illusion of all kinds govern the roost in this weeks look at all things crowdfunding – with everything from light films to Koran to comedian giving us a dose of the grotesque . Let ’s dig in and have a look , shall we ?
Header Image Credit : Numenera : Strand
Hallucinaut
Presented by Terry Gilliam , this light film offer a psychedelic fantasy trip into the microscopic item of a humans ’s medallion :
Hounded by bad Karma , a lovable hothead assay advice from a psychedelic palm referee who sends him on a journeying to alter his fate .
A crew of master filmmakers will create the cinematic adventure of Julio , the film ’s protagonist . Diving into his laurel wreath ’s “ line of life , ” Julio must confront “ microdelic ” monster , psychedelic hallucination , and far - out hypothesis .
A mere $ 15 gets you a HD download of the film when it ’s relinquish in October .
Queen of Nothing
Sorceress Marla Manson returns to stop the emergence of a new god promising to make for pain and panic to earth in this ninth novel in the longsighted running phantasy series by Tim Pratt :
This volume , Queen of Nothing , will be the 9th full - length Holy Scripture in the serial . ( Do n’t be scare off by continuity : all you need to know is that Marla ’s a magician and part - time goddess of death with a trend to make sorry decisions and the attainment necessary to deal with the consequences . )
In female monarch of Nothing , a young god of pain in the neck , torment , and violence awakens , and ( as you might guess from his country of interest ) he is n’t very nice . He threaten to convey an age of darkness and devastation to the Earth . Marla is the only one who can peradventure check him , and even she ’ll need help from whatever friends she has n’t alienated yet … along with some old foes who choose to join her against a common foe .
( She ’s got some somewhat serious problems with her love life , too . )
$ 10 engender you an e - Holy Scripture adaptation of the novel , while $ 35 gets you a paperbacked copy as well as the digital rendering . Higher tiers include digital ingathering of the previous Marla Manson stories too .
Gehenna – Where Death Lives
This petrifying look revulsion movie by Hiroshi Katagiri focuses around a decay one-time man hold in in a Japanese military frontier settlement from World War II :
As the secrets of the cave unfold further , the mathematical group now turns its focus strictly to natural selection . They feel they are ineffectual to fully trust one another . And they are rapidly becoming unable to believe their own vision and thoughts . As reality blur still further , so does the preeminence between what is animation … and what is death .
Sources and cue unwind the cave ’s mystery story at last , and the upshot leads to a most disgraceful ending to Gehenna – Where Death Lives …
$ 15 bring forth you a digital download of the final film , $ 28 a ‘ deluxe ’ digital variation complete with a copy of the book and soundtrack , while $ 40 get you a DVD , complete with commentary and special features .
Adventures of the 19XX: Shining Skull, 1936
The third volume in this series of graphic novels about an alternate 1930 ’s history , and the battles between the 19XX and a mysterious cult known as the Order of the Black Faun :
The Adventures of the 19XX series takes place in the thirties and is about a grouping attempt to prevent World War II . After seeing awful glimpses of the time to come , they hump the war is come . Along the way , they gain machines , magical ancient relics , and powerful people to help them in their cause . Another chemical group , the Order of the Black Faun , battle the 19XX at every bend to further their own destination of ushering in a dark new world order with the beginning of a 2d Great War .
$ 15 nets you a digital copy of the collection , $ 25 bring you a hardback physical edition , and $ 75 get you a bundle of all three books physically .
Numenera: Strand
This short film is based on the long run Fantasty tabletop RPG :
Numenera : Strand is a 6 - second fancy / sci - fi brusk pic that started as a film producer dream about a class ago . Today that dream is close to get along genuine . The flick takes plaza in a fantasy world based on Monte Cook Games ’ Numenera , a roleplaying game that takes you to the ends of your imagination .
A drifter / scavenger swan a desolate beach in an imaginary world look for utile item and stumbles upon an unusual item . This commence a strand of events leading to an experience that shift the very sum of his being .
Roughly $ 20 – the kickstarter is being raised in Swedish Krona – gets you admission to streaming the movie online , while $ 40 gets you a videodisk filled with behind the panorama footage and interviews as well as the picture show .
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