Now Watching: CHURCH

Halloween At High Noon

Never tire of revisiting these incredible albums...

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Haunted Overload

Simply the most amazing Haunted Attraction out there...

So many more images here.

Eric Pigors: The Master Of Old School Halloween

His artwork, merchandise, and mask line here at toxictoons.com

Now Playing: Spiraal (Live)

By Raison D'Etre.

Blog: The Skeleton Key

Going through a favorite Halloween blog today and wanted to re-feature it.

Click below...

The Texas Ranch Scarecrow Murders

Click here to learn the chilling truth at SNOPES.COM.

And click here for Skeleton Country.

The Legendary Katzper's Haunt

One of the GREATS...

So many more images here.

Now Playing: Something Wicked This Way Comes

By James Horner.

Now Reading: Witches' Night Before Halloween

Finally purchased this wonderful book by my friend (and leading authority on Halloween) Lesley Pratt Bannatyne.  Wonderful artwork too, by Adrian Tans.

Click here for her website with a terrific list of Summer reading...

Now Watching: Swamp Foetus

Was listening to this wonderful piece of music by Jon Glassett today.  

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The Art Of Mister Reusch

Re-featuring one of my personal favorite artists...

More works here.

Anise & Clove Candles

It's never too early to stock up on my personal favorite Halloween scent - Anise & Clove from the Soy-N-Suds Etsy shop.

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Now Playing: Traces

By Visions, from the Cyclic Law label.

Hugely appreciative of online sources of Dark Ambient music.  Back in the early 90's, when I first discovered this odd and wonderful genre of music in a world void of the Internet, I never could have imagined multiple record labels offering loads of incredible "projects" (that's what we call Dark Ambient groups).

Here are some of the best:

Cyclic Law

Cryo Chamber

Malignant Records


Click below for Traces...

Godzilla: King Of The Monsters

Saw this film over the weekend and absolutely loved it  I felt like a child again seeing massive beautiful monsters.  And what I wasn't expecting was that they were scary.  Rodan and Ghidorah were menacing and you felt it.  And you wanted to see them defeated. 

I thought the below video showing the scoring sessions felt a lot like the way the film felt.

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Now Playing: Terror In The Skies

Bought this latest documentary by Small Town Monsters last night and absolutely loved it.  The production value was off the charts...the cinematography and animations were stellar.  Even the 3D still photography was super impressive.  And so many beautiful shots of abandoned structures and farmland desolation.

Brandon Dalo's score was exceptional.  Such a huge fan of his work.

Click below for a favorite cue from the film:

I highly recommend this documentary.  It'll leave you wanting more.

Check out all the releases by Small Town Monsters here.

Now Watching: The Haunted Mansion (Sode 1)

This is extremely soothing and extremely awesome...

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Guanajuato

A piece from MANY years ago with memories of Guanajuato. I once stumbled across a carnival at night that went on for a few city blocks while traveling in Guanajuato, Mexico. There were lots of white lights and white rides and white game stands and pure happiness. It was enchanting. When I went to seek it out the next morning, it was completely gone with no trace- no flyers, no confetti on the ground- no signs of any kind of event; like it never existed. I wandered around the general area thinking I was lost for not locating it. When I asked a man at a corner store if there had been a carnival around here, he said with a twinkle in his eye, “Ahhh, lo que usted tuvo fue una iluminación.” - What you experienced was an illumination.

-Rhode Montijo

More works here.

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