Props & SFX Props & Special Effects

Make a blood spurting knife wound

How to make a blood spurting knife wound

Whether it's Halloween or you're making your own movie, this SFX video is sure to wow and amaze. In order to make this bloody knife wound, get out a Dremel, safety glasses, vice, knife, thin plastic tubing, a ...

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Blow your actor in half with this cool film effect

How to blow your actor in half with this cool film effect

Ready to make your horror movie masterpiece, on par with the likes of Sam Raimi, Tobe Hooper, Eli Roth, Rob Bottin, and the late Stan Winston? Well, this shows you how to hack somebody in half, right across ...

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Create a limb tear effect

How to create a limb tear effect

Erick Beck from Indy Mogul shows you how to create limb tear special fx for your horror movies for cheap ($35 or less).

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Debunk the 3 Men & a Baby ghost myth

How to debunk the 3 Men & a Baby ghost myth

Captain Disillusion takes a poke at an old Hollywood urban legend on the YouTube videos using dated camera tricks.

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10 how-to articles

How To Camouflage Your Face

Camouflage Your Face

This is for those of you who want to make your face blend in with your environment as well as just your camouflage clothes. Get some face ...more

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How To Create Smokey Eyes like Jack Sparrow

Create Smokey Eyes like Jack Sparrow

Doing Jack Sparrow? Gotta have those sexy smokey eyes! Like the androgynous glam rockers of the Seventies before, we¹ve have been captivated ...more

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How To Fake a Bruise

Fake a Bruise

Ever wanted to look tough? Fake a bruise! There are a couple of ways to do this, and many use inexpensive things you probably have on hand ...more

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How To Make a Fake Wall You Can Crash Through

Make a Fake Wall You Can Crash Through

If you're filming a scene where someone crashes through a wall, perhaps because they were thrown through by a superhero or mutant, then you ...more

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How To Make a Play Sword and Shield

Make a Play Sword and Shield

Have you ever wanted to be a medieval knight before? Well, here's your chance! Just follow these instructions to make an awesome medieval ...more

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How To Make a Slipknot Mask

Make a Slipknot Mask

Have you ever wanted a Corey Taylor (from Slipknot) mask, but the only ones you see online are too expensive? With a little time, and some ...more

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How To Make Ballistics Gel

Make Ballistics Gel

This article will teach you the ropes of making ballistics gel. Ballistics gel is often used by the FBI. It is a close representation of ...more

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How To Make Sugar Glass

Make Sugar Glass

Sugar glass is a fake glass made from kitchen ingredients. It's used in film stunts because the edges aren't as sharp and dangerous. So when ...more

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How To Transfer 8mm Films to Video

Transfer 8mm Films to Video

If you have 8mm or Super 8 films lying around the house, it is never too early to have them transferred to a video. Each time they are ...more

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How To Use FX Make Up

Use FX Make Up

This article discusses the means by which you can use special effects make up to create special effects that you see in movies, such as ...more

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Props & SFX (10 how-to articles)

Old Bumper Cars Go Street Legal

Flickr user MR38 has posted a set of photos of bumper cars made street legal, as displayed at the annual Cruisin’ Grand festival in Escondido, California. This mini cars were retrofitted with 750 cc ...

Human Powered Ferris Wheel

According to Google's (albeit rough) translation from French to English: "A big wheel in India that does not work with an engine but using human power. Men throw themselves in front of the wheel ...

Make-It-Yourself LEGO Gummies

Turkey day is over, and you have this nice Friday-Saturday-Sunday stretch before it's back the daily grind. Here's a project that inspires both young and old: LeGummies brick shaped gummy candies ...

Geek-Shooting Rubberband Machine Gun

It's the idea that counts. This geeky rubberband machine gun is pretty sweet looking... but I wish it had a little more force. The gun can very quickly shoot (200!) rubberbands, but it just tumbles ...

4 Years in the Making: Insane Papercraft City

Tokyo art student, Wataru Itou, spent four long years crafting his meticulous paper city, entitled "A Castle On the Ocean".  The miniature papercraft city was constructed with ...

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