I was going through the most excellent articles over at The Eye of Faith {Vintage} blog when I came across the image of a lovely young lady…
(A very young Maila Nurmi)
I doubt many of you would recognize this girl as she looked in her younger years.
You’re probably more familiar seeing her like this…
(Maila Nurmi as Vampira)
Yes, Maila Nurmi played the legendary character Vampira.
(Check out that waistline!!)
Dark, lovely, creepy… her character Vampira quickly became a cult classic.
Vampira is a kind of entity (and you can call her a woman though she is androgynous) that survives in this world. I, Maila Nurmi, am not.” - Maila Nurmi
Maila Nurmi [December 11, 1922 – January 10, 2008]
Hey kiddies! Here is my new zombie photograph LAST STAND.
It remains true to the simple sketch from my KickStarter video, but now brought to life with actors and detail.
My star A. Michael Baldwin gave a wonderful performance! The gunshot to the head was achieved using flash paper and black powder fired through a prop head sculpted by Ryan Pintar.
From the brilliant dark mind of Joshua Hoffine.
The elaborate photograph (yes, it's a photo!!), "LAST STAND."
What gets me most is that the central figure, the father, is fighting valiantly to protect his family, unaware that his girls are already doomed.
One of Hoffine's best works to date!!
Check out his other horror images at his blog site, Joshua Hoffine.
Monday is once again at our doorstep, darlings, and there's nothing to start the week off right than a good cup of coffee. If you take yours as the 17th century Turks apocryphally suggest, "black as Hell, strong as death, and sweet as love," these lovely skull and bones sugar cubes by Snow Violent may be just what you need for the perfect cup.
Sweet as Death: Skull and Bones Sugar
Thanks as always to the beautiful and always wonderful Eva Halloween for this sweet treat!
You're the best, sweetie!
Kittens, today's gallery of abandoned amusement parks is a particularly eerie one. There is something so disquieting about these decaying rides, standing forlorn in a field or being slowly swallowed by creeping forests. Perhaps, like creepy kids and evil clowns, it is the juxtaposition of the joyous things of childhood with the looming inevitability of death and decay that is so very unsettling.
Reblogging 'Burty the Carnival: 50 Eerie Photos of Abandoned Amusement Parks' by the amazing Eva Halloween!
Delightfully creepy! Deliciously eerie!
Enjoy! :)
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I post daily journal entries from the second year in aftermath of the Zombie Apocalypse.
Only a relative handful of people have survived the first year. Food, vehicles, gasoline, medicine and supplies were relatively abundant during the first year. By the second year, gasoline (a highly refined product) has ‘gone bad’ and vehicles no longer run on it. Most of the ‘easy picking’ supplies have been exhausted. Specialized ‘city folk’ are now forced to exist in a hostile environment. Our world, at best, has been plunged back into the Dark Ages. For some survivors, they have been thrown back to the Stone Age.
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It’s kind of refreshing when a new horror movie has genuinely suspenseful scenes and some truly decent scary moments.
Such is the case with Sinister, the 2012 supernatural horror thriller from Jason Bloom, the producer of the Paranormal Activity films and Scott Derrickson, the writer-director of The Exorcism of Emily Rose. Deliciously creepy and had me on the edge of my seat more than once.
OK, here’s the deal… Ethan Hawke plays a true crime novelist who moves into a house that was the scene of a gruesome multiple murder. He discovers a box of mysterious, disturbing homemade snuff movies that plunge his family into a nightmarish experience of supernatural horror. The more the writer discovers about the horrific murders, the more the evil entity behind it all grows and becomes stronger.
Mayhem ensues… when the supernatural ritual/serial killer starts taking over the writer, the house and his family.
Found footage, 8mm film, digital videos, photos, hallucinations, sleep walking, night terrors, writer in a new home looking at some old images and going nuts because a supernatural evil is taking over the place (think The Shining), the impending doom of someone who has watched the wrong movie (think The Ring). Yes, Sinister does incorporate many elements from previous movies but it still manages to put together a scary tale that is sure to give you more than a few goosebumps.
RottenTomatoes.com gives Sinister a 63% freshness rating. Normally, this is, to me, a bad sign. If a movie has a high rating, I usually love it. If it has a really low rating, I usually love it. I rarely enjoy movies that get the equivalent of a C average. Sinister is an exception. Ethan Hawke is very good as the writer. The horror atmosphere of the movie is almost always dark. Literally. Even when the lights are on, the house seems to be shrouded in darkness. [1]
I do have to admit that the ‘evil supernatural force’ schtick is a bit stupid but you can’t have everything.
My two cents… Sinister is by no means a great horror movie. It’s more creepy than scary. But if you want something to get the old ticker going, this may be the one for you.
Bottom line… Perfectly decent popcorn horror movie. Great to watch with a gf/bf/date [1] who appreciates a good scare,
[1] And while we’re on the subject, why doesn’t anyone in this film turn on the lights when they walk into a dark room? Seriously, for the whole movie people are stumbling around in the dark for no reason.
[2] Speaking of dates, I am most likely dating myself with the use of the word ‘date.’ Does anyone date anymore? Please advise.
Sometimes, as in the image above, you see the entire body levitating for no apparent reason.
As in most of these kinds of images, the faces are rarely seen. Either the hair falls in front of the face, or as in the photograph below, the face is hidden behind something.
Often times, the entire body is not seen. Only a part is shown, hovering above the ground or floor.
Bare feet are quite common but, as in the first photo above, not universal.
Are they held up by some supernatural force? Usually. Are they hanging on or from something? Sometimes. More often than not, that is left to the viewer’s imagination.
All seem to evoke a feeling of unease and discomfort.
If the Horror genre is best defined by the intention to elicit and manipulate the emotion of fear, what then exactly is the emotion of fear?
The dictionary defines fear as: a feeling of agitation and dread caused by the presence or imminence of danger.
Persons experiencing fear display increased alertness, concentration on the source of fear, attack and fight-or-flight behaviors, and evidence of sympathetic-nerve stimulation such as cardiovascular excitation, superficial vasoconstriction, and dilation of the pupils.
(Maila Nurmi as Vampira)
(Check out that waistline!!)
