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Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping The Amazing Digital Circus into the ol’ VCR. 

During our unplanned hiatus, I got really into The Film Theorists and binged a good chunk of their videos. 

And that, friends, is how I finally found out about The Amazing Digital Circus. 

(And yes, I know I’m behind here) 

Harlan Ellison’s I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream is one of my favorite horror short stories, so you can imagine my delight to not only find a series based on it but an animated series based on it. 

And y’all, it’s so freakin’ good. 

But let’s back up. 

The Amazing Digital Circus is the brainchild of Gooseworx and is centered around a group of characters navigating a seemingly inescapable digital landscape run by an AI-generated host named Caine (Alex Richon). 

In each episode, the group is met with some sort of adventure and/or challenge that often correlates with their own personal traumas. 

The group consists of Ragatha (Amanda Hufford), Pomni (Lizzie Freeman), Jax (Michael Kovach), Gangle (Marissa Lenti), Kinger (Sean Chiplock), and Zooble (Ashley Nichols), who we soon learn are human beings that have been trapped within the game(?). 

In each episode, the group is also met with some sort of adventure and/or challenge that often correlates with their own personal traumas. 

Our story begins with Pomni’s arrival at the Digital Circus. Confused and scared, Ragatha tries to comfort Pomni, only for Pomni to find out firsthand the hellish toll this world can take on its inhabitants, aka abstraction. 

Whenever someone within the Digital Circus loses all sense of self, they mutate into what can only be described as the internet’s interpretation of a biblically accurate angel. And unfortunately, Kaufmo, one of the original gang’s members, abstracts shortly after Pomni’s arrival.

And that’s all in episode one. 

Now, I definitely have some theories, and there’s a lot to unpack with this series, so I want to give you all a little time to watch for yourselves; in other words, consider this to be part one. 

The series currently sits at seven episodes and is available to watch for free over on YouTube, so carve out some time to watch these, and we’ll come back in a couple of weeks to break things down. 

While you’re watching, I want you to pay close attention to Kinger and Jax, in particular, as well as some of the biblical themes in mind.

Also, CW/TWs for SI, mental illness, loss of loved ones, grief, anxiety, depression, gender dysphoria, and all like topics. 

I can’t wait to explore this whole world with all of you soon. 🖤