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‘Stopmotion’ Explores Psychological Horror Through Meat Puppets and Painstaking Art [The Bloody Disgusting Podcast]
Aisling Franciosi (The Nightingale, Last Voyage of the Demeter) stars as stop-motion artist Ella in Stopmotion, a psychological horror movie capturing the artist’s descent through her medium.
On the latest episode of the Bloody Disgusting Podcast, the cohosts break from their usual format to dig into the meat puppets, psychological horror, and technical challenges that comes with integrating stop-motion with live-action horror.
But be warned, with the film now available on Digital and VOD before heading to Shudder on May 31, there will be spoilers!
Directed by Robert Morgan, the film stars Franciosi as Ella Blake, “a stop-motion animator who is struggling to control her demons after the loss of her overbearing mother.
“Suddenly alone in the world, she embarks upon the creation of a macabre new puppet film, which soon becomes the battleground for her sanity. As Ella’s mind starts to fracture, the characters in her animated film take on a terrifying life of their own, and the unleashed power of her imagination threatens to destroy her.”
Stopmotion also stars Stella Gonet and Tom York.
The podcast is co-hosted by Bloody Disgusting’s lead critic and contributor, Meagan Navarro, Real Queen of Horror blogger and YouTuber Zena Dixon, and the creator of the horror narration podcast Creepy, Jon Grilz. Keep up with The Bloody Disgusting Podcast, a weekly horror movie discussion podcast that breaks down the current trending news in the genre, gives a rundown of recent new releases on streaming and VOD, and even offers a listener line where fans can weigh in on the weekly topics. All in a short 60-minute or less episode format, meaning you can get horror’s highlights delivered right to your ears without much time commitment. Think of it as your easily digestible weekly roundup of all things horror.
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The Halloweenies cool off from the hot hot heat and splish splash with giant alligators as they revisit Alexandre Aja‘s 2019 creature feature Crawl.
Together, they discuss their love (or hate) for the timeless terror, their investment in Barry Pepper, and, uh, Demolition Man. Don’t ask. It should be noted this episode was recorded in September 2024 and is being unlocked for the summer. Oh, it’s also produced by Sam Raimi.
Stream the episode below. Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, and RSS. New to the Halloweenies? Catch up with the gang by revisiting their essential episodes on past franchises such as Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Scream, The Evil Dead, Chucky, Alien, and the Universal Monsters. This year? Hellraiser!
You can also become a member of their Patreon, The Rewind, for hilariously irreverent commentaries (e.g. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Re-Animator, Darkman), one-off deep dives on your favorite rentals (e.g. Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Manhunter, ), and even spinoffs like their recent run Fortune & Glory: An Indiana Jones Podcast.