10 Movies That Spent Decades In Development Hell (And Still Lived Up To The Hype)

Stop-motion is far less prevalent now than it was decades ago, but when it's done well, it creates a uniquely dynamic effect. The often overlooked Blood, Tea and Red String is one of those films. At a time when most productions had long moved away from the technique, director Christiane Cegavske pursued her passion project for a full thirteen years.

To this day, she's best known for this production, which she calls: "A fairy-tale for adults. Anyone familiar with the craft of stop-motion knows its an incredibly slow and pain-staking process to put together. You have to slowly and carefully move each model bit by bit across hundreds of shots to achieve the sense of movement.

Typically, the style often involves puppets and other models that are also crafted by hand and these represented the most challenging aspect of the production. Cegavske began work on the production in 1993, operating as both director and writer. This drastically upped the amount of work she had to handle and because it was an indie production, there were no big studios supplying funding.

After over a decade, shooting in two separate studios along America's West Coast and obtaining the musical talents of Mark Growden, the unique flick was release in 2006 to high praise from the masses.