My zombie baby will never grow old

I love my baby so much! She will never grow up and tell me she hates me and go on dates with high school drop-outs who just want to use her! That’s because a) she’s a doll and b) she’s a zombie doll. A really horrible looking one that will make your friends feel bad if you ask them to babysit.

Etsy craftsperson/artist Shain Erin creates “morbid art dolls” meant for the unstable doll collector in your life. (Meaning you, most likely, if you’re reading this.) He also creates some pretty creepy but beautiful sculptural items, like this disturbing cross between a fertility goddess and a demonic root monster that wants to climb out of the garden and eat you:

If anyone wants to buy me that root sculpture, feel free to, kthx.

“Morbid Art Dolls by Shain Erin” [Etsy via Craftastrophe]

March 17, 2010 | Filed Under Fine Art, Shopping, Zombies, dolls | View Comments 

“His bite was outta site!”

ms-blacula-doll


It is a stormy night without rain in 1780! At Castle Dracula! The wicked Count is entertaining royalty from “the dark continent,” as he calls it, as if he thinks he’s some sort of colonial patriarch, and yet he refuses to do proper business with the Africans. In fact, he supports slavery! Who knew the Count was a slave owner? No, none of this makes any sense, but blaxploitation films are not revered for their plots. What matters is the Count bites this “dark prince,” and thus creates BLACULA, the film world’s only black vampire (to my knowledge) until Vamp came along in 1986.

Below is the opening sequence to the movie:


Why resurrect Blacula now? Because Amok Time and Sideshow Replicas have released a 12″ articulated replica of the Prince (see photo at top of post). What makes this figure rock is he’s got three interchangeable heads, including my favorite, the rotted corpse look. Every doll should come with this, particularly Bratz dolls. What makes this not so special is the price is $65, which puts it out of the reach of all but serious collectors.

Oh well, even if you can’t afford it, click through and take a look at the awesome work that went into modeling the three heads.
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May 19, 2009 | Filed Under Movies, Shopping, Vampires, dolls | View Comments 

New ALIENS warrior available for pre-order

raawwwr!Gah, it hurts… I have to tell you this before the chestburster explodes through my breastplate like a tiny screeching Godzilla on crack. Mmmfff, can you pull some of that webbing off my face so I can see you? Thanks. This amazingly detailed ALIENS warrior figure is 7″ tall and fully poseable, and only $17 if you pre-order from Horrorbles.com.


 


Because if you have to give a gift this year, then someone should suffer.


December 17, 2008 | Filed Under Alien, Movies, dolls | View Comments 

Make your own zombie Barbie

Barbie of the Undead

Bratz may have the child-hooker market cornered, but when it comes to disturbingly beautiful corpses, you pretty much have to look to Barbie. It’s what I used back in high school to make my own Laura Palmer gift for a friend (“She’s dead, wrapped in plastic!”),  and it’s what Paranaiv is using for his own custom zombie doll look. His secret weapon: an exposed skull showing through the broken face. Nice!

Check out his site for step-by-step photos on how to make your own.

Behind Barbie of the Dead [via BoingBoing]

December 16, 2008 | Filed Under Decor, Online, Zombies, dolls | View Comments