Don't Hug Me I'm Scared: Behind the Magic

Inspired by the drawn-on-film pieces by Norman McLaren, Len Lye, and Man Ray, Becky & Joe collaborated with musicians Delicate Steve to create the charming and beautiful Tallest Heights. This work is part of the “Hello, Again” series presented by the Lincoln Motor Company, which asks filmmakers to reimagine the familiar into something fresh and new.

The life of Gumball Watterson, a 12-year old cat who attends middle school in Elmore. Accompanied by his pet, adoptive brother, and best friend Darwin Watterson, he frequently finds himself involved in various shenanigans around the city, during which he interacts with various family members: Anais, Richard, and Nicole Watterson, and other various citizens.

Follow Red Guy, Yellow Guy and Duck, who live in the town of Clayhill. In each episode they encounter a song which teaches them about an aspect of life. Whilst the episodes start wholesome and sunny, each episode invariably ends in a dark and disturbing place.

Join Red Guy, Yellow Guy and Duck as they learn everything there is to know with the help of some friendly talking objects, in this comedy-horror puppet show based off the popular YouTube web series.

All alone, Yellow Guy tries to stop a lamp from teaching him about dreams. While Red Guy finds out the truth about the puppets' existence.

The fourth instalment in the surreal Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared videos in which the three returning characters enter a sinister digital world through their computer.

Step back into the imaginative and frankly terrifying world of Becky & Joe with Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared. In this episode: Some things change over Time.

A disturbing puppet short exploring the concept of creativity.

A DHMIS short film that premiered in 2019 at the Sundance Film Festival and was originally pitched as a pilot of Pelling, Sloan, and Terry's 2022 TV show. Though, feeling the Clayhill setting made the series too similar to South Park, and came at the cost of the claustrophobia of the original series, it was scrapped and since been removed from festival circulation. The tester was only shared in a few private premieres, but clips have turned up online over the years.

The two remaining puppets learn about eating healthy, but things go awry when they receive a mysterious phone call.

During a chicken picnic, Yellow Guy gets upset after Green Bird kills a butterfly. Yellow Guy then meets a butterfly that takes him on a journey to discover his concept of love.

Playing with scale and bringing objects to life, the film creates a subverted world where the mundane becomes absurd.

Craig, a nerd who hates himself, tries to enjoy his birthday.

If you want to make the finest wine, use the sweet grape on the vine. It's a few bloody skits from bloody Sam Campbell.

2012. Animation