![]() ![]() ![]() Watching From Beyond today is just as gross and disturbing as it was 33 years ago, and it’s all thanks to the inventive special effects. The special effects team’s efforts paid off. (for reference, that’s the same budget as 1986 blockbuster Top Gun), but he was able to shoot in Italy for under $3 million. Gordon estimates it would have cost $15 million to shoot in the U.S. They also managed to do so on a shoestring budget thanks to the film being shot in Italy. From prosthetics and makeup to puppets and animatronics to buckets of slime and even special mood lighting, a team of special effects wizards led by Mark Shostrom and John Carl Buechler left no stone unturned in their quest to create some of the most disturbing special effects ever put to film. All that gore, showing up in the form of a number of horrific body mutations and creepy creatures, was accomplished by a myriad of pre-computer effects. This was the ’80s, when gore was king, but From Beyond was so gory that the movie nearly received an X-rating until Gordon toned down a few of the more extreme scenes. Now, just to get this out of the way, this movie is gory. He then returns to our world, along with a variety of otherworldly creatures, to wreak havoc on his former assistant and others. His experiment is a little too successful, as the scientist is sucked into another dimension where he is transformed into a grotesque creature. Its story centers on a mad scientist who builds a device called a Resonator in an attempt to access a parallel dimension. The film was director Stuart Gordon’s follow-up to his 1985 cult-classic Re-Animator, and like its predecessor, From Beyond was based on an H.P. And while the visual effects of many of these older films look dated today, the 1986 sci-fi film From Beyond still holds up as a masterpiece in the art of special effects. With many films making use of the same incredible effects, it’s difficult to remember a time when movies had to really be resourceful and inventive when it came to bringing their stranger aspects to life. Entire worlds can be created from nothing, actors can be made to look several decades younger, creatures and animals can be rendered as lifelike as the real deal, and even deceased stars can be resurrected on screen. Thanks to CGI, most blockbuster films have special effects that are indistinguishable from real life. Hopefully, people will still manage to find me and stick around after they have.It’s easy to take movie special effects for granted these days. However, with my social media accounts gone, and the pressure of getting people to “Like,” Subscribe,” and “Share” my content no longer of concern, I’m hoping to post more often and be more conversational while I’m at it. The ad revenue these views generate pays for my annual WordPress fees along with a little extra for a few Blu-rays if I’m lucky. ![]() With over a decade of content floating around, I’m fortunate to obtain a steady number of views without having to write anything for months at a time. Terror from Beyond the Dave will start its lucky thirteenth year of existence this July. I never have, nor ever will, pay for “likes” or “views.” Although the number of folks who “Liked” my page was rather sparse (under 2,000), I appreciated each and every one of them because they were organic. As any content creator will tell you, social media is an important tool for getting your work out there. ![]() Rather, I hung on because I didn’t want anyone to think I’d blocked them (hurt their feelings) when they couldn’t find me and I had this blog. It wasn’t to curb any addiction, since my posts were sporadic at best, and any “mindless” scrolling I indulged in scant achieved any dopamine hits psychologists speak of. Recently, I finally had the courage to do something I’ve wanted to do for years – delete my Facebook and Twitter accounts. ![]()
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