Cartoons from the first half of the 20th century are creepy for a lot of reasons. For one, many of the lead animators in the early days of film had dark senses of humor. Secondly, while cartoons came ...

Public-domain horror has given us killer Pooh bear, murderous childhood icons, like Steamboat Willie-era Mickey, and a graveyard’s worth of “sure, why not?” premises. Some are fun, some are… choices.

Accompanied by Pavel Tsvetanski’s oddly fitting, yet delightfully out-of-place piano score, and showcasing Dilworth’s Tex Avery-inspired animation style, Howl If You Love Me tells the story of Jules ...