POP CULTURE COUNTER PUNCH | PRACTICAL MAN-THING... WAS A THING! | REPLACED BY CGI

Special thanks to my friend The Groomsman for alerting me to the social media posts (https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj8RqlvJwjC/?hl=en) relating to the stunning work that KNB did on this unused practical creature (with the exception of the hand in one shot, I believe).

"When it started out, I was like, 'Werewolf's gotta be practical, let's build a Man-Thing. Let's see how far we can get with that? The folks with K&B craft studio, they did the most incredible job," he shared. "They built a life-size Man-Thing. It was completely animatronic and its eyes glowed red. It was crazy and the hands were all motorized. So, yeah it was great. Now, it was mostly on-set so there would be something for the actors to work with."

The director continued, "I didn't want there to be a guy with a tennis ball on the end of a stick saying, 'Here's the monster, look at this right here.' I didn't want that, I really wanted them to really engage with the character. Because I knew how big that character of Man-Thing was going to be. So, they could relate to him and be with him in the same space. So, we built all of that and our wonderful visual effects staff went over that with their incredible effects and brought it to life in a whole way."

SOURCE: https://comicbook.com/movies/news/werewolf-by-night-man-thing-director-shares-practical-effects-exclusive/