Night of the Vampire

You're Gonna Miss Me

Safer in the Basement

"Fine stuff, but it'll rot!"

Until I started blogging I never thought it possible that I'd find so many people with an enthusiasm for Halloween that matches or exceeds my own. And there's at least one blogger who seems to actually be a strange alien from the Halloween Dimension. I'm talking about Rot (a.k.a. "Rot") from the highly spooky Halloween haunt blog Pumpkinrot. This master of mâché literally burns the midnight oil making Hollywood-quality props for his annual haunt. I hope his neighbors know how lucky they are. In addition to his amazing sculptures and photographs, Rot finds the time to seek out other haunts and artists and feature their work on his famous blog. And every thing that could possibly interest a Halloween-o-phile. This guy should be elected President of something! Anyway, it's an honor for me to give Pumpkinrot a shout out and point the way to any wretched lost souls who might not have heard about it. Check out his new "Skull Witch". If you dare!

Pumpkinrot.com

The Endless Night

Electric Lugosi

Captivating Host

Sid Haig and Mary Mitchel in Spider Baby.

Barbra went bye bye

Personally, I was always curious about the fact that Barbra was only catatonic when a ghoul wasn't coming after her. I don't think it works that way. It was nice that Tom Savini eliminated this distraction from his remake, at least.

The Haunting Madness

Vinnie meets Babs in one of my favorite of the Corman/Poe cycle, The Pit and the Pendulum

Naschy Lives!

My Basil Gogos-inspired take on the late great Jacinto Molina Alvarez (better known as Paul Naschy), legend of Spanish horror cinema, here playing cursed Polish Nobleman Waldemar Daninsky in The Werewolf vs. the Vampire Woman. Naschy passed away this last November 30th at the age of 75.

Beautiful but Deadly

Meet Harry Cooper

That's the late Karl Hardman as the skulking, abrasive little crank Harry Cooper from NOTLD. I picked this one out as a just a little practice piece but the watercolor tool in ArtRage Studio Pro turned out to be so freaking awesome that I decided to let it happen. I had to clean it up in Photoshop but I figure that's okay. I'll be using this program all of the time.

Night Flight