Dreidel of the Dead

When there's no room in Hell, the dead come to this website

Dreidel of the Dead is a stop-motion love letter to horror cinema. When the dead overrun New York City, movie-obsessed Eli Katz and his loyal dog, Babka, barricade themselves inside their Upper West Side apartment, hoping to survive until rescue arrives.

As eight nights of Hanukkah unfold, Eli discovers that a lifetime of horror movies may have prepared him for the apocalypse. While fending off undead neighbours, he reflects on unrequited love, grieves the loss of his mother, and learns that survival means confronting both the living and the dead.

Making Bloom

What I did. What didn’t I do? After writing the screenplay in December, pretty much at the start of Hanukkah 2025 I then went into planning mode. Whilst I built the sets from scratch on the dining table, ruining it forever, I needed to move the characters along. Bloom, the villainous roommate with my face by Frank Falzon’s voice, was first. Here I took I selfie as Bloom.

Which I then sent to a designer to create a 3D image in STL format.

Which was then printed by my guys over at Print of the Dead.

Before I painted them on the dining table.

Bloom (Darren Smith)

And then attached them to the body before clothing it and adding a yamulke.

NY Bloom

And taking on Eli in the stop motion battle.

Batter up!!!

Author

dreidelofthedead Avatar

Written by

Recent Posts

Categories