Pullin' the Devil by the Tail

Pullin' the Devil by the Tail is a short stop motion animation film, made by Stephen McCollum in 2003 and had won many awards in Irish Festivals. In 2009 five follow-up episodes were released. These were individually titled: Ep 2: All The Way To Mars Ep 3: Franks Da Ep 4: The Black Cat Ep 5: Billy McFlurry Ep 6: The Wee Donkey Each episode lasts 5 minutes, all voices and animation by Stephen McCollum

Cast

Plot

Episode 1: Three Irish men who play in pubs and call themselves "The first punk-folk band in Ireland" are sitting having pints, when Frank Murphy reveals that every Friday night for the past three weeks when he is walking home he sees a black goat which talks to him, but he doesn't know what it's saying. So Frank takes Puca and Ciaran to the scene and they too see the goat, which Ciaran kills with an axe, which then conjures The Devil asking "Why did youse kill my goat?" He asks them to play him a song and if he likes it, he will not burn their souls in the ditches of Hell.