THE best stop-motion horror films show that the unique style of animation isn’t just suitable for comedies or children’s films. The visual style created by stop-motion cannot be imitated by any other medium. It also lends itself incredibly well to horror films. When done well, there’s something unique and mysterious that makes stop-motion animation unnerving. Directors have been using stop-motion to create horror films since the early days of cinema, with titles like J. Stuart Blackton. The Haunted Hotel in 1907, and the tradition continues today. One of the best things about stop-motion horror films is that the use of…
Author: Arthur Goyaz
Located in League of Legends universe, Netflix Arcane uses the extensive lore and immersive world of the multiplayer online battle arena video game to tell the story of the Vi sisters (HawkeyeHailee Steinfeld) and Jinx (PrecipitationElla Purnell). The Emmy-winning animated series chronicles the growing unrest that boils between the wealthy city of Piltover and the oppressed underground city of Zaun. Shortly, Vi and Jinx find themselves not only involved in the conflict, but also on opposite sides of the conflict. Arcanethe war. Following Arcane With the first season coming to an end, viewers couldn’t be more excited about the new…
Arcane offers a range of powerful alliances and factions, but the Firelights stand out as one of the most interesting and promising groups in history. Netflix’s animated show is directly inspired by elements from League of Legendsan MMO game that features different characters that players can choose to form a team. However, Arcane takes the freedom to expand and adapt the origin story of many characters, developing an exciting interconnected story set in the world of Runeterra. In the show, sisters Jinx and Vi are separated after a traumatic event and reunite years later. Meanwhile, their city is on the…
Action Club is a cult classic movie with an unforgettable cast. Its plot revolves around an unnamed narrator on the verge of a breakdown, suffering from insomnia, and going through a series of unfortunate events. After befriending a puzzling soap salesman, the two invest their time in a shocking new form of interpersonal therapy that quickly spirals out of control. Directed by David Fincher, one of the most talented names in the thriller genre, the movie perfectly adapts the book of the same name by Chuck Palahniuk, although the two Action Clubs have completely different endings. Much of his success…
Summary Practical effects made Hagrid look great without CGI, ensuring timeless appeal for The Harry Potter Movies. Forced perspective and clever camera tricks helped Hagrid tower over the characters in the series. Similar practical effects used in other films, viz Lord of the Rings and various entries in the MCU, to create size illusions. Harry PotterThe VFX team tried many exciting techniques to make Hagrid look almost twice as big as a regular-sized human, but how did they make Hagrid so big? Rubeus Hagrid is around 8 feet tall, much smaller than the 12-foot half-giant described in the books, but…
The Vertigo The last scene sums up all the qualities that made Alfred Hitchcock such an important filmmaker. Often regarded as his best work and considered by many to be the greatest film of all time, it’s safe to say every modern thriller has a bit of Vertigo In its synthesis. This is because the 1958 movie followed many conventions of the traditional film noir, while improving the genre for the perfect balance between a harrowing mystery and a beautiful love story. Clashing the two elements through a succession of twists, Vertigo Leads to a shocking, unrelenting ending typical of…