The Mask Maker The monstrous mask trope (“Goosebumps” The Haunted Mask, “The Twilight Zone” The Masks) gets a modern update with this Crypt TV short by director John William Ross as three “clever” college dudes make it their mission to find the scariest masks they can find to scare (and score) with some girls at […]
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MALL 84 Directed by Gervais Merryweather, MALL 84 offers up a two-dimensional reverie at life in the mid-80s. Specifically set at a mall, the short is sprinkled with moments of both cinematic and cultural nostalgia from cameos by Johnny 5 (Short Circuit) and Gizmo (Gremlins) to arcade bullies and big hair. It’s sweet, charming and—with […]
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Victor & Valentino | Minisode | Cartoon Network The first of two new animated pilots recently released by Cartoon Network, Victor & Valentino is the mind-child of storyboard artist Diego Molano (The Powerpuff Girls) that finds two half-brothers stuck together by circumstance, their grandmother and the supernatural. Stumbling into the labyrinthian Realm of the Dead, […]
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In anticipation of Halloween, Cheetos has teamed up with North Carolina-based production company, Athena Studios, for this frightfully fun stop motion short film entitled THE DELIVERY. Yes, it’s basically just one long commercial for Cheetos, but any excuse to see stop motion artists at work (and for a Halloween short to boot!) is fine by […]
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We’re finally in Halloween territory this week with three horror-related picks conjured straight from the dark side of the interwebs…well, okay, maybe just the slightly dingy ones. ENJOY! Land of the Heads Land of the Heads, by Claude Barras & Cédric Louis, is one of those films that I stumbled across on complete accident. A […]
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The Haunted Mansion has long been one of Disney’s greatest gifts to Halloween and horror fans alike. For newcomers, the Haunted Mansion was a “dark ride” originally conceived as a theme park attraction back in 1969. Home to “999 happy haunts”—including the infamous Hatbox Ghost, Madame Leota and the Hitchhiking Ghosts—the mansion used an array […]
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7 billion While there’s nothing explicitly scary about this experimental video by UK-based musician/animator Cyriak, it will surely—somewhere deep down inside—give you nightmares. Inspired by Shakespeare (?) and an inexplicable desire to visualize what the world’s population (at the time, seven billion) may look like (as rabbits), 7 billion is weird, slightly horrifying and mesmerizing. […]
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Los Angeles animation collective Screen Novelties (co-founded by Mark Caballero, Seamus Walsh, and Christopher Finnegan) has launched a Kickstarter for their latest stop motion short, The WitchDoctor. Inspired by Tiki culture—from oceanic art and tribal carvings to Exotica music and kitschy tropical décor—the short will bring to life the studio’s longstanding mascot, the WITCHDOCTOR, an […]
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The Face Shop Created and animated by Noella Borie, The Face Shop is the second of three short films featuring the Faceless Neil protagonist—a boy cursed to “remain faceless between the world of the Living and the Dead.” As the bridge between Borie’s original short (FACELESS NEIL, 2009) and her latest project (Out Of The […]