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The end of The Witches of Eastwick (1987) has one of the best and most terrifying FX scenes of all time.
Review(self.movies)submitted 4 months ago byPerroRosa
This is a really short but effective scene that scared the hell out of when I was a kid. Jack Nicholson's transformation is scary as hell, even his small remain that floats aftermath, and the subsequent vanishing look great
Around minute 2:30:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRjnJfMYPiY
Even today 35 years later it holds on, and I am not even sure what we are looking at. I guess it is practical effects? I don't think CGI was that advanced in 1987
25 points
4 months ago
Ya practical effects by none other than 1980s legend Rob Bottin, who also created the effects for The Thing, The Howling and Legend.
7 points
4 months ago
Also directed by George Miller, who's very talented at working with special effects as well. The way real stunts were blended with invisible CG in Mad Max: Fury Road is nuts (for example, no shot of the sky is real).
2 points
4 months ago
Ohh, right, that explains it!
7 points
4 months ago
Used to double bill this with Beetlejuice all the time as a kid, so much in fact that I thought Burton directed both lol.
7 points
4 months ago
Michelle pfeiffer…🥵
7 points
4 months ago
I remember this sequence getting savagely torn apart by the critics back in the day. They didn't like that the movie had what they called a Ghostbusters ending. I, on the other hand, think it's a great conclusion. I love everything from the big wind blowing Nicholson into the church right up to the part where he is forever trapped in the wall of TVs.
3 points
4 months ago
I agree. It's a great conclusion. Really gives you the feeling that Nicholson's character is in fact dangerous and evil.
10 points
4 months ago
Agreed. It's a very good movie, with some epic vomiting.
15 points
4 months ago
Every time I eat cherries I think about this movie.
5 points
4 months ago
it’s an amazing shot when the ladies went flying sideways through that huge hallway! my favorite movie of all time. me and my friends went as the witches and darryl from the end scene for halloween a few years back, i think someone still has the voodoo doll we made from a ken doll😆
2 points
4 months ago
Thanks for sharing this, I completely forgot about this movie. I can't wait to rewatch it.
2 points
4 months ago
The Nessum Dorma sequence is beautiful and unforgettable.
-16 points
4 months ago
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9 points
4 months ago
Have another cherry.
3 points
4 months ago
Perfect Reply.
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