The Spine of Night
Directed by Philip Gelatt, Morgan Galen King
This violent fantasy-horror epic, about the history of a land that never was, begins when an ambitious young man steals forbidden knowledge from a sacred plant. He falls to its darker temptations and in so doing, unleashes ages of suffering onto mankind. As his power grows over the years, it falls to people of different ilk and culture to attempt to stop him. Among those who stand against him are a daring tomb-robber, star-crossed lovers, a maniacal necromancer, winged assassins, and an undying guardian. A SHUDDER EXCLUSIVE.
Witness a violent, animated fantasy-horror epic about an ambitious young man and the forbideen knowledge of a sacred plant.
Cast: Betty Gabriel, Richard E. Grant, Lucy Lawless, Joe Manganiello, Patton Oswalt
Member Reviews
A beautiful film, a display of an almost religious, mystical nihilism. It's like a splash of cold water on the face thematically. "Tremble before the immensity of The Night", a truth unto itself. The animation is very interesting, it's rotoscoped with very, very well done but largely static backgrounds, except for explosions and fire and such. I suppose you can tell easily what's actually "an object". The voice acting is subdued, but I don't find this a downside. It feels awkward, but in a "realistic way of talking" way, not in a "bad voice acting" way. The film is also violent as all hell, and it does it to a knowingly funny degree whislt playing it straight. It doesn't scream the humor of it's gore, it speaks for itself. 10/10, legit, one of my faves. Gonna be showing it to a friend tomorrow.
great film.
If you're into fantasy mixed with existentialism and nihilism, this is for you. Unique and impactful. Worth the watch!
I wish I liked it more. It wants so badly to be heavy metal, but it's far to subdued and holds back on it's performances. A lot of the voice acting feels very monotone/unemotional like I feel like it was afraid to get weird or intense. The rotoscoping i could get used to but even then the action felt p stilted and just so restrained. I think the set up/world could of been interesting if it just felt like it had more passion and not trying so desperately to resist being weird/zany
Absolutely incredible. Loved it. I wish there were more animated movies as bold and creative as this. Shudder, please make more!!