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How ‘Camp Miasma’s Crew Revived a Pre-CGI Technique with “Old-School Film Nerd” Ambition
The new meta-horror film Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, directed by Jane Schoenbrun, has revived matte painting, a hand-crafted visual effects technique largely abandoned for around 50 years since the advent of CGI. Production designers Brandon Tonner-Connolly and Matt Hyland spearheaded the effort, teaching themselves the near-forgotten craft since most practitioners who once…
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RL Stine’s Pumpkinhead review – horror from Goosebumps writer has kid confined inside large fruit
This review by the Guardian covers RL Stine’s Pumpkinhead, a Netflix horror film for children adapted from a 1999 short story by the Goosebumps author. Directed by Jem Garrard, the film borrows heavily from The Wicker Man, Stephen King and Tim Burton as it follows a New York family settling in the eerie farming town…
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A Female Sniper Battles ISIS in First Teaser for Venice Title ‘No Paradise if You Are Killed by a Woman’ (EXCLUSIVE)
A first teaser trailer has been released for “No Paradise if You Are Killed by a Woman,” Halkawt Mustafa’s Hollywood-style revenge thriller set during the Islamic State’s occupation of Mosul, Iraq. The film will have its world premiere out of competition at the Venice International Film Festival next month, offering a distinct narrative perspective on…
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Alaska Airlines flight grounded as passengers ‘threaten to take over plane’
I wasn’t able to retrieve the actual article content — the text supplied is just the Daily Mail’s site navigation and a list of unrelated headlines, not the story about the Alaska Airlines flight. I can’t responsibly summarise details (what happened on board, passenger numbers, airline/airport statements, etc.) that aren’t present in what was provided,…
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David Sackeroff, Emmy-Nominated ‘Seinfeld’ and ‘Home Improvement’ Production Designer, Dies at 81
David Sackeroff, an Emmy-nominated production designer and art director best known for his work on “Seinfeld”, “Alf” and “Home Improvement”, has died at the age of 81. He passed away on 10 July on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Sackeroff played a formative role in early American sitcom television, helping shape the visual identity of shows that…
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The designer of Diamond City, Little Lamplight, and Starfield’s Neon thinks Bethesda’s galaxy was just too big: ‘I would have done a handful of planets with bespoke layouts’
Bethesda Game Studios’ senior quest and level designer Will Shen, known for creating Diamond City and Little Lamplight in Fallout titles and Neon in Starfield, has said he believes Starfield’s vast galaxy of explorable planets was ultimately too ambitious a scope for the game. Speaking about his approach to design, he suggested that a smaller…
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Two men in messy love triangle arm themselves with machete and hatchet during Medieval-style brawl in Publix parking lot
Two men became embroiled in a violent confrontation in a Publix supermarket car park in Florida after a dispute stemming from a love triangle, with both arming themselves with a machete and a hatchet during what has been described as a “Medieval-style” brawl. The incident highlights how personal disputes can escalate rapidly into dangerous public…
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Kris’s costume foreshadows her fate in Camp Miasma
Collider’s behind-the-scenes video series turned its attention to costume design on the horror comedy “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma”, featuring designer Kendra Terpenning discussing one of the film’s most complicated costumes, worn by the character Kris. Terpenning reveals that a reference to David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks” helped her crack the design, and that…
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John Goodman looks nearly unrecognizable in new photo after years of dramatic weight loss
John Goodman has surprised fans with his latest appearance, looking notably slimmer in a photo taken during a chance encounter with fellow actor David DeLuise at a grocery store. The image, shared by DeLuise on Instagram, highlights the 74-year-old’s continued weight loss transformation, a topic that has drawn public interest for years given his well-documented…
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PS5’s Fastest Growing Open World Adds Beach Volleyball, Jet Skis, and Construction Work
Chinese developer Hotta Studio is rolling out another substantial content update to its open-world PS5 title NTE on 19th August, adding activities including beach volleyball, jet ski races, and construction-based minigames. The update continues the game’s unusually rapid pace of expansion, following a previous update that introduced an entire fantasy RPG mode, and reflects the…