Reviews for Dr. Shroud: Mask Pt. 1

[Helbereth]

Today's been a good day for the portal...

This is reminicent of the old silent films from the 20s (obviously). The story is told easily and the animation (the lighting especially) fit perfectly.

It did hit a few snags where it just seemed to drag along (dwelt too much on the photo and a few other places).

Not exactly sure about vampire lore, but I can't say I ever heard of turning a vampire child into a human... A dampiel(sp?) is a half-vampire/half-human...

Mah... not enough on that train of plot for me to make any conclusive comments.

robfeldman responds:

You are correct---a "dhampir" is a product of a vampire man and mortal woman that has an immunity to vampires. In the world of Dr. Shroud however, all bets are off. There are quite a few things with vampire lore that I altered to fit the story better, especially the fact that the boy (Dr. Shroud) is a bloodsucking killer.

Thanks for the review!

-Rob

[ramagi]

Awesome

This really had that Old horror flick feel to it. I really liked the style you used it was very good. I think the music used was ok, but I think you could have chossen something a little bit better.
When things were set on fire the flames looked to be in front of them, not really on them. Other than that I thought you did a great job with this

[silent-warfare]

Graphically up to par...

... and very nice emulation of the black&white movies of the 20s. Dr. Shivago anyone? The only thing that bothered me about the sound was the bad mixing - the transitions are way too abrupt, plus it doesn't make any sense switching back and forth between atmospheric, in-film sound and the piano man. Other than that, it's headed in the right direction.

[Usugurai]

Well

Contrary to what some people may think, I believe there should be more of this noir style around here. If there's anything that's overdone, it's the superloud, limp-bizkit playing, stick-figure fight sequences and dating sims. I think your style was very well done, and the actual animation was pretty pleasurable. Your story was pretty cool too. I'll be pretty happy to see more of these.

[contorted-angel]

Enjoyable stuff

I enjoyed the effects of the old-time cinema, and the use of the twinkly honky-tonk over the serious subject matter. It's something about the edgy horror with comedic undertones which clicks inside and it's just enjoyable.