What kind of monster are you?!?

You know how you’ve got those weird impulses and unsavory desires that you keep pushed down under the surface? The ones you would never act on? We’d like to bring those out and give them some fresh air. By answering a few thought-provoking and incisive questions below, our Monstersona program will calculate your personality type and tell you exactly which creepy jackass you would be. You know, if you were creepy and a jackass. And killed teenagers for a living.

Just answer the ten questions that follow to the best of your admittedly limited abilities. Remember, there are no right or wrong answers, only immoral ones. Read more

March 25, 2010 | Filed Under Funny, Games, Monsters, Multimedia, Online | View Comments 

Interactive ad squirms with giant maggots when you walk by

This video ad in Austin, TX for the anti-virus program ESET uses motion sensors to detect when people pass by. When they do, giant 3D-modeled maggots emerge from the screen and wriggle, then fall down. The ad is part of a campaign created by Monster Media, a company that specializes in large-scale LCD display advertising, and they say future versions of this campaign will have giant roaches and rats.

Unfortunately I can’t embed it, but if you click Monster Media above you’ll be taken to the right video clip on their portfolio page where you can see the promotional maggotry in action.

“Monster Media Unleases Creepy Crawler Ad for ESET” [wide-formatimagining.com]

March 11, 2010 | Filed Under Advertising, Multimedia | View Comments 

Get original monster artwork on the cheap from Monster By Mail

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:

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March 7, 2010 | Filed Under Arts & Entertainment, Comics & Graphic Novels, Decor, Fine Art, Monsters, Multimedia, Shopping | View Comments 

Redneck bar wipeout from “Near Dark”

My favorite scene from one of the best vampire movies of my childhood. Rediscovered via Cinematical.


Near Dark Bar Scene
by CreatureCorner
June 20, 2009 | Filed Under Arts & Entertainment, Monsters, Movies, Multimedia, Online, Vampires, Video Clips | View Comments 

New haunted house concept puts audience in center, hands them guns


I love haunted houses, even goofy/elaborate dark rides that are more about animatronics and motion than genuine scares. So I was excited to read, via The Haunted Report, that a Belgian company has announced a new haunted ride concept–one that’s part dark ride, part shooting game for up to 30 audience members. The Alterface Haunted House concept centers the audience on a rotating platform in the middle of the performance space, instead of moving through a space on foot or via a track system. The platform is designed so that the audience can only look forward, which lets the ride designers direct the attention of the audience as necessary by moving the platform–sort of like a giant Doombuggy crossed with a House of the Dead game. Each wall is a combination of physical sets, animatronics, and digital projections. And, of course, the seats move and shake for added immersiveness.

Check out Alterface’s website for the press release and more photos, as well as a video of the model in action with mocked up projections. No word on when or if it will be built in the U.S., but apparently it was favorably received at an Orlando trade show recently.

December 6, 2008 | Filed Under Multimedia | View Comments 

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