2012 · animation · comedy · horror
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared
Directed by Joseph Pelling, Becky Sloan4m2012
A disturbing puppet short exploring the concept of creativity.
Our read: Don't Hug Me I'm Scared (2012) reads as a heavy, breathless, surreal animation · comedy · horror entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, breathless, extreme animation / comedy, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- kinetic
- intense
- surreal
- bleak
- cold
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