Rubber Johnny (2005)

From the mind of avant-garde music video director Chris Cunningham comes the short film Rubber Johnny. The title character is a boy whose bizarre skills frighten his caregivers. Due to his ability to contort his body into unnatural positions, he is kept locked in the family basement. With nothing more than a vivid imagination and a pitiful pet dog, he attempts to keep himself entertained.

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Chris Cunningham - Rubber Johnny can be described as atmospheric, offbeat, and suspenseful. The plot revolves around the life of a performer, teenage life, and twins. The main genres are animation, horror, and sci-fi. In terms of style, it is experimental.

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Altogether this is an enjoyable little movie but you can really enjoy it if you imagine it as real life footage. Chris Cunningham and his crew make this out as if they are filming actual footage of a deformed teenager and if you know the back story it can strike your brain as fairly disturbing. They do it well. This shows footage of a severely deformed super flexible teenager living in solitude in his dark basement where his parents keep him due to being ashamed of him. All he has for company is his frightened dog. This will show his reaction to someone trying to get through to him and a little dance number to keep himself occupied in his dull life. Overall this is a great little enjoyable film and spooky at that. Bravo Chris Cunningham, you rock. IMDB Reviewer

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