Jim Aupperle

A figure known as "The Assassin" descends from the heavens into a nightmarish pit full of monsters, titans, and cruelty.

In this conversation, filmed by the Criterion Collection in 2019, animator and visual-effects supervisor Phil Tippett and visual-effects artist Jim Aupperle discuss their appreciation for director Karel Zeman and his cinematic techniques.

古代中国、殷代末期。強大な勢力を誇る時の王・紂王（ちゅうおう）は、慢心により女神の怒りを買い、九尾の狐が化けた美女・妲己（だっき）に魅了されてしまう。紂王は妲己に操られるまま暴政を行ない、人間界は戦乱と妖魔たちが跋扈する乱世と化した。事態を重く見た仙界最強の道士にして周の軍師・姜子牙（きょうしが）は、弟子の楊セン（ようせん）らを派遣するが、妲己率いる妖魔軍団もこれを迎え撃つべく策略を巡らしていた。

After denying a woman the extension she needs to keep her home, loan officer Christine Brown sees her once-promising life take a startling turn for the worse. Christine is convinced she's been cursed by a Gypsy, but her boyfriend is skeptical. Her only hope seems to lie in a psychic who claims he can help her lift the curse and keep her soul from being dragged straight to hell.

日々繰り返される祭りの準備に憂鬱なハロウィンの王様ジャックは、ある日、偶然クリスマスの世界へ迷い込む。その華やかさに魅了された彼は、ハロウィン風クリスマスの計画を思いつく。しかし、サリーはそんなジャックを心配している。

When a family moves into a San Francisco apartment, an opportunistic troll decides to make his move and take possession of little Wendy (Jenny Beck), thereby paving the way for new troll recruits, the first in his army that will take eventual control of the planet. We soon discover Torok is the ex-husband of Eunice St. Clair, a resident in the building who was married to Torok.

ニューヨークのコロンビア大学で超常現象や幽霊・霊体の研究を行っていたピーター・ヴェンクマン博士ら冴えない研究者3人。ある日、一方的に研究費を打ち切られたことをきっかけに借金に借金を重ね、科学的に超常現象全般を扱い幽霊退治を行う会社「ゴーストバスターズ」を開業。当初は資金もなく依頼もゼロに近かったが、とあるホテルでの幽霊退治をきっかけにビジネスは大当たり、メディアや行政からも注目視される。

A spaceship gets lost and is forced to make an emergency landing on an unknown planet. The planet looks much like Earth, only with no trace of civilization. Soon the crew discovers that there are bloodthirsty dinosaurs on the planet. The crew hopes to be found and rescued, but until then, they must fight to survive.

A spaceship gets lost and is forced to make an emergency landing on an unknown planet. The planet looks much like Earth, only with no trace of civilization. Soon the crew discovers that there are bloodthirsty dinosaurs on the planet. The crew hopes to be found and rescued, but until then, they must fight to survive.