Stranger Things: Vecna And The Power Of Practical Effects
When it comes to sci-fi and fantasy, the debate between computer-generated effects and old-fashioned makeup and prosthetics never ends. There are some that find any CGI to be unconvincing and unrealistic, and others that see digital effects as the only ones worth doing. Those fans of practical effects just had a huge name join their ranks.
The beloved Netflix series Stranger Things has brought some of the best and most horrific monster designs in modern TV to the small screen. Before the most recent season and its new massive threat, the series has primarily sent CGI monsters after its beloved main characters. Vecna is a new development in many ways.
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Vecna, like most of Stranger Things' monsters, is inspired by a Dungeons and Dragons creature by the same name. In D&D, Vecna, the Whispered One, is an archlich who resembles an animated corpse wearing ornate robes. Once a human wizard, Vecna grew obsessed with discovering the secrets of magic and relentlessly pursued forbidden knowledge at all costs. As a lich, Vecna grew to godhood and sought to dethrone all other deities and attain ultimate power. Stranger Things creators the Duffer brothers took elements from the evil D&D deity and combined them with some of their favorite horror sources to create a spellbinding new nightmare.
While notably nude, the TV iteration of Vecna still resembles a long-dead human form. The most immediate inspiration seems to be A Nightmare on Elm Street's Freddy Krueger. The sickly pinkish-red color of Vecna's deeply unpleasant flesh resembles raw meat or exposed muscle. It looks somehow unfinished, or indeed long beyond a gruesome death. From its human form extend a mass of writhing tentacles,
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