Watch The Terry Gilliam Starring Animated Short The Monster Of Nix

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Animated musical short The Monster Of Nix is a dark, surreal fairy tale featuring the voice of Terry Gilliam, and here’s how to watch it online. Director and former Monty Python member Terry Gilliam is no stranger to the dark fantasy genre; in fact, many of the movies he’s helmed are surreal and fantastical with fairytale-like undertones – from The Fisher King and Time Bandits to Tideland or The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen. In The Monster Of Nix, however, Gilliam flexes his voice acting skills rather than his filmmaking prowess.

Directed by late Dutch artist and filmmaker Rosto, The Monster Of Nix is an animated short film released in 2011. It’s an international co-production that combines live-action and CG animation and took almost six years to make – two of which it spent in development hell. Rosto’s persistence paid off, as The Monster Of Nix received critical acclaim and was selected as the official Dutch entry in the Best Animated Short Film category at the 2012 Academy Awards.

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Described by Rosto as an “existentialist fairy tale”, the animated short boasts an aesthetic similar to films like Coraline, The Dark Crystal or Tim Burton’s animated works. It tells the tale of young boy Willy who lives a good life in the peaceful village of Nix until one day a strange monster attacks, causing villagers (including Willy’s beloved grandmother) to disappear and the town to fall to pieces. Willy heads into the forest to confront the monster – a giant black swallow named Virgil voiced by singer Tom Waits – find his missing grandmother and save his village. Along the way, he meets a whole host of weird, wonderful characters including a nervous forest ranger (Terry