The House [Netflix]

The Black Oil

Just look at this trailer, wow. Should make a miserable January a little easier.

From the leading voices in independent stop motion animation - Emma de Swaef & Marc Roels, Niki Lindroth von Bahr and Paloma Baeza - this Netflix special centers on a house and the three surreal tales of the individuals who made it their home.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqbZlAEUb5w&ab_channel=Netflix

Slydice

What the heck did I just watch?!?! 😲

The Black Oil

This arrives Friday. Only three episodes, not surprising given the craft involved. Haven't spotted any reviews.

The Black Oil

This is 97 minutes, with 3 distinct stories.

Spoiler Warning

First part had some sprinkles humour, along with uh oh moments. Within the first scene or two I'd forgotten this was stop motion animation as they felt like people. Never good when a bloke turns up at your door stressing 'my employer...' and what the heck was going on within those walls that the adults went all Invasion of the Body Snatchers, etc? Has some going for a slash been done in stop motion before?

Second part was good too. Rather the little insects being the worst, it was his own kind that cause the most bother. Lots of stress with trying to get the prep right. You could almost smell the squalor through the screen and the end, yuck.

Part three had some stagnation stuff going on, similar to the others. Perhaps the push the main character needed, enjoyed the interaction.