Ladislaw Starewicz - The Devil's Ball

[mvsmasssage]

I loved this as a kid! That devil cracked me up!

[thedevilsball]

TO EVERYONE U ALL AGREE A GOOD POGRAM THUMBS UP EVERYONE IF YPU ALL AGREE!!

[thedevilsball]

@VIETNAMFOREVERR make nothig senses to me

[thedevilsball]

@VIETNAMFOREVERR and another thing, why do nothing and a i inside you not speak no mouth!? can no say noithing ! foreetn people voted insect christmas,m is a ood film BUT astonishly deils ball is a good one too, insidect christmnas is good if you HIGH haha as my funny children say but noit true no.

[thedevilsball]

@VIETNAMFOREVERR mate it is a true classy, or if y not you say then why no narrow?!

[thedevilsball]

amazing



[qwondoflex]

A lot of work. Truly bizarre.

[DevilsBallFan]

I've been abroad for some years and when I got home I sat down and watched this video again. It's become a ritual of sorts, arriving home and relaxing with a glass of milk and viewing this comforting film.

[satanicrox]

Has anyone actually watched The Devils Ball before?

[EnigmaticUnseen]

@satanicrox I used to have a copy of it on VHS when I was a little kid. It actually was a bit creepy to me, but I still enjoyed it. Dark and humorous. :D

[satanicrox]

HELLO I HAVE A WEBSITE FOR DEVILS BALL

[CultureJudge]

Perfection.

[satanicrox]

@CultureJudge NOT AT ALL. Ladislaw Starewicz did not perfect his style until 1938...

[hatred269]

First saw this on Night Flight. Really disturbed the hell out of me. Had been looking for it ever since.

[snowdog03]

I saw this in the Milennium series epi The Ghost of Frank Black.

[Deepskies]

The curse of Frank Black. One of my all time favorites. ^^

[snowdog03]

@Deepskies And the one called Devils, I think that's what it was called any way.

It was about 4 old guys that were demons who told stories about how they tempted mortals to eternal damnation.

[Deepskies]

@snowdog03

Yes, very funny episode. Btw all episodes by Darin Morgan are great. I think, this one is called "somehow, satan got behind me". ^^ My favorite millennium episodes are "Midnight of the century" (christmas episode) and "luminary" (when frank travels to alaska). ^^

[JASONMANIX]

Lisa and I would wait up al night watching Night Flight just to see these clips at closing just to be creeped out the next day. These are so cool. thx, jason

[meninhodemanteiga]

How devil its made that blur in poppets animations??!!

[literacyscaresme]

Wow, look at how smooth this animation is. And those puppets have some really awesome designs. This is great stuff!

[wheez123]

Is it just me ....or is this the basic inspiration for Burton's "Nightmare before Christmas"? First viewed this on "Night Flight" ...the best late night cult show of the 80's.....miss it alot...

[walkedonthewildside]

Not just you. Nightmare before christmas was the first thing that came to my mind!! you can buy a colection of these on e-bay -dvd format.

[Rottenriguez]

Yeah, me too. I watched Night Flight when I was younger. Yes, I too wonder if Tim Burton was influenced by this.

[monkeybash3000]

I love this stop-motion movie: i saw it on Night Flight back in 86. I saw the whole movie at school. I miss Night Flight: it use to come on late at night on friday and saturday on USA back in the 80s.

[Salgier87]

THIS IS SCARY ;__;!!!!!!!!!!

[Scurtulos]

That is some smooth animation considered it was done in 1913! Wonderful.

[T3T3T3S9]

and these r not even the best scenes in my opinion!!!

check out the whole flick!

1 of my favourites...

[Eggheadcheesybird]

My God! That's amazing!

[regroch]

This ought to be remastered or redone, that sort of flashing in the light gets hard on ones head.

[BloodyRoxas13]

This is a very great animation, I really loved it.

[GoblinXXX]

Glad to know what this actually is after years of seeing snippets of it. It's like Gustave Dore' and Hieronymous Bosch get drunk on absinthe in the Produce Section.

[e3429]

This is genius.

[staunchcharacter]

Thank you so very, very much - this is just amazing.

[DevilsBallFan]

We don't want people like you ruining classics like this. This video should be put in a museum and maybe in a farmhouse blues charity concert.

[thedevilsball]

@DevilsBallFan i disagree, i think you should watch what you say.

[DevilsBallFan]

This is best video I've ever seen. Better than winning 1 million Swiss franks, better than playing b-ball with Will Smith, better than shitting bricks, better than being the author of this video who deleted comments, better than a comically sized pickle, better than a baby playing a bassoon, and finally, better than wearing gumboots on a balmy day.

[2glasses2easy]

im sorry but i had to give u the thumbs down because I believed ur comment was too offensive

[EnigmaticUnseen]

@DevilsBallFan I agree with you.

[EnigmaticUnseen]

@DevilsBallFan You should check out Justin Curfman's "Tephrasect" video. It is amazing as well. It is done in this style.

[thedevilsball]

@EnigmaticUnseen yes watch it! you will be astounded and your mind will be blown to pieces to the point were your will never be the same again. and a door is inside if s you!

[2glasses2easy]

awsome movie

[voltairenyc]

One of my heroes!!!! This is the singular piece that inspired my style. I saw it 30 years ago (before anyone who who it was by. It was labeled "anonymous" back then). This piece is directly responsible for the look of my MTV Bosch station ID I did for MTV in 1988, I'll be posting that piece next week on my page.

Voltaire

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[sherina61]

so cool. i love this type of animation. : )

[darkduende]

Does anyone know where I can get Winter Caroussel and The Mascot from Starewicz?

[Somnambulistiq]

Wow. Amazing.

[jpysiansea]

I just fell in love.

[richragsdale]

it has been 80+ years and no one has topped it!