I've seen another film that uses the same half-animation-half-live-action style as this film. It's called "Food," it was created and directed by Czech filmmaker Jan Švankmajer in 1992. It's very surreal and strange like this film is. Also another film that comes to mind after watching this one is "Jenifer" (not a typo - spelled with only one 'n') . It has a "looping" beginning and end that is almost identical to the one in this film. Very beautifully produced, intricate & interesting. Thanks.
Belgian animated film written and directed by Raoul Servais.His animation technique uses 35mm color front-projection of the characters onto a multiplane filmed, black velvet background. The film won the Palme d'Or for Best Short Film 1979.
If you were young and impressionable enough to watch this when it was first produced it would undoubtedly have left you with a creepy and disturbed feeling. Much of its power now though has been diluted with time.
It is still very powerful. It's more powerful than the modern run-of-the-mill horror film. Horror films aren't scary because people are desensitised to violence; Harpya is freakish and uncanny, and it is impossibly to become desensitised to something so eerily mysterious.
This is one of the scariest movies I've ever seen
t33j4f 1 month ago
Serious bussiness...
HittokiriBattousai17 5 months ago
i hate to ask this but:
what's the song at 5:48 ?
SubZeroGTA 1 year ago
oh and lol @ the guy wearing two hats.
PussyTumor 1 year ago
I've seen another film that uses the same half-animation-half-live-action style as this film. It's called "Food," it was created and directed by Czech filmmaker Jan Švankmajer in 1992. It's very surreal and strange like this film is. Also another film that comes to mind after watching this one is "Jenifer" (not a typo - spelled with only one 'n') . It has a "looping" beginning and end that is almost identical to the one in this film. Very beautifully produced, intricate & interesting. Thanks.
PussyTumor 1 year ago
I was five years old the first time I saw this short film, I was so scared and I'm still so scared that I can't dare watch it now
mariappolacchia 1 year ago
wtf did i just watch?
biscuitchannel 1 year ago
By the way, I think the audio might be a touch out of synch.
georges3601 2 years ago 2
Belgian animated film written and directed by Raoul Servais.His animation technique uses 35mm color front-projection of the characters onto a multiplane filmed, black velvet background. The film won the Palme d'Or for Best Short Film 1979.
If you were young and impressionable enough to watch this when it was first produced it would undoubtedly have left you with a creepy and disturbed feeling. Much of its power now though has been diluted with time.
prustage999 2 years ago
It is still very powerful. It's more powerful than the modern run-of-the-mill horror film. Horror films aren't scary because people are desensitised to violence; Harpya is freakish and uncanny, and it is impossibly to become desensitised to something so eerily mysterious.
georges3601 2 years ago
I was indeed young and impressionable when I saw it. Gave me a fear of birds for a long time!
darkhyena 2 years ago