I love just about everything about the ten minutes that make up this film, but ill try to get into it a bit deeper, because itd be easy for me to just. Until one day the grim promise fails and tension builds as the god fearing townsfolk of. Official movie trailer based on jane austen classic. There is currently one video available for the film, of which zero are trailers, as listed below. I recently came across the animated shot film the backwater gospel, a story of death, hypocrisy and the power of fear in a small godfearing town directed by freelancer bo mathorne.
This is not the place for fails, trashiness, funny content, useless text, etc. At the toll of deaths knell, he climbs from hell to drag some poor soul back. The backwater gospel has a similar style to the videogame company tell tale games titles such as the walking dead and the wolf among us, this may be because of the character textures and the decrepit world designs. The backwater gospel in a complete change of mood, the last thing you will feel like doing after watching backwater gospel is laughing. The gospel according to mac film the gospel according to mac 03 november 2015. Graduation film from the animation workshop, denmark. The backwater gospel is a gloriously original, daringly macabre animation short out of denmark. Cass and mark venture out into a secluded area of the country for a long weekend and begin to think someone might be stalking them. Backwater is doomed by the regular visits of the undertaker and its dwellers blame a. Make sure your post is actually interesting as fuck. These hills are filled with whispers of a man all dressed in black. I tend to forget about it even though its one of the few dvdblurays i own, but i ought to remember to bring it out more often. The backwater gospel film the backwater gospel 01 january 2011. Bachelor film project 2011 from the animation workshop.
Gospel megastar, kirk franklin served as the music director using his songs. Tir nan og animated short film directed by fursy teyssier by lesdiscrets. Backwater a film directed by christopher schrack, and starring justin tully, liana wernergray, andrew roth, thomas daniel. A write up of the 2011 bachelor film project from the animation workshop. The evil dead remake is everything i want in a horror film, and when it came out on dvd, i remember that i couldnt wait to share it with everybody i knew, especially on date night. Its a still pool created by a dam or a curve in the river. The backwater gospel is a short film, published on youtube, about a small town called backwater that is in a bit of a predicament. One lady tears a mans entire ribcage out of him and two men grab a woman and pull her from both ends until shes torn in two equally disturbing is the fact that at least one of the mad townsfolk is tearing chunks of. Video archive for the film the backwater gospel, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 2011. Fred hammond and yolanda adams appear as themselves. Other famous gospel singers as donnie mcclurkin and hezekiah walker have acting roles. Esben jacob sloth bachelor thesis by esben jacon sloth issuu. A prop from my bachelor film, the backwater gospel. The backwater, tomogui is a 20 japanese drama film directed by shinji aoyama, starring masaki suda.
But, more than that, and probably most importantly. The town priest and the faithful think that a merry nonreligious tramp brings the death that follows living in an improvised shed in the middle of the town. The backwater gospel by bo mathhorne animation short film. This is one of those shorts i wish was turned into a feature. Style and form frequency the style of the short film is very dark with a gothic theme, it shows betrayal, fear and death. Backwater were sailing at the edges of time backwater were drifting at the waterline oh were floating in the coastal waters you and me and the porters daughters ooh. Told from the perspective of the pews, the film gives a realistic portrayal of people dealing with true life struggles and issues. Its nice to see a script that dares to elevate beyond the usual platitudes backwater turns a nice stroll in the woods into a journey into a dark, terrorfilled. Backwater is doomed by the regular visits of the undertaker and its dwellers blame a tramp. Different aspects that is commonly shown within horror films, it is shown in the form of a short film to entertain and possibly even educate its viewers with. Go lock up all your children and paint blood upon your door.
If you are looking for original content, i can tell you i dont have it. Backwater is doomed by the regular visits of the undertaker. The attempt to exercise that lone individual from their happy, peaceful town leads directly to the consequence the town was hoping to avoid the most. The backwater gospel is a cutting horrorsatire pointed at organized religion and the hypocrisy which often lies within. The backwater gospel is a disturbing, creepy, and biting satire of organized religion, complete with catchy folk songs, splitsecond imagery, and some of the most disturbing gore ive seen in a while there isnt much more to say about it, other than you really. While his identity is not openly given in the film, it is heavily implied that the undertaker is actually death in the form of an undertaker. The backwater gospel posted in the horror community. This theory is best reinforced in two points during the film. It starts with the average stabbing and shooting and devolves into them ripping each other apart with their bare hands.
Backwater just take me down at backwater junction rolling down the line in the dark early morning i heard the onefortynine i was walking down the highway, needed somewhere to go a lady laid beside me and she invited me home she led me cold, tired and hungry down the backwater road in a house on the corner looking over the track. The backwater gospel by bo mathorne has been one of my favorite animated shorts for a few years now, and i find it that much more impressive that he created this while still a student at the animation workshop. Amazingly its a studentwork, conceived and executed by pupils at the animation workshop, a renowned institution in european animation circles. Though a bit odd for anatomy, the characters were very well designed and helped sell the story. With thomas daniel, andrew roth, justin tully, liana wernergray. Inspired by victorian literature and set to the music of new york band the national, out of a forest is a experimental and poetic journey.
With its juxtaposition of garbage dumps and bird migrations, thunderous highways and. In a town full of religious folk, theres one who isnt. It wouldnt kill you to watch a film or pick up a newspaper once in a while. Genres animation, horror, international director bo mathorne starring laura post, lucien dodge, phillip sacramento. Instead youll shudder as the grim reaper waits for the residents of a small town to turn on one another so he can claim his next victim. Story as long as anyone can remember, the coming of the undertaker has meant the coming of death. The shadow of the undertaker by sons of perdition, released 21 march 2014 the shadow of the undertaker creeps across your floor. As long as anyone can remember, the coming of the undertaker has meant the coming of death. The film won the best director award from the swiss critics federation and the best film award from the junior jurys at the 20 locarno international film festival. The undertaker is a character in the short film the backwater gospel. Im not sure how hes forgotten that i am writing for a newspaper. Backwater is water thats stagnant and out of the current. Introduction something is rotten in the town of backwater. The gospel is a marvelous film where gospel music has churchgoers singing, clapping, and dancing in the aisles.
With zebulon whatley, lucien dodge, phillip sacramento, laura post. Backwaters, a 1982 album by american guitarist tony rice. Its probably an easier time to get people to look at a western in the wake of true grit, but if your western has animation as greatlooking as whats in the backwater gospel, its probably. The writing is a tribute to the song and band that started it all. Creepy animated short film i live in the woods award winning horror animation by calarts. The undertaker the backwater gospel villains wiki fandom. The gospel streaming complet film complet film streaming complet vostfr, the gospel streaming complet film complet film streaming.
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