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Aug 02 2011

63. Monsters Like Bad Special Effects

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WARNING: This post contains vague film history and trivia. Alfred Hitchcock, the Master of Suspense, may also be the grandfather of kitchen condiment special effects. Not worried about matching realistic colors on black and white film, he used chocolate syrup to create the bloody shower scene in Psycho (1960). Thus began the popularity of using …

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