One of the reasons for the "no bright lights" rule was that in 1984, director Joe Dante and Amblin could not completely navigate the perilous waters of special effects for the Gremlin/puppets that well. By keeping them in the dark, this camouflaged this problem. This is an old Sci-Fi trick. Dante did the same thing with the tricky (and lumpy) practical effects for L'ululato (1981) three years earlier. They kept the monsters in the dark to hide special effects problems.

Film

Nessun dato in archivio