Pretty sure it was on this Australian late night show

Dec 14, 2023 8:35 PM

Predacane35

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I'm trying to find information about a short film, which I think aired on Eat Carpet. I'm pretty confident it wasn't Liquid Television.

It was a black and white, paper cut out / drawing, stop go horror animation done to a poem.

I believe it was called "The Isle of the Skree"

It involves a group of foppish individuals hearing about this island and deciding what a laugh it would be to visit. The go for a picnic and have such a good time they forget what the time is, because you're not meant to stay after dark.

Individuals slowly start getting eaten (in a similar way to the Nazi being eaten by a spider in Good Omens) and the group try to get out of there as fast as possible.

Only one survived, "And that was the last time I stepped, on the isle of the Skree"

It was an amazing yet simple production. I would dearly love to see it again and share it around.

Has anyone heard of, seen this, or know how to locate more information? Once, a LONG time ago it was even on YouTube, but no longer.

I did. Now my shit is shag.

2 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It may be based on The Jungle of Utt books, specifically "Shipwrecked on the Island of the Skree" and I guess it's possible that copywrite played a part in why I can no longer find it.

2 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Because this is a kids book, but the way it is read is much in the same style.

2 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Here is a link to the web archive of the Eat Carpet website. I didn't see anything under that name, but their archive gives a description of each short films. Here's a free gif for your trouble. https://web.archive.org/web/20030823183151/http://www.sbs.com.au/eatcarpet/archive.html?letter=I

2 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I can't believe I actually found it, wrong spelling it seems.
https://youtu.be/BcdiNNFUkDU?si=1LiAMFzjMztRAC6S

2 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

You wouldn't believe it, I found it:
https://youtu.be/BcdiNNFUkDU?si=1LiAMFzjMztRAC6S

2 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

This just goes to show you how badly memory can affect recollection. It was like, 25 or so years ago.

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Was a cool watch, loved the poem and narration!

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