I like to watch Classic Arts Showcase, a channel which shows a variety of videos of classical music, ballet, and short art films. One of the latter pieces was a short movie for children by Ladislaw Starewicz, and it was weird and creepy. It reminded me of those disturbing Russian playground statues, a little.
So I looked him up on youtube, and found several bits by him. Erg! Even more strange.
Here’s one about Father Christmas from 1913, featuring bugs and frogs. Real, dead, animated bugs and frogs. Had I seen this as a kid, I’d have had nightmares for weeks.
Here’s an excerpt entitled The Devil’s Ball, from a longer film called The Mascot.
Ah, found the one I saw on Classic Arts Showcase: Winter Carousel. I think it’s the animals’ little human fingers that creeped me out.
Still, I like to watch them. Must be morbid fascination.