If you loved Down to the Cellar, try The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope
Un pont entre un film que tu as déjà vu et un que peu de gens ont croisé. Voici ce qu'ils partagent, et ce que le second fait que le premier ne fait pas.
Ce qu'ils partagent
Both films are directed by Jan Švankmajer, and they both carry the body horror, dread, surreal mood tags, and they sit in Animation / Horror / Mystery territory. If that's the register that drew you to Down to the Cellar, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope is
A medieval dungeon’s torch guttering against damp stone. Iron teeth gnaw the floorboards a millimetre at a time. Jan Švankmajer’s stop-motion grotesques drag you down the same spiral you first climbed.
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