(re)Search my Trash

<body> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="800" cellpadding="0" height="100%"> <tr> <td width="100" rowspan="2" background="../stylepix/square.gif" valign="top">  </td> <td width="4" rowspan="2"></td> <td width="592" valign="top"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="592"> <tr> <td width="100%">  </td> </tr> </table>    <p>Alchemist and ghost hunter Victor Karloch (voiced by Christopher Lloyd) has just received a package from an associate of his, William Merriwether (Elijah Wood), who only recently tested Professor Marley's (Maurice LaMarche) diving bell, which he had to abandon after an octopus attack, which forced him to explore the ocean floor - that was littered with sunken ships of all eras, complete with the rotten bodies of the sailors that sunk with them. And suddenly, William faces what appears to be a Knight Templar who hands him a <p>gift, a gift with which William ultimately turns to Victor Karloch - not knowing what powers it might unleash ...</p> <p> </p> <p><b>The Narrative of Victor Karloch</b> is pretty much a triumph of shadow puppetry, an artform rather neglected in this day and age of CGI effects - but this film, a sort-of steampunk horror story, shows that with great model work with attention to detail that also prove the pure joy of creating them, one can still create great out-of-this-world worlds by hand, worlds that really suck you in like vintage adventure novels (which were more likely than not an inspiration for this), that really challenge and inspire the imagination.</p> <p>Now this one is definitely worth a watch, and the only complaint I have is that it seems like the first act of a bigger story - and I want to see the rest of it!!!</p> <p> </p> <p>By the way, you can check out the whole <b><i> Handmade Puppet Dreams</i></b>-series here: <b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/v/handmadepuppetdreams" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/v/handmadepuppetdreams</a></b> - and for the UK it's <b><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/v/handmadepuppetdreams" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.co.uk/v/handmadepuppetdreams</a></b> <p>  </td> <td width="4" rowspan="2"></td> <td width="100" rowspan="2" background="../stylepix/squareright.gif" valign="top">  </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="592" valign="top">  <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> currentyear = "2020"; </SCRIPT> <SCRIPT language="JavaScript" src="../scripts/endcredits.js"></SCRIPT> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> dosworsdonn(); </SCRIPT> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body>