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Blood Tea and Red String is a handmade stop-motion fairy tale for adults. Thirteen years in the making, Christiane Cegavske's dialogue free film tells the tale of the struggle between the aristocratic White Mice and the rustic Creatures Who Dwell Under the Oak over the doll of their heart's desire. The Mice commission the Oak Dwellers to create a beautiful doll for them. When she is complete, the Creatures fall in love with her and refuse to give her up. Resorting to thievery the Mice abscond with her in the middle of the night. Meet fantastical creatures and view dazzling scenery as the Creatures Who Dwell Under the Oak journey through this mystical land to reclaim their love. See the mice descend into debauchery as they become drunk on blood tea! See what happens when the Oak Dwellers eat the yellow fruit! A heart rending musical score that was composed and performed by Mark Growden accompanies this disturbing and wondrous adventure.
Customer Reviews:
very inspiring.......2007-07-31
I love animation, especially stop motion and I have been researching the medium because I want to make my own film and I found this movie extremely inspiring. I have thought of all of the work involved with puppet making, set building, animating, camera work, etc. and the process is pretty overwhelming. To see someone do it on their own and to complete a 70 minute beautiful film blows me away and I have tremendous respect for the artist. I really love her costumes and props. Thank you Christiane for enduring and completing this masterpiece.
I love this!!!.......2007-05-31
this is one one the most fabulous and magical things I have ever viewed. I saw it at the film festival at convergence 13 and needed to buy my own copy to show to all my friends. absolutely lovely!!!!
Amazing to see & savor!.......2007-04-10
This would be an astonishing film under any circumstances, given its detail & dreamlike, sometimes nightmarish quality. Knowing that it was made by one person over 13 years only increases my admiration. Truly a labor of love! Rich colors, fascinating characters that capture both the innocence & exaggerated fears of a child's world, memorable images that seem almost archetypal -- just stunning. It has the look & flavor of a very old tale, repeated over countless generations. If you're looking for something different, something very far from the mass market animation that seems to exist solely to sell cheap merchandise, then you won't go wrong here. Most highly recommended!
Darkly traggic and beautiful.......2007-01-21
This is an excellent yet very "odd" film. It's definitely not a "normal" film like you would find in the theaters. I really loved the film, but some people may find it a bit too odd for their tastes. If you like artsy, dark, and symbolic sort of stuff, you'll like this film. If you go to movies thinking the Rock is the best actor evar, then don't watch this.
The animation is quite good, and the usage of colors and images is excellent. It's quite amazing how much you can feel for the characters in this film. The DVD comes with some extras where you get to see the artist's paintings as she discusses them with another person. I recommend this to anyone who likes the "out of the norm" artistic films.
Dark Fairy Tale.......2007-01-12
This film is not for everyone, but if you like things that are truly unusual and artistic, without a lot of dialogue, check this one out. This is not a kid's movie, even though it's a fairy tale of sorts. The artist who made the film took years to hand-craft each "puppet" (for lack of a better word -- this is not Sesame Street...). If you like dark, artistic animation such as The Nightmare Before Christmas or Spirited Away, and/or darkly dreamy fairy tales such as The Company of Wolves or Ginger Snaps, and/or films about dreams such as The Science of Sleep, you might check out this film.
Average customer rating:
- Another Full Moon Extravaganza Of Weirdness...
- Great guilty pleasure movie
- Outrageous; Beyond the common Limits of Human Intelligence
- a great horror/humor combo
- Where do i find the music?
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Blood Dolls
Starring:
Jack Maturin ,
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Customer Reviews:
Another Full Moon Extravaganza Of Weirdness..........2007-09-08
BLOOD DOLLS is my kind of movie! Charles Band has fashioned another masterpiece! This one's right up there w/ PUPPET MASTER, HEAD OF THE FAMILY, and HIDEOUS! in my book! Ultra-eccentric, masked billionaire, Virgil Travis (Jack Maturin) loses big money, and simply must have revenge against those who've tried to destroy him and his empire. With the aid of his trusty servant / henchman / spiritual advisor, Mr. Mascaro (William Paul Burns, in three-piece suit and full clown make-up), Travis sends a trio of killer dolls (shrunken versions of his former enemies) to assassinate his rivals. All goes well until the wife of Virgil's chief nemesis, a brilliant dominatrix named Moira (Debra Mayer) gives Travis fits! She ouwits him and even earns his respect and affection. Of course, this is all according to Moira's wicked plan for world domination! Is Travis doomed, or will twisted love prevail? BD offers nonstop lunacy, a caged girl-rock band, an evil dwarf (Phil Fondacaro w/ eye-patch), gore, BDSM, mad science, and humor. This could well be the ultimate movie! Watch for the "drill-murder" and "death-by-piano-wire-rack" sequences! Mistress Moira must inherit the earth...
Great guilty pleasure movie.......2006-10-01
I'm not big into guilty pleasure movies. In fact of the 300 or so movies I own I think I have 3. Make it 4 now. After the first 20 minutes I was ready to turn the movie off. But I decided to watch on. And boy am I glad I did. It grew on me. It's so unique. It never takes itself too seriously while at the same time not taking itself lightly either. Great mix of horror/humor, and a fun movie I can see myself watching over and over. It ranks right up in my guilty pleasure department with Killer Klowns from Outer Space. All the characters are enjoyable and they all fit very well into the plot. It's just a fun watch. You get creepy, funny, serious, complex, simple all rolled into one. One of the few B movies that is enjoyable and gets better with each view. How can you fit 3 killer dolls, a shrunken head billionaire, a butler who wears clown make-up 24/7, a midget guard, a girl rock band electrocuted into playing songs of choice, a dominatrix female with superior intelligence and Type-A ambition, and a guy getting drilled in the heart with a drill bit all in one movie? Answer: Blood Dolls. Sometimes the stars just align perfectly. Thanks for the ride.
Outrageous; Beyond the common Limits of Human Intelligence.......2006-02-02
"Blood Dolls" is a confounding freakfest about which little of worth can be said... It begins with a quite literal indictment of corporate ethics as a pair of unscrupulous complicitors in an unethical business enterprise enter the world of a business "genius" who wears a long-discarded X-Files prop (literally copied from the episode "Grotesque") as a mask, has a morose clown for a butler, and keeps a dwarf around for no apparent reason other than to keep the general sideshow aura amped to an extreme level. This dwarf routinely tortures his encaged, all-female rock band, who, beside being surprisingly technically adept, do little more than provide nudity. Shortly into the proceedings, the cornball bloodletting starts, the billionaire reveals the disproportionately small head beneath the mask, and one of the complicitous nobodies is transformed into a "blood doll." These must be parodies of "Puppet Master," but since that film might as well have been a parody itself, that isn't saying much. The film exudes an air of sadism amid the camp, and occassionally meanders into utterly senseless philosophical musings culled pretty much directly from the sources they cite. The acting is awful; the characters and story, absurd. However, it's also pretty damn funny, in an Ed Wood-let's take this seriously even as it becomes increasingly absurd to-kind of way. Worth a rent for a camp conoisseur, but little else.
a great horror/humor combo.......2004-08-01
This one went surprisingly deep on the philosophical banter between the protagonist and antagonist. But it was no mere head-to-head talkie. The music was astonishingly good, the suspenseful action lent a continuing air of suspension and tension that gave you the creeps, and the script was a twist if Nietzsche meets the Twilight Zone. The babes were hot and sassy and the relationships complicated like the taste a well aged wine. If you don't like this movie, you probably don't like to have fun with horror and should seek your thrills in more somber chillers. The clown! William Burns brought levels of sophistication to his role. His character was a spiritual man, you see. The story's message might offend the devoutly religious. Too bad. Hidden talent showed up in this yarn. The girl band coulda been a contender. The lead actress in the movie leaves you begging for more. Literally.
Where do i find the music?.......2003-04-21
The movie was "interesting" it takes some getting used to, u just have to laugh with it. I've been trying forever to track down the band that does the song "pain" but I can't figure out who sings it. the music video says "blood dolls" but nothing shows up on them as being a real band...
Customer Reviews:
Another Full Moon Extravaganza Of Weirdness..........2007-09-08
BLOOD DOLLS is my kind of movie! Charles Band has fashioned another masterpiece! This one's right up there w/ PUPPET MASTER, HEAD OF THE FAMILY, and HIDEOUS! in my book! Ultra-eccentric, masked billionaire, Virgil Travis (Jack Maturin) loses big money, and simply must have revenge against those who've tried to destroy him and his empire. With the aid of his trusty servant / henchman / spiritual advisor, Mr. Mascaro (William Paul Burns, in three-piece suit and full clown make-up), Travis sends a trio of killer dolls (shrunken versions of his former enemies) to assassinate his rivals. All goes well until the wife of Virgil's chief nemesis, a brilliant dominatrix named Moira (Debra Mayer) gives Travis fits! She ouwits him and even earns his respect and affection. Of course, this is all according to Moira's wicked plan for world domination! Is Travis doomed, or will twisted love prevail? BD offers nonstop lunacy, a caged girl-rock band, an evil dwarf (Phil Fondacaro w/ eye-patch), gore, BDSM, mad science, and humor. This could well be the ultimate movie! Watch for the "drill-murder" and "death-by-piano-wire-rack" sequences! Mistress Moira must inherit the earth...
Great guilty pleasure movie.......2006-10-01
I'm not big into guilty pleasure movies. In fact of the 300 or so movies I own I think I have 3. Make it 4 now. After the first 20 minutes I was ready to turn the movie off. But I decided to watch on. And boy am I glad I did. It grew on me. It's so unique. It never takes itself too seriously while at the same time not taking itself lightly either. Great mix of horror/humor, and a fun movie I can see myself watching over and over. It ranks right up in my guilty pleasure department with Killer Klowns from Outer Space. All the characters are enjoyable and they all fit very well into the plot. It's just a fun watch. You get creepy, funny, serious, complex, simple all rolled into one. One of the few B movies that is enjoyable and gets better with each view. How can you fit 3 killer dolls, a shrunken head billionaire, a butler who wears clown make-up 24/7, a midget guard, a girl rock band electrocuted into playing songs of choice, a dominatrix female with superior intelligence and Type-A ambition, and a guy getting drilled in the heart with a drill bit all in one movie? Answer: Blood Dolls. Sometimes the stars just align perfectly. Thanks for the ride.
Outrageous; Beyond the common Limits of Human Intelligence.......2006-02-02
"Blood Dolls" is a confounding freakfest about which little of worth can be said... It begins with a quite literal indictment of corporate ethics as a pair of unscrupulous complicitors in an unethical business enterprise enter the world of a business "genius" who wears a long-discarded X-Files prop (literally copied from the episode "Grotesque") as a mask, has a morose clown for a butler, and keeps a dwarf around for no apparent reason other than to keep the general sideshow aura amped to an extreme level. This dwarf routinely tortures his encaged, all-female rock band, who, beside being surprisingly technically adept, do little more than provide nudity. Shortly into the proceedings, the cornball bloodletting starts, the billionaire reveals the disproportionately small head beneath the mask, and one of the complicitous nobodies is transformed into a "blood doll." These must be parodies of "Puppet Master," but since that film might as well have been a parody itself, that isn't saying much. The film exudes an air of sadism amid the camp, and occassionally meanders into utterly senseless philosophical musings culled pretty much directly from the sources they cite. The acting is awful; the characters and story, absurd. However, it's also pretty damn funny, in an Ed Wood-let's take this seriously even as it becomes increasingly absurd to-kind of way. Worth a rent for a camp conoisseur, but little else.
a great horror/humor combo.......2004-08-01
This one went surprisingly deep on the philosophical banter between the protagonist and antagonist. But it was no mere head-to-head talkie. The music was astonishingly good, the suspenseful action lent a continuing air of suspension and tension that gave you the creeps, and the script was a twist if Nietzsche meets the Twilight Zone. The babes were hot and sassy and the relationships complicated like the taste a well aged wine. If you don't like this movie, you probably don't like to have fun with horror and should seek your thrills in more somber chillers. The clown! William Burns brought levels of sophistication to his role. His character was a spiritual man, you see. The story's message might offend the devoutly religious. Too bad. Hidden talent showed up in this yarn. The girl band coulda been a contender. The lead actress in the movie leaves you begging for more. Literally.
Where do i find the music?.......2003-04-21
The movie was "interesting" it takes some getting used to, u just have to laugh with it. I've been trying forever to track down the band that does the song "pain" but I can't figure out who sings it. the music video says "blood dolls" but nothing shows up on them as being a real band...
Customer Reviews:
Another Full Moon Extravaganza Of Weirdness..........2007-09-08
BLOOD DOLLS is my kind of movie! Charles Band has fashioned another masterpiece! This one's right up there w/ PUPPET MASTER, HEAD OF THE FAMILY, and HIDEOUS! in my book! Ultra-eccentric, masked billionaire, Virgil Travis (Jack Maturin) loses big money, and simply must have revenge against those who've tried to destroy him and his empire. With the aid of his trusty servant / henchman / spiritual advisor, Mr. Mascaro (William Paul Burns, in three-piece suit and full clown make-up), Travis sends a trio of killer dolls (shrunken versions of his former enemies) to assassinate his rivals. All goes well until the wife of Virgil's chief nemesis, a brilliant dominatrix named Moira (Debra Mayer) gives Travis fits! She ouwits him and even earns his respect and affection. Of course, this is all according to Moira's wicked plan for world domination! Is Travis doomed, or will twisted love prevail? BD offers nonstop lunacy, a caged girl-rock band, an evil dwarf (Phil Fondacaro w/ eye-patch), gore, BDSM, mad science, and humor. This could well be the ultimate movie! Watch for the "drill-murder" and "death-by-piano-wire-rack" sequences! Mistress Moira must inherit the earth...
Great guilty pleasure movie.......2006-10-01
I'm not big into guilty pleasure movies. In fact of the 300 or so movies I own I think I have 3. Make it 4 now. After the first 20 minutes I was ready to turn the movie off. But I decided to watch on. And boy am I glad I did. It grew on me. It's so unique. It never takes itself too seriously while at the same time not taking itself lightly either. Great mix of horror/humor, and a fun movie I can see myself watching over and over. It ranks right up in my guilty pleasure department with Killer Klowns from Outer Space. All the characters are enjoyable and they all fit very well into the plot. It's just a fun watch. You get creepy, funny, serious, complex, simple all rolled into one. One of the few B movies that is enjoyable and gets better with each view. How can you fit 3 killer dolls, a shrunken head billionaire, a butler who wears clown make-up 24/7, a midget guard, a girl rock band electrocuted into playing songs of choice, a dominatrix female with superior intelligence and Type-A ambition, and a guy getting drilled in the heart with a drill bit all in one movie? Answer: Blood Dolls. Sometimes the stars just align perfectly. Thanks for the ride.
Outrageous; Beyond the common Limits of Human Intelligence.......2006-02-02
"Blood Dolls" is a confounding freakfest about which little of worth can be said... It begins with a quite literal indictment of corporate ethics as a pair of unscrupulous complicitors in an unethical business enterprise enter the world of a business "genius" who wears a long-discarded X-Files prop (literally copied from the episode "Grotesque") as a mask, has a morose clown for a butler, and keeps a dwarf around for no apparent reason other than to keep the general sideshow aura amped to an extreme level. This dwarf routinely tortures his encaged, all-female rock band, who, beside being surprisingly technically adept, do little more than provide nudity. Shortly into the proceedings, the cornball bloodletting starts, the billionaire reveals the disproportionately small head beneath the mask, and one of the complicitous nobodies is transformed into a "blood doll." These must be parodies of "Puppet Master," but since that film might as well have been a parody itself, that isn't saying much. The film exudes an air of sadism amid the camp, and occassionally meanders into utterly senseless philosophical musings culled pretty much directly from the sources they cite. The acting is awful; the characters and story, absurd. However, it's also pretty damn funny, in an Ed Wood-let's take this seriously even as it becomes increasingly absurd to-kind of way. Worth a rent for a camp conoisseur, but little else.
a great horror/humor combo.......2004-08-01
This one went surprisingly deep on the philosophical banter between the protagonist and antagonist. But it was no mere head-to-head talkie. The music was astonishingly good, the suspenseful action lent a continuing air of suspension and tension that gave you the creeps, and the script was a twist if Nietzsche meets the Twilight Zone. The babes were hot and sassy and the relationships complicated like the taste a well aged wine. If you don't like this movie, you probably don't like to have fun with horror and should seek your thrills in more somber chillers. The clown! William Burns brought levels of sophistication to his role. His character was a spiritual man, you see. The story's message might offend the devoutly religious. Too bad. Hidden talent showed up in this yarn. The girl band coulda been a contender. The lead actress in the movie leaves you begging for more. Literally.
Where do i find the music?.......2003-04-21
The movie was "interesting" it takes some getting used to, u just have to laugh with it. I've been trying forever to track down the band that does the song "pain" but I can't figure out who sings it. the music video says "blood dolls" but nothing shows up on them as being a real band...
Customer Reviews:
Another Full Moon Extravaganza Of Weirdness..........2007-09-08
BLOOD DOLLS is my kind of movie! Charles Band has fashioned another masterpiece! This one's right up there w/ PUPPET MASTER, HEAD OF THE FAMILY, and HIDEOUS! in my book! Ultra-eccentric, masked billionaire, Virgil Travis (Jack Maturin) loses big money, and simply must have revenge against those who've tried to destroy him and his empire. With the aid of his trusty servant / henchman / spiritual advisor, Mr. Mascaro (William Paul Burns, in three-piece suit and full clown make-up), Travis sends a trio of killer dolls (shrunken versions of his former enemies) to assassinate his rivals. All goes well until the wife of Virgil's chief nemesis, a brilliant dominatrix named Moira (Debra Mayer) gives Travis fits! She ouwits him and even earns his respect and affection. Of course, this is all according to Moira's wicked plan for world domination! Is Travis doomed, or will twisted love prevail? BD offers nonstop lunacy, a caged girl-rock band, an evil dwarf (Phil Fondacaro w/ eye-patch), gore, BDSM, mad science, and humor. This could well be the ultimate movie! Watch for the "drill-murder" and "death-by-piano-wire-rack" sequences! Mistress Moira must inherit the earth...
Great guilty pleasure movie.......2006-10-01
I'm not big into guilty pleasure movies. In fact of the 300 or so movies I own I think I have 3. Make it 4 now. After the first 20 minutes I was ready to turn the movie off. But I decided to watch on. And boy am I glad I did. It grew on me. It's so unique. It never takes itself too seriously while at the same time not taking itself lightly either. Great mix of horror/humor, and a fun movie I can see myself watching over and over. It ranks right up in my guilty pleasure department with Killer Klowns from Outer Space. All the characters are enjoyable and they all fit very well into the plot. It's just a fun watch. You get creepy, funny, serious, complex, simple all rolled into one. One of the few B movies that is enjoyable and gets better with each view. How can you fit 3 killer dolls, a shrunken head billionaire, a butler who wears clown make-up 24/7, a midget guard, a girl rock band electrocuted into playing songs of choice, a dominatrix female with superior intelligence and Type-A ambition, and a guy getting drilled in the heart with a drill bit all in one movie? Answer: Blood Dolls. Sometimes the stars just align perfectly. Thanks for the ride.
Outrageous; Beyond the common Limits of Human Intelligence.......2006-02-02
"Blood Dolls" is a confounding freakfest about which little of worth can be said... It begins with a quite literal indictment of corporate ethics as a pair of unscrupulous complicitors in an unethical business enterprise enter the world of a business "genius" who wears a long-discarded X-Files prop (literally copied from the episode "Grotesque") as a mask, has a morose clown for a butler, and keeps a dwarf around for no apparent reason other than to keep the general sideshow aura amped to an extreme level. This dwarf routinely tortures his encaged, all-female rock band, who, beside being surprisingly technically adept, do little more than provide nudity. Shortly into the proceedings, the cornball bloodletting starts, the billionaire reveals the disproportionately small head beneath the mask, and one of the complicitous nobodies is transformed into a "blood doll." These must be parodies of "Puppet Master," but since that film might as well have been a parody itself, that isn't saying much. The film exudes an air of sadism amid the camp, and occassionally meanders into utterly senseless philosophical musings culled pretty much directly from the sources they cite. The acting is awful; the characters and story, absurd. However, it's also pretty damn funny, in an Ed Wood-let's take this seriously even as it becomes increasingly absurd to-kind of way. Worth a rent for a camp conoisseur, but little else.
a great horror/humor combo.......2004-08-01
This one went surprisingly deep on the philosophical banter between the protagonist and antagonist. But it was no mere head-to-head talkie. The music was astonishingly good, the suspenseful action lent a continuing air of suspension and tension that gave you the creeps, and the script was a twist if Nietzsche meets the Twilight Zone. The babes were hot and sassy and the relationships complicated like the taste a well aged wine. If you don't like this movie, you probably don't like to have fun with horror and should seek your thrills in more somber chillers. The clown! William Burns brought levels of sophistication to his role. His character was a spiritual man, you see. The story's message might offend the devoutly religious. Too bad. Hidden talent showed up in this yarn. The girl band coulda been a contender. The lead actress in the movie leaves you begging for more. Literally.
Where do i find the music?.......2003-04-21
The movie was "interesting" it takes some getting used to, u just have to laugh with it. I've been trying forever to track down the band that does the song "pain" but I can't figure out who sings it. the music video says "blood dolls" but nothing shows up on them as being a real band...
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