A Night on Bald Mountain

A hypnotic, unsettling dream of shifting shapes and eerie music that pulls you into a dark, wordless nightmare.

Directed by

Alexandre Alexeieff, Claire Parker

Genres

Animation, Fantasy, Horror

Overview

Mussorgsky's composition is the soundtrack for this pin-screen animated take on night and wild things. A scarecrow blows down, clouds move by quickly. Beings take shape; a town appears, animals flee, and a horse gallops by. A child looks on. Monsters run and float by: the phantasmagoric is everywhere. A woman's figure tumbles through space. A clash ensues. The horse falls. Goblins take control. The night and its denizens are relentless. Forms appear and become grotesque. Will dawn and calm ever come?

How it feels

Eerie, dark, bleak and tense. Measured and demanding.

About

Madness, death, fate, survival

Content

Mild violence and gore. No sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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