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The Maggot Feeder

2012 · 15 min

A slow, unsettling descent into cold-blooded obsession, rendered in stark, eerie animation that lingers like a bad dream.

Overview
A man decides to kill his wife because she can’t have children. He builds a stone house on the seashore and starts to grow maggots in it. When the maggots are as thick as a wrist, he invites his wife for a walk on the beach…

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • betrayal
  • madness
  • death
  • isolation
Places
  • sea
  • single country house
Era
timeless
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror7
Humour2
Realism3
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
animation, horror
Directed by
Priit Tender
Written by
Priit Tender
Starring
Taavi Eelmaa, Elina Reinold, Mari Lill, Ülle Kaljuste
Cinematography
Marje-Ly Liiv, Tauno Ööbik
Runtime
15 min
Country
Estonia
Languages
Estonian

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