10 Hidden Gem Horror Monster Movies
7. Mad God
Could a stop-motion animation film which spent 30 years in development be a truly terrifying experience? If it's Phil Tippett's Mad God, the answer is an unequivocal yes!
Finally released in 2022, Mad God is a film that covers so much in a way that's bafflingly, bizarrely brilliant. In its loosest form, this is a movie which takes place in a post-apocalyptic landscape where we follow an unnamed figure - known only as 'the assassin' - who's dropped into a land filled with all kinds of sinister creatures and eerie developments.
As we witness all manner of twisted creature designs and oddball sequences - such as an autopsy turning into a birthing scene - the action is masterfully accompanied by a chilling, nerve-shredding soundtrack and the film has just such a genuinely unique way of framing what you're seeing.
It's rare that you see stop-motion offerings these days, and it's even rarer to see a horror movie crafted in such a way, but this really, really works in such a highly impactful, atmospheric, and ultimately uncomfortable way.
To say Mad God is a full-on assault on the senses would be an understatement, and Tippett and his Tippett Studio crew deserve all the praise in the world for what is an absolute masterpiece of terror.