Mad God

Name: Mad God
Genre: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror, Animation
Released: June 16, 2022
Duration: 83 min
Rating: 80
Cast: Alex Cox, Brynn Taylor, Hans Brekke, Harper Gibbons, Harper Taylor

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Shudder | Release Date (Streaming): June 16, 2022 | Not Rated

Starring: Alex Cox, Brynn Taylor, Hans Brekke, Harper Gibbons, Harper Taylor, Jake Freytag, Niketa Roman, Satish Ratakonda, Tom Gibbons, Tucker Gibbons

Summary: Mad God is an experimental animated film set in a world of monsters, mad scientists and war pigs. A corroded diving bell descends amidst a ruined city, settling down upon an ominous fortress guarded by zombie-like sentries. The Assassin emerges to explore a labyrinth of bizarre, desolate landscapes inhabited by freakish denizens. ThroughMad God is an experimental animated film set in a world of monsters, mad scientists and war pigs. A corroded diving bell descends amidst a ruined city, settling down upon an ominous fortress guarded by zombie-like sentries. The Assassin emerges to explore a labyrinth of bizarre, desolate landscapes inhabited by freakish denizens. Through unexpected twists and turns, he experiences an evolution beyond his wildest comprehension. Thirty years in the making, Mad God combines live-action and stop-motion, miniature sets and other innovative techniques to bring director Phil Tippett’s wholly unique and grotesquely beautiful vision to life. [Shudder]… Expand

Director: Phil Tippett

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror, Animation

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 83 min

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RogerEbert.com Simon Abrams

Jun 14, 2022

Imagine, if you will, a dystopian nightmare set in a post-industrialized world that’s forever teetering on its last legs, but never quite falls over. This description does not, admittedly, tell you much, but the movie’s less of a narrative-driven parable than a dazzling and corrosively cynical vision of a hyper-compartmentalized society that’s struggling to both die and reset. Read full review

Dom Sinacola

Jun 15, 2022

Tippett purges his Id until he’s wrung the last bit of bile from the Assassin’s journey, but even throughout all the harrowing imagery, the director never loses a sense of cinematic wonder. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Jun 16, 2022

Strange and squelchy and all kinds of sick, Mad God comes at you with nauseating energy, its flood of dystopian images both playful and repulsive. Read full review

Rob Rector

Sep 30, 2021

Tippett himself said he did not intend Mad God to adhere to any strict narrative structure, so it’s best to merely soak in the sumptuous, detailed visuals and extract your own meaning from the journey. It’s a ferociously engaging, if slightly flawed, viewing experience. Read full review

Josh Larsen

Sep 9, 2022

Mostly a work of stop-motion, the movie boasts expansive, intricately detailed sets that the eye can’t help but want to explore, despite the horrors that take place among them. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Jun 6, 2022

Mad God offers a dense cornucopia of genre-fueled outrageousness that’s gradually united by a concern with cycles of warfare. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jun 2, 2022

If it’s worth reciting the decades it took to pack all this imagery into sets so dark that much of it doesn’t register, it’s also worth noting that effects folk are, by definition, masters of making the trees. Whether or not they grasp the “forest” and can tell a compelling, coherent story about it isn’t exactly a given. Read full review

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BulgarianCritic

Jun 19, 2022

This is by far probably one of the best (if not) the best stop motion movie that probably exists there. The stop motion animation and abominations that were in the movie was just amazing. There is just so much creativity and imagination in creating various tools and scenes that made thisThis is by far probably one of the best (if not) the best stop motion movie that probably exists there. The stop motion animation and abominations that were in the movie was just amazing. There is just so much creativity and imagination in creating various tools and scenes that made this movie feel incredibly alive and hellish.This can be interpreted in a few ways but for me it felt like a post-modern version of Dante's Inferno. The descent of our character into different types of ''Hell's'' with their own cities describing different type of sins was amazing(my interpretation anyway) surrounded by hellish creatures which in my opinion only a really **** up mind can create was just am amazing and very imaginative and creative experience. The sound and music was also great and fit the piece perfectly (there were a few scenes where the sound effects didn't match the style but they are rare). It also appears that this was 30 years in the making which is possibly one of the longest creation of animated movies that have released (Not forgetting Yuri Norstein and Francheska Yarbusova the overcoat which is by now probably 50 years in the making). This is a must watch to see a personal hell of the creator and it's overflow with imagination and other **** up creations. It's not for everyone but for the few that will watch it they will definitely enjoy it.… Expand

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canisfamiliaris

Jul 24, 2023

Disgustingly beautiful - like Grandfather Nurgle made a movie. Some things you see and you don't know WHY they are gross...but you know that they ARE gross and that's pretty interesting.

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imCatMan

May 13, 2023

Havent felt like this watching a movie, since the holy mountain. Incredible.

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pogelwoodcancer

Jun 17, 2022

It's an odd one for sure. Visceral and perplexing and nostalgic for those of us who grew up with Tippets work shining in more narrative based entertainment. And yet if your not into the technical aspect of what is achieved here there isn't much to chew on that hasn't already been chewed byIt's an odd one for sure. Visceral and perplexing and nostalgic for those of us who grew up with Tippets work shining in more narrative based entertainment. And yet if your not into the technical aspect of what is achieved here there isn't much to chew on that hasn't already been chewed by so many half baked post apocalyptic 80's gore fests. It feels legless. Prefering to confuse rather than tell let an audience understand. Which is fine if your in the mood but frustrating if you like investing in a journey. All in all, if your into films that still take risks and experiment you will come away with something. For those that like stop motion it's simply an essential watch.… Expand

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bertobellamy

Jun 28, 2022

'Mad God' is a bizarre experiment that takes you to a world full of all the ¿human? fluids you could ever imagine. Through a nightmarish setting and some disturbing images, the legendary Phil Tippet delivers what could probably be the culmination of his brilliant career. But, at least for'Mad God' is a bizarre experiment that takes you to a world full of all the ¿human? fluids you could ever imagine. Through a nightmarish setting and some disturbing images, the legendary Phil Tippet delivers what could probably be the culmination of his brilliant career. But, at least for me, this is too impenetrable to get involved. A little narrative would've been nice. The stop-motion looks amazing and terrifying, but the live-action segments didn't blend in that well. Although I appreciate the 30-year effort to bring this to life, I didn't find it that special, at least in storytelling terms. But who am I to criticize one of the best film animators of all time?

Warning: don't watch this while eating.… Expand

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pypes

Jul 25, 2022

An auteur's passion project, pointedly grotesque and realized via an odd medium? Yes please.

Or rather not. This should have been a solid 10 from me but the film fails to deliver. The lack of readily apparent narrative (the film contains no dialog) leaves this a series of vignettes thatAn auteur's passion project, pointedly grotesque and realized via an odd medium? Yes please.

Or rather not. This should have been a solid 10 from me but the film fails to deliver. The lack of readily apparent narrative (the film contains no dialog) leaves this a series of vignettes that burn through all the best ideas in the first 30 minutes, then proceeds to overstay its welcome for another hour. Sound design was noticeably poor IMHO, and maybe I've been desensitized but non of the visuals were as grotesque or shocking as had been billed.

Watch it for the "experience", but if you find your eyelids growing heavy after 40 minutes or so feel free to switch it off, you're not missing anything.… Expand

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EludiumQ36

Oct 1, 2022

"Mad God" (2021, 80-mins, W/D/P Phil Tippet, stop-motion animation). This effort is best described by a series of adjectives: nightmarish, otherworldly, hellscape, incoherent, absurd, bizarre. I'm not even sure how you rate something like this. Other well meaning viewers have rated this from"Mad God" (2021, 80-mins, W/D/P Phil Tippet, stop-motion animation). This effort is best described by a series of adjectives: nightmarish, otherworldly, hellscape, incoherent, absurd, bizarre. I'm not even sure how you rate something like this. Other well meaning viewers have rated this from 10 down to 1. It took Phil and a small army of helpers 33 years to bring this to theatres where it flopped like nothing before/since. So by that measure it was a resounding failure. Does it entertain? Only if you're into all those cited adjectives at the same time. I'm not so it's a fail for me. I can appreciate the effort and its commitment to its bizarre vision but I can't recommend it and I certainly wouldn't ever watch it again.… Expand

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