Best thriller movie visible crew/equipment of 1988

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Visible crew/equipment: In the first scene of the Christmas party when Takagi steps out of one the offices and greets a couple of his guests, the camera pans left to show the orchestra and other guests. A huge shadow of the camera and its operator is being shown on the back wall, then the stage light gets moved to light a different area and the shadow is gone. (00:02:20)

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Visible crew/equipment: In the scene where the souls are coming out of Freddy's chest, in the first close-up on the bottom left of the screen you can see a man's hand holding a black stick to manoeuvre the little arms. It's real fast but noticeable on standard play. (01:20:45)

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Visible crew/equipment: In the shot where Dirty Steve is on his horse, he asks, "Hey Dog, did you see the size of that chicken?", and then he fires his shotgun. You can see someone's hand come up to grab the reigns of the horse. (00:43:25)

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Visible crew/equipment: When Loomis looks out the window for Michael, you can clearly see the cameraman's reflection (best seen on the Limited Edition DVD).

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Visible crew/equipment: When Joey smashes the garage door open by reversing the car into it, you can see fluorescent lighting reflected in the car windows. The garage does not have fluorescent lighting fitted inside it.

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Visible crew/equipment: When Carol-Anne is running away from Kane's voice in the garage, she ends up standing in a puddle, only to have hands pull her in seconds later. But when the camera moves down Carol-Anne's body to the puddle, you can see the platform the actress is standing on.

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Visible crew/equipment: Crew and cameras can be seen reflected in the silver sphere numerous times, especially as the sphere is embedded in the crematory henchman's hand and back. My personal favourite is when the silver sphere flies into the Tall Man's head, in a frontal shot you can see two crewmembers standing by a large grey camera, reflected in the silver ball. (01:25:00)

Hamster

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Visible crew/equipment: In the radio control car chase scenes over the humpy streets, camera equipment is visible in the rear seat area of the lead car.

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Visible crew/equipment: When Mel Gibson is getting his red boat ready to put in the water, his friend comes out of his house to talk to him. You can see the camera crew reflected in his friend's sunglasses.

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Visible crew/equipment: Just after Nico leaves the church in his car, a cameraman's hands and camera can be seen in the side rear view mirror if you look closely. (00:55:15)

The-Immortal

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Visible crew/equipment: When Julia's attacker ties her up with the lamp cord, in two of the shots facing Julia the boom mic can be seen above her at the top of the screen.

Super Grover

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Visible crew/equipment: Near the ending when Braddock and the kids are about to escape and Braddock is killing off the rest soldiers in the camp, an explosion goes off by him which causes him to fly into the air and get injured. When he flies in the air, if you look at his feet you will see a chute/trampoline that launches him in the air.

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Visible crew/equipment: At the beginning of the movie, as the hanging prostitute's corpse is dragged along the roof of the boat under the shocked eyes of the tourists, the shadow of the camera is visible on the seats as it passes on them.

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