Creepy Cheapies: In The Lab

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Trailer: Guillermo Del Toro's Frankenstein

This one feels very promising.

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Memories Of Halloweens Past

The next entry for this fun blog series comes from Raven176.  It's a rare and unique paper decoration of Frankenstein's monster.  "Probably the best dollar my parents ever spent," he shared.  "Fifty plus years now.  Surprised beyond belief that he survived three kids and two dogs.  It's not Halloween without the big guy."

I love this submission, as paper decorations were the thing back when I was growing up.  You'd see something like this or a Dracula or that wonderful Beistle skeleton hanging on a front door as you walked to school in those final weeks of October.  

I did some searching, and it seems this particular decoration was something you could order along with Boney the Skeleton.  They would come with glow-in-the-dark stickers that could be placed over the eyes.  As a kid, that would have been pure magic having something like that hanging on the back of my bedroom door.

Thanks for sharing, Raven176!

Click here to see past submissions.

For anyone interested in submitting, you can email me at pumpkinrot @ gmail . com (remove the spaces, of course!)

The Art Of A. J. Casperite

More works here.

Now Playing: Monster Rap

Back in the late 80s or early 90s, my brother and I were driving around on Halloween afternoon.  This was back when we decorated at our parents' house, and I can't recall why we were driving around with only a few hours left before sunset.  I get nervous just thinking about that risky trip (maybe we needed a bag of ice for the fog chiller?).  I can recall that it was an overcast day.  Very gray, and very chilly.

So there we were, driving around listening to the radio, and a local station was playing a ton of Halloween-centric songs (which I feel was a rare occurrence on Halloween for the local stations).  In-between most of the songs there would be audio clips from horror films and sound effects (an even rarer occurrence).  I recall one clip being Gene Wilder from Young Frankenstein.  It was the scene where he pronounces his name as Fronkensteen.  The song that came up next was something I had never heard.  It was by Bobby "Boris" Pickett, and it WASN'T his famous Monster Mash.  It was his not-so-well-known and totally obscure Monster Rap, a sequel of sorts to the Mash classic.  

Here's to that afternoon.  Driving around excited that another Haunt was happening.  Maybe the year of the Giant Spider descending on unsuspecting trick-or-treaters?  Or maybe the year a kid yelled horrible insults at me in my Michael Myers costume?  Dunno.  I just know that this fun memory is in there.  Like it happened yesterday.

Click below for a listen to Monster Rap.  

Vintage Don Post Studios

A really neat IG account featuring so many glorious Old School Halloween photographs.

Click here.

Gangster: Revisited

Back in 2012, I wrote about a costume I wore for Halloween and a wardrobe malfunction that ensued.  You can read the post HERE.

Found a bunch of old photos the other night and one of them was a shot of us before we headed off on that fateful night.  I'm the tough guy on the right (my costumes were always last-minute)...

I Swear Unto God I Did Not Write This

Haunted Eve 2022: Classic Horror Movie Monsters

The Draculas have ever been the heart's blood, the brains, the sword of our people. 

The Classic Monsters...  Such a delightfully cool theme for a Haunt.

Many more images here.

And their IG here.

Scientific Advancement

Not only does the ethical conduct of science satisfy a scientific moral code; it also leads to better scientific results because the adherence to ethical research practices leads to more attention to the details of scientific research, including qualitative analysis and quantitative and statistical techniques, and to more thoughtful collaboration among investigators. Also, the credibility of science with the general public depends on the maintenance of the highest ethical standards in research. 

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Image by grimcreations.

Now Playing: Alive

By Nekromantix.

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Thanks, Wren!  Nekromantix is definitely one of my favorite psychobilly bands at the moment.

Autumn Monsters

Images by Johnny Wilson.

Scarecrow Festival

More photos from the season...

"Hey, kids!  Let's go see some fun scarecrows!"

"Hi, Kids!"

Hemlock Hall

I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body. For this I had deprived myself of rest and health. I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart. Unable to endure the aspect of the being I had created, I rushed out of the room and continued a long time traversing my bed-chamber, unable to compose my mind to sleep.

Mary Shelley

More images here.

The Modern Prometheus

I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body. For this I had deprived myself of rest and health. I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart. Unable to endure the aspect of the being I had created, I rushed out of the room and continued a long time traversing my bed-chamber, unable to compose my mind to sleep.

Mary Shelley

Image by epichomehaunts.

Incredible Works By Joseph-Rob Cobasky

His instagram here.