WoW Moviewatch: Dr. McNab Destroys Halloween

While we're looking at Halloween movies, I wanted to take a moment and highlight Farinar's Dr. McNab Destroys Halloween. The annotation notes give the video a neat little "Pop-up Video" feel, and helps explain a little bit about where the video comes from.

The story itself is fairly straightforward. An evil genius gnome (aren't they all?) has reached the end of his patience with Halloween. He throws together a vile potion which transforms him into a demon. When he crashes the Halloween party, he is delighted to discover that he's won the costume contest! Sadly, his frustration returns when he's unable to take off his "mask" in order to accept the prize.

There are certainly arguable merits or drawbacks to the video. However, Dr. McNab Destroys Halloween reinforces the idea that simple, explainable plots can provide all the motive energy a film needs to be successful. Dr. McNab's motivations are identifiable and understood, since they're almost a meme by themselves. That lets Farinar focus on his imagery and comedy, without creating convoluted plot byproducts.

Ultimately, I just think this is a fun video. When tipster Thomas brought it up to me, I thought it was worth another shout out this year.