Mad God

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Mad God

2022

1h 23m

Horror

Fantasy

Animation

Adventure

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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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Critics Consensus

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

12/14/2022

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.

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David Sims

The Atlantic

08/03/2022

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.

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Adam Nayman

The Ringer

07/09/2022

The best compliment you can pay to Mad God is to say it’s made in the image of its creator.

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William Stottor

Loud and Clear Reviews

07/11/2024

4/5

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.

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Kyle Logan

Castle of Chills

07/11/2024

Issues with the plot are minuscule compared to the literally awesome images and worlds created in the film.

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Xero Gravity

Big Gold Belt Media

07/08/2024

4/5

"I would urge you to avoid asking yourself any narrative questions either before or during your screening."

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Stephen C

@bob25009 2d

Success in 01 hour, 24 minutes, and 10 seconds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love animation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Madam D

Nov 30

To me, this glorious stop-motion is about the history of life on earth with all its violence. In every potential arena. Beginning with god (as written in the old testament) war & lots of it, medical profession, religion, industry, etc. The gore is messy & all the visuals are mindblowing.

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Courtney K

@c0urtn3y Nov 7

really weird. loved it.

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Simon T

Oct 28

Watch, enjoy and feel privileged to do so. Don't expect a beginning, middle and end. Think of it more that you have wandered into an art gallery and seen a glimpse into an artist's mind.

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Jeepers C

Oct 6

This movie kinds reminds me of a book by Edward Lee called City Infernal. That was a book about a girl who loses her sister to suicide and goes to hell to pay her a visit. The images that Mad God presents are a perfect match to how Edward Lee described Hell as. If you watch this movie and like it, then read the book, you should like it as well. A fun, little visual treat for horror fans. It was worth the time and effort, it took to make this , cause the final product is something your eyes won't want to miss.

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David W

Jul 2

Watched this one a couple of times. It's brilliant visually, a remarkable exercise in stop motion animation. Moody, visceral, and unsettling, it sustains a singular vision of an underworld hellscape. It's impressive. For about the first twenty percent of the film. Then it comes apart a bit. As this project came to completion over decades, you can see the seams in it where it was restarted with a completely different creative team. At points, the stop-motion goes away entirely, and you're left with sequences that are more like a "disturbing" student film. The remarkable visuals that begin the film...and are present in all the marketing...are replaced. Then replaced again. Particularly given that there's no coherent narrative, and you're there for the imagery? It's a bit deflating, particularly given the brilliance of the opening.

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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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