reception for the film has been very positive. Jamie S. Rich from DVD Talk gave the film a positive review stating, "I wholeheartedly enjoyed the skewed vision of Jiri Barta, even if the DVD production did not match the level of his craft. One can only hope that someday there will be a much better version of Jiri Barta: Labyrinth of Darkness that will restore his gorgeous animation to its full glory, so that we can see treasures like The Pied Piper of Hamelin and The Vanished World of Gloves as they were intended. In the meantime, you shouldn't go without looking in on a world unmatched in its creativity". Time Out Magazine praised the film calling it, "An impressive film, notable not only for its richly imaginative juxtapositions of visual textures, but for its resolutely grotesque account of a society's lemming-like race towards self-annihilation". Jens Adian from German film review website Treffpunkt.com praised the film stating, "The handmade animation makes Krysar together with the gloomy appearance of the characters and the versatile techniques that incorporate the filmmakers have in the creation of a visually stunning film". Keith Allen from Movie Rapture.com gave the film a positive review stating, "Instead of attempting to fool us into becoming involved with persons portrayed as though they were individuals such as ourselves, Barta creates a land that exists independently of our own universe, one that so envelopes the viewer that he can forget about his own existence and submerge himself in his experience of watching the film. The director has truly created a powerful, evocative masterpiece". Awards It won the 1986 "Golden Mikeldi" Award at the Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Films. See also List of animated feature-length films List of stop-motion films References External links Darkstrider.net - video clips from The Pied Piper and trailer for The Golem Trailer for The Pied Piper from Films de Paradoxe 1986 films 1986 fantasy films 1980s stop-motion animated films Czech animated films Czech fantasy films Czechoslovak animated films 1980s Czech-language films Dark fantasy films Animated fantasy films Films based on folklore Films directed by Jiří Barta Films based on Pied Piper of Hamelin Films set in the Holy Roman Empire Czech dark fantasy films Czech animated fantasy films Czech animated horror films