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The Spine of Night

Image: RLJE Films
Image: RLJE Films

Directors Philip Gelatt and Morgan Galen King had dabbled in film before The Spine of Night, but never in animation, never together, and never with such incredible results. The Spine of Night is a stunning animated fantasy, bursting at the seams with decades of sci-fi fantasy fandom and filmmaking confidence. The story spans generations, weaves in all types of creatures and characters, and gives any type of violent anime you’ve seen in your life a run for its money for pure gore alone. Gelatt and Galen-King want their audience to know they have arrived—and they’ve brought their own brutal, cruel, fantastical world along for the ride.