STOPMOTION (2024) *** Aisling Fraciosi, Stella Gonet, Tom York, Caoilinn Springall, James Swanton. Creepy psychological horror film centering on a troubled stop motion animation artist (Fraciosi, who resembles Jessica Harper circa SUSPIRIA, balances vulnerability with determination) attempting to struggle with her finding her own voice in the wake of her mother's declining health with the help of an odd little girl (Springall) whose idea of a new story to tell opens her up to new possibilities, as well as dire consequences. Director Robert Morgan - who co-wrote with Robin King - manages to keep unnerving visuals and distorted sounds with pin-pricking moments of genuine dread largely due to the eerie puppets created for the project.
Review of Stopmotion
