Bullet Time
2025 · 9m · USA
Directed by Eddie Alcazar
Genres: action, animation, comedy
Tones: absurdist, darkly comic, tense
A turbo-charged, emotionally unstable bull terrier named Bullet dreams of winning the Battle Blast tournament alongside his weird friends in Dew Side, a beach town held together by junk food and corrupted pixels. A hand-drawn love letter to '90s animation blending retro gaming aesthetics with frenetic cartoon mayhem.
Picked by Zoe
The scouts
Four years of hand-drawn Ren-and-Stimpy worship with Danny Elfman scoring an emotionally unstable bull terrier — that's commitment to a bit I respect. The IGN SDCC packaging makes me suspicious it's more pitch reel than film, though.
Four years of hand-drawn labor in the Spümcø tradition with Elfman scoring is a serious craft commitment, but an IGN exclusive of a series pilot sits awkwardly in a vault of finished shorts. The aesthetic ambition is real; the form is closer to industry showcase than standalone work.
Four years of hand-drawn 2D with claymation interludes and a Danny Elfman score is a serious craft commitment, and Eric Bauza's voice work plus Bob Jaques as animation director gives it real Ren & Stimpy DNA. That said, 160K views on an IGN SDCC drop tells me this lives more as TV pilot than discrete short.
Reviews
Eddie Alcazar hits the target with a clever homage to outrageous '90s toons, featuring Emmy-winning voice actor Eric Bauza and a score by Danny Elfman.
A hand-drawn TV pilot, four years in the making, that channels the Golden Age of '90s animation with cutting-edge techniques and a pulse-pounding original score.
Festivals
- San Diego Comic-Con 2025
- Fantasia International Film Festival 2025
- Indie Short Fest 2025