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An experimental stop-motion film set in a world of monsters, mad scientists, and war pigs, Mad God, which can be described as the Quay Brothers meet Terry Gilliam, was conceived and directed by legendary visual effects and stop-motion craftsman Phil Tippett (whose combined credits include, among others, Apocalypse Now, StarWars, RoboCop).

All of the sets, creatures, and environments were handcrafted over the course of three decades, as we follow The Assassin, an iron-clad humanoid, through a forbidding world of tortured souls, decrepit bunkers, and wretched monstrosities forged from the most primordial horrors of the subconscious mind. In 1987, Tippett embarked upon this ambitious personal project, fabricating and animating a darkly surreal world in which the creatures and nightmares of his imagination could roam free. He produced dozens of environments and hundreds of puppets for the project, filling notebook after notebook with thousands of detailed sketches and storyboards. But success got in the way and Tippett put the project into hibernation… until now. 35 years later, the dedication of Tippett and his team, have finally brought this project to completion, a macabre masterpiece, made with a heart that is bursting with love for the craft, while at other times it is punctured and bleeding with pride.