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Here’s a cheap way to get some original art: for $25, cartoonist Len Peralta will draw you a monster based on your suggestion, then mail it to your home address. Add ten bucks more and he’ll film it and send you a link where you can watch the magic happen on YouTube. You’ll probably want to spend that extra ten bucks–just look at these examples below:
Cool 80s monster stickers
Flickr member Rafa Toro found an old set of monster stickers from his childhood, so he scanned them and posted the images to Flickr for a little group nostalgia. I grew up in the 80’s and don’t remember them, but then I was more into Garbage Pail Kids. Ah, innocence.
I love how every cheap toy line in that decade stole from Star Wars. I never thought to imagine Darth Vader as a vampire, or some sort of sparkle-eyed blood dispenser, until today. I guess I just can’t picture Darth Vader ever needing a napkin.
“Monstruous Diabolicos” (Set) [Rafa Toro's Flickr page]
Redneck bar wipeout from “Near Dark”
My favorite scene from one of the best vampire movies of my childhood. Rediscovered via Cinematical.
“His bite was outta site!”
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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Zombie t-shirt so tacky it will scare away real zombies
You know what I like about this shirt? It’s only $5! It’s also so ugly that I’d be a little excited to wear it in public, because it would annoy people. And then after stepping outside I’d realize the error of my ways and wish I’d thought about this “annoying people” plan a little more, because it’s not a very good idea, and now I have to walk around with a green ghoul holding a purple brain. Oh well. It would probably look good under a black light. And at five bucks a shirt you could buy one for everybody in your family, even Grandma.
Zombie with Brain Black T-Shirt at socheapithurts.com
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