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  • 2021
  • Not Rated
  • RLJ Entertainment
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2021
  • Not Rated
  • RLJ Entertainment
  • 1 h 33 m

Summary This epic fantasy tale, about the history of a land that never was, begins when an ambitious young man steals forbidden knowledge from a sacred plant. He falls to its darker temptations and in so doing, unleashes ages of suffering onto mankind. As his power grows over the years, it falls to people of different ilk and culture to attempt ...

Directed By: Philip Gelatt, Morgan Galen King

Written By: Philip Gelatt, Morgan Galen King

  • 2021
  • Not Rated
  • RLJ Entertainment
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2021
  • Not Rated
  • RLJ Entertainment
  • 1 h 33 m

The Spine of Night

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
58
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
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Summary This epic fantasy tale, about the history of a land that never was, begins when an ambitious young man steals forbidden knowledge from a sacred plant. He falls to its darker temptations and in so doing, unleashes ages of suffering onto mankind. As his power grows over the years, it falls to people of different ilk and culture to attempt ...

Directed By: Philip Gelatt, Morgan Galen King

Written By: Philip Gelatt, Morgan Galen King

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
58
44% Positive
4 Reviews
56% Mixed
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0% Negative
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80
Mar 22, 2022
The Spine Of Night is here to satiate the cravings of those who miss a particular brand of animated storytelling, updated with added psychedelic fervour and plenty of extra-gnarly bloodshed.
By Kambole Campbell FULL REVIEW
78
Oct 28, 2021
The longer you are immersed in this exchange of stories, of hope dying against darkness but proving its value just by its glimmers, the more it enthralls.
By Richard Whittaker FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
6.8
50% Positive
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38% Mixed
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13% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
6.8
50% Positive
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38% Mixed
3 Ratings
13% Negative
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67
Oct 27, 2021
Even if The Spine of Night struggles to align its overarching story with the anthology-like shape that it takes, it’s still rare and rewarding to watch a film that makes so few bones about what it wants to be.
By David Ehrlich FULL REVIEW
60
Mar 24, 2022
It’s best not to think too hard about it and just let the striking imagery and saturated colours wash over your retinas.
By Leslie Felperin FULL REVIEW
50
Mar 31, 2022
As the film marches to its conclusion, one will have some appreciation for the rotoscoping animation, the score, and the voice work from some of the actors. However, the murky narrative structure and the lack of a central protagonist only works against all the gory goodwill the film possessed.
By Ferdosa Abdi FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 28, 2021
Alas, all the world-building filmmakers may contrive doesn’t count for much if they don’t put it across visually. And this heavily rotoscoped vision does not get where it needs to be to achieve genuine trippiness.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 26, 2021
The Spine of Night is a reasonably good-looking — and gory — animated sword and sorcery saga for adults, a movie set in a wholly-realized fantasy world, but lacking a story or characters that invite us to invest ourselves in their fate.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Etch, Gorgonaut, Reno Productions
Release Date Oct 29, 2021
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

Molins Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Fantasia Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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