Movies: Jim Aupperle

Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as ...

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 on...

After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign pays off when ...

During the reign of King Zhou, an official enters his bedchamber, and is devoured by the monstrous tails of Daji, his concubine. Outside their city, several warriors within a metal wagon discuss their strategies to free the Invisible People and their...

When a family moves into a San Francisco apartment, an opportunistic troll decides to make his move and take possession of little Wendy, thereby paving the way for new troll recruits, the first in his army that will take eventual control of the plane...

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

Claymation adventures based on the popular children's book series of Frog and Toad by author Arnold Lobel....

Claymation adventures with the characters from the popular children's book....

A retrospective "making of" documentary for John Carl Buechler's "Troll" (1986), featuring production crew interviews, behind-the-scenes images, and significant focus on the visual effects artists involved....

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 t...

The film focuses on mammals of the Cenozoic Era. It shows many developments and adaptations achieved as milestones in Cenozoic history, such as the evolution of the horse. The film also covers significant concepts such as geological time, differenti...

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....