Thread: Why is Horror Dis-respected So Much?

That clip is an animated version of Mark Twain's The Mysterious Stranger and, while not quite parody, it still falls under the realm of satire. And, besides, it's only 5 minutes from a much longer kids film (although really quite out of step with the rest of the film) based on Twain's works. It's also not that disturbing if you're familiar with the source work.

Really though, I never said it would be impossible to make a stop motion horror (or a western horror). I just pointed out that both ideas are very difficult to execute well (maybe there's a reason neither have been explored before?). If you think you can do it then, by all means, do it. I was just voicing an opinion.

As a side note, there are some extremely creepy and scary short films which are stop motion animated. I think the real reason a feature length stop motion horror has never been explored is a) it would be difficult to sustain the tension and atmosphere required using the claymation form, and b) it's really fucking difficult and expensive and time-consuming to make any stop motion project at all.