Episode 83: Horror Animation & Stopmotion
This episode was recorded on June 24, 2026 and June 25, 2026 and posted on August 1, 2026.
- Introduction
- Welcome to No Bodies Episode 83
- Introductions to our panel of living dead talking heads - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club, Mike aka That Horror Teacher, Billy D of Halloween Babies Podcast, and Kenan aka Plague Doctor Al
- Today's Topic: Horror Animation & Stopmotion
- Animation & Stopmotion in Horror
- Defining animation and stop motion
- Examples of horror animation and stop motion
- Our experiences with horror animation
- Feature Length Review 1
- Perfect Blue (1997)
- Segment 1
- Fighting the Dragon: Metal Fetishism & Body Horror in Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)
- Feature Length Review 2
- Blood Tea and Red String (2006)
- Feature Length Review 3
- The Wolf House (2018)
- Best & Worsts of Horror Animation & Stopmotion
- Suzie's Deep Cuts
- Closing Thoughts
- Which form of animation (anime, stylized/expressive, claymation, etc.) do you believe can best depict horror?
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Music Credits
- No Bodies Theme - LHC Theme by Jacob Pini @jacob.pini
- Bumper: Dying Together by Billy Davis
- 99 Bars by Billy Davis
- Epic Optimist Theme - Main Titles from Who Shot Mamba? by Daniel J. Coe
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- Fighting the Dragon Theme - Fighting the Dragon by Billy Davis
- Ghost in the Machine Theme - Ghost in the Machine by Billy Davis
- Deep Cuts Theme by Billy Davis
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Sources
Basilisk. (2024, March 5). The Art of Animating Horror. Medium. https://rc-basilisk.medium.com/the-art-of-horror-in-animation-1637e311563b
Manno, M. (2024, March 30). Let's talk about: Horror in animation. Morbidly Beautiful. https://morbidlybeautiful.com/lets-talk-about-horror-in-animation/
Wikipedia contributors. (2026, July 2). History of animation. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_animation
Wikipedia contributors. (2026, July 29). Stop motion. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_motion
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