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Deaf Crocodile is a boutique Distribution + Restoration + Post-Production company focused on new, independent, lost/unseen and world cinema.
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Deaf Crocodile | The Collection
Horror, dark fantasy, and just plain weird titles from the art house and cult film Blu-ray distributor DEAF CROCODILE.
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Beyond the cost, TOEI is very unlikely to allow the use of that footage in the film at any price. We're dealing with them on another project. They are VERY strict.
November 19, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Beyond the cost, TOEI is very unlikely to allow the use of that footage in the film at any price. We're dealing with them on another project. They are VERY strict.
We would have to license that to include it in our release and that would be very expensive.
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 AM
We would have to license that to include it in our release and that would be very expensive.
Aspin and Smee “zoomed” into a cutout planet by stacking Scrabble tiles under it, bringing it closer to the camera.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Aspin and Smee “zoomed” into a cutout planet by stacking Scrabble tiles under it, bringing it closer to the camera.
Stay tuned for more information on #RoyDelEspacio, coming soon from Deaf Crocodile.
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Stay tuned for more information on #RoyDelEspacio, coming soon from Deaf Crocodile.
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just as the film’s creators were in dialogue with those Flash Gordon serials.
The project demands physical background paintings, plastic cels and cutouts. Many shots are drawn directly on cel, frame by frame. Surfaces get dirty and smeared, which shows up on screen. And, at one point,
The project demands physical background paintings, plastic cels and cutouts. Many shots are drawn directly on cel, frame by frame. Surfaces get dirty and smeared, which shows up on screen. And, at one point,
November 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
just as the film’s creators were in dialogue with those Flash Gordon serials.
The project demands physical background paintings, plastic cels and cutouts. Many shots are drawn directly on cel, frame by frame. Surfaces get dirty and smeared, which shows up on screen. And, at one point,
The project demands physical background paintings, plastic cels and cutouts. Many shots are drawn directly on cel, frame by frame. Surfaces get dirty and smeared, which shows up on screen. And, at one point,
Since the start of 2025, they’ve been turning those four or five minutes of Roy into animation.
Using the same film grammar/style as the rest of Roy from Space, they’re turning the stolen shots into new animation. They feel like they’re in dialogue with the film’s creators in the past, Aspin notes
Using the same film grammar/style as the rest of Roy from Space, they’re turning the stolen shots into new animation. They feel like they’re in dialogue with the film’s creators in the past, Aspin notes
November 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Since the start of 2025, they’ve been turning those four or five minutes of Roy into animation.
Using the same film grammar/style as the rest of Roy from Space, they’re turning the stolen shots into new animation. They feel like they’re in dialogue with the film’s creators in the past, Aspin notes
Using the same film grammar/style as the rest of Roy from Space, they’re turning the stolen shots into new animation. They feel like they’re in dialogue with the film’s creators in the past, Aspin notes
Their names are Brian Smee and Isabelle Aspin — known for great things like the music video Across My Jaw. Quickly, they became Roy from Space converts. “I can’t really think of something else quite like it, that feels like people learning how to make a movie on the spot, basically,” Aspin says.
November 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Their names are Brian Smee and Isabelle Aspin — known for great things like the music video Across My Jaw. Quickly, they became Roy from Space converts. “I can’t really think of something else quite like it, that feels like people learning how to make a movie on the spot, basically,” Aspin says.
So, then we thought, “What if we created new animation to replace all that live-action footage?”
Through a friend, Deaf Crocodile linked up with two Los Angeles animators who work in a lo-fi, DIY style that suits Roy.
Through a friend, Deaf Crocodile linked up with two Los Angeles animators who work in a lo-fi, DIY style that suits Roy.
November 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
So, then we thought, “What if we created new animation to replace all that live-action footage?”
Through a friend, Deaf Crocodile linked up with two Los Angeles animators who work in a lo-fi, DIY style that suits Roy.
Through a friend, Deaf Crocodile linked up with two Los Angeles animators who work in a lo-fi, DIY style that suits Roy.
Between four and five minutes of Roy from Space take place in live action. It was Bartok who noticed that these shots, mostly of explosions and spaceships, weren’t original. They’d been stolen from a Japanese film called Message from Space (1978) — spliced directly into Roy’s negative.
November 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Between four and five minutes of Roy from Space take place in live action. It was Bartok who noticed that these shots, mostly of explosions and spaceships, weren’t original. They’d been stolen from a Japanese film called Message from Space (1978) — spliced directly into Roy’s negative.
including people who’d worked on the project. The only missing piece was Roy itself.
That changed in late 2024, after the negative got scanned. He could watch a few minutes at last. “These three years of research have come down to this,” he remembers thinking. “And it was amazing.”
That changed in late 2024, after the negative got scanned. He could watch a few minutes at last. “These three years of research have come down to this,” he remembers thinking. “And it was amazing.”
November 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
including people who’d worked on the project. The only missing piece was Roy itself.
That changed in late 2024, after the negative got scanned. He could watch a few minutes at last. “These three years of research have come down to this,” he remembers thinking. “And it was amazing.”
That changed in late 2024, after the negative got scanned. He could watch a few minutes at last. “These three years of research have come down to this,” he remembers thinking. “And it was amazing.”
“The movie was a complete flop. It was ignored,” says Alejandro Vidal Charris, a film scholar from Colombia. After opening in a dozen theaters, it screened for about a week. Then it was gone: “it just vanished,” Charris says.
Over time, Charris located the relatives of its director and producer —
Over time, Charris located the relatives of its director and producer —
November 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
“The movie was a complete flop. It was ignored,” says Alejandro Vidal Charris, a film scholar from Colombia. After opening in a dozen theaters, it screened for about a week. Then it was gone: “it just vanished,” Charris says.
Over time, Charris located the relatives of its director and producer —
Over time, Charris located the relatives of its director and producer —
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Some choice bits of information:
A movie appeared in 1983, in Mexico City. It was something rare for its time: an animated feature created in Mexico. Back then, only two others existed. The title was Roy del espacio — in English, Roy from Space.
Some choice bits of information:
A movie appeared in 1983, in Mexico City. It was something rare for its time: an animated feature created in Mexico. Back then, only two others existed. The title was Roy del espacio — in English, Roy from Space.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Some choice bits of information:
A movie appeared in 1983, in Mexico City. It was something rare for its time: an animated feature created in Mexico. Back then, only two others existed. The title was Roy del espacio — in English, Roy from Space.
Some choice bits of information:
A movie appeared in 1983, in Mexico City. It was something rare for its time: an animated feature created in Mexico. Back then, only two others existed. The title was Roy del espacio — in English, Roy from Space.
Wynne-Simmons’ tribute to the visionary poet and artist William Blake. (Courtesy of Robert Wynne-Simmons and the British Film Institute.)
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The Outcasts LIMITED SLIPCOVER EDITION
SLIPCOVER EDITION LIMITED TO 300 UNITS THE OUTCASTS (1982, 95 min.) “In the dark she felt the key turning in the latch and a voice spoke to her: open the door”, whispers Maura (Mary Ryan), the odd, i...
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November 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Wynne-Simmons’ tribute to the visionary poet and artist William Blake. (Courtesy of Robert Wynne-Simmons and the British Film Institute.)
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“The Scrolls” (1964, 25 min.) – Wynne-Simmons’ most ambitious early film has surreal overtones of 1960s series such as “The Prisoner” and “The Avengers”.
Plus: “The Judgement Of Albion – Prophecies of William Blake” (1968, 26 min.)
Plus: “The Judgement Of Albion – Prophecies of William Blake” (1968, 26 min.)
November 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
“The Scrolls” (1964, 25 min.) – Wynne-Simmons’ most ambitious early film has surreal overtones of 1960s series such as “The Prisoner” and “The Avengers”.
Plus: “The Judgement Of Albion – Prophecies of William Blake” (1968, 26 min.)
Plus: “The Judgement Of Albion – Prophecies of William Blake” (1968, 26 min.)
“The Greatest All-Star Advertial Of All Time” (1963, 2 min.) – this madcap comic short features (incredibly) Charlton Heston, Michael Redgrave and a young Peter O'Toole!
“Bomb Disposal” (1963, 5 min.) featuring a cameo by Sammy Davis Jr.
“Bomb Disposal” (1963, 5 min.) featuring a cameo by Sammy Davis Jr.
November 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
“The Greatest All-Star Advertial Of All Time” (1963, 2 min.) – this madcap comic short features (incredibly) Charlton Heston, Michael Redgrave and a young Peter O'Toole!
“Bomb Disposal” (1963, 5 min.) featuring a cameo by Sammy Davis Jr.
“Bomb Disposal” (1963, 5 min.) featuring a cameo by Sammy Davis Jr.
Ultra-rare early 8mm short films by Robert Wynne-Simmons:
“L’Eredita di Diavolo” (1962, 15 min.) – eerie ghost story shot in a derelict mansion once owned by Percy and Mary Shelley (Frankenstein).
“L’Eredita di Diavolo” (1962, 15 min.) – eerie ghost story shot in a derelict mansion once owned by Percy and Mary Shelley (Frankenstein).
November 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Ultra-rare early 8mm short films by Robert Wynne-Simmons:
“L’Eredita di Diavolo” (1962, 15 min.) – eerie ghost story shot in a derelict mansion once owned by Percy and Mary Shelley (Frankenstein).
“L’Eredita di Diavolo” (1962, 15 min.) – eerie ghost story shot in a derelict mansion once owned by Percy and Mary Shelley (Frankenstein).
Special Features:
New video interview with director/writer Robert Wynne-Simmons.
New video interview with composer Steve Cooney.
New visual essay by producer and professor Rod Stoneman, former head of Bord Scannán na hÉireann/ the Irish Film Board.
New video interview with director/writer Robert Wynne-Simmons.
New video interview with composer Steve Cooney.
New visual essay by producer and professor Rod Stoneman, former head of Bord Scannán na hÉireann/ the Irish Film Board.
November 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Special Features:
New video interview with director/writer Robert Wynne-Simmons.
New video interview with composer Steve Cooney.
New visual essay by producer and professor Rod Stoneman, former head of Bord Scannán na hÉireann/ the Irish Film Board.
New video interview with director/writer Robert Wynne-Simmons.
New video interview with composer Steve Cooney.
New visual essay by producer and professor Rod Stoneman, former head of Bord Scannán na hÉireann/ the Irish Film Board.
acclaimed traditional folk composer Stephen Cooney. Recently restored by the Irish Film Institute – Film Archive, THE OUTCASTS emerges as one of the great gems of Irish cinema – released for the first time ever in the U.S. by Deaf Crocodile.
November 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
acclaimed traditional folk composer Stephen Cooney. Recently restored by the Irish Film Institute – Film Archive, THE OUTCASTS emerges as one of the great gems of Irish cinema – released for the first time ever in the U.S. by Deaf Crocodile.
“There’s a queer sweetness in the air. It’s an unnatural state of affairs,” as one character murmurs. Ryan delivers an unforgettable performance as Maura with her piercing, raven-like beauty, matched by Lally as the nearly-mythic Scarf Michael. With a superb, lyrical score by
November 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
“There’s a queer sweetness in the air. It’s an unnatural state of affairs,” as one character murmurs. Ryan delivers an unforgettable performance as Maura with her piercing, raven-like beauty, matched by Lally as the nearly-mythic Scarf Michael. With a superb, lyrical score by
BLOOD ON SATAN’S CLAW. THE OUTCASTS plays like an ancient ballad somehow captured on film, filled with the sorcery of earth and woods, musicians hooded in pagan straw masks and skirts, prejudice, myth and religion – and the peat and the mud and the bone-chilling cold.
November 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
BLOOD ON SATAN’S CLAW. THE OUTCASTS plays like an ancient ballad somehow captured on film, filled with the sorcery of earth and woods, musicians hooded in pagan straw masks and skirts, prejudice, myth and religion – and the peat and the mud and the bone-chilling cold.
fear & superstition, as Maura starts to experience surreal, poetic flashes of her latent powers. A major rediscovery for fans of folklore, fantasy & folk horror, THE OUTCASTS was the first feature directed by Robert Wynne-Simmons, famed for his work as writer on the seminal British folk horror film
November 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
fear & superstition, as Maura starts to experience surreal, poetic flashes of her latent powers. A major rediscovery for fans of folklore, fantasy & folk horror, THE OUTCASTS was the first feature directed by Robert Wynne-Simmons, famed for his work as writer on the seminal British folk horror film
the odd, intense daughter of an impoverished rural family in early 1800s Ireland who is accused of witchcraft after she’s seen consorting in the woods with a conjurer and fiddle player named Scarf Michael (Mick Lally). Her neighbors and even her own family become increasingly consumed by
November 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
the odd, intense daughter of an impoverished rural family in early 1800s Ireland who is accused of witchcraft after she’s seen consorting in the woods with a conjurer and fiddle player named Scarf Michael (Mick Lally). Her neighbors and even her own family become increasingly consumed by