mad things

Oh Tim Burton, why did you have to go and marry the beautiful Helena Bonham Carter when you were obviously meant for me? Hell, I’d marry Helena Bonham Carter too if I had the opportunity!

Starting November 22, 2009 and running until April 26, 2010, you can see Tim Burton’s artwork and films at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

© Tim Burton. All rights reserved. Used without permission.

© Tim Burton. All rights reserved. Used without permission.

© Tim Burton. All rights reserved. Used without permission.

© Tim Burton. All rights reserved. Used without permission.

© Tim Burton. All rights reserved. Used without permission.

© Tim Burton. All rights reserved. Used without permission.

hahaha – this is cute.

undead undead undead

Ok, strange way to start a Happy Birthday post to my brother!

When we were kids, my brother and I loved watching the old horror classics on Saturday nights. We loved all of the Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney and Vincent Price flicks, even the Abbott and Costello Meet the Monster of the Week movies. So, Happy Birthday Joe – these monsters are for you!

Bela Lugosi in Dracula

Boris Karloff in Frankenstein

Lon Chaney, Jr in The Wolf Man

Boris Karloff in The Mummy

And my brother’s fav:

Max Schreck in Nosferatu

More movie posters:

100 Illustrated Horror Film Posters: Part 1
100 Illustrated Horror Film Posters: Part 2
16 horror movie posters so gruesome they make our eyeballs bleed

but not for ice cream

More screams on film
Sound files of screams

Today would have been my dad’s birthday so I thought I’d feature some of my favourite fathers on film.

Henry from Eraserhead – View a clip

Jack from The Shining – View a clip

Frederick from Young Frankenstein – View a clip

October 11 is World Zombie Day – your chance to smear on some blood and gnaw on human body parts. If you live in the Pittsburgh area (I’m looking at you Dave) you can do your zombie-thang at the actual Monroeville Mall, featured in George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead.

Some of my fav zombies flicks:

This is on my list of movies to see – I think World Zombie Day would be a good day to do so:

And just for fun, here’s a great track from The Zombies

I’m a huge fan of stop-motion animation. I even took a class at SVU to learn how to do it myself – the model I made to animate was Johnny the Homicidal Maniac.

The four artists below create some fantastic nightmare worlds. Enjoy.

The Brothers Quay

David Anderson

Jan Švankmajer

Folks who know me, know that I hate musicals. This one is the exception (okay, I’ll admit I also enjoyed Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog). When I saw this movie for the first time all I could think was “I want to live in Halloween Town.” I watch it every year and still think it would be a great place to live.

Henry Selick/Tim Burton