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[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I thought I recognized a still from Plan 9 From Outer Space, by Ed Wood.

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 2 points 20 hours ago

Yes, you did. Bela Lugosi had died the year before, so they used a stand-in for the film.

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago

Coined by film director Sam Raimi, the term is named after Shemp Howard of The Three Stooges, whose sudden death in 1955 necessitated the use of these techniques to finish the films to which he was already committed.

adding to my mental list of Raimi facts