Ward 13

October 18th, 2007

Directed by Peter Cornwell, written by Peter Cornwell and Mark Bradridge.

Description: After being involved in a car accident, Ben is taken to a hospital. After waking up, Ben soon realizes that he is not in any ordinary hospital, but in an experimental one, filled with mad doctors and horrifying experimental subjects. The rest of this well put together animation revolves around Ben’s struggle to escape the hospital alive. We won’t tell you how it ends though. Claymation fits this animation perfectly and this is probably one of the reasons it won 10 international awards.

IMDB link: http://imdb.com/title/tt0379000/

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The mysterious explorations of Jasper Morello

October 17th, 2007

Direct by Anthony Lucas and written by Mark Shirrefs.

Description: Set in a steam-powered mechanical universe, the animation tells the story of Jasper Morello, an aerial navigator fallen out of grace, and his adventurous trip in search of a cure for his plague-ridden homeworld and his one true love. In his journey, Morello discovers and abandoned dirigible by chance, a discovery which leads him through unknown water, to an island dwelled by a terrible monster, a monster which may however hold the cure to the terrible plague. The journey back to civilization is a horrific and turbulent one, ridden with philosophical introspection which finally leads Morello to the realization that the worst plague of all lies within man itself. Although not a watch for everyone, and definitely not one to show the kids, “The mysterious explorations of Jasper Morello” excels through excellent animation and visual imagery, a very well composed story and last but not least the wonderful voice narration and characters.

IMDB link: http://imdb.com/title/tt0469146/

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Tell tale heart

October 2nd, 2007

Directed by Ted, story by Edgar Alan Poe. Narrated by James Mason.

Description (jmcusack/YouTube): The Tell-Tale Heart is a wonderful animated short film of 1953 based on Edgar Allan Poe short-story. The story told by a mad man has a dark visual with a perfect work of narration by James Mason. It is a UPA Production and was the first cartoon to be X-rated (adults only) in Great Britain under the British Board of Film Censors classification system.

IMDB link: http://imdb.com/title/tt0046408/

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