Category Archives: Horror Artwork

Screen shot 2013-05-17 at 4.09.41 AM

Making PERSEPHONE

16 May 2013

Leave a comment

Reblogged from Joshua Hoffine Horror Blog:

Click to visit the original post
  • Click to visit the original post
  • Click to visit the original post
  • Click to visit the original post
  • Click to visit the original post
  • Click to visit the original post
  • Click to visit the original post
  • Click to visit the original post
  • Click to visit the original post
  • Click to visit the original post
  • Click to visit the original post
  • Click to visit the original post
  • Click to visit the original post
  • Click to visit the original post
  • Click to visit the original post
  • Click to visit the original post
  • Click to visit the original post

Hey kiddies!  This is my new project called PERSEPHONE, named after a figure from Greek mythology.  Persephone was a nature goddess who became Queen of the Underworld after being abducted by Hades.  The myth of her abduction represents her role as the personification of vegetation - which shoots forth in spring and withdraws into the earth in autumn.  When she is in the Underworld we experience winter. 

Read more… 529 more words

Persephone began her yearly visit to visit the world a month or so ago; let's welcome her back by reading about Joshua Hoffine's interpretation of this particular story from Greek Mythology (though in the version I learned back in school, Persephone was the daughter of an even more powerful nature goddess. The Robert Kurtzman Mr. Hoffine mentions is no other than one of the founders of KNB  EFX - not too shabby! Please note that the 'featured photo' used above belongs to Josh Hoffine and Horror Boom has no copyright claim on anything to do with it, except for using it to get you to hopefully interest you in reading the story behind it. All images are, of course, © Joshua Hoffine.
Related articles
Screen shot 2013-05-08 at 7.07.42 AM

In Memoriam - Ray Harryhausen

10 May 2013

Leave a comment

Reblogged from Battered, Tattered, Yellowed, & Creased:

From the teeth of the hydra come the children of the damned:

I don't think it's any huge secret I grew up watching reels and reels of old-school b-movies and creature features from the '50s and '60s. I remember a lot of really cheesy movies best left for after dark (or MST3k), but two names in specific are evocative of my misspent youth.

Read more… 369 more words, 1 more video

The outpouring of honest, heartfelt love and admiration continuing to flow from other writers, especially fellow fans and WordPress writers on their blogs, is surprisingly touching. Sound sappy? We don't care. ...and it helps ease the melancholy to know --even though it sounds like a cliché-- this master artist's work and vision will leave a legacy etched in stone. Screen shot 2013-05-08 at 6.11.21 AM

"Guys like him... they live forever."

Related articles
Screen shot 2013-05-06 at 11.23.23 AM

See Best Mama DVD Extra- Javier Botet, The Actor Behind Mama! Behind-The-Scenes Interviews, Creepy As Hell All-New Footage, More (Wired.com) SPOILERS!

6 May 2013

Leave a comment

SPOILER ALERT-if you plan on seeing Mama (2013) on DVD but have not done so yet, it’s probably best to save watching this BTS footage till after the movie. More than one commenter on the Wired post said it sort of, well, spoiled the illusion.
Many of us who have been terrified by the movie for months, on the other hand, are more than happy to see that it was  an illusion…

Screen shot 2013-05-06 at 11.26.43 AM

Well, we WISH we could take credit for any part of this, or just post it directly, but it’s a Wired.com Exclusive clip from the Javier Botet featurette on the Mama DVD/Blu-Ray. Click the big red link below for the never-before-seen footage!

Watch Jessica Chastain Kiss Mama in This Exclusive Clip/Underwire/Wired.com

SEE! Proof the CGI was mainly limited to the hair/clothes floating effect!

SEE! The only actor who could portray Mama in the feature film and give you the worst nightmares!

SEE! Javier Botet out of make-up, being interviewed, to possibly help you sleep a little better by reminding you it’s just a movie.*

Screen shot 2013-05-06 at 11.24.59 AM

Not to mention some very creepy concept art (it must be a co-incidence that one of the drawings looks like a relative of the Attic Monster/Medieros Girl from REC and REC2), Botet wandering around the set semi-casually in full makeup and costume (other than the CGI sensors/trackers wrapped around his bald head, making him look like the world’s scariest Christmas decoration), and we start to see him being swooped around on wires before the clip fades out. We do get to see over two minutes of amazing, never-before-seen footage, though. He does that horrifying, speedy crawl backwards, then they (apparently) reversed it to make it look extra creepy and unnatural.

Screen shot 2013-05-06 at 11.25.42 AM

You can watch the entire Javier Botet ‘bringing Mama to life’ (or death, as it were) featurette when the Mama DVD/Blu-Ray releases on May 7th… just in time for Mother’s Day.

Screen shot 2013-05-06 at 11.29.36 AM

Screen shot 2013-05-06 at 11.48.01 AM

*This will help, until the next time it’s the middle of the night, you can’t sleep, and you hear a strange noise.

Related articles
Screen shot 2013-05-05 at 4.10.05 AM

New Image Gallery Of Gorgeous Jessica Chastain As Annabel In “Mama” (DVD/Blu-ray Release May 7th)

4 May 2013

Leave a comment

You should see our stats when it comes to “Jessica Chastain + Mama + Images” under the search terms that led readers here. Apparently there’s quite a bit of interest out there (understandably) for stills featuring her in Mama and we even got requests back in January when the movie opened. So, here’s a nice gallery of the stunning actress who plays rocker Annabel… and I hope she sings in that band her character plays in, because she has one HELL of a pair of lungs to scream with (see ‘featured’ photo above).

At at least one point in the movie– I think the scene involving Javier Botet as the soil-yourself-scary Mama showing up when quite possibly the biggest idiot in the movie decides to investigate the spooky, deserted, haunted cabin not only without electricity BUT CONTINUING WHEN HIS FLASHLIGHT DIES and all he can do to see what’s in the room is hit the flash — this here writer is pretty sure she screamed as loudly as Ms. Chastain did in the “what’s under the bed?” scene.*

If you want to see any of the images larger, just click on the shot to enlarge it. Enjoy!

look behind you…

We included a couple of behind-the-scenes shots, even a few from the deleted scenes that will be on the disc as extras. This is a bad week to have an entertainment budget of about $1.25…

Interested in what Annabelle’s main tattoo shows, and why the director picked it? We have a cool interview with Ms. Chastain about playing the role here. Here’s another one from Fangoria!

OK, she's kind of small in this shot. Wait, is that her or that family friend? Sorry.

OK, she’s kind of small in this shot. Wait, is that her or Dr. Dreyfuss? Sorry.

*come to think of it, I screamed pretty fucking loud at least twice during that bedroom scene. Poor Mr. Horror Boom.

Related articles

Special Effects Delivers Gore Galore in New Netflix Show 'Hemlock Grove'

1 May 2013

3 Comments

Reblogged from Variety:

Click to visit the original post

How do we make it more disgusting?”

This was the question constantly being fielded by the f/x artists tasked with turning man into beast for Netflix’s new horror thriller "Hemlock Grove," which bows April 19.

(From the pages of the April 16 issue of Variety.)

The result pushes the boundaries of a transformation that has been a fixture of werewolf-themed movies and TV series going back decades.

Read more… 502 more words

KNB EFX - still the best, and out favorite, in practical gore effects (going back to Nicotero's work in Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn...actually, before that). What's "gore galore" to most might be a medium amount of gore for us (and we're also far from 'squeamish'), but we agree 100% with the "raw, visceral" part. Plus, the eyeballs were a great touch. Check out the cool concept art!
Related articles
Screen shot 2013-04-25 at 6.26.42 AM

Check out the new poster for horror anthology sequel 'V/H/S/2' -- EXCLUSIVE

23 April 2013

Leave a comment

Reblogged from Inside Movies:

It seems like only last year that the original V/H/S marauded its way into cinemas -- maybe because it was. But the busy beavers behind that found footage horror anthology have already readied a sequel, the Sundance-screened V/H/S/2.

Read more… 158 more words

June 6th? We better get that countdown clock ready! Oh, and the featured image above is from, you guessed it, Gareth Evan's segment, "Safe Haven" - you know, the intense, awesome one critics and fans alike are losing their damn minds over?
Related articles
 
Screen shot 2013-04-15 at 1.18.19 AM

Art of the Day: Freak Taxidermy Skull by Takeshi Yamada

22 April 2013

Leave a comment

Reblogged from Amusing the Zillion:

Click to visit the original post
  • Click to visit the original post

ATZ asked Coney Island artist and rogue taxidermist Takeshi Yamada what he is bringing to tonight's 5th Annual Carnivorous Nights Taxidermy Contest presented by the Secret Science Club at Bell House. Last year, Yamada was awarded "The Most Twisted Prize" for his family of freak show babies made from his own skin. In 2006, he won the Grand Championship of Taxidermy for his 6-foot-long mummified Fiji Mermaid.

Read more… 428 more words

Who knew there were so many rogue taxidermy contests? We're going to go looking for more right now!
Related articles
Screen shot 2013-04-15 at 1.49.44 AM

Thru Dec 31 at Coney Island Library: Artist Takeshi Yamada's Cabinet of Curiosities

15 April 2013

Leave a comment

Reblogged from Amusing the Zillion:

  • Click to visit the original post
  • Click to visit the original post
  • Click to visit the original post
  • Click to visit the original post

For the past three years the glass cabinets at the Coney Island branch of the Brooklyn Public Library have showcased a rotating display of artwork that befits Coney Island’s history as host to oddities and curiosities from around the world. If you haven’t seen Takeshi Yamada’s long-running “Museum of World Wonders: Cabinet of Curiosities” yet, the exhibition is on view through Dec.

Read more… 509 more words

An amazing article by Tricia Vita, which contains an absolutely stunning gallery. If you didn't get to see The Museum of World Wonders: Cabinet of Curiosities at Coney Island, this will give you a look at what you missed that you probably won't find anywhere else online. If you did get to see it, we'd love to hear from you!
Related articles
 
Screen shot 2013-04-14 at 7.28.14 AM

The Lords of Salem Review – UK DVD Version (Dread Central)

14 April 2013

Leave a comment

Well, this is unfortunate. We’ll give you our two cents after the Dread Central review.

Click on the big red link below to check out what they had to say. Hint: it probably won’t make you run out and see/rent the movie.

Lords of Salem, The (UK DVD) Review – Dread Central.

 

 

Disclaimer :we haven’t seen The Lords of Salem, but have read many, many reviews similar to this-and have seen everything else Zombie has made, even The Haunted World of El Superbeasto. We almost bought a copy of The Devil’s Rejects–and the original House of 1000 Corpses screenplay, which Zombie should have stuck with*. We’re considering checking out Rob Zombie’s tie-in novel of The Lords of Salem, ( written with B.K.Evenson), or at least an e-book sample.

Screen shot 2013-04-14 at 7.18.04 AM

Pretty sure this was one of the drawings of production art included in the screenplay for House of 1000 Corpses we have– rented the movie for that alone.

At this point, anyway, Zombie doesn’t have the skills needed to write and direct a satisfying genre movie.  He’s got potential, and a great eye for detail. He needs a collaborator to tell him when to stop, to cut something out, and tell him when an entire act needs a rewrite. Writing likeable characters would be nice, too. Other reviewers and fans besides me have stated they’re getting tired of watching horrible white trash families, usually with drug or alcohol problems, scream at each other (and we’re not talking about The Devil’s Rejects, that family got along fine, within itself, they just were vicious and sadistic to innocent victims). He clearly has the drive, and his heart’s in the right place. His directing is fine, his premises are usually great, but his screenplays need help. Unfortunately, he’s going to needs to figure this out on his own (I can’t see Rob Zombie co-operating with some intervention). We just hope he never gives up before he does find a good partner or collaborator.

We're usually happy to cut Zombie slack simply for coming up with THIS.

We’re usually happy to cut Zombie slack simply for coming up with THIS.

 

The Lords of Salem theatrical release date is April 19th, 2013; not sure if it’s limited or they’re going the Halloween/Halloween 2 route and doing a wide release.

 

Screen shot 2013-04-14 at 7.32.19 AM

 

*the coolest thing in the copy of the screenplay we have are half a dozen drawings by Zombie of the sets, plus some really awesome production art — there’s a REALLY cool one of the gas station/fried chicken-joint/sideshow/haunted thrill-ride Sid Haig‘s character runs.  Actually, that place was the coolest thing in the movie, too.

 

Related articles
spartacus_gore_medium

‘Spartacus’ star Liam McIntyre talks about the tragic series finale (Inside TV – EW.com)

13 April 2013

Leave a comment

DEFINITELY recommended if you’re still getting over that finale (and it contained horror, that’s for sure). SPOILER ALERT (obviously), if you click the big red link below:

‘Spartacus’ star Liam McIntyre talks about the tragic series finale /Inside TV – EW.com.

 

Spartacus

Spartacus (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Related articles