It's not just about horror movies themselves in Critical Hit's Days of Horror feature, as Tracy gets to take a look at a survival drama that takes a turn into serious, body-horror territory.

I wouldn’t say I’m overly squeamish, I can handle a fair amount of violence and gore in films. Except for the time I fainted during the self-caesarean-section bit in Prometheus, but that’s beside the point. Sometimes movies really like to push boundaries when it comes to having gory scenes. Whether a gruesome scene is included to drive home a vicious …

These days, it’s pretty easy to look at a movie and spot the CGI. A wrinkle of clothing here, a fake fire there, a scene where George Lucas appears there…It’s pretty easy. But some movies didn’t take shortcuts. Some movies took the long road to create their special effects. Here’s ten of them. Last Updated: April 18, 2013