04-17-2016, 04:36 PM
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(04-17-2016, 04:06 PM)Vultural Wrote: All for naught in moralistic ghost story
I re-watched this just the other week and found the story and script rich with nuances you only pickup on a second viewing. The main character (Who is basically De Toro's own voice) even says something like "It isn't a ghost story... it's a story with ghosts" when a publisher is dismissing her work.
(04-17-2016, 04:06 PM)Vultural Wrote: CGI ghosties are laughably un-scarey.
The ghosts were all practical/live on set creature makeups (all played by the same dude IIRC)...
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...with I think a second pass to create the partial transparency (Plus some added mist FX which I imagine were CGI?).
I found them really creepy.
Edit: Here's a video about it...