Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Boys - Paranormal Paranoia]

Damn, that's a good title card. Stove sounds like a variant of Steve. The original ghost looks like Geodude. The animation was just gorgeous here. I will admit it was pretty confusing. What matters is that it's still wonderful.

I didn't know why the ghosts looked just like them. Thank you for the ending that revealed they were clones. It's still a pretty bizarre setup. Maybe some more characterization, but quite funny. That thing after the credits was 2 minutes long!

dootdoote responds:

This episode is part of a series! The cloning bit is a callback to our first episode :)

[#BLUD-Cinematic-Chapter-011-The Nexus]

This is arguably the most detailed cartoon in this series. It's mostly because of the fine details put into the destruction of the building. This is an actual show on Cartoon Network? I don't keep up with TV nowadays anyway. The voice is pretty good. It would be nice to have all of these in one submission.

I've said that before. It looks like now I'll have to pay attention to the continuity. Story is important for cartoons now. The way the girl moves is just so well done. Location means a lot here.

EXIT73STUDIOS responds:

Thanks for the kind words! NO it's not on any network, not that we wouldn't love it to be part of a bigger series, all these cutaways are baked into the video game... Maybe one day though! We're more than open to expanding this as a series!

[The Visitor an Animated Horror Short Film]

Wow, that was incredible! I was amazed at how creepy it got. I wasn't expecting it to be so scary. I just got done binge reading Creepypasta. I'm glad to come across a great scary cartoon. I didn't even realize that that it was animated in the beginning.

That looked like live-action! That many toothed monster was extremely scary! What a cool design! I appreciate the use of Blender 3d. May it continue to give us great cartoons like this.

JojoBeanus responds:

awe, thank you thank you! You're too kind, I'm humbled reading your awesome message, I really do appreciate it! and I'm so glad you liked the cartoon! hehe. Blender is amazing! and their 2d tools are crazy good actually. I'm now fully apart of the blender cult because of it. haha

[Its so Over]

Wait, that wasn't audio from an actual "Family Guy" episode? That was freaking impressive! I seriously thought you just took it from the show. The animation was as fantastic as expected from you. Being beheaded isn't being sawed in half. Well, he does have a huge head.

"Family Guy" is anti-religious. No wonder God would punish you! Your creations are just amazing. This guy does indeed deserve to be thanked for his voice acting. I liked it a lot.

PotentFrog responds:

Thanks!!

[Too Late | A Dead Space Fan Animation]

You don't need a warning label. We can tell from the content rating! Wow...that actually is pretty disgusting. Anyway, "Dead Space" really reminds me of "Alien". This movie really is wonderfully animated, though. That's the best part.

I just wish it was longer! Even the credits were really cool! I thought she was holding a weapon. I was wondering she didn't just fire it at the guy. The sounds were great too.

Insanimate responds:

Thank you for taking a look at this! The content warning is there to cover what is in the video for youtube and twitter, and to let other know that this isnt for anyone underage. It took me a year and half to make this because of my day job, gym and exercise, and my workflow is very awful, haha. I tried to have the weapon run out of ammo before the transformation so it would be scary for the monster to transform without have anything to defend the main character.

[Fire Emblem Collab - Dueling Grounds]

Wow, that was rather odd. I really didn't know how to react to such a short collab. I mean, it may be the shortest one ever made. Even the logos went on too long. It's still nice to see different styles in the same image. It was great to see a "Fire Emblem" tribute as we have so few.

I'm not even that familiar with it. I just know it's popular! The ending was pretty funny too. It may have worked better as an outright action cartoon. It still does work.

Diadantist responds:

That's because it was a more illustration-focused collab than an actual animated one! Everyone did a great job with them, and if you want to see the full art you can check their social medias out. Believe me, I've seen shorter collabs and that doesn't make them odd nor anything like that. I don't quite get why it gave you that feeling but it's alright :)

[I’m Gay for Halloween]

Yeah, I can understand why the rating is so low. I mean, it was just a skeleton saying, "Hey". There wasn't much emphasis put on anything. I guess I liked how the skeleton was pink. That was kind of different. It was just far too short.

I find that in a lot of bad flashes. It shows there wasn't much effort put into it. It needs to be a lot longer and have action. Well, it's fine to be gay. This wasn't interesting at all.

AspenThorne responds:

Thank you for your feedback! I put quite a lot of effort into into it. It’s stop motion combined with animation. I took about a hundred pictures of a posable skeleton from Joann’s. Then I drew flames on each photograph for the eyes.Then I layered in the music and the voice over. As a queer person I enjoy making these shorts as a kind of allegory for the way I have been treated like a freak before people know me. I AM a little freak…but an adorable one who loves glam and Halloween.
As for the length, I’ve been struggling with depression. I’m bedbound and chronically ill and it really takes a toll. Art is a big outlet for me to cope. Especially because I lost the ability to paint and had to relearn how to draw digitally. I have been struggling to create lately. I’m very proud of this even if the effort doesn’t show.

[KENOPSIA]

This reminds me of a Creepypasta titled "Dead Mall". I binge read Creepypastas every year. It had a fountain too! It was interesting how this got dark so fast. It actually ended on a very uplifting note. Well, at least more uplifting than many horror stories.

It had very nice colors. This was kind of the thumbnail for Halloween Movies 2024. It just wasn't the image used as the actual thumbnail. Whatever, I think it counts. It's nice to have a well done Halloween cartoon.

horrorhare responds:

omg!! i had no clue anyone made a dead mall creepypasta, id love to read it!
in another universe, i wouldve been able to pace this film a lot differently so it didnt immediately jump to being 'dark'. i had plans for a completely different beginning! but alas, ill have to just keep those ideas in my back pocket for now :(
thank you for enjoying my work though!!

[Velvet & Minky: Barra Drops In]

I have to admit I was surprised this was under "Movies". I mean, it was a visual novel. There was a good amount of interactivity with this. That made it more interesting. I really liked their designs. The music was nice too.

It was a cute little interactive cartoon. I'm more interested in the drawings than the dialogue. I'm glad it didn't get sexual. I was afraid it would. You can never quite tell with these ratings.

KittyhawkMontrose responds:

Thank you for reading! 💖 I'm glad you liked the experience and the characters.

[Pizza Tower, more like PINGAS TOWER]

This was amazing! The mixing of dialogue was just perfect. I especially remember Wooldoor's line about the Penis Tower. That's a "Drawn Together" joke, BTW. I haven't seen Pingas in a long time. I thought it would be annoying.

Instead, it turned out to be perfect! The animation was amazing with how Robotnik moved around like Sonic. The whole thing was just beautiful. We got some amazing submissions for together. Everything moved together so perfectly. The live-action bit was great too.

Countess-Karo responds:

I was hoping somebody'd notice the Drawn Together line! That was actually one of the big things that made me fully finish this one, since the line fit too well to not use.