The Spine of Night

The Spine of Night is a 2021 American adult animated dark fantasy horror film that tells the centuries-long journey of a magical plant known as the Bloom, which bestows terrible power upon its user. The story follows Tzod, a witch-queen, and her renegade scholar Ghal-Sur as they navigate their complicated past and the devastating consequences of the Bloom's power. Characterized by its rotoscoped animation style reminiscent of 1970s cartoons, the film features the voice talents of Richard E. Grant, Lucy Lawless, Patton Oswalt, Betty Gabriel, and Joe Manganiello as various guardians and characters in this epic, dark fantasy tale.