Red Iron Road
Red Iron Road is an animated horror anthology series, based on the works of famous European authors. Each of the episodes are between 10-20 minutes, produced with different creative partners in unique visual styles to suit each story.
Seasons
1. VRDLK: Family of Vurdulak
Air Date: 2023-02-16
VRDLK (pronounced Vor-Du-Lac) centers around a traveling diplomat that is caught in a snowstorm and forced to take shelter with a poor Serbian family. When the family warns him of "beasts" that hunt in the night, he is quick to dismiss their fears as superstition and fairy tales - a mistake he may not have a chance to make twice. Based on acclaimed writer, Aleksey Tolstoy's 1839 gothic novella, "The Family of The Vourdulak"
2. The Forest King
Air Date: 2023-02-16
Set in a suffocating over-commercialized future, a young boy's desire for success and status leads him into a terrifying and deadly new reality through the lens of a mysterious VR game. His desperate father must now race against both time and technology to save his dying son. But the boy is the only one who can save himself, and he must do it before becoming another faceless pawn of the Forest King. Adapted from the poem "The Forest Tsar" written in 1818 by Vasiliy Zhukovsky.
3. The Ratcatcher's Daughter
Air Date: 2023-02-16
Using defining moments in history, rats are trying to seize power all over the world. 1920, in Petrograd, the rats decide it is time to rise from the underground.
4. The Undertaker
Air Date: 2023-02-23
Adrian the Undertaker, a gloomy and silent man, doesn't have many friends. Nevertheless he decides to throw a party and invites only his favourite people: his deceased clientele.
5. Lord
Air Date: 2023-02-23
Environmental disasters, wars, and epidemics led to the near destruction of human civilization. The survivors of the disaster have built new cities and settlements and battle mutant foes for supremacy.
6. No.8 Reporting
Air Date: 2023-02-23
Citizens from the well-fed, fenced off city can only venture beyond the walls on a train that distributes humanitarian aid. One reporter is determined to find out what really happens outside the city.
1. In the Heat
Air Date: 2023-06-12
When a bruised and battered man claiming to be Santa Clause is arrested for the murder of a child, the interrogating officers uncover a story more bizarre and horrific than expected.
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Rating
6.4/10
Release Date
2023-02-16
Episodes
7 (2 seasons)
Status
Returning Series
Cast
Production Companies
Lakeside Animation
Art Light
Look Mom! Productions
MetraFilms
Nukufilm
Riki Group