Sometimes, the most exposed projects are not the best and we will perhaps have proof of this with Stopmotion. A work that already makes you dizzy with its first extracts.
In the editorial office, many of us like to have our hearts beat very fast when faced with things that are not very reassuring. But some are stronger than others. Still, when it comes to horror, there are people there, whether through video games or cinema. While your servant is recovering with great difficulty from The Exorcist Devotion – there will perhaps be an exorcism in the form of an article one of these four – we wanted to present a project which literally caught our eye these last few days. days. This is Stopmotion.
A terrifying trailer for the horror film Stopmotion
What is Stopmotion? A horror film which will be released on February 23, 2024 in the United States, and fingers crossed, this year in France. The title of this feature film by Robert Morgan, who directed the “Deloused” segment in ABCs of Death 2, summarizes both its story and the process used for certain scenes. Indeed, apart from the classic shots, there will be multiple stop motion sequences. An animation format where we machine-gun an object and then assemble the photos and create movement. This is what was done for The Nightmare Before Christmas, Coraline or even the cult license Wallace & Gromit.
Robert Morgan is very comfortable in the field since he has already produced various short films in this way. Stopmotion tells the story of an animator, Ella, who is going to bring a gloomy project to life, but without knowing that she is not at the end of her surprises. This creation will come to life and go beyond the framework of fiction. “Ella works in the demanding field of stop-motion animation. She operates in the encroaching shadow of her mother, a star of the discipline now incapable of bringing a project to fruition. A disastrous event will push Ella towards another form of creation” official synopsis of the film.
We won’t reveal a very particular passage from the Stopmotion trailer, but after viewing, the hype is there for us. It’s dark, gloomy, quite dirty, in short everything you could ask for in a horror film. And according to the first feedback from people who saw it during the PIFF 2023 festival, it keeps its promises. A stunning and terrifying nugget that should chill the blood, and we hope not to be disappointed during the official release.