment complex. If you can discover how he did it, I'd sure like to know.

[@tedskala]

Please explain this impressive shot from 1947; the movie is The Flame. 9:55 into the movie, the camera zooms in from miles away into a living room. Really impressive

[@DigitalCreations2012]

AWIL transformation freaked me out

[@cosmiceyness]

do phantasm! i want to know how the ball effects were made

[@lonestaraerials6771]

I remember watching the “Making Of American Werewolf In London”on hbo years ago.

[@pedernalesvalleycountry]

Not really a movie guy but these are cool vids

[@Frankie5Angels150]

How did unused footage become one of the most memorable moments… etc. again?

[@nathanielrobite3573]

HI there, Film Riot. I wish you could explore showing how they did the spinning 'black hole' . I learned it from a book how they did the effect way back late 70s. Please try featuring this if you can. Thanks.

[@samiharmaalamusic]

Please continue this series, such a great watch. Film Riot still the #1 filmmaking channel, no competition.

[@leeroderick]

ALIENS facehugger scene fun fact - water from sprinklers looks the same, forward or reverse.

[@AReallyLongAndUnremakableUser]

3:26 Basically, Sigourney Weaver is doing what the old Tarzan films were doing when the actors were 'fighting' dummy crocs!!??

[@cathytice6370]

I found out how the transformation in, 'An American Werewolf in London' was done just shortly after first viewing the film (Thank you, Fangoria). It did not detract in the slightest, even to this day. In fact, every time I see this film, I begin to sweat right as the sun goes down. The two- fold success of that scene is in Mister McNaughton' s acting and the gloriously bold special effects. Until that movie, Lon Chaney, Jr. had posed against a paint screen of a sunset and howled. This transformation was uncomfortable, just too intimate, like most of the things going on in the lives of the target audience at the time. It was ugly snd all too real. It redefined the genre.

[@darranberry499]

I was wondering if you could go over the Mirror scene in the original version of The Invisible Man where he removes his bandages and also fro the same movie the footprints in the snow....Just watched all the episodes in this series, very informative and interesting,keep up the amazing work.....Ps I have to say Im a huge fan of Buster Kenton....

[@AxelGomezKicks]

In the show Supernatural, Lucifer has this punch through the stomach attack and it's done in wide 2 shots. No close up or editing. Can you look into it? They have tons of really amazing effects. Later seasons the effects were amazing !!!

[@Randuski]

Can we talk about the fact that aliens biggest scene is the chest burster? Like, it’s iconic, but the scene where they knock off the androids head is a much more jarring and a realistic effect that to this day still shocks me every time. Chest burster looks dated, knocking the head off the android? Holds up

[@iLikeTheUDK]

At least a bunch of shots of the Wilsons and their doppelgangers in Us

[@christopherharrisintexas]

The mirror scene from Windfall

[@kevinknag6094]

i would like to see a breakdown of the opening of Hugo

[@R3_dacted0]

I swear I'm not just being pedantic with this but at 9:22 you say it "electrocuted the crew member." Are you actually saying that a crew member was killed to get this effect? Or did you mean to say that the crew member received an electric shock? I did a rudimentary search and I don't think anyone died on the set of that movie, so I'm assuming you just misused the word "electrocute." Electrocution is a contraction of the words Electricity and Execution. In other words, it means "Death by electricity." If someone gets electrocuted, it means they where killed by electricity.

[@bearcb]

Moses splitting up the Red Sea in The Ten Commandments

[@atmaxmoviereviews9975]

i love practical shots than cgi, either ways its still a movie///// nice work..... do 2016 a Ghanaian film

[@_CDDVD_]

is it possible ti find somewhere tutorial of camera through the floor ? It was on your channel but now it doesn't exist!

[@stephenkay319]

The most mystifying effect I have ever seen is in the Laurel and Hardy film, "The Music Box." Yes. Laurel and Hardy. This is the film in which our favorite pair are trying to move a piano a long flight of stairs. In one scene, they get in an argument with someone going DOWN the stairs and he knocks Oliver Hardyu's hat off. The hat rolls all the way down the stairs and lands in the street, where it is run over by a truck. So, how did they get the had to roll all the way down the tstairs without falleng over? How did they time the truck? And this was in 1932!

[@e8412561]

…beautiful video…thank you…xx…(the ‘xx’ bit is an English thing)…

[@CrashTv3166]

Cool ok guys how did they do the leap of faith in Indianan jones and no reflection of the camera in the phone booth in goodfellas when Tommy got axed and jimmy found out. .. Figure that one out

[@nickc9793]

Love these videos you guys do. It's always interesting to see how it's done. Are you going to do a horror short this year? Or a horror tutorial?

[@laurdy]

You should ask if they can figure out how they did any one of: the carousel scene in Logans run, The death star tactical display in star wars or the text effects in willy wonka and the chocolate factory.

[@jessethelopez]

How is it that your film bros (literally brother) don’t know how some of these shots were made? Didn’t they study the BTS on the DVD’s as a kid like I did 😂

[@Colinmck16]

That whole face stretching scene in American Werewolf they couldn't do that now with CGI and make it look convincing

[@yvonnesanders4308]

Looking at the hideous cgi on the thing 2 can attest to how practical beats cgi

[@toddaulner5393]

CGI ruins everything. What they do not get is that human minds can tell the difference between fake and real that way. Now, actual animatronics can relate the scene to the human mind because much of it is real and makes it more fearful!

[@Colinmck16]

I agree films now have far too much CGI even action makes them look fake compared to something that was out in late 90s @@toddaulner5393

[@Colinmck16]

The Wolfman from 2010 used CGI in the transformation and it looks terrible @@yvonnesanders4308

[@miyahollands6136]

you touched on Aliens, but there's one scene in Aliens that doesn't require a "how to" video, because they show you how it's done in the actual film, but you don't see it thanks to misdirection. enough build-up, OK then let me explain! but be warned - once I tell you, you're never going to watch this scene without seeing it. you're going to say, "Holy sh!+, that's been in the movie the whole time!" - you have been warned ⚠️ It's when they finally made it back up to the ship, and all hell happens. Ripley opens the outer hatch to the loading lock, flashing the queen out into space. Newt slids towards the opening, saved by Bishop - reaching out to grab her, just in time! now - instead of focusing on the Newt character, watch the Bishop character instead. and you will see the fake torso lift off the ground, revealing the hole in the set, and the rest of Lance Henriksen's body disappearing under the floor. I think the slide didn't go quite to plan, and Lance Henriksen has to extend his reach, in order to correct for the drag gag c going off course. its almost as if he climbs out of the hole, so he can make contact with her. and to think it's right under your nose all this time is amazing. to think no one saw it on the big-screen is mind-blowing!

[@LeonBosset]

The American Werewolf effects were reused in Thriller, and by the same people.

[@johnburnside7828]

OK, "electrocuted" correctly means killed by electricity, but has come to mean severely injured by electricity. Which was it for the crew member in "Nightmare on Elm Street"? You treated the incident rather lightly.

[@willwalters8391]

You should cover Brazil by Terry Gilliam in this series!

[@rubenoteiza9261]

So the version that I have heard in some quarters that the actors in Alien didn't even know that the monster would come bursting out of John Hurt's chest is not true.

[@NWB-NerdyWhileBlack]

In "American Werewolf in London", after he transformed into the wolf, how did he get out of his apartment?

[@Hummerbird99]

The window

[@narkhiahbr5213]

Nosferatu, please!!

[@bobbybennett266]

Would love to see axel you cover Axels death scene from friday the 13th part 4

[@AaronLitz]

_"Electrocuted the crew member pouring the water[!]"_ I don't remember anyone being killed on the set of _A Nightmare on Elm Street!_ Oh wait... you meant _"shocked_ the crew member," not _electrocuted._

[@goodheartmedia]

The werewolf transformation scene in The Howling is far more terrifying than AWIL. IMO Howling is a better film (a true horror movie vs. a horror-comedy).

[@arieswar4770]

The THING ;-)

[@mdturnerinoz]

I loved Musicbed''s content, but its license is too restrictive. Artlist Storyblocks and Audiio have perpetual licenses. MB's is ONLY while you are an MB sub.

[@KimberlyGould-w2s]

What, no The Thing?!?!

[@johnrivera-resto5333]

Please do Brad Pitt being struck fatally by multiple cars in meet Joe Black.

[@msh6865]

For me Sleepy Hollow is the modern (kinda) epitome of Halloween. Burton creates a entirely believable world for Crane and the Horseman. The eerie look of the film is the perfect atmosphere for the excellent classic story. Just a wonderful adaptation .

[@yvonnesanders4308]

My cat did not care for the werewolf. He went to swipe ir

[@cinemafanatic2010]

Check out the dude who recreated American werewolf for 80 dollard