Stopmotion
Directed by Robert Morgan
Ella Blake is a stop-motion animator who is struggling to control her demons after the loss of her overbearing mother. Suddenly alone in the world, she embarks upon the creation of a macabre new puppet film, which soon becomes the battleground for her sanity. As Ella’s mind starts to fracture, the characters in her animated film take on a terrifying life of their own, and the unleashed power of her imagination threatens to destroy her.
A struggling stop-motion animator is haunted by her own creations in this acclaimed and nightmarish vision from director Robert Morgan.
Cast: Aisling Franciosi, Stella Gonet, Tom York, Caoilinn Springall, Therica Wilson-Read
Member Reviews
LOVE! It scared me...
Good gore! The story was a slow burn and you can make your own conclusions and guesses as to the meaning behind it all, but I'll just chalk it up to a history of mental illness, controlling parents, and a breaking point. That being said... let's just say I wouldn't have seen it in the theater and I'm glad I didn't. But hey if you've got an hour and a half go for it.
5/4 skins
While this film was certainly made with a lot of passion, I found it painfully boring. The pacing was slow and, though it was very atmospheric, it was pretty light on the scares. The titular stopmotion lacked enough detail to convincingly pass as created by someone who had been honing her craft for so many years and cared so deeply about it, and it never reached the horrific heights which the premise seemed to set up. It is not a film without its merits, but it felt like a waste of time.
Awful. I absolutely hated this.