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Mad God

Mad God

Animation · Fantasy · Horror · 2021

A silent figure known as The Assassin travels through a nightmare underworld of tortured souls, ruined cities and wretched monstrosities forged from the primordial horrors of the unconscious mind of Phil Tippett, the world's preeminent stop-motion animator.

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Mad God

“A journey beyond your wildest nightmares.”

2021 Animation · Fantasy · Horror 1h 24m

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6.8 / 10

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A silent figure known as The Assassin travels through a nightmare underworld of tortured souls, ruined cities and wretched monstrosities forged from the primordial horrors of the unconscious mind of Phil Tippett, the world's preeminent stop-motion animator.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Phil Tippett

Written by

Phil Tippett

Alex Cox

Alex Cox

Last Man

Niketa Roman

Niketa Roman

Nurse / Witch

Satish Ratakonda

Satish Ratakonda

Surgeon

Arne Hain

Arne Hain

Surgeon / Alchemist / Witch

Jake Freytag

Jake Freytag

Assassin

D

David Lauer

Assassin / Alchemist / Zombie

H

Hans Brekke

Assassin

Court is in session

Put Mad God on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.