Lychgate by MarcK



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Submitted: 10/29/2009 | 11:15PM EST

File Info: Movie | 3.4 MB | Add Movie to Favorites

Genre: Other

Current Score: 4.13 / 5.00

1,655 votes | 23,369 views

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Author Comments

Lychgate is the old english term for the entrance to a church graveyard.

This is an animation for NG Halloween 2009. I was planning to do something for this flash-off for a while and only started 5 weeks ago. I love horror and strange movies so I thought I'd make a bloody weird animation this year.

This is open to interpretation, or you can just think of it as some weird bloody movie, but I think you can tell that all of the characters are dead. Nonetheless creepers, blood and gore are what I love about Halloween so I dug into my brain, pulled this storyboard out and that's what was going in.

5 weeks of labor made this and I'm satisfied with the result for what it is. I enjoyed making it and hope you enjoy watching it.

Thank you to Heroin Slug, an excellent musical artist who provided excellent soundtracks for me. If you're interested in his work leave me a private mesaage or comment about it below.
Congratulations and thanks to Ixintro as well.
Also thank you to Slanted2, a friend of mine who's been animating with me since the start.
Another thank you to Mrs.Tetor and Mrs.Baldauff from my high school for making it possible to do my last 2 movies in school. I owe them 3 trophies and a giant check from the PA computer fair.

Happy Halloween, Newgrounds.com, I really hope you guys enjoy this.

EDIT: I'm glad people are liking this. It's doing well compared to my expectations. It peaked at a 4.01 (edit: 4.14) and just got 5th place for the day. Yay my first NG trophy! Thanks!

EDIT 2: Thank you for front page, Newgrounds staff. That's another big first for me that has happened with this movie. I'm glad people are enjoying it and I thank the people kind enough to drop a review.

EDIT 3: Broke 10,000 views: A milestone for me. Thanks again for front page.
I'd like to ask the reviewers to be specific with problems they find in the movie. If you don't understand the plot, tell me where you got lost. If you elaborate you become more helpful and will actually help me improve. Thank you to the commenters and the helpful reviewers.

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Average Score: 9.4 / 10

Score: 9
ChrisVanDam

"Loved it."

date: November 11, 2009

This is awesome! I really liked it, all I missed were voiceovers but that didn't hurt it. The way that guy died an come back stronger (and with powers) reminded me of Hellraiser. Can't fault this video at all, it's creepy, gory, insane... all the things I love!!

November 12, 2009

Author's Response:

They're the things we all love, Chris. Even if we don't admit it.

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Score: 10
ForionMasta

"Bloodily Creepy..."

date: November 8, 2009

Well, you've managed to creep me out, which is getting increasingly hard, and you seem to have an animation style all your own. Mind you the black and red thing isn't new that is. Bravo to you my friend, being able to do something hardly no one else has.

November 10, 2009

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haha thanks.

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Score: 10
teenage-wasteland

"wow"

date: November 8, 2009

the string deadie was amazing. the ground absorbing flesh? CRAZY! the entire thing was amazing. creepy and artistic. just the way i like it - well done.

November 8, 2009

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haha thanks.

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Score: 10
Greenhotflame

"Great Job"

date: November 6, 2009

Seriously, good job! The animation and the visuals were great. Despite what other reviewers are saying, I did not find this to be random! From what I noticed it was a pretty simple plot: Dead stuff falls on the ground and it turns it into plant stuff, or something along those lines. It seems like you were just trying to animate something bloody and scary, and if that's the case, then you majorly succeeded! And this is in no way like madness other than the colors!

November 7, 2009

Author's Response:

Thank you!
Thank you to every word in that fucking review.

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Score: 10
Darkzeta

"Woah"

date: November 6, 2009

The ending picture looks gory, nice job.

November 6, 2009

Author's Response:

Thanks. I was proud of the ending image after it was done.

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