In the mood for an unusual animated werewolf horror? You might be once you’ve seen the mesmerising (and NSFW) trailer for Dog Of God.
NB: Fair warning: the trailer below is genuinely Not Safe For Work. No, really. Fair dinkum. Viewer discretion is advised.
At the Tribeca Film Festival, lots of the chatter seems to be focused on the upcoming premiere of Dog Of God, a weird animated feature about witchcraft, werewolves and torture. The trailer is graphic, so be advised, but it’s also utterly compelling and boasts the sort of unique themes and animation style that sets it apart from anything we’ve seen for quite some time.
Latvian filmmakers Lauris Abele and Raitis Abele directed the movie from a script they co-wrote with Ivo Briedis and Harijs Grundmanis, and international sales are currently ongoing. The French rights were reportedly snapped up at Cannes last month, but we don’t yet know who will be picking up the film for distribution in the UK or the US. We don’t imagine that we’ll have to wait for long to find out.
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We won’t tell you what happens in the trailer… better that you experience it for yourself. But there’s some rather provocative elements in there, so be warned. Just trying to find a suitable image to pop at the top of this story was an eye-opening experience that will live for some time in the memory. As for the animation style, the use of rotoscope animation is something that we simply don’t see all that often, and it certainly gives the film a unique visual feel.
As we mentioned, this one is set to premiere at Tribeca tomorrow, so should it pique your interest, more thoughts on the film should be appearing online over the weekend or early next week. We’ll keep an eye out for news regarding a UK distributor and let you know more when we hear it.
Until then, here’s the trailer for God Of Dog. Woof, indeed.
