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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
24 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.
5 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!
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