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Spook Sport (1940)

Spook Sport poster
Directed by
Ted Nemeth, Mary Ellen Bute, Norman McLaren
Genre
abstract animation film, experimental film
Country
United States
Runtime
8 min
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 24 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

At midnight in a graveyard, dancing spooks, ghosts, bats and bells move to the music's rhythm. Blue and yellow figures swirl against the black night, with bones playing drums and mist rising. The frenzy ends when a rooster crows and the sun returns everyone to earth.

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