Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Spiders Abound
Really excited about this. I have two spiders planned, each very different from the other.
Click below for the new blog via the Davis Graveyard.
Monday, July 26, 2010
New Shop Monsters
The Revenge of Ichabod.
Missing head, oozing neck, reassembled pumpkin,
and a dash of rage.
Pumpkin Hollow.
Trick Or Treat
All of my customers, those with children of course, make it a tradition of dropping by my home on Halloween, for Trick-or-Treat. It's a tradition I insist on.
I INSIST on.
Since you're new to the valley, Billy, perhaps you don't know... that every Halloween I take all these IOU's and I hide them in my house. Then I invite all you young trick-or-treaters to come and search for them. And if you find them, all of your father's debts are forgiven... forgotten... cancelled forever!
Your father could make a fresh start.
It's all up to you, Billy. It's all up to you.
Satanic
Going to push this film again. Watched it this weekend and I dig it more every time I see it.
Ti West's The House of the Devil.
Image source.
Click here to listen to a track from the Jeff Grace soundtrack.
The Doctor
I’ve got an herb cabinet jammed with natural elixirs and essences from around the world. Among the strongest of all is liquorice, a root that has long been revered for its special properties.
I have spent days on end in my laboratory without a glimpse of sunlight seeking to perfect a formula that would bottle the intensity of black licorice without quite knocking people who try it off their bar stools.
I worked feverishly to create this intense, herbal concoction; a single taste is like being hit with a freight train of black jelly beans. I bottled it forthwith. You won’t find a more savory, more stimulating, more pleasing shot experience. It’s like black magic in a bottle!
I tried Dr. McGillicuddy's black licorice schnapps this weekend. Great gimmick and design, and a really great drink. Not merely black licorice-flavored - more like a dark herbal concoction, as the good doctor mentioned above.
drmcgillicuddy.com
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Let Me In
Being a huge fan of the book and film Let the Right One In, I'm very curious about the American version of the film which is getting released in October.
Click below to watch the trailer via dreadcentral.com:
And click here to see the original version.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Watch It Before It's Taken Down
Click below to watch a bootlegged trailer for AMC's The Walking Dead.
via dreadcentral.com
Friday, July 23, 2010
From The House Of Mouse
Guillermo del Toro surprised the 6,500 fans gathered today at Comic-Con with the announcement that he is currently developing a new film for The Walt Disney Studios based on the classic Disney theme park attraction, The Haunted Mansion.
“Dark imagery is an integral part of the Walt Disney legacy. After all, Disney himself was the father of some really chilling moments and characters - think Chernabog from Fantasia or Maleficent as the Dragon or the Evil Queen in Snow White,” said del Toro. “I couldn't be more excited to be a part of my own adaptation of the original theme park attraction Walt envisioned and that remains- for me- the most desirable piece of real estate in the whole world!"
“Millions of people from around the world visit The Haunted Mansion each year, but no one has ever had a tour guide like Guillermo del Toro,” said Rich Ross, Chairman of The Walt Disney Studios. “Guillermo is one of the most gifted and innovative filmmakers working today and he is going to take audiences on a visually-thrilling journey like they’ve never experienced before.”
dreadcentral.com
Out Of The Mouths Of Squirrels
You'd expect a lot from a bottle of beer costing $765. What you get is 55 percent alcohol — and served in a squirrel.
News story.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Light Descending
He took a little thing like a stick - a needle - and when he moved it even so slightly in the air I could see it spark at the end, and it went like that (makes striking motion) and it went bang, and spread a tingling all over my face...
Whitley Strieber - Communion
Image by Parahanga.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Season Of The Witch
Then there was only the sound of the rain outside in the endless blackness of the long night and, presently, the rising tones of a pitiful wailing within and without, spreading across the station, the town, and the land without end.
Halloween Stores 2010
Old photos from last year's Halloween season.
I was in this store over the weekend and they were actually clearing the shelves for the 2010 Halloween merchandise. They even had some stuff out already.
Can't wait to see if they top last year's display.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
Chase Illustration: Prints
The previously-featured artist Raymond Chase has opened an etsy shop.
VERY cool.
