In the last decade, the horror genre has steadily gained traction and mainstream recognition due to critically acclaimed films like Get Out, It, and Hereditary. Thus, the genre has flourished and is ...

Movies Where Practical Effects Beat Modern CGI CGI can build entire planets now, but bigger does not always mean better. Some older movies still look incredible because their effects had texture and ...

Recently, I asked the BuzzFeed Community what they think are the most impressive practical effects in older movies. Here are 11 of their top responses: 1."The entire movie Aliens is loaded with great ...

Living in an era where AI is slowly taking over filmmaking, I cannot stop thinking about the time when filmmakers were literally creating special effects manually. From cosmic battles to dystopian ...

Now matter how advanced and impressive it gets, CGI just isn’t as powerful and effective as practical effects. There’s just something about watching an elaborate creation that was actually built by ...

Why? Because the look was spectacular. Agatha All Along not only continued the story started in WandaVision but continued its reliance on practical effects. The first show in particular stands out, ...

Directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller wanted to balance CGI effects with real sets and physical elements as much as possible. Reading time 3 minutes Special effects are an essential part of just ...

If you’ve ever complained about the dominance of digital special effects in modern Hollywood movies, Werewolves was made for you. The new action-horror movie, now available for digital rental or ...

Rachel is a contributor at Collider who specializes in the horror genre. She was raised in Atlanta and moved to Colorado in 2016. In 2022, she graduated from The University of Colorado Boulder with a ...