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Reviews for "Valley of the Arkhams"

wierd, in a good way

the movie in itself seemed very strange to me, the monsters looked like they belonged in a twisted horrer setting, and the humans looked like they belonged in old Walt Disney cartoons from in the 50's. but even so, it was very impressive.

Scythemantis responds:

That was the intent, and something I also do in my other cartoons and comics; I make monsters more detailed and realistic, while humans and normal animals are cartoonish. It makes the monsters seem more horrific and weird in comparison, I think :D

Brilliant!

I enjoyed everything about it! the colours, monsters, characters and all the ideas thrown into it in my opinion were fantastic! nice work!

Too much

The animation was good, i liked how you had drawn the monsters.
BUT! for my opinion it was too cruel. There is a shit loads of animations with this kinda cruelty, i think its just too much, and it is degrading... unless "The Arkhams" asked you to make it so :D

Scythemantis responds:

Yes, they did ask for over-the-top violence, though I honestly thought this was only mild cartoon gore. Crude, cartoony people killed by monsters in bizarre ways, and most of the gore/death happening to the monsters themselves anyhow.

Great

This made me recall the animation Dream Theater projected playing "Dark Eternal Night", only this one is 17+. I really liked it!

An Eldritch Thing Happend at the Beach Today.

One would never think that a surf-rock instrumental song would go well with a cartoon about Lovecraftian monsters from the deep being fought off by some cute blonde-haired kids using generic toys (e.g. yo-yos, jacks, chattering teeth), and yet the music from The Arkhams and the animation and art from Scythemantis make
this a dreadful match from the very bowels of R'lyeh itself (which is to say, that it was great).