Halloween is for The Children!

This is the Hendershot Family of old Franklin, TN. The children’s names were Lily and Ebb. As a Halloween joke, all the kids in the neighborhood were going to get a dummy and pretend to chop its head off. The Hendershot children thought it would be hilarious to actually murder their mother, so when the kids walked up to the door, they got an axe and slaughtered her. Once everyone figured out what they had really done, they called the Franklin town constable, but the kids were long gone by then.

The only picture of them was this photo, taken by a trick or treater. Their mother's body was later found half-eaten. She is rumoured to be buried in two separate graves at the old Franklin Cemetery. One for the body, one for the head! 

The Process of Making a Skull

I am often asked about the process and what goes into making one of our creations.

What follows is the entire process of creating a resin-cast item by Evil Pumpkins.

"BIG SKULL" is hand-sculpted using a soft polymer clay
which is hardened in an oven at 270 degrees

Once cooled and hardened the object is placed inside a made-to-fit corrugated
plastic box - made to fit as close as possible without touching a side.

A two-part liquid silicone is measured and mixed in a cup.

The mixed silicone is carefully poured in a manner as to avoid air
or not to disturb the placement of the item.

The silicone hardens over several hours.

Once hardened, the object is removed and filed away (if it's not too
busted up during the process).

A two-part liquid plastic is mixed and poured into the cavity.

Within a hour hour the item is fully hardened and cooled (the chemicals
get quite hot when mixed).

A process of layer painting using acrylics creates a colorful depth.

The final piece - after attaching heavy duty magnets...

The Zandor Vorkov Plastic Fang Society!

Who the hell is Zandor Vorkov?

Why horror's gravest Dracula, that's who.

Zandor, otherwise known as Roger Engel, accountant for Al Adamson infamously renamed by noneother than Uncle Forry himself during the filming of Dracula vs Frankenstein.

Zandor, the Facebook page?

The Zandor Zorkov Plastic Fang Society is a fun little group of (currently) around 200 folks who love absurd horror.

Admined by yours truly, 'Vinegar' Tom Bagley aka Jackson Phibes, Nashville Horror-host Dr. Gangrene and a few other fine folk The Order of The Plastic Fang is available for anyone who know who Zandor Vorkov is.

We're talking monster kid stuff and posting pics of obscure horror flicks!

Sounds ghoul? Join up!

facebook.com/plasticfangsociety

The Jiggler

My first AHI Frankenstein jiggler was purchased at JM Fields in North Palm Beach around 1977. I collected all of the Super Monsters and loved them dearly. They all had names - Frankie, Wolfy, Kongy etc and were always with me at school or at home.

Over the years they were destroyed or stolen or simply lost, but when Ebay came around the first item I sought was the Frankie Jiggler. I have managed to secure 6 of them since that time at a reasonable price but now they are being listed at a preposterous $200-$300 regular rate.

A great toy but there's no way I'm shelling out that kinda dough.

I have recently recreated 'Frankie' as a solid flat-back Super Magnet piece to be sold in the Evil Pumpkins store..

It was a total jazz to get to paint these up. I had long pondered the 'Hong Kong assembly line" imagining some 12 year old having to hand paint 40

Frankies per hour, 23 hours a day or suffer some torturous reprimand but getting paid with one Frankie at the end of the month.

Well worth it!

Frankie Jiggler Super Magnet on Etsy

Guarding the brewskis!

Evil Pumpkins Jiggler Super Magnet (left) and a real AHI Jiggler

New Evil Pumpkins Super Magnet Items are Here!

Brand new for The Season of The Witch we have some spooky super magnets hand-made with evil intentions. Click the link below a pic for purchasing options..

Be sure to check out EvilPumpkins.com for everything Evil Pumpkins has this year!

Pumpkin Sentinel Super Magnet

Zombies Don't Run Super Magnet

Daryl Dixon Zombie Killer Super Magnet

Karloff Frankenstein GIANT Super Magnet

Horror Hootenanny 2013 is in the Books

Dr. Gangrene's Horror Hootenanny 10 is in the books! This year, along with my band The Creeping Cruds we had our fiends Dead Dick Hammer, Alucard and The Koffin Kats.
What a great show this year up at The End in Nashville. Packed house and an evening of fine Horror Rock!

Our 10th year! Time sure flies..

Here are a few snaps by RayWen Photos of my band The Creeping Cruds.

  

Pumpkin Sentinels for 2013

Here's a serious teaser for this year's Spooky Franklin haunt. One of several handmade Pumpkinrot styled Pumpkin Sentinels.

I wish there was time enough to make an army of these guys..
More than I wanted to show, but they do look different at nacht!

We are well excited about the extra ghoul-ness these fine fellows bring!