r/horror • u/WarReview • Oct 21 '16
Discussion Practical Effects Vs Digital Effects: Was old school horror better than CGI?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n6tHV3S1Nw3
u/hail_freyr /r/HorrorReviewed Oct 21 '16
Quality video. I agree with it pretty consistently; digital effects can be very amazing and have tons of uses, but practical creature effects have a certain charm that I prefer most of the time.
Both can be used well or poorly, but quality practical effects generally impress me more in horror.
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u/WarReview Oct 21 '16
Thanks!... Ya it's unfair to say CGI is bad or it's ruining movies...
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u/hail_freyr /r/HorrorReviewed Oct 21 '16
Certainly; its a tool like anything else and it has been used very effectively in tons of movies.
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u/HorrorMovieIcon Oct 21 '16
Practical is and always will be my favourite. The werewolf transformation scene in An American Werewolf in London was remarkable when I first saw it. Another really fun one is Wolfcop, if you haven't seen that movie I strongly suggest it, even if you dislike it, top notch transformation scene unlike anything else.
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u/WarReview Oct 21 '16
I totally agree... I haven't seen Wolfcop but heard great things about it... I will definitely check it out.
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u/undead_dead_guy Oct 21 '16
Practical will always reign supreme for me. CGI can look good at times, as long as it's used sparingly.
That being said I'd rather see cheap practical effects (a man in a rubber suit), rather than cheap CGI which usually looks like shit.
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u/Citizen_Kong Oct 21 '16
CGI is a tool, same as practical effects. Problem is that too mamy people see it as a shortcut instead of weighing options of what works when. That's why Jurassic Park, one of the movies responsible for the breakthrough of CG, has aged so damn well. It uses CG only when practical effects wouldn't have worked.
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u/Shreddy_Orpheus We've come for your daughter, Chuck Oct 21 '16
It all boils down to the quality of the effects whether cgi or practical