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 […]
Stop Motion Animation
-
-
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 […]
-
by Rondal 0 Comments
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 […]
-
by Rondal 0 Comments
Godzilla vs. Jason Voorhees | Robot Chicken | Adult Swim In years past we’ve done our own series of “movie monster deathmatches” on Facebook in which all of you weighed in to crown the “king of monsters.” The downside, of course, is that we lack the budget to bring these fights to life. Luckily Robot […]
-
by Rondal 0 Comments
While 3D printing has made it easier than ever to create your own custom figures, it’s still a bit tricky to create a true “action” figure. That’s why, while working on our last Kickstarter campaign, I was happy to stumble across the work of Hauke Scheer, a German character designer and toy designer who specializes […]
-
by Rondal 0 Comments
Only a year after it’s Kickstarter successfully concluded, Dawn Brown’s House of Monsters stop motion web series debuts later this month and it’s added a few new faces (and voices) to the mix. The series, which is based on Brown’s original short film, stars a group of dysfunctional monsters (werewolves, mummies, zombies, and vampires) led […]
-
You know, there’s a serious shortage of insanely entertaining claymation movies out on the market these days, particularly ones that pay homage to 80s action movies like Die Hard, Robocop, Cobra, Beverly Hills Cop, 48 Hrs, Tango & Cash—man, there were a lot of them—Lethal Weapon, Code of Silence, Raw Deal, Rambo… I think you […]
-
by Rondal 0 Comments
The Curse of the Sad Mummy While I’m honestly not too familiar with Riot Games or their “orchestral saga” League of Legends, this short music video (Curse of the Sad Mummy) is equally sad, harmonic and impressively animated—especially the shadow monsters. Promoting the online multiplayer’s new soundtrack, it sure does make me want to find […]
-
The Sandman (1991) This creepy little bit is nothing short of animated clay beauty and surreal story telling. Clocking in at just over 9 minutes, and nightmarish in all forms, The Sandman tells a simple story of a fear that we have all endured as kids; a complete lack of security under the black night […]