CAMELOT Theatrical Special Effects

Total Film Magazine's deputy editor, Simon Crook, stated in the most recent issue:

"It's the sheer violence of the edit rather than any explicit gore; 70 different angles, over 90 cuts and those shrieking violins. It's a master class in montage and audience manipulation."

Crook added: "Knowing that the blood is Bosco's chocolate syrup and that a pulped casaba melon stood in for the stabbing noises does nothing to reduce the impact."

Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb" (1964) came second, with Slim Pickens riding an atomic bomb like a rodeo cowboy. King Kong's fall from the Empire State Building in the 1933 classic of the same name took third in Total Film's ratings, and Bambi's mother's death in 1942 rated sixth (although never seen.)

Alan Rickman's fall from a 30-story building in "Die Hard" (1988) comes fourth, with fifth place going to "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967).

"Some of the deaths in the poll, like The Wicked Witch melting in 'The Wizard Of Oz' (13th), are iconic but laughable, but nearly 45 years on, 'Psycho's' shower scene is still distressing," said Crook.

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