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Virile Games

1988 · 14 min

A gleefully nasty little nightmare of stop-motion mayhem that turns a quiet evening in front of the TV into queasy, absurdist carnage.

Directed by: Jan Švankmajer
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Horror
Starring: Miroslav Kuchař

Overview: A man sits down to watch a football match, which seems to consist of the players being violently mutilated in various inventive ways. The players then leave the football pitch and invade the spectator's flat.

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Directed by: Jan Švankmajer
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Horror
Starring: Miroslav Kuchař

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Tone
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: violence
obsession
media
madness
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: animated
single location
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language none
Violence strong
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	6
Horror	7
Humour	7
Realism	2
Romance	0
Tension	5
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: animation, comedy, horror
Directed by: Jan Švankmajer
Written by: Jan Švankmajer
Starring: Miroslav Kuchař
Cinematography: Miloslav Špála
Runtime: 14 min
Country: Czechoslovakia
Languages: No Language

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