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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Face Off

I'm very late to this party and I blame other "reality" shows for tainting my perception. And I blame SyFy's other effects show Monster Man for chasing me off completely.

We caught a Face Off marathon a while back and I was really surprised to find a show that was nothing about back-stabbing and horrible human values. It's just a bunch of talented makeup artists working on a weekly design challenge which gets presented to a panel of judges. No forced drama. No fake scripting. And a lot of neat makeup effects.

The artists even help each other out along the way, lending a creative hand where they can, so it's kinda sad when someone loses the weekly challenge. Though it always seems to be a legitimate, talent-based elimination.

Click the judge below for season four's trailer:

Poltergeist Soundtrack On Vinyl

Great design.

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The Great Mushrooming

Some amazing LED mushrooms.

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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Now Playing: Red Heat

By James Horner.

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An Old Whorehouse

We climbed through a broken window,
walked through every room.

Out of business for years,
the mattresses held only

rainwater, and one
woman’s black shoe. Downstairs

spiders had wrapped up
the crystal chandelier.

A cracked cup lay in the sink.
But we were fourteen,

and no way dust could hide
the expected glamour from us,

or teach us anything.
We whispered, we imagined.

It would be years before
we’d learn how effortlessly

sin blooms, then softens,
like any bed of flowers.

Mary Oliver

Image by lilithfirefly.

Monday, February 11, 2013

Who

Dead Acres

Found these on the Hauntworld forums. This Haunted Attraction looks amazing.

hauntworld.com

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Widow

Saturday, February 9, 2013

Abduction

I could see down the length of the hall and it appeared that the lights were coming through the windows on all sides of the house at the same time.

At this point in time I was lying on my back. I was very frightened. I eventually raised myself up on my elbows. I saw several, small, peoplelike things walking down the right side of the hall, one behind the other.

They were short with thin arms and legs. As they approached the bedroom, the third or fourth one in the line raised his right hand up. I knew they were coming to me.

From Abduction, by John E. Mack, M.D.