The Mill - Cold Storage VFX Breakdown

Cold Storage directed by Jonny Campbell (2026)

Go behind the scenes of Cold Storage and discover how the Film & Series teams at The Mill (formerly MPC Paris) helped bring the film’s terrifying world to life. Produced by STUDIOCANAL, Pariah and David Koepp, Cold Storage follows two employees working the night shift in a self-storage facility built on the site of an old U.S. military base.

⚠️ Please note that this breakdown contains some potentially disturbing images and includes spoilers from the end of the film ⚠️

Our teams delivered the film’s full visual pipeline, from visual effects through image post-production. Over the course of an 18-month production, 431 artists across the studios worldwide created 541 VFX shots, ranging from invisible clean-ups to large-scale destruction, CG environments, complex creature work and detailed digital enhancement of practical SFX makeup.

At the center of the film is the “Fungus”, conceived as a character in its own right. The teams developed a unique visual identity for the organism through extensive research into organic forms, combining detailed textures, color work and animation to make the contamination feel both believable and unsettling at every scale, from microscopic detail to large-scale infestation sequences.

This breakdown highlights some of the key visual effects work created by our artists, showcasing the collaboration between departments to craft environments, simulations and creatures that support the film’s tension and storytelling.

SYNOPSIS
When a highly contagious parasitic fungus escapes from a sealed underground level, the organism begins to spread rapidly, threatening everyone inside and beyond.

MORE INFO
https://www.themill.com/en/work/cold-storage/

CREDITS
https://youtube.com/shorts/FXJW3Sb9SZE?feature=share

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