The Boxtrolls (Trailer)

“The Boxtrolls” is a stop-motion feature based on Alan Snow’s best-selling fantasy adventure novel Here Be Monsters. The Boxtrolls is a comedic fable that unfolds in Cheesebridge, a posh Victorian-era town obsessed with wealth, class and the stinkiest of fine cheeses. Beneath its charming cobblestone streets dwell the Boxtrolls, foul monsters who crawl out of the sewers at night and steal what the townspeople hold most dear: their children and their cheeses. At least that’s the legend residents have always believed.

In truth, the Boxtrolls are an underground cavern-dwelling community of quirky and lovable oddballs who wear recycled cardboard boxes the way turtles wear their shells. “The Boxtrolls” have raised an orphaned human boy since infancy as one of their dumpster- diving and mechanical junk- collecting own.

When the Boxtrolls are targeted by a villainous pest exterminator who is bent on eradicating them as his ticket to Cheesebridge society, the kind-hearted band of tinkerers must turn to their adopted charge and an adventurous rich girl to bridge two worlds amidst the winds of change – and cheese.

From Curators

LAIKA is one of the first animation companies using the 3D printing technology into the stop-motion film production. In the past, soft materials such as clay cannot present too much detail because the quality of easily melting or deformation due to lights during a long time. However, instead hard materials such as woods, 3D printing solves this problem, especially when hundreds of expression head models must be prepared for diverse characters. “The Boxtrolls” is LAIKA’s third film using this technique. The characters’ facial expression is extremely abundant with the help of refined technique.