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Halloween countdown spooky discovery #2


Special effects makeup artist, Rick Baker, created the ultimate Frankenstein’s monster by piecing the legendary character together steampunk style. If you think about it, this is closer to how the monster should’ve looked, given that steampunk is an inherit part of Mary Shelley’s original story. It would be great to have the talented Rick Baker

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Fantasy, Just For Fun

Halloween countdown spooky discovery #1


Ever since A Nightmare Before Christmas, Halloween just isn’t halloweeny without some Tim Burtonesque style touches. In my search for such spindly, curlicue creepyish type things, I discovered Alexander Jansson’s work. This talented artist has a wonderfully whimsical way of weaving humor into his dark, moody portraits. He also does animation. I really enjoyed this

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A fresh spin on the old legend


I’ve always been a fan of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, from Irving’s original scary tale to Disney’s humorously tense version, and of course, Tim Burton’s atmospheric rendition with the famed steampunk style, Johnny Depp playing a very nervous, fainting Ichabod Crane. Now we have the Sleepy Hollow TV series, which I’ve held off from

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Dear JJ Abrahms letter concerning Star Wars


At last someone has finally defined why the new Star Wars movies never quite measured up to the pure awesomeness of the original trilogy. It may have taken 5 months for Prescott Harvey and team to create this open letter to J.J. Abrahms about following these four rules for the future making of Star Wars

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