40 Classic Books Every Horror Buff Should Read
May 19, 2011 / 400419
With its visceral, primal, and psychological imagery, horror-themed media attracts just as many slavish devotees as it does squeamish detractors, and has for centuries. Though attitudes change across time, culture, and geography (and, along with them, narrative devices), horror’s core always remains the same. The most successful examples channel internal and external anxieties — many of them universal — and kick them right back to their readers with nauseating accuracy. Read more …
A Halloween Horror Wallpaper: Darkness Bleeding Child
October 30, 2010 / 16104
A Halloween Horror Wallpaper: Darkness Bleeding Child / The imagery surrounding Halloween is largely an amalgamation of the Halloween season itself, works of Gothic and horror literature, in particular novels Frankenstein and Dracula, and nearly a century of work from American filmmakers and graphic artists, and British Hammer Horror productions, also a rather commercialized take on the dark and mysterious. Halloween imagery tends to involve death, evil, the occult, magic, or mythical monsters. Traditional characters include the Devil, the Grim Reaper, ghosts, ghouls, demons, witches, pumpkin-men, goblins, vampires, werewolves, martians, zombies, mummies, pirates, skeletons, black cats, spiders, bats, owls, crows, and vultures.
The REAL Monsters of Halloween: Frankenstein
October 26, 2010 / 13949
THE FRANKENSTEIN MONSTER
Most people are aware that the story of Victor Frankenstein and the monster he created come from the novel Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly, wife of the acclaimed poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. What many people do not know is that Victor Frankenstein was based on the real-life Johann Konrad Dippel (1673-1734), a kind of 18th century mad scientist who was born in 1673 in Germany at - believe it or not - Castle Frankenstein.
Educated as a physician, Dippel set up a laboratory at Castle Frankenstein near Darmstadt, Germany where he would be free to conduct his bizarre experiments. There’s no record of whether or not he had a hunchbacked assistant named Igor, but Dippel (who often went by the name Konrad Frankensteina) spent a lot of his time with his hobby of alchemy - a popular pursuit of the day. Alchemy is a kind pseudoscientific experimentation with the elements - crazy chemistry - whose ultimate challenge was to be able to turn lead into gold. Like Victor Frankenstein, Dippel was also fascinated by the possibility of immortality through scientific means. He really did use the parts of butchered animals and exhumed human corpses in his vain attempt to “engender life in the dead,” in his own words.
Unlike his literary and cinematic “decedents,” Dippel did not rig up the body parts to elaborate lightning-powered gizmos and spark generators. Rather he boiled everything - skin, muscle, bone, blood, hair and organs - in large vats. When the surrounding community got wind of what Dippel was up to, maybe they didn’t storm his castle with torches, shovels and rakes, but they did kick him out of town.
Video: Halloween How-to: Frankenstein
October 22, 2010 / 8779
Young Frankenstein makeup designer Angelina Avallone shows you how to look like the monster in 30 minutes.
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How-to Apply A Frankenstein Makeup in 30 min (Video Tutorial)
October 12, 2010 / 5070
How-to Apply A Frankenstein Makeup for Halloween in 30 min (Video Tutorial)
Young Frankenstein makeup designer Angelina Avallone shows you how to look like the monster in 30 minutes. Read more …
Halloween Costume Idea: Frankenstein
October 2, 2010 / 14311
Halloween Costume Idea: Frankenstein
2nd Place Winner, Kids Costume Contest
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Horror Characters by rkw0021 (Horror Picture)
December 23, 2009 / 53345
Horror Characters by rkw0021 (Horror Picture)
Michael Myers, Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Leatherface, Candyman, Dracula, Pinkhead, Michael Jackson (from Thriller), Jigsaw, The Creeper, Scream, Chucky, Rawhead Rex, Hannibal Lecter, Toshio (from The Grudge), Samara (from The Ring), Pennywise (It), Alien, Predator, Ash, Goblin Truck, Christine, Nemesis, Pyramid Head, Jack Torrance, Norman Bates, Blade, Leechs Woman, Pinkhead, Jester, Tunneler, Torch, Six-Shooter, Wolf Man, Nosferatu, Frankenstein, Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, Zuul, Slimer, Vigo The Carpathian, Jimmy Bones, Leprechaun, Audrey II, Cryptkeeper, Cujo, Shaun, Blade, Jack Skellington, Sally Ragdoll, Oogie Boogie
