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Aardman Animations, the people behind Wallace and Gromit and Chicken Run, are doing new claymation shorts starring DC Comics superheroes as part of Cartoon Network's new DC Nation block of programming. (Which will also include Plastic Man cartoons and a short series about superheroines teaming up called Super Best Friends Forever.) And now, here's your first glimpse at Aardman's take on DC characters. Could there anything cuter than claymation Catwoman explaining (in a little girl's overdubbed voice) that her cat mask covers her nose? And then... the hairball. More »
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Watch Lee Hardcastle's beautiful hybrid of the 1980s stop-motion TV show Pingu crossed with John Carpenter's alien horror movie The Thing! We've never seen so much clay penguin blood! Hat tip to syafiqjabar of Mars. More »
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Check out the latest trailer for ParaNorman, a new stop-motion film from the brilliant minds at Laika (the folks behind Coraline). We kind of love the idea of a little kid who can see dead people whose mental psyche hasn't been horrible scarred. More »
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Turns out Godzilla (or at least a kaiju very similar to Godzilla) is simply misunderstood. Check out this amazing music video that will transport you back to the 1990s, a time when each band had a story to tell via claymation monster. More »
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Good news, fans of graphic claymation violence! The short "Chainsaw Maid" finally has a sequel, and this one is ten times bloodier than the original. Let the undead clay hordes rise again! Clay cleavage and clay zombies — slightly NSFW. More »
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Two new evil-centric movies are getting buzz: one deals with keeping a retired supervillain's technology out of the hands of terrorists, the other is a claymation villain epic. More »
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Wow, Robot Chicken has truly outdone itself. This adorable claymation rendition of an Italian stage translation of Star Trek II: Wrath Of Khan is fantastic stupendous. Especially the "lowering of the mind control eels" song. More »
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Claymation and hard core zombie-geared violence are the perfect vehicles to telll the story of a family's maid and her struggle to fend off the attacking undead with a chainsaw. This Japanese short is titled "Chainsaw Maid" and is one of the best zombie splatter movies I've have seen in ages. They even attempt to answer that age old question, "what happens when you cut off the bottom of a zombie's jaw, does it keep on attacking?" More »
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The most intrepid space explorers and monster-fighters ever to be made of clay are coming back to our screens later this year, and they've built "robotic kneading arms" to help with their bakery business. The first images from the next Wallace And Gromit short, "A Matter Of Loaf And Death," went online — and they showcase a new character. Could Wallace be getting a love interest? Click through for filthy, filthy clay spoilers. More »
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The top secret government files of a purple alien, Prometheus, teaching the slightly slow caveman, Bob, are easily among the best science fiction comedy shorts in claymation history. According to the announcer, these tapes were recorded over 900,000 years ago by an alien using a remote controlled camera. See how Prometheus and Bob explain how a polar bear could have ended up on Lost's island. More »
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