Radiskull #8: Candy in Hell
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Joe Sparks
Length: 7 minutes
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Radiskull and Devil Doll is a continuing series with eight Webisodes completed so far. The story features Radiskull, a biker skull, and its sidekick, Devil Doll. In this episode, Candy travels to Hell, hoping to find what has happened to Devil Doll. But her path to Devil Doll is filled with ambushes. Even getting through the gates of Hell is a problem. Will Candy be reunited with Devil Doll?
Not much happens in this story. It feels padded. There are a few flashbacks here and there. Yet, the story is not very stimulating. One chief flaw of this story, is that it assumes that you've viewed all pas episodes of the series. Sparks does provide a short text introduction at the beginning. However, none of that is enough to explain to new viewers why Candy cares so much about Devil Doll.
Expert at reusing well-animated loops, Sparks simulate very good animation. Particularly, the animations of Candy and Devil Doll are quite impressive. There's some imaginative design work, such as the crows being skulls with wings. Where the project suffers is with the soundtrack that takes itself way too seriously. At time, it's like a 1980s' video game, at other times, like a bad Phantom of the opera.
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