Category Archives: Pica Towers

I loved these twisted little animated films.  The makers created some sort of strange, spare post-apocalypic world that involved small evil robots skittering about a dark stone industrialized building of some sort. Hounds of Flesh opens with a blind robot … Continue reading →

The film “Nightmare before Christmas” from Tim Burton was a movie that I hadn’t seen in a very, very long time. However, watching these films brought me back to the same time and place that I was curled up as … Continue reading →

I heard everyone talking about how weird the short films were, but I’m not sure I expected this at all.   I found the combination of sound and narrative to be extremely dark and creepy.  Despite the lack of words … Continue reading →

We had to watch a set of three short animated films collectively called Pica Towers. These were visually rich pieces with a strange and gripping narrative that were connected by the location. Different techniques were used to create these stories. … Continue reading →

I had some funky deja vu watching these shorts. Before I get into that, let me just say that this was disturbing as all hell to watch. There were plenty of horror elements seeping through the cracks here. Namely, I’m … Continue reading →

Jake: Have you done Motley’s blog yet? Me: ACK! No! Gotta do that now. (ten minutes later…) Me: LORD that was disturbing! Why the #$%& did I watch that when I am alone in Powell?? Jake: Not a good idea. … Continue reading →

That was basically my thought. Props to Rachel, she pointed out the fact that they looked a little like the Minions from “Despicable Me.” I mean they do, but only if the Minions picked up a hard narcotics habit. These … Continue reading →

I’m just going to say it: What the hell is going on in Pica Towers? This dark and twisted animated trilogy explores plot and characters in a way that almost leaves the audience uncomfortable. You’re given just enough plot to hit … Continue reading →

When I started watching the “Pica Towers” trilogy, I thought I was on the wrong website. Then after watching the first animation “The Good News”, I thought this was a complete joke. After watching “Hounds of Flesh” and “Pizza Sangre”, … Continue reading →