Swing You Sinners, Max Fleischer, 1930

This one is dark and bizarre, even for Fleischer, which is saying a lot.

Blood and Sunflowers, Christiane Cegavske, 1992

Christiane Cegavske's first stop motion animated short.

She went on to spend thirteen years crafting the absolutely wonderful Blood Tea and Red String, which you simply must have this very instant.

Sekcja zwłok (Autopsy) Ryszard Czekala, 1973

Spegelbarn (Looking Glass) Erik Rosenlund, 2007

Tidy Monster, Tim Marchant, 2007

I'M THE MAN WHO KEEPS IT TIDY... TIDY...

Chilling video of a room as seen by an unseen character descending into madness.

Gahan Wilson's Diner, Gahan Wilson and Karen Peterson, 1992

Gahan Wilson's fluid, macabre creations brought vividly to life.

Laziness, Yevgeniy Sivokon, 1979

From the same people that made The Tree and the Cat comes this disturbing fable about complacency.

The Tell Tale Heart, Ted Parmelee -UPA, 1954

Eerie retelling of Edgar Allen Poe's story from UPA studios. Narrated by James Mason.

Clutch Cargo, Cambria Studios, 1959

Normally, I try to post animation that is good, or at least interesting, or entertaining, or well written.

Clutch Cargo is none of that, and more.

Clutch Cargo stumbled blindly onto the pages of history by virtue of its own cheapness. The makers of the series rarely employed any animation at all - not that they ever claimed to. They used whatever means they could to avoid animation, but the most infamous was a technique invented by cameraman Edwin Gillete known as Synchro-Vox, which superimposed footage of a moving human mouth over a still drawing. The effect was disturbing, but very memorable.



See? It's utter crap, but it's going to haunt your dreams forever.