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

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

 

 

Vintage Halloween Cards : Various Artists

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Simon Marsden : Haunted Camera

"Real vision is the ability to see the invisible"
Jonathan Swift, author of Gulliver's Travels

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All Images © Simon Marsden

http://www.simonmarsden.co.uk/intro.htm

http://www.marsdenarchive.com/library/

 

Tim Burton's Vincent

Presented in memory of Vincent Price  (May 27 1911 - Octer 25 1993)

 

The Art of Travis Louie

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© Travis Louie

http://www.travislouie.com/

Travis Louie's Curiosities book http://www.amazon.co.uk/Travis-Louies-Curiosities-Louie/dp/0979330750

The Art of Travis Louie

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http://www.travislouie.com/

'Travis Louie's Curiosities' book

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The Art of Paul Rumsey III

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

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

 

The Art of Vania Zouravliov II

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All Artwork © Vania Zouravliov

http://www.bigactive.com/illustration/vania-zouravliov

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vania-Extended-Version-Robert-Klanten/dp/3899553241/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1318769595&sr=8-1

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