Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Mild
- eerie
- bleak
- surreal
- late night horror viewing
- experimental film night
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Phil Tippett presents the dystopian world and baby-creature through tactile stop-motion animation.
The birth occurs in a bleak dystopian future dominated by an ominous, hostile environment.
The central event is the birth of a strange baby-creature, making unnatural creation the film's defining image.
At eleven minutes, the film centers on a single uncanny event without supplying explanatory resolution.
Films like Mad God: Part 3, and why
Mad God
experimental stop-motion horror, grotesque creature design, and oppressive dystopian atmosphere
The Wolf House
surreal animated body horror and nightmarish visual invention
The Spine of Night
dark stop-motion fantasy with disturbing creatures and an otherworldly setting
Movie Details
- Director
- Phil Tippett
- Release Date
- 2018-12-14
- Runtime
- 11 min
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 (4)
Common questions
- What is Mad God: Part 3 about?
- A brief stop-motion nightmare transforms an uncanny birth into a vision of dystopian cosmic horror.
- What is Mad God: Part 3 like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Mad God: Part 3 as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Mad God: Part 3 violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Mad God: Part 3 as mild.
- Which films are like Mad God: Part 3?
- Films with a similar feel include Mad God, The Wolf House, and The Spine of Night.
- How long is Mad God: Part 3?
- Mad God: Part 3 runs 11 minutes.
