# Stan Winston
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Stanley Winston (April 7, 1946 – June 15, 2008) was an American television and film special make-up effects creator, best known for his work in the Terminator series, the first three Jurassic Park films, Aliens, the first two Predator films, Inspector Gadget, Iron Man, and Edward Scissorhands. He won four Academy Awards for his work.
Winston, a frequent collaborator with director James Cameron, owned several effects studios, including stan winston Digital.
1996 - The Island of Doctor Moreau
Directed by John Frankenheimer Starring Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer, David Thewlis The Island of Dr. Moreau follows a plane crash survivor who reaches a remote island, only to uncover a reclusive scientist's disturbing quest to merge human and animal DNA. The film features striking makeup and creatur…
Scene Missing: The Making and Legacy of Gargoyles (1972)
In this Scene Missing panel, we dive deep into the 1972 made-for-TV movie Gargoyles .A cult classic that helped define the early wave of ’70s creature features. Joining the discussion are Gabriel Hardman, Jeff Parker, Ian Brill, and Allison Baker, each bringing their sharp insight into the film’s p…
GHOSTS (1996) #VundaHalloweenathon
Hosts: D-rock, Dani, and Stephen
Continue the 6th Annual VundaHalloweenathon and celebrate musical scares today. This #VundaHalloweenathon we do a commentary track for a controversial cult classic Michael Jackson's Ghosts directed by Stan Winston. The Vundacast crew try to track how many times Mic…
PREDATOR Ultimate History | Every Predator Explained From 87 to Killer Of Killers
PREDATOR Ultimate History | Every Predator Explained From 87 to Killer Of Killers. We break down and explain the history of the Yautja from the Predator series of Movies. After the success of the recent Killer Of Killers movie, we wanted to do a deep dive and go through all of the different types o…
Pumpkinhead or Rawhead Rex without the Pee
Wicked, Travis, Fae, and Dread bask in the dusty Autumn of Stan Winston’s 1988 cult Classic Pumpkinhead.
I Know I Pressed Play. The Last House Not on the Left. There's a Freakin' Monkey in that Movie. Actually She Just Watched the First One. Travis Blames the Dog. Future Monica, Scrub the Tracks. …
The Monster Squad (1987)
We're breaking down The Monster Squad (1987) — a delightfully loopy, cult-classic movie where a gang of monster-obsessed kids (yeah, the kind of kids we were) band together with wooden stakes, silver bullets and way too much pluck to stop Dracula and his monster bowling team from grabbing an amulet…
The Videodrome is the Message
Movie Meltdown - Episode 640 This episode, Sam Drog returns as we try to wrap our heads around just how ahead of its time David Cronenberg's Videodrome truly was back in 1983. And as we plug into the network of idiots, we also bring up… the evolutionary chart of man, Mick Garris, American Ultra, Sc…
Why CGI Is Getting Worse
Is CGI getting worse? We compare the groundbreaking Davy Jones CGI in 2006’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest and Jurassic Park’s blend of Stan Winston animatronics and visual effects with notoriously bad CGI like MODOK in Quantumania, Christopher Reeve and Helen Slater’s digital cameos, …
What Could Have Been: Predator
Before Predator became a sci-fi action classic, the alien was almost a completely different creature. This video goes behind the scenes to break down the original Jean-Claude Van Damme suit and how a disastrous early design nearly derailed the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. From the film’s original t…
Congo (part 1)
What happens when a grounded Michael Crichton techno-thriller is transformed into a 1995 camp spectacle featuring a martini-sipping gorilla? We dive into the wild world of Congo, where scientific realism takes a backseat to diamond-powered laser cannons and talking apes. We explore the fifteen-year…
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