Remnants

One of my brothers lives in middle-of-nowhere West Virginia. On our way to his house for V's first Thanksgiving we passed this lonely soul, still keeping watch.

Full Moon Industries

I'm late on this, but things have been nuts lately. Go check out Full Moon Industries for some sweet Halloween pics and general creepiness.
I particularly like the Psycrow, but what you should pay attention to is the lighting and the photography. Lighting is so important and so difficult to nail. I love good creeepy atmospheric lighting. I would like to see someone do an entire haunt with no props at all. just lighting and shadow.
Also, the pics, and there are far too few at the moment, are very grainy and slightly washed out. I really hope it was by design because it's brilliant. At a time when everything visual reaches for the hyper-detailed and overly saturated (still trying to figure why I "need" HD), a grainy, slightly out of focus image can be deliciously unnerving. Much like Bean's polaroids.
Some very cool oddities there as well. Check them out.



NOW!

I Want This on Top of My House 365

The incredible props at ScareFactory.

Snug Harbor Halloween 2008

To use his own words..."Finally!"
Well, "word" I guess.
Some pictures are up at SpookyBlue with more promised on the way.
I love the Grumble and the jack-o-lanterns. But it's this fellow "crow" that has really caught my attention. Grotesquely distorted and vaguely human I am fascinated by this thing. Part of a new group called "Brigands" that will be one of his new project sections. I can't wait! Pay particular attention to the "skin" of Spookyblues' corpses. It's beautifully decrepit.
If Pumpkinrot is the one who inspired most of us. Spookyblue is the one who first taught most of us to follow that inspiration. I can't wait to see more.

See The Gallery here.

Season of Shadows

Some wonderful atmosphere in these Season of Shadows yard pics. Looks like a movie set. The new groundbreaker is one of my favorite props of 2008.

Lustmord - Other

Beautifully dark and creepy. Another must have from Lustmord for that special mood whilst toiling away the hours in one's creature shop. Or just putting a nice dark spin on driving home from work. Whatever works.

Dave The Dead

Some beautifully original work by Dave The Dead.