2015 Directed by Jerónimo Rocha, João Miguel Real
K just crashed his Mercedes-Benz into a tree, moments after trying to avoid running down a small wild animal that ran across his path. He is on a backwater road in the countryside and it’s a very dark night. His evening has only just begun...
Portugal
Portugal
loved the animation... the story was confusing at first but it made sense towards the end
With great tension, build up, mystery, amazing animation and direction, Macabre delievers a great thriller short film. The soudntrack (which is originally written for this short) adds so much to it's beauty. Deserves way more attention! Macabre gets an A-
Extremely charming art style + an oneiric, “world as a maze” type of storyline
The story was a little weird, but the style and the animation were beautiful and amazing.
Very surreal, though leaves some questions
if I could direct an animated film it would look like this, the red and black tone is very pleasing to my emo eye - I love how the scheme gets more red the tenser it is! The music fits perfectly to the scenes, and I absolutely adore the animation style.
Macabre is a constantly flowing, dialog-free short with a very interesting art style and an underrated plot.
Without diving too much into the plot to avoid spoilers, this dark and heavy, animated short is all about endurance, transformation, and maybe even escape. Even just for the visuals alone, it's worth the twenty minutes it takes from your day.
The lack of dialog really puts the focus on the actions of the film, and every minor detail stands out because there is no dialog to trick you into thinking you can look away for a moment, not that you'd want to.
While I can't say this is the easiest short to follow, which is likely by design and is basically just not slapping the viewer in the face with the story as some dialog-free shorts tend to do, it's short and fun enough to to be viewed a few times over.
Una historia genial, con un final genial, y realmente macabra. La animación es áspera y oscura.
