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Mad God

Play trailer 1:10 Poster for Mad God Released Jun 16, 2022 1h 23m Horror Fantasy Animation Adventure Play Trailer Watchlist
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92% Tomatometer 92 Reviews 69% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
Follow The Assassin through a forbidding world of tortured souls, decrepit bunkers, and wretched monstrosities forged from the most primordial horrors of the subconscious mind. Every set, creature, and effigy in this macabre masterpiece is hand-crafted and painstakingly animated using traditional stop-motion techniques. MAD GOD is a labor of love, a testament to the power of creative grit, and an homage to the timeless art of stop-motion animation. Ready your eyes. Ready your spirit. Prepare to meet your maker.
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A rich visual treat for film fans, Mad God proves that even in the age of CGI, the cinematic allure of stop-motion animation remains strong.

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Jordan Hoffman Decider This is a true, old school midnight movie, meant to expand your mind, initiate conversation and perhaps inspire you to stay up late one night working on something creative. Everyone in college should be forced to watch movies like this. Dec 14, 2022 Full Review David Sims The Atlantic There is a plot of sorts and plenty of grisly stop-motion violence, but Mad God is most impressive as a work of sheer atmosphere, a visual experience that is actually unlike any other. Aug 3, 2022 Full Review Adam Nayman The Ringer The best compliment you can pay to Mad God is to say it’s made in the image of its creator. Jul 9, 2022 Full Review William Stottor Loud and Clear Reviews Mad God is an apocalyptic nightmare of the highest order and boasts some of the most impressive stop-motion animation and world-building of the year. Rated: 4/5 Jul 11, 2024 Full Review Kyle Logan Castle of Chills Issues with the plot are minuscule compared to the literally awesome images and worlds created in the film. Jul 11, 2024 Full Review Xero Gravity Big Gold Belt Media "I would urge you to avoid asking yourself any narrative questions either before or during your screening." Rated: 4/5 Jul 8, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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John M Strange, bizarre, and utterly mesmerizing, this is NOT a film for those expecting a traditional story and plot. This is a film to immerse yourself in, let it wash over you in all its eye-popping visual glory, and come out of it wondering both WTF!!?? and “When will there be MORE?!” Animation genius Phil Tippett (RoboCop, Jurassic Park, Empire Strikes Back, Starship Troopers…) created this stop-motion nightmare fantasy, and it is a wonder to behold. If you love old-school animation in the vein of Jan Svankmaeier or the Brothers Quay, you’ll have a feast for the eyes. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/19/25 Full Review Toby D This isn't an entertainment/story film, so if that's what you're after, don't waste your time. I fully understand the low ratings from many. I'm not normally a fan of 'artsy' films, they frequently feel like being weird for the sake of it, but Mad God was an experience and I can't remember the last time a film stuck with me weeks after watching it. You'll get what you put into it. It's a film best viewed alone, without distractions. Oh and the audio is almost entirely phenominal. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 05/24/25 Full Review Sean P I did enjoy watching this, though I find it hard to recommend to people, much less the general audience. This film seemed to me to be a visual representation of the text shown at the beginning. The visuals, the mood, the (somewhat barely discernable) plotline, they all feed into what was shown in the beginning. It created an experience I mostly enjoyed, giving me something I've never seen before, yet it may come across as just all style and no substance to some watchers, with, again, a barely discernable plot, almost no dialogue throughout the entire film, and no real characters. The film doesn't seem to want to present itself traditionally in most ways, which adds to its' uniqueness, yet also could make it seem unfocused or incomplete. Although what I am about to say may sound irrational, if one was interested in checking it out, don't go into it expecting what you know to be a movie. It's not meant to be seen that way, yet I still think it needs to be seen, if you have the stomach for its gory visuals, of course. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/17/25 Full Review Ricardo d A parte visual, fotografia e efeitos visuais e sonoros são ótimos. Temos uma mistura de estilos de animações misturados com cenas reais. Uma piração que parece sair de uma mente drogada. Nada faz sentido até os minutos finais. Mas, talvez isso tenha feito eu não dar uma melhor nota, pois o roteiro torna cansativo o suspense de tentarmos entender o que todas aquelas cenas significam. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/06/25 Full Review Ashley H A visual treat. Watch during a movie marathon Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/02/25 Full Review James A A bizarre, barely connected stream of creepy visuals that lacks an obvious purpose of meaning. It's an art piece. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Follow The Assassin through a forbidding world of tortured souls, decrepit bunkers, and wretched monstrosities forged from the most primordial horrors of the subconscious mind. Every set, creature, and effigy in this macabre masterpiece is hand-crafted and painstakingly animated using traditional stop-motion techniques. MAD GOD is a labor of love, a testament to the power of creative grit, and an homage to the timeless art of stop-motion animation. Ready your eyes. Ready your spirit. Prepare to meet your maker.
Director
Phil Tippett
Producer
Phil Tippett
Screenwriter
Phil Tippett
Production Co
Tippett Studio
Genre
Horror, Fantasy, Animation, Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 16, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 16, 2022
Box Office (Gross USA)
$322.4K
Runtime
1h 23m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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