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.
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25th Aug 2021
Arachnophobia (1990)
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)
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)
11th Aug 2021
10 (1979)
Visible crew/equipment: The camera crew is quite visible in the window reflection during "happy birthday" (00:02:14)
11th Aug 2021
10 (1979)
Visible crew/equipment: The boom tip is visible at the beginning, when the guests yell "surprise!" (00:02:15)
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.
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.
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.
17th May 2021
Melrose Place (1992)
Visible crew/equipment: The tip of the boom is quite visible throughout varied scenes.
16th May 2021
Melrose Place (1992)
Visible crew/equipment: After the limo pulls up and Amanda steps out with Eve, a boom is visible stuck in the upper L corner between conversation with Kyle and Peter. (00:27:20 - 00:28:30)
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)
17th Feb 2021
Melrose Place (1992)
Visible crew/equipment: As Peter enters Matt's apartment and begins rummaging through the dresser drawers, the shadow of the boom is quite visible on the adjacent wall, and then the tip of a boom drops twice.
14th Feb 2021
Melrose Place (1992)
Better Homes and Condos - S5-E17
Visible crew/equipment: As Peter is consulting with Michael in Michael's recovery room, shadows from the boom mic are visible at the top of the privacy curtain.
12th Feb 2021
Melrose Place (1992)
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.
9th Feb 2021
Melrose Place (1992)
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.
17th Jul 2019
Friday the 13th Part 3: 3D (1982)
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.
4th Jul 2019
Halloween (1978)
Visible crew/equipment: When Bob gets impaled, Michael steps back to observe. Crew lights are quite visible behind Michael's head as the camera pans back. (01:05:50)
4th Jul 2019
Halloween (1978)
Visible crew/equipment: As Laurie heads up to the porch, the shadow of the boom is visible above the door.
20th Jan 2019
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993)
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.
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