HAPPY HALLOWEEN from Pagan Circus! Let us know if you spot Nigel Grapeshears…he’s still missing (we think). #animation #horror #comedy #nigelgrapeshears #halloween

Our Lovecraftian short handmade puppet horror film THE OUTSIDER is now free to watch! youtube.com/@pagancircus

#madeinportland #indiefilm #indiehorror #puppet #puppets #handmade #puppets #monstermovie #lovecraft #clivebarker #guillermodeltoro #hplovecraft (it’s not #stopmotion but live #puppetry)

Portland! July 5th, 6-8pm at MOVIE MADNESS we have a FREE puppet film screening event! It’ll have our puppet film THE OUTSIDER (and more), behind the scenes, Q&A, and puppets and props from the film. Don’t be an OUTSIDER, join us for this wild rumpus! #pagancircus #moviemadness #portlandoregon

Are you in Portland? YOU are invited to our FREE puppet film screening event Saturday, July 5, 6-8pm at MOVIE MADNESS on Belmont. We (@pagancircus) are showing our puppet film THE OUTSIDER, sharing BTS stuff, and puppets and sets we used in the film. Hope to see you there! #pagancircus #moviemadness

I feel like we need more witches around here. Can we see more witches around here? I have one on Etsy now. I’m making merch again. 👹💚

www.etsy.com/shop/Monstark

Hi friends! I’ve got a new channel @pagancircus, and I’d love for you to follow me there, especially if you enjoy my film work and behind the scenes content.

One of the many many fun “found object” solutions I’ve found in puppet filmmaking was lumping up my comforter to look like a hillside, using some creative forced perspective…

Behind the scenes rumpus! Some of the monster puppets we used in The Outsider were crafted over days, others were put together in a half hour using recycled parts…

Happy #Caturday! #metal #catdad #cats #doom #grooming #doomgroom

We shot lots of behind the scenes footage for The Outsider mini-doc today! I think I did fine. But our fake flame machine apparently had a ghost in it…which we exorcised, caveman-style... #lowbudget #indie #puppetfilm #filmmaking #behindthescenes #madeinportland #pagancircus

A moment of foil crafting zen with Schneider. #crafting #foil #handmade #setbuilding #madeinportland #madeinpdx #pagancircus

The final big set we made for The Outsider was a more or less natural-looking forest. (We called it “the rumpus”, because it’s where monsters come to party!) It required a certain level of realism but we only had a few afternoons to finish, so we used a mixture of…

Is this the Barbie Playset you would have wanted as a kid? Me too… #handmade #puppetfilm #puppethorror #barbieplayset #madeinportland #madeinpdx

You can always find me: just look for Monstark wherever you go (when in doubt: monstark.com). I’ll have fun stuff to share on my path of puppets & film, so I hope you can join me for the ride. Doing my best to spread metal content & yacht rock vibes everywhere! Love & peace to you 👹💚

Early fire element test. We used various methods to create our puppet sets for The Outsider, but from the beginning we wanted to keep it feeling handmade. Since fire shows up a lot in the film, it was important to nail that particular element.

Hope you are relaxing and loving all your weirdest parts today. #puppetmaking #diy #wip #handmade #puppets #madeinportland