It's A Bird (1930)

Excerpt from a bizarre early stop-motion animation piece featuring Charley Bowers and a metal-eating bird. The creature devours junk from an auto scrapyard, then lays an egg that hatches and grows into a brand new car! Very impressive FX and way before CGI. Directed by Harold L. Muller.

[@Gabrielbarsch]

1 egg every 100 years? 8 more years to go then...

[@sanjeevdandin9350]

Now we can get that Bugatti!

[@user-ellievator]

But it can shit out teslas daily.

[@wifiisrandom8488]

Oh yeah

[@Dexel.741]

Hey

[@RyoMe29]

Ye

[@-Spring-Trap-]

The bird eating is the ASMR of the 1930’s I swear

[@jonathanshaw1436]

Springtrap!!!😃

[@Sinara.Fizz.]

Your'e right

[@_ermwhattheflip]

Y’oure right

[@LandoftheMagyars]

The first mukbang ever

[@mosesfamily8458]

the sound is very satisfying

[@Jarhead25]

Wow. This is actually insane. This still has me in awe, even now, almost 100 years later. This is amazing.

[@StrangeScaryNewEngland]

100 years isn't that long and is within a person's own lifetime. Think about how fast a year seems to fly by, for instance. For some reason, the Human mind takes any large number around 100 and acts like it's some huge sum of something. To put it into an easy perspective, my ex-girlfriend used to take care of a 98-year-old woman we called Gram Smith, and that lady had a TikTok and KZbin account, AND a cell phone. She was born a decade before this film was made. Rest easy, Gram Smith.

[@glockel4308]

​@@StrangeScaryNewEngland Are you autistic?

[@samararg4507]

@@StrangeScaryNewEnglandI think they mean the fact you can watch it and admire their work

[@CR-zd7jb]

Man: “Can you let eggs, the ocky way?” Nightmare bird: “SURE, SURE”

[@DarkelsDumpster]

The bied isn’t that scary.

[@CR-zd7jb]

@@DarkelsDumpster you’re right. The bied isn’t scary, but the bird is

[@justindavis2711]

Imagine making an animation so great and so difficult, that millions of people still look at it and marvel 90 years later.

[@charlesneely]

I just saw this by accident and I can't believe what the f*** I'm looking at this was back in the days my great-grandfather

[@n0rutiy]

@@Veman5814 still in motion

[@thereal7136]

@@charlesneely put a sock in it

[@D__634]

@@Veman5814 it's called stop motion animation which is also an ANIMATION.

[@dlwill80]

It's almost time for a new egg

[@doctorpain9369]

Crazy to think the bird will hatch another egg in 7 years from now.

[@toddhoward5555]

That would be a perfect time for a full on tribute or at least an easter egg

[@therealwisemysticaltree]

where will you be when the bird hatches the egg?

[@egg326]

@@therealwisemysticaltree EGG

[@therealwisemysticaltree]

@@egg326 omg it's the gge

[@jetephant223]

Dibs on the wacky old car!

[@greatjob2023]

So why is it that King Kongs animation, released 3 years later, is praised so much that I have never heard of this stop motion masterpiece? Because that is one smooth animation.

[@NostalgiaCriticAnim1]

because it was a short which usually isn’t remembered as much as a feature length film

[@MG-pv4uq]

I'm not a stop motion artist and haven't made a stop motion...but man,.. I can't even begin to imagine the hard work, dedication, brain and skill that went into making this. I'm astonished to see the perfection and can't believe that this was made almost a century ago. Unbelievable!! Seeing videos like these makes me wonder if we really are moving forward with each passing decade. Technological advancements and conveniences made us all lazy and unappreciative of certain forms of art and craft and made us non-creative creatures. - From India with Love

[@kosu7340]

Phata phati talent

[@Saurophaganax1931]

Human progress is not a straight, ever upward moving line towards a better future; but rather it is a wild, wavy, chaotic line with ups and downs and no guarantee that next year will be better than the last.

[@agoogleuser4859]

"lazy" is inappropriate I think. people work today similar to just as hard as 100 years ago. people expect that advancements in technology means we can create much more, but like here, ignore that the same type of work is requred for stop motion in 2023 as it did in 1930. Sure, our cameras have improved, but the physical work of the animators is still exactly the same. for an easier to digest example: eating has remained the same throughout the entirety of mankinds history. Technological improvements have advanced but havent changed that we still eat the same way.

[@Voodoomaria]

The thing that this and other stop-motion cartoons possess that is missing from CGI is Craftsmanship. The human touch adds to the over-all impact of the film.

[@williamsdesigning1949]

We're not even that appreciative of food.

[@Gabrielbarsch]

the thing i liked the most was the sound effects, its so fluid,it fits so well on everything that happens in the movie

[@4xHeistTP5]

YOUR EVERY WERE

[@swiftl5656]

Hi gabriel

[@r4d14n4]

its ASMR efect

[@knemun6841]

Grabiel tu aq mano

[@ytdozesan4368]

The sound of this super old production is better than the sound of the Ifone

[@skonenblades]

Amazing. I'm an animator and I can't even believe how much work this would have been in to make in 1930. And most of it is so smooth. Super cool. Incredible.

[@Sans3mk21]

Are you alive?

[@Haris-gh1kn]

@@Sans3mk21 نہیں

[@Karthik-ut3vo]

Did they used baloons for such car?

[@Readyforit7723]

Ay bruh you still here?

[@user-bf6bt9vi5h]

the sound is great 2!

[@darianstarfrog]

Knowing how stop motion is done, doesn't begin to help me understand how exactly this was all done! ❤

[@NormanTheDummy_YouTube]

This looks like it would be so hard to make, 90+ years later, great job person that made it

[@freddy2nt]

Jesus Christ, how could they pull it off so smoothly?! Without anything to preview or revise!

[@alerey4363]

That's called engineering and creativity; people that have both can do a lot with very little, as this video shows

[@a.c.3010]

It was just real 🤣

[@douglasdoo]

It's not like they were caveman or something, but ok...

[@freddy2nt]

@@douglasdoo Dude, have you seen anything from 1930? Even movies weren't smooth.

[@chaosreigns7386]

raw talent

[@drewlovelyhell4892]

The car building itself was stunning! Even the steering wheel appears an inch at a time.. Love to know how they did it.

[@WarChallenger]

They probably disassembled the car with cuts and crushes, piece-by-piece, and then played that portion of the stop motion pictures in reverse for the final presentation.

[@googleuser3163]

probably special effects

[@shreddedbagelwabiwabo8342]

@@googleuser3163 Bro do you really think there were special effects in 1930?

[@googleuser3163]

@@shreddedbagelwabiwabo8342 I thought they at least had cgi

[@JustAboutAnything66]

@@shreddedbagelwabiwabo8342 They absolutely had special effects back then. Animation, miniatures, stop motion and matte paintings are all considered "special effects"

[@LOL-2-cringe]

- Amazing. - I'm an animator and I can't even believe how much work this would have been in to make in 1930. - And most of it is so smooth. - Super cool. - Incredible.

[@iamsan-san8094]

It’s almost been 100 years, can’t wait to see what egg will hatch in 7 years

[@amritprabhatankur]

haha

[@Cacique809]

See you in 7 years on this comment. 🕒

[@komputermu]

okay i will be waiting here until 2030

[@jkadofo]

Eggzactly

[@mrviking2mcall212]

Gonna hatch a Tesla

[@BlokeOzzie]

I think this is quite possibly the earliest stop-motion I've ever seen. It's original, and imaginative. Screw you, Hollywood.

[@tegendemuur338]

Look for The Cameraman's Revenge. It's from 1912 and manipulates dead insects to tell a story.

[@alvaronavarro4895]

Have you watched the cameraman's revenge? It uses dead insect's shells like if they were Puppets! Oh, someone has already told ya.

[@Magnetron33]

Check the Haunted House (1908). It is incredible. This must have taken months

[@charlesmangum3108]

the hard way.

[@crazyforcoffee5950]

There’s also peanut vendor

[@keyscored3710]

Plot twist: there was no stop motion, this is just a very weird bird

[@OmegaVideoGameGod]

What’s even more insane is how smooth the animation is.

[@murattimur126]

I I'm in shock, how they were able to make a movie like this in 1930. Even doing this today is hard work.

[@martybadboy]

1930 considered our 'hard work' as 'normal' or 'easy' work. 🤷

[@IAmSoMuchBetterThanYou]

Right? It would take me ages to eat all of that.

[@odin8085]

How did they do it in 1930? They didn't have computers right?

[@quartfeira]

@@odin8085 probably stop motion. A huge serie of pictures in sequence

[@SexyPenis]

Я ваще охуеваю от ЭФФЕКТОВ..так реалистично! I finally get fucked by EFFECTS .. so realistic!

[@pikpik42]

I can only imagine how magically this was to watch in 1930, not knowing about any techniques in cutting or visual effects. Love the amount of detail and passion in this! thanks for uploading

[@puckyoun]

i wonder how could our grandparents watch that show movie theater? small television?

[@pikpik42]

@@puckyoun My first guess would be some kind of public attraction like a movie theater for a small group of people.

[@CCCP-1873]

Да здравствует Советская Армия! kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXLYpYSAZZVnmLM

[@hamhass1983]

now 👌

[@o.c.watcher165]

@@puckyoun yes. back then this would have been played in a theater type setting.

[@Joergchen]

1930!!!! Holy... no PC, no perfect Studiolights... And this is the Finish.. holy... This is Art! Stunning, 90 years ago..

[@arafin.]

looks like even after 100 years, this will still be a masterpiece

[@floliveira1414]

2030, completa 100 anos

[@rodrigoaguilera1270]

Es increíble

[@Ruinskiy]

Нет, молодежь родившаяся с гаджетами не ностальгирует по ретро прошлого века. Для ник классикой будет то что появлялось при них.

[@aceaye07]

It was uploaded 15 years ago 🤦‍♂️

[@rax1688]

@@aceaye07 😆

[@DreddLypso]

1930's people had a different level of patience I swear.

[@hoppinggnomethe4154]

People used to be very patient. Look at them people traveling on a ship!

[@spiderdude2099]

It was basically “have that level of patience or it just….wouldn’t get done”. So eventually some mad lad did it

[@Mr.Foxhat]

“It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.” - Albert Einstein

[@Jimraynor45]

More likely, the instant gratification of the internet has made you impatient.

[@Dargonhuman]

I mean, it's not like they had much else going on back then. Internet, cell phones, home computers, even broadcast TV weren't around to distract them, and it was smack in the middle of the Great Depression.

[@Guddufff]

Such a ultra realistic animation Mad respect

[@THX11458]

Pretty amazing animation considering the time period!

[@barryg528]

Claymation bro. It’s fantastic

[@viky1354]

agree mind blowing animation

[@keneshawright8980]

That's my exact thought

[@onionrovirosa]

It's amazing regardless the age. Good fx will always look good

[@midloran]

Yeah

[@njokuchristopher9932]

You won't understand the amount of work went into this if you're not a stop motion artist. Respect

[@HoldYourSeahorses]

You won’t understand this comment if you’re not literate.

[@user-lr3un3wb2g]

2D animator : okay

[@iamYork_]

Truth... this is a masterpiece

[@raspberryPi1337]

Shut up

[@Numbabu]

@@user-lr3un3wb2ggood point hehe

[@hmsentertainment211]

I don't understand how it is possible to make this animation in 1930. it's so amazing. I wish I could watch this animation tutorial.

[@rayray2131]

Stop motion

[@mossy3565]

Looking forward to the sequel in a couple years

[@floatingshoppinglist5193]

The car growing and building up was seriously so creative and amazing!!!!!!!

[@Shaggymann5]

i dont understand how this works with the car

[@sir_cadaverous9603]

Yeah, for a 1930's, I'm too surprised, it looks pretty good even by today's standards.

[@Spillage66]

@@Shaggymann5 Animated incrementally taking bits away, then reversing the animation to make it look like it was growing. The car sequence will have taken weeks at least, alone.

[@matthewiler7094]

Only 14 more years.

[@hammeringhank5271]

What?

[@olivvplaysgames3923]

Only 13 more years

[@_ee75]

not 12?

[@tesouraverde5159]

@@_ee75 no 10

[@tesouraverde5159]

@@olivvplaysgames3923 because has passed

[@citruslimonia]

This is amazing, so much respect for the animators

[@user-ym9ud5bu1k]

映像技術が高すぎる、これだから古いアニメは辞められない

[@MrZacdeath]

very cool

[@Deper38]

Never thought they could do this kind of animations in 1930’s!

[@JR-zi9vj]

@Siraj Shah also known as stop motion animation as you are animating the figure frame by frame same as you would a drawing.

[@siraj2cool]

@@JR-zi9vj true thanks for explaining 👍

[@tinytanks]

the original king kong came out in 1933..

[@Kalumbatsch]

You take a photo, then you take another photo, then another one, then another one...

[@suhail4049]

Robin from the batman was too colorfull, if that was joker’s or not

[@lovelydreamingtime9563]

So basically we have to wait 7 more years for the metal bird to lay another egg

[@captaintoyota3171]

Someone should recreate it 100yrs later version

[@lumianaspoi]

​@captaintoyota3171 agree

[@clover77707]

I wonder if it will lay a modern car

[@aussieknuckles]

2023 anyone? What a timeless piece of Art.

[@chadgorosaurus4898]

This is cursed and beautiful at the same time.

[@Profily99743]

Where you go i go what you see i see.

[@MightyReeN]

This is honestly both amazing yet oddly horrifying

[@HypnoticHollywood]

What's horrifying about it?

[@seeminglyindistressed3855]

@@HypnoticHollywood the fact the bird can eat everything in sight

[@Sjjejekwkwkkwkw]

@@HypnoticHollywood What do mean bruh? That thumbnail gave me a heart attack

[@SrMentos]

its ot horrifying but its quite disturbing the way how the chiken moves , how it looks like a peeled chicken , how it tried to eat their own egg , its just werid

[@ssg-eggunner]

Gen Zers when they see black and white

[@MrPhoenixQuill]

KZbin algorithm is getting pretty bad, it took 90 years before decided to start recommending this video.

[@kapilmaliwad1470]

🤣🤣👍

[@MIMALECKIPL]

Well time is almost up, so they figure they'll sell you that car from metal bird's egg

[@thegemini280]

With The Bullshit They Have Now Just To Upload A Vid Is Really Stupid. Government Dick Sucking KZbin Pricks. KZbin Use to be Fun. Thank God For Vids Like This. Great Vid Bro.

[@MikeDragon]

Better late than never!

[@seekthelighttruth3207]

MIMALECKIPL explain about time is up

[@Birlaps_stan._.]

POV: You were brought here by your recommendation but you're so fasinated by how ammzing this is and how much hard work was put into this you can't stop watching it now

[@SnepperStepTV]

Making stuff like this is so much fun

[@awfulsara]

Fantastic! We had a tape called Weird Cartoons as a kid, with a bunch of old animations on it, and this was one of them! Haven't seen in probably 20 years, made my day.

[@timchavers]

This and cobweb hotel were my favorite!

[@MeliaMilhorat]

@@timchavers Same over here! We have an old DVD from the early 2000's. I remember as a kid a lot of them would freak me out but I loved them at the same time 🤣

[@KW-gb9cd]

I bought that tape too, mostly because it included "Bambi Meets Godzilla."

[@samanthacarpenter3336]

@@KW-gb9cd wait. . . . WHAT? That’s a thing that exists!?

[@capuchinosofia4771]

If one of you guys still has it, think about uploading it to YT!

[@meiichan01]

The way they made a stop motion car is priceless

[@user-lv6px4ez3e]

A smooth movie in 1930! This unbelive!

[@lpdog82]

wow the movie camera came along around 1900 or so, trick photography quickly followed! , amazing stop motion and special effects back then

[@promaster424]

That was probably unfathomably hard to create

[@rymacreeks2k07]

cool as fuck tho

[@michaelgaudia5212]

Stop motion animations even to this day are so underrated.😭 It is my favorite specially claymotions

[@salil7174]

If you like clay animation...you might want to check out Mary and Maxx if you haven't already.

[@wisteria7961]

yeah the most famous one i can think of is Coraline

[@Arata987]

I love this bird creature already. I can't believe it is from the 1930's, it holds up to this day pretty well.

[@Emanresuadeen]

Still better than any c.g.i. monstrosity.

[@corvid-1950]

"AAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHA"

[@SamuelTerburg84]

Ah yes, I understand your statements here. I am happy to see that you know how to properly express self opinions online by including the word 'I'. Thank you.

[@wartanklover67883]

its a shoebill

[@Saurophaganax1931]

No it's a metal bird.

[@JohnCena8351]

Whoever has the rights to this now, needs to make a sequel where the metal bird lays another egg in 2030, 100 years later.

[@kerbygator]

I watched this on my big TV after a handful of mushrooms, and was completely in awe....,

[@Crab_Shanty]

This is an unparalleled masterpiece, even today!

[@bfboobie]

Probably the greatest short film of all time. I cannot even describe the feelings it evokes within me. The bird sure is ravenous.

[@hamhass1983]

right

[@fungi42021]

lol

[@magnuskallas]

It is ravenous. I wonder what inspired the creators?

[@bfboobie]

@@magnuskallas good question to ponder... People say someone "eats like a bird" meaning they eat small quantities, but in reality birds consume more calories per body weight than humans... So maybe this ravenous bird really does eat like a bird

[@henryettacollins9095]

@@magnuskallas LSD

[@neves5083]

Feels strangely smooth dosent it?

[@xbuttxz4136]

Movie title: It's a bird! Me: no it's a metal eating freak that crawled out of the depths of Tartarus!

[@auroramacula]

on point my man

[@rajankoki4382]

Before 6 yers wow

[@3dxspx703]

Oh wow. You immediately know that there's a lot of work put into this. This is definitely a masterpiece.

[@sathishraohr]

Brilliant and Hatsoff to all those master minds behind this incredible work... 👏

[@albinochickenwings7277]

This is one of the most epic things I’ve ever seen

[@codyking4848]

Imagine being a kid in 1930 and thinking this was just the funniest thing you ever saw.

[@ultimateusmanabdul]

honestly at that time if i saw anything like this i would laugh my ass off

[@yourlocalbeingwithoutaface]

It's actually entertaining for some reason, I love the sound effects here

[@AbellaTeacher]

This bird is so metal.

[@micmul23]

This is an insanely good animation considering the technical possibilities back then. Looks good, even for a today’s viewer.

[@Pabliski577]

Crazy how much attention this got one century later. Artists, create. You never know what will happen.

[@seifixnetwork4663]

Imagine this guy who made this movie is in Our Era and the tech we have.

[@mfkrwithabrain]

Exactly!

[@H.EL-Othemany]

Probably making the same stuff that already exist today...

[@tritonmole]

@@H.EL-Othemany no the exact opposite. People of our time are literary incapable of even imagining what the geniuses of the past could do nowadays.

[@erickprado5741]

Everyone: Focusing on the pretty animation Me: I’m scared....

[@Aria-eq7gg]

Im disturbed

[@FOXFIRE_RACING]

Me too

[@JohnDoe-xo2yf]

That shit looks like beetle juice shit

[@dipkumardas6218]

It was creepy !

[@Aria-eq7gg]

@@dipkumardas6218 mega lol

[@rushtonsedberry4734]

This took hundreds of hours. True art.

[@CheckMate691]

Can you imagine this in color? This would be sick

[@dangolfishin]

No idea how they did animation/effects like this. Amazing stuff man

[@vinesauceobscurities]

That car sequence is nuts. The amount of camera and set work needed to create this many frames has to have taken days if not weeks.

[@SalvableRuin]

What? This animation took many months to make.

[@joomla.]

You mean months..

[@gheffz]

Absolutely brilliant!!! Thank you.

[@M4X631]

Wow the algorithm recommended this to me 16 years later, incredible

[@Jimjolnir]

I'm amazed. From start to finish. A little bit creepy, but I'm absolutely gobsmacked! Better effects, more realistic, than some modern movies. No joke.

[@Omgtired]

bro its creepy asf

[@roseleteer6924]

Seriously Fkn Creepy!!! 🤪🤓😂🤣

[@roseleteer6924]

@@Omgtired I Agree 💯

[@suspicious2delicious]

@@roseleteer6924 I thought it was beautiful. I almost cried.

[@breastmilkpaladin3678]

wdym it's creepy it's satisfying

[@-willow-980]

Old fashion ASMR. Now THIS is quality content.

[@GoldRetriever]

They didn't know ASMR existed back then, but they still managed to do relaxing one

[@Dadwatermeloncat]

16 years ago bird asmr, what a masterpiece 🙏

[@The.Drunk-Koala]

In 1930 film had only been around for a few years decades let alone tv and they already did animations. Amazing, plus this looks better than animations in the 70s - 90s

[@markii2147]

Отрывок из причудливой ранней анимационной пьесы с участием Чарли Бауэрса и птицы, поедающей металл. Существо пожирает мусор с автомобильной свалки, затем откладывает яйцо, которое вылупляется и превращается в совершенно новый автомобиль! Очень впечатляющий FX и

[@mirosawb4282]

Niesamowite w latach 30 taki montaż filmu, szacunek.

[@seandelap8587]

Such incredible animation for its time

[@axtushar2115]

Just outstanding work. I respect those people who create this.

[@SonusVolvebatur]

even today despite almost 100 years it remains a stop motion of excellent quality

[@John-ep1sl]

2030 will be the next egg!

[@blackmesa2526]

@@John-ep1slOnly 7 years to wait.

[@theplanetearth7176]

@@blackmesa2526 💀

[@theplanetearth7176]

@@John-ep1sl will they make the second season😳

[@Wubspotter58]

@@John-ep1sl bro can't wait to get a tesla

[@ferociousgumby]

This was right on the cusp of "talking pictures", so is even more impressive for its soundtrack.

[@nigelcarren]

Thank you for this, I read your post re the COPPA thing and here I am. Best of luck to you, incredible to see this early film. Truly charming. 🏆

[@thakyou5005]

Everyone's talking about how advanced the animation is. But the jokes were so WAY ahead of their time! Wow

[@georgelincolnrockwell6248]

GOLLY! That bird turned into a Studebaker! Ain't that wild?!

[@ierc6532]

The first firebird... Simply genius.

[@bezoticallyyours83]

Ha! Good one.

[@sci-fiaction6576]

Three years later and KZbin is recommended this “video” again

[@ButtersPC]

Somehow this fever dream made its way back into my recommendations after, idk, 12 or so years. What a buried memory.

[@MadamFoogie]

Oh. I see . . . Surrealism aside this is some crazy impressive animation. Must have taken _ages_ to make! Man, I wish my dad was alive to see this, he would have loved it.

[@linkly9272]

wait, how old are you if your dad wasn’t alive since before the 30’s?? what are you, a wizard?

[@MadamFoogie]

@@linkly9272 . . . Wow. You know, you can see things AFTER they're first shown through the power of the internet, right? Kind of like how you first witnessed it? Big logical failure there, buck-o. He only died five years ago. :\

[@linkly9272]

@@MadamFoogie honk honk :O) clown alarm!! ~ you've just been clowned! ~

[@Redbird_]

Wanna necromance

[@linkly9272]

@Brass neck jesus fucking christ man

[@jasonlara5069]

That stop motion animation is way ahead of its time.

[@kikolektrique1737]

how the hell is this made in 1930s! This is some serious top notch quality!

[@4dojo]

The amount of work that went into making this.

[@ricktenner1336]

Gonna tell my kids this is how cars are built

[@charanmudhiraj665]

🤣🤣

[@timtam3730]

I'm gonna tell them that this was the first transformer.

[@artisingh7833]

Hmm it would be alot easier.

[@theternal]

Don't.

[@redline1916]

@@theternal You have a dictator as your pfp shut up

[@tanche28]

Better than many cartoons being hatched nowadays.

[@ManInTheBigHat]

That is some serious badass modeling and animation.

[@sajjadsaddam2012]

Man! birds back then were so different !

[@richardb.3808]

This is almost stuff of nightmares... but the animation for the 1930s is incredible...

[@aleisterlavey9716]

If it weren't for the sound

[@mr.mustachecat2309]

At first I thought this was a video from the darkweb

[@carland6074]

@@mr.mustachecat2309 dumbass

[@honeyFoxx420]

Don't watch it with the lights off lmao

[@Moron101]

Yeah if I was four and I watched this I would have nightmares but the animation is great 👍

[@poeschmoe6499]

Honestly surprised I never saw this mentioned in any of the animation history books or classes I read or attended in college. And they were pretty exhaustive too. This is so impressive for its time! Also, I bet my bottom dollar Tim Burton saw this at some point in his life and it’s served as some inspiration cuz not only does the bear bear a striking resemblance to something he’d make, the way it eats is equally comparable to things like the snakes from his movies devouring things (or maybe Henry Selick too saw it since he did most of the work on Nightmare)

[@zeltzamer4010]

Charley Bowers has only recently been reevaluated. Most of his work was lost for a while.

[@ChillandQuill]

henry sellek is the one that does stop-motion, not tim burton. people always confuse the two.

[@darkjanggo]

@@ChillandQuill well, Tim Burton did produce Nightmare Before Christmas which was directed by Selick, though he actually directed Corpse Bride, a stop motion film in which Selick was not involved.

[@geesecouchtaming7223]

3:00 GAME OVER! YOU SURVIVE 83 ROUNDS

[@JR-gc8el]

This is awesome for being so old. There are newer stop animations that are not as clean as this! Very cool!

[@theworldoflivvy3150]

To be fair, the film grain does hide some of the rough. Little mistakes are a little too noticeable in HD!

[@dendobrii]

Вижу, я этот шедевр впервые! Низкий вам поклон, товарищи аниматоры!

[@teddyespo]

So much detail was put into this. Absolutely amazing and inspiring. Early cinema at its most creative.

[@Anami_01]

Still you alive in 2022

[@1p6t1gms]

This wouldn't seem to difficult to do when you employ the help of a lot of creative people... probably a lot more people than any company would consider today. Very nice piece of stop-motion.

[@merona3581]

Old footage of an SCP found 💀. Jokes aside this is impressive af.