Mad God (2021) - The Assassin decends into a world of nightmares

[@thosava]

Somehow this movie manages to be soothing and tranquil while being some of the most grotesque stuff I’ve ever seen. I watched it two days in a row, and I crave another rewatch. I usually never see films more than once.

[@nonreturn7386]

Its brilliant. Its my favorite kind of surreal fever dream psychotropic music video. Ive seen it 3 times now myself

[@MarmaladeSally]

Try it on shrooms. Good lord. 😂

[@GetReadySetTerrible]

@@MarmaladeSally Just watched it on shrooms for the 1st viewing and im still recovering from what I just saw

[@slackingstacker]

@@MarmaladeSally I watched it while tripping and somehow all of the subtext made perfect sense in my altered state of consciousness, For some reason I interpreted the map flaking apart as the Assassin slowly losing hope and faith in his mission after all the things he witnesses, and the reason why the bomb didn't go off was because he completely lost his faith and hope by that point

[@erroneous3493]

I liked the dudes shitting into the other dudes mouths

[@drewhammond5203]

While everyone obsesses about all the nasty, psychotic shit that happens in this fever dream of a film, I find it disheartening that the score and sound design has been so rigorously slept on. The bit playing here is an absolute earworm of a track, utterly haunting and eerily beautiful.

[@OpenMawProductions]

It feels like a reworking of the moonlight sonata to me.

[@MakoSucks]

Yeah this made me tear up a little. this scene with this music. 30 years...

[@AuthorMx]

Could not agree more, I really like this film but if the ending wasn't what it was and *especially* if the music wasn't what it was I'd probably not like this film at all. Amazing work by Dan Wool.

[@slackingstacker]

It conveys the Assassin's journey here as a descent into despair more than madness

[@SneednFeed21]

God I wish the whole film had been following the Assassin

[@nonreturn7386]

Yeah but the last old dude was cool too. I like when he drops worms for the little aliens then lets the spider loose.

[@splunkmastah4609]

Agreed. It started to lose me after he disappeared.

[@potaterjim]

@@splunkmastah4609 it's definitely a bizarre and sudden twist, and it makes sense when you hear interviews from Phil Tippet explaining his process: there was very little story boarding or coherent structure, the dudes been collecting literal junk and filming whatever the hell he wants for 30 years The end result is that the third act with the Alchemist is basically a whole other story, connected by themes more than narrative: both the assassin (or assassin's? Were they meant to be the same person? It's hard to tell) and the alchemist want to end this world: the difference being the the assassin sees only filth and horror and cares nothing for the inhabitants of the world, and only wants to destroy it. On the other hand, the Alchemist still doesn't seem to care much about anyone's well-being, but he at least admires nature, and can see the beauty in-between the horror, and only wants to create something new

[@richardjared960]

Same here. I was confused cause I thought he may have been still alive even after getting gutted completely. I recall his eye was still moving afterwards.

[@LPrussia07]

Technically we did follow first assassin to his end point on vivisection table...

[@greggoodman]

I loved all the different civilizations he passed as he descended deeper to the origin core..The history visuals and artifacts made this film for me...

[@paullemay6596]

A world that's so old that history is landscape, and meaning is impossibly lost

[@fortis3686]

Can we just talk about how claustrophobic it must be in that diving bell, seeing all of this through a small window?

[@eliastorres4461]

Watching trailers really doesn't fully prepare you for this film. It's so much more than what is implied by the promotional material, and I think that this brief clip is a testament to that. The score, the wide sweeping shots, the closeups, it's all so disarming. Loved every moment of this movie!

[@jjjaaayyydee]

Couldn't agree more

[@nicknonya695]

Couldn't of said it better

[@beccaday7561]

@@jjjaaayyydee may I please borrow your shudder account 🥺

[@beccaday7561]

@@nicknonya695 I have no way to watch this movie can you help me 🥺

[@nicknonya695]

Lol no😁😆😐😑😆😜😆

[@rjzavala87]

This opening track would be so great for a live action berserk series. I wasnt ready for something so epic feeling.

[@fortis3686]

The music definitely sells this scene

[@xXCrimson_BoltXx]

This had to be one of the best creepiest, well thought out and perfectly atmospheric story telling movie's I seen in a long time along side the movie "Fantastic Planet".

[@chouinardfrancais]

thanks for sharing, ill be watching that tonight, looks... interesting lol

[@briansmith6218]

This movie is a beautiful nightmare. The work that has gone into creating this masterpiece is truly astonishing. This one will really stay with you. Mad God is true art.

[@BadassName17]

I like the way it seems he is just going deeper underground and just reaches hell. No Earth other than old roads and leftover scraps.

[@afrank198]

I loved the music at this point. Just a piece of art that you watch. You sit back, and take it all in, discuss it with like minds. You watch each scene knowing those in it have, or had no hope. All those “assassins” on the operating tables… no one came to help, just discarded. I guess this is the point of it? I rented it last night and watch like 5 times since. For some reason I couldn’t purchase it in HD 😢

[@asuspiciouspresence2176]

watched this movie yesterday and every scene was awesome but this one stuck out to me a lot. a brief tranquil moment where the character is introduced to the world along with us, the landscape surreal but not as hellish as what is about to come. really great movie

[@ludonymous526]

This film is probably the closest to a "Warhammer 40K" film adaptation we'll probably ever get for now.

[@frankfrankerson782]

It'll get even closer to 40k once GW starts stealing the images from it and threatening lawsuits on anyone that does the same.

[@ludonymous526]

@@frankfrankerson782 GW sucks a**.

[@TheMustaFox]

Now this will be forever my head Canon, a soldier of creed is traversing the chaos warp

[@NeonVars]

How I interpreted the film. In his anger, Lucifer damned the world, bringing hell on earth over his resentment of God. The assassins are like angels wanting to destroy God's ruined creation.

[@SteveBrule982]

this is the best tool music video ive ever seen

[@-snow-428]

i made one lol

[@afrank198]

You the man. 👉😎👉

[@auburn_and_cordsdude7415]

The first 30 minutes of this film is good gross and violent. The movie after that then turns tranquil and abit surreal. Great experience and wonderful craftsman ship

[@elijahlukejames]

Now that is some worldbuilding

[@raulduke3237]

I didnt realize the final scene is the last man, looking down at the world exploding, thus making him the Mad God

[@biggoathorns]

Great, thanks for the spoiler 👍🏻

[@potaterjim]

And here I thought the mad god was the friends we made along the way Actually scratch that, the assassin basically ignores every possible friend he could make thus damning him

[@raulduke3237]

@@biggoathorns not sure why you'd be coming to a clip of a movie you didn't watch yet, but np i can spoil any film you want. Ever watch the 6th sense ?

[@raulduke3237]

@@potaterjim The assassin almost takes one ally with him, the scene when the drones are listening the baby

[@DeathSithe92]

The world doesn't explode, it just resets for another cycle of repeating endlessly the same cycle thats happened over and over with the only two things seeming to be different and ever constant are the old man and the alchemist and reaper whom seem immune to the constant cycle repeating itself. Also be aware there is no story to this madness, the creator even said there is no narrative, there is no story or reason things happen, its pure weird creepy images purely for shock value, he said if he did make a quote unquote "Sequel" thered be a narrative and story but that shit ain't happening ever.

[@sic_boy]

Poor assassin he deserved better

[@ratkid6859]

This movie is so peculiar. Reminds me of dark crystal just a little bit

[@HydraHolden]

Jim Henson would have adored this.

[@zebjensen4251]

@@HydraHolden he certainly would have been impressed that's for sure.

[@firehazard4065]

It's like I'm looking at nightmare before Christmas and robot chicken mixed together

[@sassythesasquatch1776]

someone should make a game about this

[@jacknagel9387]

You ever play Little Nightmares?

[@evo2542]

I like eto think the God was basically running experiments on the planet. As In "I want to create a world, but I gotta hone my craft so I am going to do a ton of experimental stuff, and when I have it figured out I'll just start over. OR he thought "I'll get it right one of the first few tries" Then proceeds to get it wrong constantly. Then he has all these beings he created that are abominations and wants to just kill them and start over.

[@LouSassoleSledgecock_III]

Golden Ratio right off the bat and a nautilus shell. This film is art.

[@jimf7333]

This movie was phenomenal.. this soundtrack piece is beautiful it’s literally on repeat

[@extraspooky819]

Lovecraft would be proud

[@potaterjim]

I feel like Nietzsche would be more interested

[@thebrownlizard3988]

the music, the art work, the hard work, the imagination, descending to the depth of hell ! this movie will never be unseen once seen it will be engraved in your subconscious mind

[@zimetberry4010]

Mad God seems to be a reference to The Mountains of Madness by Lovecraft. Especially toward the end of this scene as the light illuminates the ancient dome like structures

[@Zach3stacks]

Idk what draws me back to this.. it’s like fight club where it’s gonna be there my whole life instantly. It’s the 30 years in the basement. It’s the sounds and realizations.. this is good. Yes, this is good.

[@ryanmax-grappler8654]

Man that is one long ass rope for real. He seemed to descend for miles on miles

[@TheDude8008]

I love this melody

[@Bitsy83]

Jesus…how long is that cable?

[@jjjaaayyydee]

he bought the extra long extension

[@MrJonezy541]

Long enough.

[@drewhammond5203]

It is a diving bell; we forget sometimes that at its greatest depths, the ocean can be miles deep. Not sure where the assassin is lowered from, but I mean he also has a map made by witches so who knows, magic cable maybe.

[@santosperez2650]

@@drewhammond5203 dude just.... shhh!!!

[@nicknonya695]

Fing love this flim

[@poopmaster7166]

who's Fing?

[@nicknonya695]

@@poopmaster7166 I'm fing your mom 😆😁😆😜

[@jjjaaayyydee]

@@poopmaster7166 my uncle

[@oskar3897]

I love this track so much man

[@wawa6711]

This movie was fucking wild

[@josephdunne2446]

It's no more grotesque than the world we live in

[@potaterjim]

That, in a way, is the joke

[@KingRidley]

Might have to give you a flashlight so you can avoid some of those dark edges.

[@Ivan-bk9xs]

@@KingRidley Edgelord or not he's right. There's nothing in the movie that doesn't happen in our world.

[@MoreThan_Bob1776]

Just finished watching it . . . My God. .

[@potaterjim]

You mean, your _mad_ god

[@MoreThan_Bob1776]

@@potaterjim correct @___@

[@darkhound_inc]

1:23 ray harryhaussen easter egg

[@brianculham1180]

Trippy movie!😮

[@LukeSimpson]

Is this what it’s like to move to L.A.?

[@terrylong8894]

This is easily the weirdest ANYTHING I have ever seen in my life.

[@clobbyhops]

That cable must’ve been 100 miles long or longer

[@MightyEFX]

I think hes diving into the creartion of another creator.. and it just gets deeper and deeper the more they try to create a new universe

[@06024d]

Imagine a whole universe that works like a disease 🦟 infecting healthy universe around the void.

[@trespasser7266]

does anyone know what the assassin's gas mask is called?

[@thomaslucas7050]

Will we get a Blu Ray release?

[@GoldenGyroBalls]

December 6th. Mark it down.

[@calciumcammando5717]

they should have named them The Diver wtf

[@miles-v9j]

music?

[@okaymah9746]

This would've been better if ir was anthology film or a game. Imo it just never feels like there's any tension or anything for me to latch onto, i only latch onto the assasins as characters because they aren't insane grotesque creatures from a sewer grate, you could argue that its supposed to be like that but i just think that's not enough to care about the assassins, they don't show thier character, they don't why we should care. The movie was nothing but disturbing if you like that sorta shit, who am i to judge, but i don't think that makes it an excuse for lazy writing. It really all boils down to idc. I don't care about the assassins, i don't care about the assassins baby, i don't care about the monsters, i don't care about the world. It's grotesque design is great, but there were so many moments when i just felt like it was just mentally exhausting, i was disturbed at the start but soon it just became boring. Do you know how some games have stories that can't be told through a film? Well this movie has the opposite effect. Its a movie with a story that's sucks as a movie but would be awesome as a game. Other than that, there's not much to say about this film, it's disgusting, disturbing and nightmare inducing, but that's all it is. It is an uneventful film that leaves you with a philosophical question "i might need therapy". If you like this film i suggest you watch primal, this show is brutal and also doesn't have any dialogue.

[@drewhammond5203]

I think you're on about this in the wrong way. This was never meant to be a film, so much as an experience. Time consuming stop-motion animation put together over decades of work, and all it amounts to some insane visuals that will stick in your brain until the end of time and little else. Idk if Phil Tippet desired much else to be honest. I know I didn't. I was very satisfied.

[@okaymah9746]

@@drewhammond5203 yeah won't lie this movie is definitely beautiful and it was quite a roller coaster watching this film, but if you wanted me to experience the madness of this world forsaken by god i think an anthology would've been a better approach, episodes showing different parts of the world or maybe turn it into a game. Not saying this movies sucks, no. This movie was definitely something i needed to see because of how saturated the industry is with safe films nowadays i became so bored with all the movies avaliable. This film is exactly like a dream, it's wierd, chaotic, nothing feels real and you know that but your forced to live through this chaotic world until you wake up, but unlike a dream this movie will not be forgotten

[@peoplewhoplaygames]

I think people forget that a movie doesn't have to have a concret plot that is easy to follow. Character's don't have to have motivation and there doesn't have to be a reason for anything to happen. Rubber followed a similar premise although it had more of a plot that was easier to watch. Rubber is about a homicidal car tire, discovering it has destructive psionic power and the entire premise of that movie was "This is happening for no reason."

[@artsticflea3539]

Watched some clips but this show gives me a bad feeling in my stomach which is a good thing cause this stuff is gross

[@potaterjim]

Oh man, this isn't even anything There's a scene involving literal mountains of shit. That's where the film starts getting _less_ revolting. Watch this one on an empty stomach...

[@anthonybrletic974]

Can anyone help me watch this movie for free in HD? Only because for some reason I haven't been able to access my Amazon account so I haven't been able to link the service that I pay for to get a free trial on Shudder.

[@TippettStudio]

please remove all of the MAD GOD content from your page or we will copyright strike you and have your channel removed. thank you. Tippett Studio.

[@My_knob]

He literally put in the description that he does not own anything. I highly doubt this is Phil but for fucks sake take time to read the description instead of immediately threatening people

[@diekomet6950]

Bugger off

[@invisi-bullexploration2374]

If you had to say something like that don't you think an email would have sufficed? Just dropping that out there in a KZbin comment is pretty unprofessional.

[@dr.walterbennett]

lol lmao even

[@Scott-kj3bc]

​@@dr.walterbennettI'd go as far as saying ROTFLMAO