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ETCH CAST · Oct 8, 2025 · 1 hr 2 min

The White Frame

Welcome back to the shadows. In Episode 4 of ETCH CAST, it’s just Philip Gelatt and Morgan Galen King — two friends, two filmmakers, and one long conversation about the strange, exhausting, and occasionally transcendent act of animating dark fantasy. This time, Morgan moves from co-host to guest as we trace the decade-long creation of The Spine of Night, unpack the beauty and brutality of rotoscoping, and explore how animation gives horror and fantasy a shared, living language. In this episode: The stubborn road to The Spine of Night — and what kept it alive. Why every hand-drawn frame is a little spell. How horror and fantasy feed each other when done right. The toll and joy of living inside a world you’re still drawing. Plus… a little Rob Zombie. We close, as always, with What Lurks in Our Queue — the films, books, and oddities inspiring us to keep our own queues strange and overflowing. 💀 Follow us on social media @etchfilm for more episodes, behind-the-scenes looks, and updates from the Etch team. 🎧 Subscribe, rate, and leave a review — it feeds the algorithmic beast.

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Welcome back to the shadows.

In Episode 4 of ETCH CAST, it’s just Philip Gelatt and Morgan Galen King — two friends, two filmmakers, and one long conversation about the strange, exhausting, and occasionally transcendent act of animating dark fantasy.

This time, Morgan moves from co-host to guest as we trace the decade-long creation of The Spine of Night, unpack the beauty and brutality of rotoscoping, and explore how animation gives horror and fantasy a shared, living language.

In this episode:

  • The stubborn road to The Spine of Night — and what kept it alive.

  • Why every hand-drawn frame is a little spell.

  • How horror and fantasy feed each other when done right.

  • The toll and joy of living inside a world you’re still drawing.

  • Plus… a little Rob Zombie.

We close, as always, with What Lurks in Our Queue — the films, books, and oddities inspiring us to keep our own queues strange and overflowing.


💀 Follow us on social media @etchfilm for more episodes, behind-the-scenes looks, and updates from the Etch team.
🎧 Subscribe, rate, and leave a review — it feeds the algorithmic beast.

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