Stopmotion (2023)

February 24, 2024 3:35 PM

[TRAILER] Stop-motion animator Ella Blake (Aisling Franciosi) struggles to control her demons after her overbearing mother suffers a stroke. She embarks upon the creation of a film that becomes the battleground for her sanity. As Ella's mind starts to fracture, the characters in her project take on a life of their own.

Also starring Caoilinn Springall, Therica Wilson-Read, Stella Gonet, Tom York, James Swanton, Jaz Hutchins, Joshua J. Parker, Bridgitta Roy.

Directed by Robert Morgan. Written by Robert Morgan, Robin King. Produced by Alain de la Mata, Christopher Granier-Deferre for IFC Films. Edited by Aurora Vögeli. Cinematography by Léo Hinstin.

90% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.

Now playing in select theaters. JustWatxch listing.

posted by DirtyOldTown (3 comments total)

Legtimately scary and unsettling. This shared a few things in common with Censor but I thought this was far better-executed.

CW: implied sexual abuse. (To the film's credit, this is set up in a sort of sideways manner as the motivation for why Ella is so damaged, but it is never elaborated upon or explained, or even shown or stated plainly.)

There is body horror in the last act gnarly enough that my kid and I covered our ehasds with our coats.

This did have a Shudder logo on it so it should be on that service before long. but it sure did play great on the big screen.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 3:36 PM on February 24 [1 favorite]

Looking over my notes on Censor, it seems I loved that too. So maybe let me revise my statement above that this is far better than Censor to just saying this would be a great double feature with it.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 8:00 AM on February 25

I like to think that someday in the far future they're going to reconstruct the entirety of the lost horror film genre based on your notes.
posted by praemunire at 9:13 AM on February 25 [2 favorites]