KYLGOR IN THE GRISLY ABYSS

A nearly utopian kingdom secretly provides for its people by ravaging and oppressing neighboring lands. One day, one of those kingdoms elects a trio of champions and charges them with a simple task: kill the king.

Kylgor and his men battle courageously through the kingdom, storm the castle, and promptly remove the king’s head before fleeing from his most faithful guards. While navigating their escape, Kylgor, his compatriots, and the king’s guards fall into a deep, mystical cave. Trapped, with only their wits and steel to save them from an unending horde of ravenous beasts, deceitful hallucinations, and evil magicks corrupting their very flesh (err… foam rubber), the former enemies must either find enough common ground to work together or die in the dark labyrinth.

KYLGOR IN THE GRISLY ABYSS, the directorial debut from writer/director Mason Jeffrey Newton-DeRushie, is full of blood and guts, the nearly forgotten art of stop-motion animation, gnarly puppets, beautiful illustrations, and, above all, heart. In the tradition of the great sword-and-sandal barbarian movies, airbrushed conversion vans, and kids' movies that were way too heavy for their intended audience, KYLGOR IN THE GRISLY ABYSS delivers on every promise it makes. Mason Jeffrey Newton-DeRushie crafts deep lore and a world that I can’t wait to return to. (KEV DOOLEY)

*Paired with the short GOODBYE, MONSTER dir. Luke Barnett

You know what they say: a boy becomes a man the day the monster living under his bed decides it's time to go back to Hell. A FANGORIA Studios production featuring Patton Oswalt and Tina Majorino, scored by Bear McCreary.