Pagan Circus
@pagancircus.bsky.social
Film and media production • Portland, Oregon
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN from Pagan Circus! Let us know if you spot Nigel Grapeshears…he’s still missing (we think). #animation #horror #comedy #nigelgrapeshears #halloween
October 31, 2025 at 10:41 PM
HAPPY HALLOWEEN from Pagan Circus! Let us know if you spot Nigel Grapeshears…he’s still missing (we think). #animation #horror #comedy #nigelgrapeshears #halloween
What’s on the art table? Monstark explores concept art for an upcoming Lovecraft-inspired short film now in pre-production at Pagan Circus. If you like creatures, this one’s gonna be an eldritch blast. #lovecraftian #conceptart #drawing #sketching #portlandoregon
October 26, 2025 at 12:37 AM
What’s on the art table? Monstark explores concept art for an upcoming Lovecraft-inspired short film now in pre-production at Pagan Circus. If you like creatures, this one’s gonna be an eldritch blast. #lovecraftian #conceptart #drawing #sketching #portlandoregon
Good times in the Pagan Circus puppet workshop. This is what livin’ the dream looks like 👹🎪✨ #portland #puppetry #creatureshop #handmade #puppets
September 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Good times in the Pagan Circus puppet workshop. This is what livin’ the dream looks like 👹🎪✨ #portland #puppetry #creatureshop #handmade #puppets
Our Lovecraftian short handmade puppet horror film THE OUTSIDER is now free to watch! youtube.com/@pagancircus
#madeinportland #indiefilm #indiehorror #puppet #puppets #handmade #puppets #monstermovie #lovecraft #clivebarker #guillermodeltoro #hplovecraft (it’s not #stopmotion but live #puppetry)
#madeinportland #indiefilm #indiehorror #puppet #puppets #handmade #puppets #monstermovie #lovecraft #clivebarker #guillermodeltoro #hplovecraft (it’s not #stopmotion but live #puppetry)
September 13, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Our Lovecraftian short handmade puppet horror film THE OUTSIDER is now free to watch! youtube.com/@pagancircus
#madeinportland #indiefilm #indiehorror #puppet #puppets #handmade #puppets #monstermovie #lovecraft #clivebarker #guillermodeltoro #hplovecraft (it’s not #stopmotion but live #puppetry)
#madeinportland #indiefilm #indiehorror #puppet #puppets #handmade #puppets #monstermovie #lovecraft #clivebarker #guillermodeltoro #hplovecraft (it’s not #stopmotion but live #puppetry)
Here comes the online premiere of our film THE OUTSIDER: August 1st on our YouTube channel! This release is timed to be exactly one year from the day we first released it into the film festival world.
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July 26, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Here comes the online premiere of our film THE OUTSIDER: August 1st on our YouTube channel! This release is timed to be exactly one year from the day we first released it into the film festival world.
www.youtube.com/@PaganCircus
www.youtube.com/@PaganCircus
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Caught a free screening of The Outsider by @pagancircus.bsky.social today at @moviemadness.org!
July 6, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Caught a free screening of The Outsider by @pagancircus.bsky.social today at @moviemadness.org!
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We’re screening the @pagancircus.bsky.social short film THE OUTSIDER here shortly and we’re doing a second one at 7:30PM. Come out to Miniplex and check it out!
July 6, 2025 at 1:35 AM
We’re screening the @pagancircus.bsky.social short film THE OUTSIDER here shortly and we’re doing a second one at 7:30PM. Come out to Miniplex and check it out!
Portland, we took a chance and put ourselves out there...so THANK YOU for really showing up at our puppet film event @moviemadness.org on July 5th!!! We're still blown away by how many of you came out (enough to fill the theater 2X!) and by how fun and engaged you were during our films and Q&As…
July 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Portland, we took a chance and put ourselves out there...so THANK YOU for really showing up at our puppet film event @moviemadness.org on July 5th!!! We're still blown away by how many of you came out (enough to fill the theater 2X!) and by how fun and engaged you were during our films and Q&As…
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See the film, get an exclusive look at the puppets and props they used, enjoy food and refreshments with the indie film community, and learn how to make micro budget movie magic during the live Q&A with Pagan Circus co-founders @monstark and Schneider.
Artist Spotlight: PAGAN CIRCUS - Movie Madness
July 5th at Movie Madness! Join Portland local production duo Pagan Circus in celebrating the public release of their award-winning puppet short film The Outsider (adapted from the H.P. Lovecraft […]
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June 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
See the film, get an exclusive look at the puppets and props they used, enjoy food and refreshments with the indie film community, and learn how to make micro budget movie magic during the live Q&A with Pagan Circus co-founders @monstark and Schneider.
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Join us on Saturday, July 5th 6-8PM with Portland local production duo @pagancircus.bsky.social in celebrating the public release of their award-winning puppet short film THE OUTSIDER (adapted from the H.P. Lovecraft story)!
June 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Join us on Saturday, July 5th 6-8PM with Portland local production duo @pagancircus.bsky.social in celebrating the public release of their award-winning puppet short film THE OUTSIDER (adapted from the H.P. Lovecraft story)!
Portland! July 5th, 6-8pm at MOVIE MADNESS we have a FREE puppet film screening event! It’ll have our puppet film THE OUTSIDER (and more), behind the scenes, Q&A, and puppets and props from the film. Don’t be an OUTSIDER, join us for this wild rumpus! #pagancircus #moviemadness #portlandoregon
June 29, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Portland! July 5th, 6-8pm at MOVIE MADNESS we have a FREE puppet film screening event! It’ll have our puppet film THE OUTSIDER (and more), behind the scenes, Q&A, and puppets and props from the film. Don’t be an OUTSIDER, join us for this wild rumpus! #pagancircus #moviemadness #portlandoregon
Well, well, well! We’re bloody excited that our film bumper “Spotting Nigel Grapeshears” has been officially selected for this year’s #portlandhorrorfilmfestival! Watch it in-theater with us, or stream it, and let us know if you caught it! #animation #madeinportland #phff
May 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Well, well, well! We’re bloody excited that our film bumper “Spotting Nigel Grapeshears” has been officially selected for this year’s #portlandhorrorfilmfestival! Watch it in-theater with us, or stream it, and let us know if you caught it! #animation #madeinportland #phff
We're honored that our puppet film short The Outsider is OFFICIALLY SELECTED to screen at the Chicago Horror Film Festival! 🎉
Sat May 17 at the Logan Theatre. Let us know if you catch it! Thanks #chicagohorrorfilmfestival ! 🌼🌼🌼👹 #thelogantheatre #puppethorror #indiehorror #puppetfilm #madeinportland
Sat May 17 at the Logan Theatre. Let us know if you catch it! Thanks #chicagohorrorfilmfestival ! 🌼🌼🌼👹 #thelogantheatre #puppethorror #indiehorror #puppetfilm #madeinportland
May 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
We're honored that our puppet film short The Outsider is OFFICIALLY SELECTED to screen at the Chicago Horror Film Festival! 🎉
Sat May 17 at the Logan Theatre. Let us know if you catch it! Thanks #chicagohorrorfilmfestival ! 🌼🌼🌼👹 #thelogantheatre #puppethorror #indiehorror #puppetfilm #madeinportland
Sat May 17 at the Logan Theatre. Let us know if you catch it! Thanks #chicagohorrorfilmfestival ! 🌼🌼🌼👹 #thelogantheatre #puppethorror #indiehorror #puppetfilm #madeinportland
Our puppet goblin band now has a horn section: enter the Splatz-aphone! #handmade #puppet #prop #saxaphone #puppetry #madeinportland
March 31, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Our puppet goblin band now has a horn section: enter the Splatz-aphone! #handmade #puppet #prop #saxaphone #puppetry #madeinportland
This little drum goblin is the first member of our new puppet band! Handmade puppet, handmade drum made from trash, and all-human puppeteering. #handmade #puppet #goblin #drummer #madeinportland
March 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This little drum goblin is the first member of our new puppet band! Handmade puppet, handmade drum made from trash, and all-human puppeteering. #handmade #puppet #goblin #drummer #madeinportland
Our award-winning film used a blanket as an entire landscape! Sometimes the best solution is right under your nose (or draped over your bed). #indiefilmmakers #puppetfilm #foundobjects #setbuilding #theoutsider #madeinportland
March 4, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Our award-winning film used a blanket as an entire landscape! Sometimes the best solution is right under your nose (or draped over your bed). #indiefilmmakers #puppetfilm #foundobjects #setbuilding #theoutsider #madeinportland
Find us on Yo*Tube or T*kTok. We have lots more videos there over a minute in length (which means we can’t post them here 🫤)
February 21, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Find us on Yo*Tube or T*kTok. We have lots more videos there over a minute in length (which means we can’t post them here 🫤)
Circles: if you're a maker, you're gonna need `em. Schneider rips the lid off an extremely useful but easily overlooked shop tip. Circles everywhere. #circles #propmaking #diyprojects #makertips
February 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Circles: if you're a maker, you're gonna need `em. Schneider rips the lid off an extremely useful but easily overlooked shop tip. Circles everywhere. #circles #propmaking #diyprojects #makertips
We didn't know it when we started filming, but our film "The Outsider" needed more monsters than we had planned. We went back to the creature shop and just figured it out! #puppetfilm #creatureshop #indiefilmmaking #handmade #puppets #hplovecraft #theoutsider
February 14, 2025 at 2:57 AM
We didn't know it when we started filming, but our film "The Outsider" needed more monsters than we had planned. We went back to the creature shop and just figured it out! #puppetfilm #creatureshop #indiefilmmaking #handmade #puppets #hplovecraft #theoutsider
Welcome to Pagan Circus! Check our links for lots more (and longer) content. 👆👹🎪
February 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Welcome to Pagan Circus! Check our links for lots more (and longer) content. 👆👹🎪