Recast a horror scene with AI
Morphic Recast swaps the actors in finished footage while keeping the original performance, camera and timing, so a horror scene can be recast without a reshoot. Give it a photo of the new lead and the new villain: the slow retreat, the step out of the dark and the run land on the same beat.
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- Ein Foto pro Person
- Kostenpflichtige Tarife
A corridor scare, victim and villain recast. Two photos, a new lead and a new villain. Her backward steps, his one step out of the moonlight and the run land on the same frames, with the same flicker and push in.
The woman with the lightA woman with cropped hair in denim
The hooded figureA gaunt white-haired man in a grey cloak
Was sich ändert und was bleibt
| Ändert sich | Bleibt wie gedreht |
|---|---|
| The lead and the villain | Every step, freeze and the run, on the beat |
| Their wardrobe, taken from the cast photos | The corridor, the flicker and the moonlight |
| Only the people you give a photo to | The slow push toward the figure |
Beispiel-Setups
Cast the villain later
Shoot the scare with a stand-in under the hood, then recast the villain once the design is final.
Test your final girl
Try a few leads in the same scare and see who sells the fear before you cast the film.
A lead per market
Recast the lead of a horror short or series for each region it is released in.
How do I recast the actors in a horror scene without reshooting?
- 01
Upload the horror shot
Add one clip up to 30 seconds. For a longer sequence, recast it shot by shot and cut the shots together on the Compose timeline.
- 02
Add a photo per person you recast
One photo for each person you replace, dressed the way they should look on screen. Anyone you give no photo stays exactly as shot.
- 03
Name each swap and run it
Ask Copilot, for example: the woman with the light becomes the woman in photo 1, the hooded figure becomes the man in photo 2.
Nur eine Person austauschen? Der geteilte Workflow braucht nur den Clip und ein Foto.
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Consent and releases
Recast only footage you hold releases for, and use photos of people who agreed to appear. Every example here uses generated people, not real actors.
When to also dub
The recast keeps the original soundtrack. For new lines or another language, run Morphic Dub on the recast shot so the voices and lips match.
Recast or reshoot
Recasting a horror scene skips a new shoot day and calling the cast back, and one take can carry a cast per market. Reshoot only when the action must change.
Review it as a team
Keep the source shot, the cast photos and every take in one project, where teammates in your workspace open the same versions and comment on each.
