Keeping Mum

Unfortunately, I'm pressed for time this morning-Easter weekend housework, plus the pups are getting a walk shortly, so I'll make this somewhat brief.

Rent this! STELLAR cast, great acting. In my opinion, the story is in the same dark vein as "Arsenic and Old Lace."

Micro-synopsis: A woman catches her husband in flagrante' with another woman. She murders them both, stuffs them in her steamer trunk, and takes them on a train with her. An usher finds the trunk leaking blood, chaos ensues, she is jailed.

Fast forward forty years. She's out of jail, and has got a job as a housekeeper to a vicar and his troubled family. Check here for more details.

I loved this! I think you will, too.

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The Shadow Farm

I found this fantastic blog while perusing My Ghoul Friday's blog (which, by the way is pretty darn good, if you haven't had a chance to check it out). The blog is by Dave the Dead, who you may have seen on some of the Halloween boards around the 'net. I am very impressed by his props, and like all the great haunters I know, Dave has created some great backstories for the critters he's created.


I love The Bottle Lady. Since I have a witch to build this season, I will definitely be paying attention to the turorials that helped to create this creepy person. The detail work on her eyes is amazing. I wonder if she has a bottle tree in her front yard? Or perhaps a Halloween Tree?

This toothy character, Clink, just doesn't seem very trustworthy to me. I wouldn't want to turn my back on him in the dark.

This one, Darwin, just seems like a grumpy Department of Motor Vehicles employee to me. Put upon, stuck in a space far too small, forced to be pleasant to people who are too stupid to have motor control. Poor Darwin!

Stop by and sit a spell at Dave's blog, "The Shadow Farm." It is well worth it!

New Skull

I got this skull out of the kiln a few days ago. It's the only skull that neighbor V has approved of so far. I think it's because it's glazed, not painted. I'll be making more, for sure!
I've also been using my kick wheel. Man, is that leg sore! However, the $700 for the motor kit for my wheel is not currently in the budget, at least not until I find some work!

Zombie Apocalypse

I'd have done better, but I need to start jogging again! And maybe lay some more food aside. Just in case, you know...
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TransWorld 2009

TransWorld. The pro haunter's Mecca. Where all the new props and up-and-coming talent show their gruesome wares. The show was split into two parts this year. According to the fellas over at Hauntcast, the Vegas show was said to be poorly thought out, mostly because there seemed to be no centralization of lodging and convention center. People were spread out all over the strip and convenience was minimal.

The second part of the show was held in St. Louis. And from the video, it looks like they had some fun!

I wanted to give props to Sac FX, who are members of CalHaunts NorCal, for their Dr. Steampunk prop we saw briefly in this video. He's the creepy, one-eyed mad scientist in the whack wheelchair. Great job, guys!

Sheep Art

I'm sure we can somehow adapt this for haunt use.

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Poblin King

Source.
I really like this guy's work. wish I spoke enough Spanish to understand the captions!

How Much My Body Is Worth. Hel-lo! Disappointing!

Wow. Nothing more humbling. Must be all the martinis.

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On the positive side, if Mr. ShellHawk gets any bright ideas about selling my corpse, rather than just burying me in the back yard, he may just re-think the whole thing...

Huggable Urns?

Okay. I like creepy. It's why I do Halloween props. But I recently ran across something that genuinely creeped me out, and not in a, "Wow! I can use that for my haunt," kind of way.

Huggable urns. There's something deeply wrong about this.

The idea is that the proprietor was contacted from beyond the grave by dear old dad, who, at this point, had been cremated. Here's a direct quote:

Soon after my Dad passed away he started to communicate to me how upset he was that after living his life to the fullest he ended up in some ugly hard container. This was just not acceptable to him. Was I surprised!!!

Alrighty, then. I'm with Terry Pratchett on this: People who use more than one exclamation point show sure signs of insanity. Go to the site anyway. It's... interesting.