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Just Spooks

1925 · 6 min

A breezy, silly little cartoon where playful spooky tricks are played on a hapless painter and nothing ever feels truly threatening.

Overview
Animated-live action short. An artist is quietly painting landscapes of the countryside when he wanders into an abandoned house which Dinky tries to fool him into thinking it's haunted.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • art
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
timeless
Audience
family
Form
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour6
Realism2
Romance0
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity1
Emotional weight1

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Details

Genres
animation, comedy, horror
Directed by
Walter Lantz
Written by
Walter Lantz
Starring
Walter Lantz
Runtime
6 min
Country
United States of America

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