Nosferatu Amongst the Corn

Our pal Paul Gauthier shared this pic of one of the Evil Pumpkins' "Skinny Monsters" that he picked up at Maskfest. The Indian cornfield background is quite fitting!
Skinny Monster available soon at EvilPumpkins.com

MaskFest 2013 - A Little Too Realistic?

The pics from MaskFest are piled high in my camera roll. I came across these shots of two artists who were doing very realistic, high detail, human-skin masks. I apologize for lack of info in regard to the artists' names (it was an overwhelming few days) but "Artist 1" took the realism to a disturbing level on the Wolfman, Quasimodo and Count Orloff masks..
Artist 2 also had very realistic detail but slightly less "evil" on Legendre, Danny Trejo and Cochrane..
Fantastic stuff all the way around!

Top Ten Vampire Films - #9

Dracula (1931) / Nosferatu (1922)

Both ranked probably lower than others would have - especially combined, but while I concede the greatness of both Lugosi and Schreck and the unrivaled frightening imagery of Nosferatu both films are just a little to early and both lack the score necessarily to move the story along without dragging, dry stretches. Supplemental scores never worked. The forefather stature of both keeps them on my list at 9.
Honorable Mention: Shadow of The Vampire (2000)

Check out Dr. Gangrene's #9

Count Dracula: My fingers can do THIS!

Count Orlock: Who cares what your fingers can do when you
can stand up without bending your knees.