If you loved Down to the Cellar, try The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope
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Both films are directed by Jan Švankmajer, 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.
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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