The phrase "quaint effects" is correct and can be used in written English.
It typically means unique or charming qualities or characteristics. Example: The old bookstore was full of quaint effects, from the creaky wooden floors to the musty smell of old books.
I can't tell if it's for quaint effect or not, but it wouldn't look out of place in theme park haunted house.
There are quaint optical effects, as in the sheets of drinking songs framed behind dimpled bottle glass, the arrangements perfectly judged so that the right words swoon and stagger at exactly the right moments behind the distorting glass, words and music becoming comically woozy.
At various points featuring Bowie in a padded cell, hanging on hooks and as some horrifying clown strolling in front of a bulldozer, the video is an operatic nightmare even with its by-now quaint visual effects.
Visions of horses in their natural environment in Victorian high country are well-matched to Mitchell's narration, drawing a quaint but captivating effect that avoids the goofiness of a talking animals movie.
When I think of all the novels recommended to me over the last two hundred years, I shudder at the hours that I wasted on Mr. Stoker, with his quaint 'effects,' or that vulgar little tramp Mary Shelley..
Over all, the effect is quaint.
Although expansion's effect on the quaint tradition of the A.C.C. tournament is unknown, Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski is concerned about the almost inevitable unintended consequences.
Maybe it was just a strong thunderstorm, but it had the effect of leaving half of those aforementioned quaint winding roads underwater and the other half blocked by fallen trees.
"I'm assuming you've heard of Facebook?" Another now-quaint notion: "Tron" was banned from the Oscar race for visual effects because using a computer was considered cheating.
The effects of total social breakdown arise from on high in a quaint, closely-knit neighborhood in 'At The End of the Cul-De-Sac,' the latest film from Life and Death of an iPhone filmmaker Paul Trillo.
