Hazbin Hotel...
A few days ago, I stumbled into Hazbin Hotel...
Hazbin Hotel follows the exploits of Charlie, a princess in Hell as she tries to promote her passion project of rehabilitating the denizens of Hell and having their souls sent to Heaven by redemption. In this way, Charlie hopes to reduce the population of Hell and avoid the annual purges that currently plague Hell. There are no naughty bits but, the dialogue is quite blue. And, while there is some violence, there is remarkably very little red ink. Although, drug use isn't depicted, it is mentioned during the course of the feature.
One of the more surprising aspects of Hazbin Hotel is that it is a musical. There are three songs in the feature. The first two songs explore Charlie's melancholy concerning the annual purges in Hell and Charlie's innovative solution in the form encouraging demons to better themselves through redemption. The last song features my favorite character, Alastor, the Radio Demon, as he both encourages and ridicules Charlie's hotel.
Alastor, the Radio Demon, is by far, one of my favorite characters in Hazbin Hotel. Alastor doesn't introduce himself until the last act of feature and really livens up what was, in my humble opinion, in the first two acts of the feature, a rather lackluster performance. I like the sound design of Alastor's voice -- he sounds like a radio announcer and comes complete with vintage radio noises such as the hum of vacuum tubes, static-filled crowd sounds and even a bit of Morse code.
Another one of the memorable characters in Hazbin Hotel is Angel Dust -- a porn star who has an affinity for cross-dressing, sex, drugs and violence. As the first guest in Charlie's hotel, Angel Dust has managed to stay relatively clean for two weeks, but, falls off the wagon in spectacular fashion in the midst of a live TV broadcast, which casts Charlie's efforts in a bad light. Coincidentally, the resulting televised fiasco has the added benefit of bringing Charlie to the attention of the Radio Demon.
Hazbin Hotel exhibits a fairly blue streak of curse words, but, aside from the foul language, the feature itself is actually quite tame. There are no naughty bits and surprisingly, given the wanton violence and destruction, the feature is almost bloodless. Although some of the themes are a bit risque and adult, there really isn't anything that I found so objectionable, in my humble opinion, that would force the younger animation fans among us to stay away.
The animation quality in Hazbin Hotel is quite good, but, the most impressive aspect of the feature is actually the sound work that went into giving each character a unique sound that complimented the animation very well. The little bits of noise that give each character a uniqueness all their own like zippers for Angel Dust, horns for Charlie and the sound of knives for Vaggie. Overall, Hazbin Hotel was very entertaining and easily re-watchable. I would give Hazbin Hotel a 4 out of 5.
Hazbin Hotel is a pilot episode for a yet-to-be-produced animated series and is the brain child of visionary animator, Vivienne Medrano. Vivienne aka Vivziepop on YouTube has produced a handful of pilots for prospective series like Hazbin Hotel as well as animated shorts, a number of discussions about animation and of course, speed drawing sessions. While there are no definite plans for more episodes at the time of this writing, the creator is optimistic that more stories will arise in the future. Whether the new stories take the form of web comics or some larger production remains to be seen.Hazbin Hotel is the story of Charlie, the princess of Hell, as she pursues her seemingly impossible goal of rehabilitating demons to peacefully reduce overpopulation in her kingdom. She opens a hotel in hopes that patients will be "checking out" into Heaven. While most of Hell mocks her goal, her devoted partner Vaggie, and their first test subject, adult film-star Angel Dust, stick by her side. When a powerful entity known as the "Radio Demon" reaches out to Charlie to assist in her endeavors, her crazy dream is given a chance to become a reality.
Hazbin Hotel follows the exploits of Charlie, a princess in Hell as she tries to promote her passion project of rehabilitating the denizens of Hell and having their souls sent to Heaven by redemption. In this way, Charlie hopes to reduce the population of Hell and avoid the annual purges that currently plague Hell. There are no naughty bits but, the dialogue is quite blue. And, while there is some violence, there is remarkably very little red ink. Although, drug use isn't depicted, it is mentioned during the course of the feature.
One of the more surprising aspects of Hazbin Hotel is that it is a musical. There are three songs in the feature. The first two songs explore Charlie's melancholy concerning the annual purges in Hell and Charlie's innovative solution in the form encouraging demons to better themselves through redemption. The last song features my favorite character, Alastor, the Radio Demon, as he both encourages and ridicules Charlie's hotel.
I want to watch the scum of the worst struggle to climb up the hill of betterment, only to repeatedly trip and tumble down to the fiery pit of failure.
Alastor, the Radio Demon, is by far, one of my favorite characters in Hazbin Hotel. Alastor doesn't introduce himself until the last act of feature and really livens up what was, in my humble opinion, in the first two acts of the feature, a rather lackluster performance. I like the sound design of Alastor's voice -- he sounds like a radio announcer and comes complete with vintage radio noises such as the hum of vacuum tubes, static-filled crowd sounds and even a bit of Morse code.
He looks like a strawberry pimp.
Another one of the memorable characters in Hazbin Hotel is Angel Dust -- a porn star who has an affinity for cross-dressing, sex, drugs and violence. As the first guest in Charlie's hotel, Angel Dust has managed to stay relatively clean for two weeks, but, falls off the wagon in spectacular fashion in the midst of a live TV broadcast, which casts Charlie's efforts in a bad light. Coincidentally, the resulting televised fiasco has the added benefit of bringing Charlie to the attention of the Radio Demon.
Hazbin Hotel exhibits a fairly blue streak of curse words, but, aside from the foul language, the feature itself is actually quite tame. There are no naughty bits and surprisingly, given the wanton violence and destruction, the feature is almost bloodless. Although some of the themes are a bit risque and adult, there really isn't anything that I found so objectionable, in my humble opinion, that would force the younger animation fans among us to stay away.
The animation quality in Hazbin Hotel is quite good, but, the most impressive aspect of the feature is actually the sound work that went into giving each character a unique sound that complimented the animation very well. The little bits of noise that give each character a uniqueness all their own like zippers for Angel Dust, horns for Charlie and the sound of knives for Vaggie. Overall, Hazbin Hotel was very entertaining and easily re-watchable. I would give Hazbin Hotel a 4 out of 5.
