Ama is a compassionate young teacher who transfers to a boarding school for severely deformed children in rural Minnesota. Everything appears delightful until bizarre begin to happen.
Ama, an albino schoolteacher suffering from Nightmare Disorder, arrives at an orphanage for children with severe deformities caused by the "great chemical disaster." She is welcomed by the odd principal, Miss Olivier, the frightening but lovely children, the aloof, polydactyl gardener Lucas, and the charming doctor Walsh. Everything appears delightful until Ama's medications run out, and her pupil, Eliza, is adopted. Bizarre events begin to occur.—Loredana Gasparotto
"Creatures" is an animated mini series inspired by memories of an orphanage for disabled children near my elementary school, Christian Andersen's fairy tale "Wild Swans," and the movie "The Miracle Worker," the story of the courageous teacher who saves her pupil's life.A few years ago, in addition to those inspirations, I came across images of Chernobyl and the Grünenthal Thalidomide disaster, which resulted in many deformed children. Since then, I have begun investigating the issue of hidden pharmaceutical experiments on people and the effects of nuclear accidents.Creatures came to life during that research.This mini series is a horror fairy tale about a group of disfigured children, their eccentric teacher, and their endeavors to break through the walls of fear and marginalization.It is a journey into a world that combines danger, beauty, and a desire to wander into new imaginative and cerebral possibilities.The story takes place in an Old Victorian Gothic mansion in a 19th-century rural American heartland and features heroes whose courage enables them to triumph over their enemy.Ama is a compassionate young teacher who transfers to a boarding school for severely deformed children in rural Minnesota.Everything appears delightful in the enchanting schoolhouse surrounded by wild forests. Once there, Miss Olivier, the principal, a little person in her fifties, welcomes Ama enthusiastically and leads her to meet her eight deformed young pupils.Nevertheless, bizarre events seem to happen.
