The history of cinematic horror is also a history of practical effects. The best films of the genre have classically found ways to visualize the impossible using ingenious, on-set tricks and treats. This Halloween season, we’re pleased to present a buffet of monster-pieces that run the gamut from hilarious to horrifying, from beautiful to blasphemous, but which all revel in the tactile: vampires, werewolves, amphibious monsters, and hell-raising demons always ready to play. Using models, puppets, makeup artistry, or hand-drawn animation to create their surreal, physical other worlds—or to heighten the surreality of our known universe—these are handcrafted cinematic nightmares of the highest order.
Upcoming screenings: In the Mouth of Madness — Saturday, Oct 10, 3:30 pm; Fantasia — Saturday, Oct 17, 1:00 pm; Faust — Saturday, Oct 17, 3:30 pm; Fantasia — Sunday, Oct 18, 12:30 pm; Bram Stoker’s Dracula — Friday, Oct 23, 8:15 pm; The Exorcist — Saturday, Oct 24, 3:00 pm; An American Werewolf in London — Saturday, Oct 24, 5:30 pm; The Wolf Man — Sunday, Oct 25, 1:00 pm; Nosferatu (with Live Piano Accompaniment) — Friday, Oct 30, 8:00 pm; The Vourdalak — Saturday, Oct 31, 1:00 pm; The Exorcist — Saturday, Oct 31, 3:30 pm; Poltergeist — Saturday, Oct 31, 6:00 pm.
Museum of the Moving Image