coffin bank memories
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Somewhere. Sometime. Recently. On someone's blog. I saw an image that
instantly transported me back to my childhood. Then when I tried to find it
again f...
Grab Your Torches and Follow the Horde!
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It's Thursday, so it's time for another invasion by our *Horde of Angry
Pagans*!!
This week we'll be visiting one of my new favorite blogs. It comes with...
The Edison Frankenstein: 100 Years Ago Today
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If you’ve never seen it, now’s the time. Here, 100 years to the day after it
was first released, is the Edison *Frankenstein*. Hang in, the picture
quali...
And by the way...
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Lots of people don't have iPhones but might like their picture done with
this program...send me a jpeg photo if you would like to:
mr.macabre@hotmail.com a...
So these are the gates
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to Dairse Castle. See, I was not kidding when I said that the church and the
graveyard were in the front yard!! Just imagine the frog queen and husband
pul...
Happy St. Patty's Day!
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Well, did ya think I'd forget this one? HaHa, not a chance! I had a spurt of
St. Patrick's day inspiration over the weekend and set to work on a mini
lepre...
Trick or Treat or Die!
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Surfing the net for new prop inspiration and ran across this video.
BackyardFX shows you how he made the Pumpkin King costume below:
News from the pumpkin land
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Hi folks, I've been away from the blogging scene for a few days. The main
reason being that my wife will not disguise herself for this Halloween. I
got a...
Steve is sad, and a treat.
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“Steve is sad, he needs a hug.” From 2010 Buildup Steve 2 is coming along,
albeit slowly. I tried to sculpt the head somewhat differently. Not entirely
sur...
News From the Nest
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It's been a plague-filled week here at the Nest, which is why my posting has
been spotty. I came down with a nasty cold last week, and am still suffering
...
"Teacher's Pet" Update
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As promised, here are the photos of "Teacher's Pet" in his completed state.
The school colors are blue and gold so his sweater vest is done in that
color s...
Sneak Peek #12
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HauntForum $20 Prop Challenge entry.
Photo #12: Totally Tubular.
Clue #12: One dozen clues and the last for a while. No "bones" about it this
is one of ...
Peter Graves R.I.P.
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Televison and film actor Peter Graves has passed away at the age of 83.
Mr. Graves appeared in many classic mainstream shows and films, and his
genre wor...
Sketchbook: ERG
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Magical woodland creatures filled my sketchbooks back in the '80s inspired
by the huge craze caused by the Brian Froud and Alan Lee book Fairies and
the bo...
Going Herping tonight!
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For those who are unfamiliar, "Herping"is a term used for going out searcing
for amphibians. Specifically, I am looking for frogs and salamanders, who
like...
Dine With The Departed
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I wish we could go to this event, but we're going to Georgia to see Lynyrd
Skynyrd and visit Zombie Land (more on that later). What a clever and
interestin...
Shadow Farm giveaway!!!
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Dave is doing his first ever giveaway over on the Shadow Farm!!! Check out
what he has for the lucky winner: The Shadow Farm Easter 2010 Giveaway While
you...
"Fine stuff, but it'll rot!"
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Until I started blogging I never thought it possible that I'd find so many
people with an enthusiasm for Halloween that matches or exceeds my own. And
ther...
AER9: Once more, with feeling
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If you're familiar with my last AER9, you'll recall that the project was
completed in only 4 days. I recently had a chance to take another whack at
it with...
Bigfoot: The Mysterious Monster
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My dad had this documentary on tape when I was about 4 or 5 years old, and I
used to watch it over and over. I was thinking about it the other day and
deci...
Become A Fan
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Join us on Facebook and become a fan of the STOLLOWEEN page. Once a fan you
will get the latest updates, exclusive content and an open forum to ask
questio...
Gargoyles
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This morning around 4 AM, as I sat on the couch eating my bowl of Ramen
noodles, surfing through the 93450276 channels on cable on my night off from
the Ev...
Self-Promotion for the Visual Artist
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Every artist has a different perspective on what it means to be successful.
For some, it’s as straightforward as finishing that next project. For
others,...
The Coolest Thing
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A friend forwarded an email with these photos. This may be the product of
the Tombstone Hearse Company, but that's just a guess to try to give some
credit....
How did Halloween go?
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I sit here holed up in our house which is covered in snow, realizing, I never even reported how Halloween night went. My Mac is still down, so I have no pic...
Sculpting the Dead Eye
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This is the first in a series of videos showing how I make my corpse heads.
Each video will focus on one small detail or aspect. This should make it
easy t...
On the Move
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Hi there.
Got a quick update. It probably won't be very high-impact but I did want to
mention that there's going to be some behind-the-scenes shifting goin...
February Print Special
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Hey Kiddies. I’ve spent these last winter months working on a treatment for
a Horror movie that I want to make. My period of hibernation, however, is
com...
THE BALLAD OF VLAD THE IMPALER
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THE BALLAD OF VLAD THE IMPALER
Here at the Mayor’s office, we’ve been having fun listening to an original
new song made special for Weird Hollow’s favorite...
'House of the Devil' On VHS
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No, your eyes aren't playing tricks on you. Right now you can order House of
the Devil (one of my favorite movies, as my loyal readers know) on VHS!
Amazon...
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*HALLOWE'EN*
*by Joel Benton*
Pixie, kobold, elf, and sprite
All are on their rounds to-night,—
In the wan moon's silver ray
Thrives their helter-skelter p...
The Stragglers
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Lava Creep
There is one prop from this year that we all loved, and almost everyone had
a hand in its creation, but for some reason it would not be photogra...
10th Anniversary
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Original release date of Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow was 10 years ago today
- November 19, 1999.
My wife and I were probably on our 3rd date at the time we ...
The Davis Graveyard
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My friends Jeff & Chris Davis, truly awesome haunters and two of the coolest
people you'll ever meet, have their video submitted to the Home Haunters
Ass...
Black Eyed Pumpkin
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I keep our old jack-o'-lantern's around after Halloween and watch them as
they decompose and return to the soil. This year a mold has turned the eyes
of th...
Other blogs of interest...
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One thing I regret getting so deeply sucked into my own Halloween project is
that I miss what everyone else is up to. I'm getting caught up on what a few
o...
Another Local Neighborhood Yard Haunt
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Here are a few pictures from another local neighborhood yard haunt in our
town. The people at this house have been decorating their yard every October
f...
Thanks for a great 2009 Countdown season!
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Hello all! I just wanted to take a moment to say thanks to everyone who
participated in this year's countdown to Halloween. Every year I get bowled
over by...
Not dead!
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Taking a break from studying to let you know that I'm not dead...just
studying.
I'm in my last stretch of midterms, with my last one today at 11 for my Bio...
SKULLS at Big Lots!
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I already have a few skulls but these impressed me as the most anatomically
correct I've seen for the money! They're slightly smaller than life-sized
but c...
Wow! Over a 100 followers!
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Thank you, everyone, for taking an interest in this blog of mine. When I
created this blog, I never thought in a million years I'd have even half of
you fo...
2 comments:
She looks adorable :)
Agreed - adorable pictures. I love the one with the giant spider too!
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