Bobby Yeah

Bobby Yeah is a BAFTA-nominated stop motion animated short film written, directed and animated by Robert Morgan. It was made independently and completed in 2011. It has screened at numerous international film festivals, including The Sundance Film Festival.^[1]

Synopsis

The film tells the story of Bobby Yeah - a subhuman creature who experiences a series of increasingly bizarre, nightmarish encounters after stealing a malevolent baby's favourite pet.

Plot

The film starts in a room with only a bed, a chest (under the bed), a box, a chair, an angel statue on the wall, and a door. A subhuman creature (presumably named Bobby Yeah) arrives home carrying a strange worm-like creature and places it on his bed. He pets the creature for a short time until noticing a red button on its body. He is tempted to press the button, but then his curiosity gets the better of him and presses the button. Suddenly, two strange creatures with human-like features appears in his room (one has eyeballs and a large tongue, the other has no eyes and only has teeth). The one with the large tongue starts to ejaculate large strangely-shaped sperm cells from a tube he is connected to. Bobby tries to stop the process by blocking the tube with his hand, but this doesn't go well. The beings begin to grow warts on their faces and the tube explodes. Suddenly, sperm cells begin to shoot uncontrollably from the tube. Bobby succeeds in stopping it as he pulls the tongue out of the humanoid being, killing it.

The worm-like creature suddenly begins to open up the tip of its tail vacuums up all the sperm cells, creating an egg. The egg rolls over to Bobby and he examines it for a brief moment. The egg begins to hatch, revealing a tiny creature with a human face. Bobby comforts the little creature by placing it in a box and putting a napkin over it (like a bed). He gently rocks the creature back and forth. The creature vomits on Bobby's face and it starts to shape-shift. Bobby is terrified of this and tries to leave the house, but his door was jammed however. The creature transforms into a hybrid with a human head (with warts all over), worm-like body, and horse legs. It rolls over and knocks over Bobby's bed, resulting in the worm-like creature he brought home earlier to break its neck in the process, instantly dying. The hybrid forces Bobby onto his back. Bobby notices another red button and is tempted to press it. Soon he gives in and presses it anyway. The hybrid is transported to the outside world and moving across a desert field extremely fast. It stops by at a rusted container. Bobby is taken inside the container. Inside the container is a pink-lighted room with pink carpet walls, pink tiles (floor), a pet house, a pink chair, and a strange being on the wall with a human face that monitors the room with its eyes. Bobby falls from the ceiling and finds himself in the room. He sees a human infant creature. Bobby attempts to leave, but is halted by the infant. The infant speaks to Bobby in gibberish, nonsensical language, interrogating Bobby Yeah. It points to a photograph of the baby hugging the worm-like creature from earlier in the film. Bobby denies what its talking about, which enrages the baby and points to the wall creature staring at Bobby. In a brief flashback, it is revealed that Bobby broke into the house and stole the baby's favorite pet, while the wall creature witnesses what he saw. Bobby then admits he stole the worm creature.

The baby presumably asks Bobby if the pet is still alive, but Bobby recalls the creature has died earlier and shakes his head no. The baby is furious to hear about its pet dead. The baby sprouts a parasitic twin out of its stomach.

Awards

• Best Animated Short - Fantasia Film Festival , 2011 ^[2]
• Bronze Audience Award for Best Short Film - Fantasia Film Festival, 2011 ^[2]
• Best British Film - London Animation Festival, 2011 ^[3]
• Best Animated Short - Fantaspoa Fantasy FIlm Festival, 2011 ^[4]
• Best Horror Film - London Short Film Festival, 2012 ^[5]
• Special Jury Prize - Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival, 2012 ^[6]
• BAFTA Nomination for Best Animated Short, 2012 ^[7]
• Special Jury Award - Animafest Zagreb, 2012 ^[8]
• Grand Prize - Toronto Animated Arts Festival, 2012 ^[9]
• Best Animation - Tabor Film Festival, 2012 ^[10]
• Best Animation - New Horizons International Film Festival, 2012 ^[11]
• Best Animation - Mile High Horror Film Festival, 2012 ^[12]
• Best Short Animation - Lausanne Underground Film and Music Festival, 2012 ^[13]

References

External links

• Official website
• Bobby Yeah review at Fangoria.com
• Bobby Yeah review at Film Threat
• Article on the film at Take One
• Bobby Yeah at the Internet Movie Database