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ApeAccount
Since: Feb, 2015
2nd Apr, 2020 03:48:11 PM
Is this what you're thinking of? It's called Balloon and is by Ken Lidster.
Edited by ApeAccount
I constantly loose track of what this short is called because the title is something generic if I remember right ( Balloon or Red Balloon) and there's another short (Don Hertzfeldt) that is better known.
The short is claymation, 1980s/early 90s. It tells the story of a little blonde girl and her sentient red balloon friend. While playing, a black and white monster appears and tricks the girl into giving up her balloon. The monster, it turns out, steals balloons and tortures them ( puts them in spikey cages, squeezes them etc) and eventually sucks out their gas to feed himself. The girl finds the dungeon, manages to kill the monster ( by trapping him in cogs, which rip him apart!) and frees all her balloon friends.
The short is very creepy and sparse. No dialogue, mostly just mumbling and screams.