My good friend and fellow fantasy explorer, filmmaker Marc Lougee, recently sent me a copy of his short film newly available on DVD, “Ray Harryhausen Presents Edgar Allen Poe’s” The Pit and the Pendulum. This film is unique in that it tells the familiar Poe story through the art of stop-motion animation, a three dimensional form of animation that brings a unique “feel” to the fantasy and storytelling process beyond more familiar forms of cel animation. In this telling The Pit involves an interesting ambience of darkness, despair, and hope that has been well received at film festivals resulting in several awards including Best Adaptation from the International Horror & Sci Fi Film Festival, and Best Short Film at the Crypticon Film Festival. This DVD release includes special features, such as behind the scenes inteviews with the crew, including Marc as Director and Creative Producer, as well as those involved with the visual effects. Other special features include a look at Switch VFX’s visual effects, and storyboards and concept art.
See my previous interview with Marc and stop by the film’s website to place your order for this great video today. It will make for rewarding Halloween viewing.
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