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CaféFX Creates a Catastrophic Climax for Blade TrinityWe've all seen enough books, movies, and television shows to know how to kill a vampire (should that problem ever arise). Try garlic, crucifixes or the trusty stake through the heart. And, while these methods have proven effective, perhaps they've become a bit antiquated. At least, the producers of Blade: Trinity, the third movie based on the Marvel comic’s series, felt it was time to bring the practice into the 21st century. So vampires meet biological warfare with CaféFX bringing their dreams of contemporary bloodsucker eradication into reality.
In the show-stopping climactic sequence, the lead vampire (nicknamed "The Beast") is pierced by a virus-tipped arrow shot by Abigail Whistler (actress Jessica Biel). The virus bonds with the Beast's blood cells and is expelled through his mouth. The airborne "Daystar" virus is inhaled by several fellow vampires, all of whom suffer a less than pretty demise.
"This huge sequence was originally to be done in one take. We called it the 'Rope' of vampire movies," laughs Everett Burrell, visual effects supervisor at CaféFX. "It eventually got cut into three separate shots, but they were all incredibly long for effects shots, making this quite an undertaking."
Burrell and his team started practically. "Since we had to show the viral cells overtaking healthy ones, we viewed miles of
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