pgsgrad16

25th Aug 2021

Arachnophobia (1990)

Visible crew/equipment: Near the end when the doctor and his family are getting attacked by the spider's, half are CGI and the others fake as you can see the Tech wires making them move. Then when he's lying on the floor collecting himself, there's a pulsating sack in the corner, with a fake spider leg sticking out.

eaglegrad16

25th Aug 2021

Arachnophobia (1990)

Visible crew/equipment: When the explorer goes up into the loft to find the king spider, he taps the fake web string, says 'suppers ready" and then the fake spider dramatically shoots out from a tech wire 'screaming", and attacks him. (01:49:24 - 01:49:50)

eaglegrad16

25th Aug 2021

Arachnophobia (1990)

Visible crew/equipment: Near the beginning when the men are hauling the equipment to their camp, you can see a crew members hand in the bush literally toss the fake giant spider on top of the passing equipment. (00:13:10)

eaglegrad16

11th Aug 2021

10 (1979)

11th Aug 2021

10 (1979)

28th Jul 2021

Chopping Mall (1986)

Visible crew/equipment: The fake spider that suddenly swings down in front of Allison in the hallway, and the one "thrown" at her as she walks through the mall at the end, are obviously prop pranks, as you can hear a fake laughing in the background during the latter. Very badly covered up by barking dogs and something whining.

eaglegrad16

7th Jul 2021

Bachelor Party (1984)

Visible crew/equipment: As the donkey is eating pills off the table, you can see the fingertips of the crew person, manipulating the animal's tongue and jaw as it 'snorts' the lines of white powder coke, indicating it is a puppet.

eaglegrad16

29th Jun 2021

Spookies (1986)

Visible crew/equipment: When the gang starts to head up the stairs to 'investigate' the house, reflection from the boom and riser are quite visible in the upper windows.

eaglegrad16

17th May 2021

Melrose Place (1992)

16th May 2021

Melrose Place (1992)

4th May 2021

The Conjuring (2013)

Visible crew/equipment: When Cindy has her mom play the music box to see Rory, at the end the little girl jumps at her mother to scare her and jostles the camera. (00:00:25)

eaglegrad16

17th Feb 2021

Melrose Place (1992)

14th Feb 2021

Melrose Place (1992)

12th Feb 2021

Melrose Place (1992)

Over Dick's Dead Body - S5-E2

Visible crew/equipment: As Peter is talking with Amanda inside the prison conference room there are shadows on the ceiling to indicate it is nighttime. You can just make out a boom camera moving a bit, followed by brief banging and a clank, disguised as prison cell doors that would be nowhere near the visitor conference room. Then as Peter moves to the center of the wall and then sits down beside Amanda, shadows from the overhead boom equipment are moving within the ceiling shadows.

eaglegrad16

9th Feb 2021

Melrose Place (1992)

Quest for Mother - S5-E12

Visible crew/equipment: After Jane's birth mother invites Jane to sit and talk over tea, Jane crosses to a chair while the mother sits and begins pouring. As Jane gets comfy, the sleeve of a camera person or assistant can be seen for 2 seconds as the camera moves slightly around the back of Jane's chair.

eaglegrad16

Visible crew/equipment: As Chris rushes across the cabin to slam the open window shut, crew members and monitor equipment are moving around in the reflection of the front windows.

eaglegrad16

4th Jul 2019

Halloween (1978)

4th Jul 2019

Halloween (1978)

Ladies' Night (2) - S3-E12

Visible crew/equipment: When Sully visits Mike at the clinic, after dark, to console her over Dorothy's health condition. Watch as he moves past the window. You can see two control room blue screens in its reflection, alongside a boom mic, and the shadow of a long-haired crewman, who stands up, and then sits back down. Though the camera moves behind a potted plant on Mike's desk to conceal it all.

eaglegrad16

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