Memorable movie 'special' effect from your childhood.

The ‘Stranger things’ series thread made me think of visuals that have stuck with me.
The way the flask swings in the air in ‘The Satan Bug’ has stuck with me,

About 8:50 into this clip…

The officially most scary thing on film ever: baldie man’s decapitated head floating by the porthole of a sunken boat in Jaws

– What more scary than… ?

War of the Worlds (50s version) – Remember seeing this as a kid and loving the Martian ships. Utterly alien and menacing.

Alien – John Hurt’s indigestion scene and the first time we clearly see the telescopic jaws. Was waaaay too young, the first time I saw this.

The Thing – all of it.

Turbo dancing with his broom. If you squinted hard, you couldn’t see the fishing line attached to it. 😆

Definitely this….

There’s something about the Imperial Star Destroyer coming into frame overhead at the start of the original Star Wars film that’s still pretty mind blowing. Perhaps it’s because it’s an actual physical model but it just seems far more real and substantial that CGI.

@jekkyl

Aw, hell-yes.

I must’ve watched that movie a hundred times on VHS and still shat it every single time at that scene. In special effects terms, nothing special, but a true triumph of editing.

The transformation scene was pretty ground-breaking. Haven’t seen it recently; wonder how well it stands up?

*thinks of a young Jenny Agutter*

*is happy*

There’s something about the Imperial Star Destroyer coming into frame overhead at the start of the original Star Wars film that’s still pretty mind blowing.

+1

Jaws, watched it far too young, I’ve been paranoid about swimming in the sea for at least 35 years… Yes, even in the UK!

Salems Lot and American Werewolf in London from above are on the list.

Probably the Werewolf as they really scared the cr@p out of me as a kid, Oliver Reed was in a Hammer werewolf film and there was a Hammer House of Horror episode that had werewolves and gave me nightmares for weeks. Parents banned me from Werewolf films for a bit.

The green faced witch in the wizard of Oz, put me off brunettes for about 30 years…

Chest Defibrillation – The Thing

“hey don’t touch me maaan”

in fact all of the orginal Robocop was ace.

– Mr. Kinney.
– Yes, sir.
– Will you give us a hand?
– Yes, sir.
Mr. Kinney will help us simulate a typical arrest and disarming procedure.
-Mr. Kinney, use your gun in a threatening manner.

– Point it at ED 209
– Yes, sir.
Please put down your weapon. You have 20 seconds to comply.
– I think you’d better do what he says Mr Kinney

Agree with Binners about Raiders.

Then
The large digital billboards in Blade Runner
The flying bmx in E.T.
The acid-melted head rolling over the car in Robocop (edit damn beaten to it)
Max Headroom 🙂

For some reason with American Warewolf, I remember the hands most of all:

Was a big Jaws fan at the time.Years later and married we saved for Orlando/Disney World and went on the Jaws boat ride.My wife to this day has not forgotten the look of disappointment on my face when this rough rubber robotic shark creaked its head out of the water and fell back in.Dont know what i was expecting but i never saw the special effects for that film in the same light ever again.

For some reason with American Warewolf, I remember the hands most of all:

I remember something more than hands most of all but to answer the original question then yes the transformation part of American Werewolf.

gingefella- the robo shark was very problematic on the Jaws set- “[Richard] Zanuck and [David] Brown were very stingy producers, so everyone kept telling them, ‘You’re gonna need a bigger boat.’ It became a catchphrase for anytime anything went wrong — if lunch was late or the swells were rocking the camera, someone would say, ‘You’re gonna need a bigger boat.'”

Roy Scheider, who played Brody in the movie, ad-libbed the line at different points in his performance throughout filming.

Any battle scene with baddies from Jason and the Argonauts …………

Awesomeish animation !

Mmmm Jenny Agutter in AWiL, I only looked at brunettes for 30 years…

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Any battle scene with baddies from Jason and the Argonauts …………

Awesomeish animation ! Oh yes!

The Howling was scary as hell for me.

poltergeist mirror face man scene.

Makes a lot of sense that stuey.Can see me using that catch phrase next time im mid air heading for the nearest gorse bush after being cross rutted.

Poltergeist – the tree in the storm.
On a less scary note, Star Trek 2, Wrath of Khan; the final fight between the ships in the Mutara Nebula is a beautiful set piece.

Pretty much anything from John Carpenters the thing, but notably the dog in the kennels, and the walking head. The terminator cutting out its damaged eye.

The liquid metal terminator in t2 rising up from the floor on the psych ward. Coooooool!

Car chase from Condorman.

All 88 minutes of it!

Scared witless from start to end!

Lone the Thing

Warning is a bit scary

Librarian ghost in Ghostbusters. I was 3 when my parents took me to see it

The Praxis effect

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praxis_effect

Lol, that Jason and The Argonauts reminds me of this classic

Nazi face melt

What a brilliant idea for a thread.

Look at his wee face!

I also used to stare in wonder at those Ray Harryhausen effects as a nipper and that Jaws head scene gave me nightmares. Swimming in the sea in Bournemouth never felt the same after watching that film.