# Creepy Animated Short Films **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 30, 2010, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-animated-short-films/558857 "2010-10-30T06:23:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sodalite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-animated-short-films/558857/1 "2010-10-30T06:23:49Z")
I’m going to a Halloween party Sunday night. It’s become one of our traditions to gather 'round ye olde computer and watch whatever scary little cartoons we can find. I showed them _The Cat With Hands_ last year and it was a hit. Does anyone here know of something in a similar vein (pun totally intended) for our fright fest this year? ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-animated-short-films/558857/2 "2010-10-30T06:36:00Z")
Not a short really, but [_Coraline_](http://www.imdb.com/find?s=tt&q=coraline) creeped me out. Something about needles and eyes, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-animated-short-films/558857/3 "2010-10-30T06:55:45Z")
[The ghost of Stephen Foster](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJzWGkgFcTU) ---
**Author:** ![TheTerribleTako](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@TheTerribleTako](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheTerribleTako)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-animated-short-films/558857/4 "2010-10-30T09:51:05Z")
The French short, [Get Out](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YuWv6rRZ8w) is pretty creepy to me. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-animated-short-films/558857/5 "2010-10-30T12:56:01Z")
Sort of animated: [The Cat With Hands](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq3EsyotORM) ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-animated-short-films/558857/6 "2010-10-30T12:57:10Z")
> [@MindsEye\_Watering](#): > > Sort of animated: [The Cat With Hands](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq3EsyotORM) If only the OP was aware of this film… ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-animated-short-films/558857/7 "2010-10-30T13:01:27Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > If only the OP was aware of this film… Ugh. Not enough coffee yet. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Edie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Little\_Edie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Edie)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-animated-short-films/558857/8 "2010-10-31T00:30:45Z")
Trey ANYTHING from Robert Morgan, the guy who made The Cat With Hands. At the very least, stop motion movie The Separation. For a quiet British bloke, he is delightfully dark and twisted. I don’t know how many of these are animated, but there are sure to be some creepy shorts [in this compilation](http://www.amazon.com/Small-Gauge-Trauma-Fantasia-Festival/dp/B000FOQ01Y) (including The Separation). ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-animated-short-films/558857/9 "2010-10-31T01:16:17Z")
[The Sandman.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjgHbRrnjhU) ---
**Author:** ![Sodalite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-animated-short-films/558857/10 "2010-10-31T05:32:37Z")
> [@TPWombat](#): > > [The Sandman.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjgHbRrnjhU) I saw this on MTV years ago! I’ve always wanted to find it again but I didn’t know the name. I would think of it every time I saw a Kleenex commercial. These are great, you guys. I can use them to torment my friends after Halloween, too. I love scary things. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-animated-short-films/558857/11 "2010-10-31T11:46:56Z")
[Fallen Art](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7HMz1WKkso) ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-animated-short-films/558857/12 "2010-10-31T16:46:54Z")
[Here’s 8 episodes of “Salad Fingers” shorts.](http://www.youtube.com/show/saladfingers?pl=C8FD76D542B50935) They are just weird and creepy. ---
**Author:** ![brossa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brossa/32/3040_2.png) [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-animated-short-films/558857/13 "2010-11-01T02:01:04Z")
Try just about anything by the Quay Brothers. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-animated-short-films/558857/14 "2010-11-01T03:12:10Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > [Here’s 8 episodes of “Salad Fingers” shorts.](http://www.youtube.com/show/saladfingers?pl=C8FD76D542B50935) They are just weird and creepy. If you want to see some truly disturbing animation created by the same guy who created Salad Fingers, David Firth, you should prepare yourself for [Hell](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtXFudBlCCc). It’s been out there for a few years. Watch it in the dark if you dare, but go to the bathroom first, because I don’t want to be blamed if you pee your pants. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-animated-short-films/558857/15 "2010-11-01T03:18:28Z")
Speaking of creepy short films: anyone remember a film shown as a Showtime Short involving a guy who was overcome by stop-motion animated recording tape? I’ve been looking for it for years, but can’t remember the title, and the guy who’s been in charge of their archives for the last decade or so has been no help. I don’t think there was any dialogue, just this guy getting harassed and chased and beaten down by this mass of animated tape, before he finally is overcome and consumed. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-animated-short-films/558857/16 "2010-11-01T03:34:35Z")
[Rubber Johnny](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQfpAQlAZkE&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-animated-short-films/558857/17 "2010-11-01T04:14:22Z")
It’s not animated, but I think you’ll appreciate [Bedfellows](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z6xGU2_g9s) if you like creepy. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Unexpected\_Okapi\_Debacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_unexpected_okapi_debacle/32/7702_2.png) [@The\_Unexpected\_Okapi\_Debacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Unexpected_Okapi_Debacle)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-animated-short-films/558857/18 "2010-11-01T18:55:39Z")
Here is an animated version of what has to be one of the creepiest children’s stories ever: [STRUWWELPETER: The story of Little Suck-a-Thumb](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-538011027440158787#) Also, David Lynch’s [The Alphabet](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6094739730047863521#) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-animated-short-films/558857/19 "2010-11-01T19:35:02Z")
I know the deadline has gone now, but since we’re on the subject of creepy films, can someone remind me of the name of the (pretty much silent) short where people are pursued by weird silent figures made of wood, metal or odd bits of hardware? It was a mix of live action and CGI. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-animated-short-films/558857/20 "2010-11-01T19:48:13Z")
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