 Has there ever been a more hellish depiction of hell than Mad God? I mean that honestly, though if there has, I'm not sure I want to see it. FX legend Phil Tippett began work on this nightmarish vision of the underworld while working on Robocop 2 then shelved it for literal decades and now it's finally done and goodness gracious. I respect all animators, but I respect stop-motion animators. Just a little bit more in Mad God exemplifies why. The inherently unnatural movement in stop-motion is amplified by its mixing with live-action footage which is often tweaked to look more like stop-motion itself. And I don't have the words. Heck, the English language itself might not be able to accurately articulate the imagery which has played atop an equally chilling soundscape of industrial machinery and the piercing screams of actual human babies. And if that's what you want, there's nothing better. But if you're looking for anything else, Mad God's kind of lacking. The experimental nature of the project extends beyond his technology. There's no plot and the dialogue is environmental rather than narrative. We almost have a protagonist in the silent mask, maybe a person we follow for much of the runtime, but they're really just an unwitting tour guide through horror. Surveillance is going to vary, but as a ride unlike any you've taken before, it's worth the trip. Four stars.