Just watched on the Trailers From Hell site this unusual horror short based on the poem of the same name by Maurice Ogden and directed by Les Goldman and Paul Julian who was also involved in the haunting UPA animated short The Tell Tale Heart which was based on an Edgar Allan Poe composition. Unusual because the painted images are mostly still while the narrator Herschel Bernardi talks and musician conductor Serge Hovey plays on the soundtrack. Only occasionally do some images appear to be moving and that's because of some dissolves involving a gallows contraption. The chilling message comes through loud and clear by the end and makes you think about what kind of society you're willing to tolerate to what means. So for that reason, I highly recommend The Hangman.
Review of The Hangman
The Hangman
(1964)
The Hangman is one unusual picturesque short horror film of images
23 December 2008