Swing You Sinners! (1930)

Directed by

Dave Fleischer

Genre

horror film, surrealist film, ghost film

Country

United States

Runtime

9 min

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 38 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man tries to steal a chicken from a graveyard. The spirits of the dead chase him through a surreal and nightmarish landscape.

surrealdarkabstractnightmarishfast-pacedwhimsicalchaoticdisturbing

What happens

Swing You Sinners! is a 1930 American animated short film, directed by Dave Fleischer, and produced by Fleischer Studios as part of the Talkartoons series. The film is notable for its surreal, dark and abstract content. The film was released on September 20, 1930. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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