#special-effects

#special-effects

The output of the Universal monster era, wherein the legendary studio pioneered a new age of big-screen horror, became some of the most recognizable and copied creations in movie history. Dracula, Frankenstein, the Mummy, the Wolf Man, and the Invisible Man were reinterpreted and ripped off countless times, often by Universal itself. And with the Invisible Man, the studio chose to keep the franchise running with an ahead-of-its-time gender twist.

Earlier this year, Netflix said it used generative AI in final footage for the first time in the Argentine show "The Eternaut" to create a scene of a building collapsing. Since then, the filmmakers behind "Happy Gilmore 2" used generative AI to make characters look younger in the film's opening scene, while the producers of "Billionaires' Bunker" used the technology as a pre-production tool to envision wardrobe and set design.

Aaron Sims was challenged to design the Demogorgon for Stranger Things after the creators admitted they had no specific vision for the monster.