Posted on Wednesday, October 24th, 2012 by Angie Han
Every year, it seems like Christmas creeps up a little bit earlier. Though the day after Thanksgiving is widely considered the “official” start of the season (at least here in the U.S.), in reality we hardly get a chance to sort through our Halloween candy before the store racks fill up with tinsel and candy canes.
So why not just embrace the calendar creep with a new short that’s perfect for both holidays at once? Lee Hardcastle, the animator behind those Claymation remakes of The Raid and The Thing, has just directed a music video titled “Mr. Frosty Man” for a track of the same name from Sufjan Stevens‘ upcoming holiday album. Minute for minute, it may be one of the most gleefully gory films you’ll see all year. Watch the NSFW video after the jump.
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You might recall many months ago that we posted a short recreation of John Carpenter’s The Thing, animated in stop-motion with clay, and characters re-done as penguins. Now the same artist, Lee Hardcastle, has given the stop-motion remake treatment to Gareth Evans‘ film The Raid. Instead of penguins he used the prime currency of the internet: cats. The result is cute and gory in equal measure, and easily worth a few minutes of your time. Read More »
Maybe you’re familiar with Pingu. It’s a Swiss claymation animated series about penguins living at the South Pole, with the title also being the name of one of the young penguins.
Now Lee Hardcastle, the same guy who made the ‘T is for Toilet’ short film that won the competition to be the 26th entry in the horror anthology The ABCs of Death, has made a new claymation Pingu short. But this one is a remake of John Carpenter‘s The Thing. Even if you’re not familiar with the original character, this is a must-see. Read More »
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