The Doctor Is In.

Happy Halloween everyone! Here's my costume for this year.

Well, technically it was supposed to be last year's, for Nightbreed's 30th anniversary, but you know, the big H was cancelled last year. Hope you all have a fantastic night!

Then He's Still There...

This is so freaking badass. A few years ago, someone put a Friday the 13th Part VI era Jason Voorhees statue at the bottom of a lake in Minnesota. That's some fan dedication and next level prankage, man. Respect!

The World's Angriest Halloween...

Hello everyone! It's Halloween-time again! I've known what I was going to creep around as this year for quite sometime, ever since seeing the FX show Legion earlier this year. Meet my rendition of The World's Angriest Boy In the World!

The awesomeness of Legion was a big surprise to me, as I was expecting a decent superhero show and got a psychological horror with a troubled mutant protagonist (Dan Stevens) whose powers sometimes manifest themselves externally - including the subject above from perhaps the most inappropriate kids' book ever written. I have no doubt that the critical acclaim of Legion - and the success of It - are the reason that the recent New Mutants trailer was edited as it was. I cannot wait for Season 2. In the meantime, may all your candies be sweet... 

Inside Halloween

Happy Halloween everyone! I decided to go with a video game character this year, as Playdead's Inside did capture my imagination so completely this year. Here's me as the unnamed boy from the game.

But speaking of little boy's, I also wanted to post of my favourite short films that just recently came online, Stephen Martin's Dead Hearts. Enjoy!

It Came From The Archives 27!

Twenty-five years ago, Fangoria's perennial fan convention Weekend of Horrors made its one and only trip to Toronto (and as far as I know all of Canada). This milestone would have no doubt passed unnoticed if a reader hadn't happened to email me asking if I had any pictures of the event. After responding that I did, it clicked that the anniversary was imminent and thus perfect timing for another Archives post.

By this time in my life I was a full-on fanatic. I had been working at Major Video for almost a year and it was feeding my obsession nicely. I was watching more movies in a day than most did in a week. I don't think I had my driver's license by then, so thank goodness my older brother was gracious enough to shuttle us in. The guest list was impressive, even with the last-minute cancellation by Bruce Campbell.

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I remember the dealer's room being fairly large, and it was similar to Monsterpalooza in that there were several make-up demonstrations going on throughout the day. I've talked before about basically opening up my wallet to the poster guy, but there was lots of other great merch there, as well. I remember I picked up a T2 shirt that I practically lived in that summer. In retrospect, I wished I'd rifled through the bins of scripts they had at one of the booths.

Anyway, the photos. Given my limited photography skills, I'm surprised these turned out at all. Truth be told, it was probably my brother snapping all these pics. It's kind of amazing how much of this event I can remember considering it was a quarter century ago.

I think I spoke about my interaction with Kane Hodder in my Friday the 13th archives post. He was super cool then, and been just as cool the two times I've seen him since.

Tom Savini gave a memorable Q&A. I've seen a few people online tell the story of Savini getting down on his knees and apologizing to all in attendance for The Ripper, and it happened at this show.

Savini looks out into a sea of mullets.

Linnea Quigley was a sweetheart. If I recall correctly about the photo below, she had a bunch of people come up on stage and re-enact her cemetery dance scene from Return of the Living Dead, for which we judged the winner.

Below were the esteemed judges for the WOH's costume parade. Seated from left, Savini, Fangoria editor Tony Timpone, Quigley, FX artist Steve Johnson & Hodder. 

And the winners were...

3RD PLACE - GREG & STANLEY

2ND PLACE - THE DUKE & DUCHESS OF REALLY DIRTY THINGS

1ST PLACE - AQUARIUS

Nowadays, the GTA has over a half-dozen fan conventions a year, but in the early nineties, this thing was a revelation. For me, it was really the first time the curtain between film and reality was lifted. It was surreal to say the least. I hope you enjoyed these little windows into the past. Until next time...

Happy Belated Alien Day!

Hello all! I was away for 4/26 aka Alien Day, so I just wanted to post about some of the great art that was floating around the Web.

Art by Mike Saputo

Art by Chris Skinner

Art by Mike Englert.

I have Englert's print from The Thing hanging on my wall. No one does landscapes better than that guy. 

Art by Laurent Durleux

Art by Thomas Walker

Art by Chris Shy

I thought I'd add in my two cents with the poster I brought back from the UK when I was a teen.

However, I've saved the best for last. My host in LA just happened to be a movie memorabilia collector and had several original pieces from 1979's Alien.

Lambert's (Veronica Cartwright) original space suit.

Original Alien head & model.

Original space jockey miniature.

A RedRum Halloween

Happy Halloween everyone! With the big day happening mid-week, all my friend's parties happened last weekend, so here are some pictures of my costume this year.

It was a big hit, mainly because my mother came through once again by fashioning the important part - the Apollo 11 sweater. It was actually nice to wear a costume that didn't involve obscuring my vision. 

Hope you all have a great evening, and don't gorge on too many sweets.

YEAH!

When I saw UK animator Robert Morgan's newest animated short Bobby Yeah last June, I immediately knew who I wanted to be for Halloween. Bobby Yeah is still touring the festival circuit, so for those unfamiliar with this little oddity, here is a clip.

And here is my costume.

The mask was sculpted by Chris Nash and (using a variation of the pattern used for my 2009 Halloween costume) my mother handcrafted the suit. I am eternally grateful to them both, as I'm still kinda floored at how well Bobby turned out in the end.