Renowned animator Phil Tippet worked on this film over a period of thirty years. People familiar with his work on the Star Wars films , Jurassic Park or Robocop will likely be shocked at the Bosch/Giger/Blade Runner nightmare that is this film. What is it about? Fuck me if I know, but it's fascinating nevertheless with its combination of stop motion, puppetry and live action all smooshed together in a gory, slimy mess that pays homage to everything from Forbidden Planet to 2001 A Space Oddest and every torture film you ever imagined.
The animation is top notch and complicated. The sets are amazing and detailed and the music gives you more clues as to what is happening than the visuals will as they show you a world of violence and mysterious mysticism filled with pain and terror.
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