Mad God

DATE: Saturday, June 14
TIME: 10:00PM
VENUE: Gateway Theater Fort Lauderdale

This truly visionary dark masterpiece comes from the mind and hands of legendary visual effects and stop-motion craftsman Phil Tippett, who animated and designed special effects sequences from ROBOCOP, JURASSIC PARK, and the original STAR WARS trilogy, among many others. 30 years in the making, Tippett’s animated experimental nightmare is ready to invade your dreams as part of Popcorn Frights’ Shudder10 celebration.

The story? In the way that ERASERHEAD was synopsized by David Lynch as simply “a dream of dark and troubling things,” it is best just to say that MAD GOD is set in a Dante-esque world of monsters, mad scientists, and war pigs. Tippet’s masterpiece is an almost overwhelmingly visual experience, especially when viewed on the big screen where the miniature characters and sets are magnificently brought to larger-than-life size. A milestone in animation and personal filmmaking, MAD GOD is hand crafted, independent and created from the heart. Sometimes that heart is bursting with love for the craft, while other times it’s macabre, punctured, and bleeding.