Special Effects Movies

An in-depth, sad, and beautiful documentary about the stop motion and VFX artist Phil Tippett, a man who changed the landscape of visual effects in...

A dramatic recreation of the Johnstown Flood of 1889.

A Hollywood filmmaker (Mike Jittlov) makes a short for an evil film studio. Unbeknownst to him, the producer has placed a bet of $25,000 that he...

As an actor, director and producer, Ray Harryhausen has been a vibrant figure in Hollywood, working on everything from family films to mind-bending...

A young woman resorts to drastic, self-destructive measures to rid herself of a mysterious, otherworldly creature known as 'The Guest'.

Helped by her self-made flying mechanical creatures, a young inventor and an enigmatic pint-sized superhero defeat the town bullies and find an...

Through the use of interviews (both vintage and new) with various cast and crew members, including Rick Baker, Bill Sturgeon, David Cronenberg, James...

Special Effects Supervisor Jeff Okun gives an overview of his responsibilities on Sphere, and takes us through some of the techniques used to create...

Two million years ago, Bat Mel, the daughter of a king in the Magical World meets a two horned person on her way home.

Documentary about the life and work of Ray Harryhausen.

A walk through the life and work of the brilliant French filmmaker Georges Méliès (1861-1938), pioneer of special and visual effects.

This provocative and insightful film is the first in a series of documentaries that will reveal the secret knowledge embedded in the work of the...

A rugged stranger, at a crossroads in his life, checks into an unassuming bed and breakfast hotel in a seaside town. Although initially disturbed by...

Documentary about the technical achievements of the 1940 film classic The Thief of Bagdad.

Thrill to the action from a battle to the death between beautiful amazons, twisted mutants and sickening, deadly zombies sometime after WWIII as you...

A failing writer loses his grip on reality as his wife grows pregnant with their child.

Little monsters run amok at a heavy metal festival.

Bat Megmel is a girl that lives in the Magical World. One day, while practicing magic, she accidentally unleashes the demon king Atler. She must seal...

This MGM short film highlights the work of master make-up artist William Tuttle. As the head of MGM's make-up department, Bill Tuttle has been...

An office intern journeys through the bureaucratic mind of a depressed adolescense, desperately convinced that the root of the problem is somewhere...