
Spook Sport
1940 • Animation | Music
5.87 (23)
Norman McLaren
Director
Ted Nemeth
Director
Mary Ellen Bute
Director
Status
Released
Release date
January 1, 1940
Duration
8 Min
Language
en
Popularity
0.141
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Overview
It's midnight in a graveyard. The principal characters are spooks, ghosts, bats, bells, and, at the end, the sun. As midnight strikes, 12 spooks appear, then two ghosts. They move to the music's rhythm. Against the black night, they are blue and yellow. Bats appear as does a xylophone of bones. Mist rises, spooks swirl. A bell tolls. The sky turns light blue, the ghosts' dance slows. Then black night returns bringing intimations of frenzy. Bones play snare drums; spooks peek out of square graves. Scary faces appear. Frenetic movement takes over. A rooster crows and all return to earth as the sun's light appears.