Eddie Alcazar directs a gripping stop motion promo for The Weeknd - featuring the artist as a curious toddler in a haunted forest. 

The video for Red Terror (from latest album Hurry Up Tomorrow) follows the small child, lost in a haunted forest,  eventually encounters a strange entity that forces a painful transformation.

Alcazar is best known for his stop-motion creations, including his most recent feature Divinity (2023). Additionally, he collaborated with Darren Aronofsky on the short film The Vandal, starring Bill Duke, which premiered at Cannes in 2021 and caught the attention of Abel Tesfaye, aka The Weeknd. That has led to two collaborations on Hurry Up Tomorrow.

Alcazar also directed The Weeknd’s recent performance of Open Hearts on Jimmy Kimmel Live! which aired just as his album dropped. The performance serves as a prequel to Red Terror, ending with The Weeknd following a toddler version of himself out into the forest.

By merging live action, stop motion and VFX, the video is groundbreaking, pushing boundaries while staying rooted in traditional animation - and radiating raw emotion.