Disco skull

Finally, a good reason to play the song Disco Inferno. Assuming you actually set the discotheque on fire, of course.

Every time I see this I imagine some coke-fueled update of “Masque of the Red Death,” with 70’s-style revelers gyrating under this amazing mirrored skull while Death begins to slowly work his way through the nightclub.

July 28, 2008 | Filed Under Decor, Skulls | View Comments 

FearNet cable channel adds 8.9 million homes

If you’re a Time Warner Cable digital subscriber, your options for on-demand horror movies may be increasing substantially by the end of summer. FearNet just made a deal with Time Warner Cable to expand its base to another nine million households, bringing the total figure to 29 million. The Hollywood Reporter writes:

FearNet, which also encompasses a Web site, launched in 2006. It features a mix of original programming and library titles from Sony Pictures and Lionsgate. New originals include a sequel to its miniseries “30 Days of Night: Blood Trails” titled “Dust to Dust,” from Ghost House Pictures. The network said it will announce more new projects in the coming weeks.

“FearNet inks deal with TWC” [THR]

July 21, 2008 | Filed Under News, Television | View Comments 

The 8 best werewolf transformations

Werewolves are a perfect monster for the movies, because the very thing that makes them monstrous–turning into a friggin’ wolf–also makes for a kick ass special effects sequence.

But a werewolf transformation isn’t easy to pull off. You’re dealing with the human body, not a man-made machine or building that can be replicated in miniature or recreated digitally. That’s one reason why werewolf transformations in films are usually better when done the old-fashioned way–with camera tricks, spirit gum, makeup, and lots of latex.

Here, then, are eight of the best werewolf transformations from the movies.
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July 18, 2008 | Filed Under Arts & Entertainment, Features, Lists, Monsters, Movies, Multimedia, Online, werewolves | View Comments 

10 Strange Coffins

Listverse calls their list the “Top 10 Bizarre Coffins,” but we’re not sure these are the craziest ways to be buried, just the most embarrassing. Still, they’re eccentric. Weird, you betcha. Stupid? You be the judge.

July 17, 2008 | Filed Under Funerals, Lists, Shopping, Supplies | View Comments 

Crawling Zombie Garden Decor

Add a bit of dreary cheer to your garden or flowerbed—or really, any place around your home, like the wall of your bathroom, or your back patio, or above your bed—with this highly detailed and life-sized zombie figure.

[This] life-sized, gray-toned zombie will claw his way out of your garden plot or family room corner, pleading for assistance with the most lifelike eyes you’ve ever seen. His macabre expression is captured in such great detail in quality designer resin and finished so realistically that you’ll swear you can hear him breathing!

The Zombie of Montclaire Moors [Design Toscano via BoingBoing]

July 9, 2008 | Filed Under Decor, Halloween, Monsters, News, Shopping, Zombies | View Comments 

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