Oversized human animetronics with air bladders.
Oversized human sculptures are wonderfully great, they looked realistic and their fantastic! But I just had a thought, What if they somehow can make giant inflated balloons and place them underneath the oversized human skin latex to make them look like their giant faces are bulging. I'm talking about giant inflatable balloons underneath oversized human animatronic latex skins!! I think that would be horrifying and cool!!! I seriously think that they should make a lot of short weird body mutation films about it.
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Nowdays we better know him as the holographic doctor from Voyager, or Wolsly of Stargate Atlantis.
One comes to mind and that is Altered States, and then the classic scene from "Big Trouble in Little China" where the storm guy inflates and explodes.
Also look for movies re outer space. The decompression sequences are often done with air bladders. Outland is one that comes to mind.
And there were 2 James Bond movies too.
One where someone swallowed a gas cartridge and exploded (Live and let die??), and another where someone was put in to a decompression chamber.. compressed and then rapidly decompressed (Octopussy??)
In real life there are very few incidents re decompressing and 'exploding' however the main one that comes to mind is the Byford Dolphin incident. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byford_Dolphin
Where the divers went from 9 atmoth to 1 instantly. There are some images and they are not for the faint hearted.
Hope this helps
Dave
However the remake of "The Thing" - if you can find the original experiments- are all practical effects with air bladders etc.
And "Harbinger Down" is a practical effects movie too - if you can find the 'Making Of' there are a lot of scenes re air bladders and other effects.
Dave
Sorry - like yourself I am a busy person and can do a little research for folks.
Apart from the instances that I have mentioned (noted from films I have watched) I don;t have any more.
Dave
Bladder fx have been used in MANY, MANY, MANY movies and tv shows over the years. Many obvious ones, as well as some that have been extremely subtle. Dick Smith was the first to innovate bladder fx, although Joe Blasco has claimed many times that HE was the first to use them. In fact, bladder fx have been used, (crudely), since the beginning of film-making itself. But, Dick Smith WAS the first to rethink & improve the techniques in how they can be used.
You should do your own research, Eddie. You'll be surprised in just how much you can learn just about this subject alone. To ask David, or anyone else for "at least 60 different scenes of [Inflatable Throats] when they get a chance" is pushing people's generosity a bit far. That is not to say no one would be willing to help you SOME. But, everybody has their limits, (be it time or patience). So, please be respectful of that.
To give you a few hints, to look into, check out these movies and tv shows:
Star Trek, the original series. Bladder fx were used throughout several episodes.
The Exorcist. Dick Smith used bladder fx several times in this movie, both obvious & subtle.
Mad Max, the Road Warrior. Here it was done subtlely. If you blink, you'll miss the scene it was used most effectively.
Videodrome. Rick Baker used bladder fx quite extensively in this movie.
The Howling, (and ALL of it's MANY sequels). This one is very obvious.
An American Werewolf in London. Another obvious one. Not only did Rick Baker head up all the effects on this movie, he also laid all the groundwork for The Howling, (that was then susequently followed up by Rob Bottin.)
Scanners, the original, (and the many sequels that came after). Most of the effects were carried out by Chris Walas's crew. But the effects seen during the climax, were created by Dick Smith. And, yes, bladder fx were very prominent.
The Monster that challenged the world. This was one of the first creature feature films to star a monster that was operated by hydraulics, and pneumatics.
Carnosaur. The T-Rex was fully operated by pneumatics. It was also one of the first creatures in film made entirely from L-200 foam sheeting. John Beuchler & crew created the fx for this one.
Grey's Anatomy, tv show. Nearly every episode contains the use of at least one bladder effect per episode.
The Fly, (both the original & it's sequel, as well as the Cronenberg remake & it's sequel). Bladder fx were used both obviously and subtlely, by Chris Walas & crew.
Who framed Rodger Rabbit. You might not think so, but bladder fx, (as well as EVERY known practical effect technique, to that point in time), were used extensively in this movie.
And..., that is just a TINY few of the movies that have featured bladder fx. Nearly EVERY movie, from the beginning to now, has used bladder fx in one way or another. To make a complete list would take QUITE A WHILE!!! You really need to research it for yourself.
I hope this helps you, at least a little bit.
Good luck.
-Jeffrey Warren Park
Skeleton Crew f/x