Monday 31 October 2011

Horror-Fest for All Hallows. 2011 : Movies

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN (and Happy Birthday to the Art of the Beautiful~Grotesque)

 

The quest ~ to watch at least one horror movie per day through the month of October

The 2011 watched list  -

  • Death of a Ghost Hunter
  • Licantropo
  • Messiah of Evil
  • Countess Dracula
  • Naboer (Next Door)
  • Bowery At Midnight
  • WitchFinder General
  • Devil's Diary
  • Cemetery Man (Dellamorte Dellamore)
  • Under The Blossoming Cherry Trees.
  • The Exorcist
  • Dracula (1931 - Spanish version)
  • Bride of the Monster
  • The Abominable Dr Phibes
  • Night of the Living Dead
  • Martin
  • Patrick
  • Haxan
  • Ghost Month
  • Vampire Circus
  • Ringu 0: Bâsudei (Ring 0 - Birthday)
  • The Devil Rides Out
  • A View From a Hill
  • Shutter (Thai original)
  • The Eleventh Aggression
  • Children of the Corn
  • The Wolfman (1941 )
  • Panico
  • Eaten (Israeli short)
  • Begotten
  • Food of the Gods
  • Drag Me To Hell
  • Chldren of the Damned
  • Pontypool
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street
  • Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde
  • Let's Scare Jessica to Death
  • Spider Baby or The Maddest Story Ever Told
  • Fright
  • Rise of the Planet of the Apes
  • Twisted Nerve
  • The Hunger
  • Black Sabbath
  • Asylum
  • Tales of the Unexpected (TV series) : Flypaper
  • Tales From The Crypt
  • Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires
  • The Long Hair Of Death
  • Tales of the Unexpected (TV series) : Lamb to the Slaughter
  • Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte
  • The Statement of Randolph Carter (animated short)
  • Vincent (animated short)
  • Peeping Tom
  • SleepAway Camp
  • Tales of the Unexpected (TV series): The Man from the South
  • Tales of the Unexpected (TV series): Taste
  • Captain Clegg
  • Chopper Chicks in Zombietown
  • The Machinist
  • 28 Days Later
  • Tales of the Unexpected (TV series):  Skin
  • Blue Velvet
  • Tales of the Unexpected (TV series): My Love My Dove
  • An American Werewolf in London
  • Viy (or Spirit of Evil)
  • Tales of the Unexpected (TV series): Bosom Friends
  • Severance
  • Halloween VI. The Curse of Michael Myers
  • Ginger Snaps Unleashed
  • Ginger Snaps Back. The Beginning

 

 

 

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Horror-Fest for All Hallows. 2011 : Literature

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The quest through October 2011 ~ to read at least one short tale of terror (or allegedly so) every night on the lead up to Halloween ...

 

  •  The Man With the Moon In Him - William Sansom
  • Men Without Bones  - Gerald Kersh 
  • The Werewolf - Angela Carter
  • The Company of Wolves - Angela Carter
  • Wolf Alice -  Angela Carter
  • Burn the Ladle: The Witches of Tain - Dr Bob Curran (folklore)
  • The Vampire Lady of Rhode Island - Dr Bob Curran (folklore)
  • The Night Bookmobile - Audrey Niffenegger (graphic novel)
  • Stone Island - Ian Edginton and Simon Davis (graphic novel)
  • Criminal Macabre. My Demon Baby  - Steve Niles,  Nick Stakal and Michelle Madsen (graphic novel)
  • Goblin Market -  Christina Rossetti (poem)
  • The Shunned House - H P Lovecraft
  • The Evil Garden - Edward Gorey (illustrated tale)
  • The Iron Tonic - Edward Gorey (illustrated tale)
  • The Deranged Cousins - Edward Gorey (illustrated tale)
  • William Wilson - Edgar Allan Poe
  • Masque of the Red Death - Edgar Allan Poe
  • (Kwaidan) Yuki-Onna - Lafcadio Hearn (folktale)
  • (Kwaidan) Riki-Bara- Lafcadio Hearn (folktale)
  • (Kwaidan) Jiu-Roku-Zakura - Lafcadio Hearn
  • Red Hand - Neil Munro
  • William Barton, A Warlock (excerpt from Satan's Invisible World Discovered) - George Sinclar
  • Pickman's Model - H P Lovecraft
  • The Outsider - H P Lovecraft
  • Royal Jelly - Roald Dahl
  • The Babysitter - Jan Brunvald (Urban Legend)
  • The Hitchhiker with the Hairy Arms - Jan Brunvald (Urban Legend)
  • The Porcelain Doll - Leo Tolstoy
  • I See You Never - Ray Bradbury
  • En La Noche - Ray Bradbury
  • The Drifting Snow -August Derleth
  • The Sphinx Without a Secret - Oscar Wilde
  • The Reach - Stephen King
  • Uncle Einar - Ray Bradbury
  • The Homecoming - Ray Bradbury
  • The Ash Tree - M R James
  • John Charrington's Wedding - E Nesbitt
  • John Constantine: HellBlazer ~ The Red Right Hand / Season of the Zealot - Denise Mina, Leonardo Manco & Christina Cucina (Graphic Novel)
  • The Legend of Sawney Bean - Judy Hamilton (folktale)
  • The Kelpie and The Glaistig - Judy Hamilton (folktale)
  • Dracula's Guest - Bram Stoker
  • Skeletons Digging - Charles Baudelaire (poem)
  • The Carcass - Charles Baudelaire (poem)
  • The Vampire - Charles Baudelaire  (poem)
  • Spirits of the Dead - Edgar Allan Poe (poem)
  • The Conqueror Worm -  Edgar Allan Poe (poem)
  • The Raven -  Edgar Allan Poe (poem)
  • Jean Grenier - Sabine Baring Gould (folktale /history)
  • The Daughter of the Ulkolak - Sabine Baring Gould (folktale)
  • The Spectre Bridegroom - Robert Hunt (folktale)
  • The Inmost Light - Arthur Machen
  • The Birds - Daphne Du Maurier
  • The Troll - T H White
  • Cuckoo - Dulan Barker

 

 

Sunday 30 October 2011

Vintage Halloween Cards : Various Artists

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Thursday 20 October 2011

The Art of Paul Rumsey III

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SEE ALSO ~ http://beautiful-grotesque.posterous.com/the-art-of-paul-rumsey

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http://www.angelfire.com/pa5/rumsey/

http://www.chappelgalleries.co.uk/exhibitions-05/paul-rumsey/paul-rumsey.htm