lestrek

Stopmotion

I'm pretty sure this is how phil tippett made mad god

rangagangaa

Stopmotion

“You’re some artistic genius animating a steak and a dead fox.” - The Stop motion animations in this were real cool. - Decent into madness. - Gore was nicely done. - I like the use of the colour green in this, I’m slowly learning more about colours in films.

BelugaJames

Stopmotion

Unsettling. Great sound design. Interesting ideas. Not sure it all works, but if you let it all wash over you and give yourself to the film, I think you’ll dig it. 2024 Ranked (https://boxd.it/rJ4dW)

BT1886

Stopmotion

Stopmotion marks Robert Morgan’s return to the screen, for his very first feature length film, in nearly a decade after his part in the anthology film The ABCs of Death 2. While I may not be overly familiar with Morgan and his work, simply by looking through his list of shorts in Letterboxd you can clearly see a passion for the art of stopmotion animation (and its all rather creepy looking too). With Stopmotion he manages to not only create an interesting premise surrounding a stopmotion animator living in the shadow of her mother, he also delivers some truly stomach wrenching horror utilizing said animation. The sound design is also a standout here and really manages to drown you in this eerie and deeply uncomfortable atmosphere. The actual stopmotion itself is fantastic, reminding me a lot of Phil Tippett’s MAD GOD at times, and does most of the heavy lifting in the horror sequences. While the film does play into some generic horror tropes, it very quickly becomes a highly surreal mood piece as it goes on. Overall, I think there is a lot more to love here than dislike, but there were some things in the film that did pull me away at times. For one, I think some of the editing feels choppy, which I do find surprising seeing as I found the pacing of the film to be a tad on the slower side. The acting was also not the best, but definitely not the worst, which is high praise as so many horror films have truly terrible acting. Clocking in at a brisk 93 minutes, Stopmotion is a film I’d recommend for anyone looking for a new horror film to watch in 2024 - I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.