Synopsis
In a child's bedroom, a teddy bear launches a savage revenge campaign against the other toys. Using scissors, blades, explosions and sheer brute force, the bear tears through dolls and stuffed animals in a barrage of stop-motion carnage. The violence is presented with both horrific detail and darkly comic timing, while slow-motion shots turn bursts of blood and stuffing into elaborate spectacle. As the rampage ends, the video reveals the bedroom's young occupant, suggesting that the entire massacre may have unfolded inside a child's imagination.
Factoids & Trivia
- The video was made as a stop-frame animation using a child's bedroom as its central set. For budget reasons, the production team transformed the animator's living room and completed the shoot in about a week.
- The schedule involved long nights spent animating on the floor. The production reportedly became so immersive that the crew ate meals beside the blood-covered set and began dreaming about teddy bear kills.
- The explosions and other large-scale destruction were filmed separately in slow motion with pyrotechnics from Arcadia SFX and a high-speed camera supplied by Love High Speed.
- The effects shoot was so messy that the studio needed to be repainted afterward. Blood and toy debris reportedly reached the walls and ceiling.
- Young actor Flynn Karlsson appears as the child connected to the toy-room scenario.
- The video supported Two Fingers' 2012 album "Stunt Rhythms," released through Big Dada Recordings, and helped reinforce the project's combination of heavy bass production and deliberately unsettling imagery.
- "Vengeance Rhythm" was recognized in the animation and art direction categories at the 2013 UK Music Video Awards.