This post modern masterpiece redefines the cheap thrills horror genre. Pushing the envelope of cutting edge 3D animation, it might have been easy to overlook Ace Dixon, Kial Natale and Hayley Gauvin’s chilling interpretation of haunting at sea. Paralleling Henry James’ subtlety in the Turn of the Screw, Dixon, Natale and Gauvin’s vision is a nightmare fever dream, allegedy based on notation for the alternate ending to the Shining scribbled by the late Stanley Kubrick. The film’s deliberate pacing and nuanced cinematography will stand out at the dedicated viewer, and the filmmaker’s commitment to detail, uncompromising artistic integrity, combined with photorealistic special effects, will challenge even experienced film critics to meditate on the nature of horror and the entire horror genre. It’s no exaggeration to say that Dead Men Set No Sails will redefine the genre in coming decades, a line drawn in the sand, if you will, putting the lie to the big-budget bloated Hollywood industry that simply does not have the guts to stake money, production facilities, or talent on an avant garde tour de force such as this masterful and original submission to film history.

The themes of humanity, the soul, the transcendental struggle for meaning in an environment of existential dread. These are the powerful ideas the filmmakers grapple with, with an ease of effort and clarity of insight that rivals Satre or Kierkegaard.

A neo-gothic work of genius, improving on Lord Byron and Mary Shelly with an updated eye for cinematography, visual aesthetic and thematic construction, every single shot prepared meticulously, this is one YouTube video you simply will be SCREAMING to miss:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f-yhTzM0q2c