This collection oif films offers a wide range of visual styles and subjects, all on the darkside and all with a slightly more adult turn of things
THE MAGICIAN
The longest film in this collection has a painted style. It concerns a magician seemingly on his last legs as he wanders around a seaport town. I really can't say too much about the film's plot because what happens is a long journey and I don't want to clue you in. Odds are you will not know where this goes. The film uses a beautiful painted style that looks at times like some of my more favorite art.
QUAI SISOWATH
This Cambodian horror film is a mix of live action and animation that tells the story of a young woman who goes on a date...and well something happens. This film is a mix of horror and bittersweet drama involving a creature that people who love Thai and some South Asian horror films from the 80's and 90's might recognize. I won't spoil it. I will say that what sets this film apart from many other films with supernatural overtones is that it leaves you feeling not scared but kind of sad.
LIFE WITH AN IDIOT
For not working hard enough a man is sentenced to live with an idiot. Pen and ink rendered animation is a deleriously bizarre tale that traps us in a man who quite possibly be the craziest person in the film. Its a wild ride where the odd tale is given added kick by the frantic sound and images
THE EXPLODING GIRL
A girl named Candice talks about how she has been exploding several times every day over th last few months. Bizarre computer rendered images (see above) make a weird story somehow believeable. operating in a seemingly different reality (or is it all allegory?) THE EXPLODING GIRL is a mind bending trip into another person's head
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