Category: Horror

Feb 10

Go away, don’t bug me.

Artwork by Dan Hillier

Jan 27

Rubber

The industrialized world depended on rubber once. There was rubber everywhere. But then, one day, it came to life.

Jan 20

A Heart-shaped Face

Mural in Lima, Peru.  

Jan 13

The Suitor

Apparantly he was a cold fish. (Artwork by Randy Mora)

Jan 06

Turn to the Left

FASHION! Turn to the left… no, right… aw hell with it.

Dec 30

Amazed

“Maybe I’m a-mazed at the way you love me all the time…”   (Supremely creepy poster art by Polish artist Wieslaw Walkuski)

Dec 23

Santa’s Strange Appetite

HO-HO-HO  no.

Dec 16

Oh, Deer.

One of the most bizarre Christmas decorations I’ve ever seen. Who would make this? Who would buy it?  

Dec 09

Horrible Christmas Album Covers

Croation pop singer Kićo makes a pretty glum Santa on the cover of this album, often cited as one of the worst Christmas album covers ever made. He doesn’t even convey the solemnity of a traditional Father Christmas. He’s just… there. Hungover, or wallowing in existential despair.  His version of “Jingle Bells” featuring a banjo …

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Dec 02

Welcome, Winter.

An early 20th century representation of a Scandinavian frost giant, from the silent movie Conquest of the Pole  by French film pioneer Georges Méliès.  To me the creature looks more like a goofy Russian ventriloquist’s dummy.  Which is no less horrible than a bloodthirsty spirit to my eye, but probably not what the director intended.