Meet The Undertaker… He’s the terrifying star of The Backwater Gospel, a wonderfully doom-laden and gorgeously animated new short film by eight students from Denmark. You can watch the whole ten mins of it (and another video about how it was made) at my favourite film-related-stuff site Twitch. But before I give you the link, [...]
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Hee hee hee HEE!
Via the blog of Warren Eliis, ten minutes of joyful, jaw-dropping special effects mayhem courtesy of 2010 Tamil film Enthiran, or The Robot. My favourite bit starts around 3mins20. Enjoy.
Dishy Metal Fishy Dudes
Just spotted this fantastic bit of stop motion animation on Boing Boing: THE DEEP by PES is one minute thirty-eight seconds of genius. Watch out for the angler fish.
Shelf Help
Life as an author isn’t all smoking jackets and glasses of sherry. We have to find ways to promote our books, too…
Rescue Yourself
Got twelve minutes? Ever seen, say, a marauding shoal of fish made out of crisp packets? This is Temple Rider, a gorgeous and surprisingly touching short animated film I found over the weekend at my favourite film-related website, Twitch. The dialogue’s in Cantonese and there are no subtitles, but you shouldn’t have any trouble following [...]
And Then His Balaclava Caught Fire
This little film about a Sun Giant who wants to retrieve one of his rays makes me grin: It’s the second episode (here’s the first) of a planned series about misunderstood giants by two animators called Celine & Yann.
Video blog ahoy!
I haven’t made a video blog in ages, so I decided to make one a couple of weeks ago, and didn’t get around to uploading it. But here it is now – me, reading an extract from my next Invisible Fiends book, The Crowmaster. It’s not published until February, but now’s your chance to watch [...]
Don’t Look Around, Sir, I’m Speaking To You
On what’s been an otherwise bleak afternoon in the caves, the following video has been cheering me up more than somewhat.
Prepare To Be Scared
Edited together by the man himself, we present this harrowing Halloween video from the Spooktacular Scarefest of Thurs 23rd October – featuring Joseph Delaney, Sam Enthoven, Tommy Donbavand, Jon Mayhew and the TERRIFYING TIGHTS of Mr David Gatward!
