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Art that’s as dark as it is evocative; discover horror-inspired artwork, from twisted mutations of classic paintings, chilling sculptures, spooky photography and more.
Stranded Deep
Day 9 You might think that being trapped alone on a deserted island in the middle of the ocean, far away from the emails and newsfeeds and social media and grocery shopping and holidays and hangouts, that one would have so much spare time that feelings of insane boredom would creep in and one wouldn’t know what to do with all the hours of the day. This, however, is far from the case.
By Robert Webb4 years ago in Horror
The Painting
So as an art major I'm always collecting odds and ends I like mostly. So as a fine art major. You know painting, sculptures, fine art, realism, portraits. abstract, yadda yadda yadda, social media always had me at a crossroads and a bit of a distraction.
By Christopher Robertsson4 years ago in Horror
Vera the Ventriloquist
For those of you who are new to how my brain ticks… For every makeup art or costume I design, I usually have to create an entire unique backstory in lieu of it all. I feel it brings more personality and depth into the visual aspects of the makeup art itself and puts the cherry on top for my characters final touch. In fact, I usually write out my short stories before hand so that I can fully act out and personify my characters to the fullest once I am done creating the makeup look itself.
By Shanice Wadell4 years ago in Horror
A Clerk's Strained Civility
The old hanging bell chimed as the wooden door slowly opened. The clerk lifted her eyes from the hidden doodle she was working on. No one had come yet that day and after three hours alone at the boulangerie, she was less than enthused to adorn a veil of customer service. She slipped the scrap of paper with her sketch of a horrifically emaciated figure under the cash register. No need to incite unnecessary chat. She could not think of a more inappropriate image to be seen in a family bakery than a sketch depicting a furious starving child.
By Natasha Perry-Fagant4 years ago in Horror
What Makes a Good, Entertaining Monster Movie?
One thing a movie fan knows for certain is that the horror genre is never going out of style. It always has kept a steady flow throughout most of the medium of film’s history. In spite of the fact that it experienced some lackluster decades, trends going in and out of fashion, and variant box office prospects. As long as there are movies or tv shows being made, novels and short stories being written and published, there will always be a demand for it. What can I say? People love, get kicks out of, and pay millions of dollars at the movie theatre box office, on DVD/Blu- Ray sales, or subscriptions to streaming services, all to be scared shitless! So the market will always be there.
By Ben Jordan4 years ago in Horror
4ft Long "Chupacabra - Gargoyle Hybrid" Sculpture
Hi Readers, Thank you for choosing to take the time to read my story as a Creator. To provide you with some background information, I am an 18-year-old artist who lives in Melbourne, Australia, and this is my first full-body, monster sculpture. The associated YouTube photo-progression video has been submitted and accepted for the International "Future Generation Art Prize 2020."
By Duain Kelaart4 years ago in Horror
Antecedent
He held six discrete bits of information in his head simultaneously. No way to write them down so he recalled them in order on three separate occasions, six blanks in formation like a constellation. He awoke with only the memory of remembering, but not the information, his head a form unfulfilled.
By Roy Christopher4 years ago in Horror
The Family Heirloom
My husband and I have lived in this house for a few weeks now. John and I still have boxes littering each room with “Liz”, “John” and “Amy” scribbled haphazardly across them in varying degrees or dried sharpie. Extra boxes linger in corners labelled “Grandma: to keep” and “Grandma: for Mum” etcetera. The box before me is filled with her old books; she has everything from Reading Tealeaves to The Famous Five. I sort through them; The Woman in Black; a nondescript cracked spine; Wuthering Heights; a cookbook on artichoke (of all things)… As I flick through the seemingly random array of novels, cookbooks and strange leather-bound oddities, I can’t help but wonder whether she read them all. In a house in the middle of nowhere; I suppose she did like to read.
By Tarryn Richardson4 years ago in Horror
Blue
Chapter Two: Red Snow Freedom Part One: Riders On The Storm Casey Jetsom drove and the house waited. It’s 1972 on a dark and stormy night. There’s no need to look in the mirrors, there’s no one here. No one except Ozzy. He’s curled-up, like a black panther, in the passenger seat floorboard. Casey turns up the radio as "Inna Gadda da Vida" plays. There it is… there’s the mood we’ve been searching for. Casey pulls out a joint, one he’s been saving since supper. Just waiting for the day to pass and hit that moment when it’s time to replay and reflect on the day’s events. Casey takes a hit and Ozzy purrs. There’s a girl standing there…
By Cannibal Jones5 years ago in Horror
'Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street' at the Lyric Theatre Belfast
A night to remember... That sums up exactly the feeling you'd leave with. If you had been a member of the audience at a showing of Sweeney Todd at the Lyric theatre, Belfast. Perhaps the best known work of Stephen Sondheim's collective canon, the tale of Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street tells the tale of a young man by the name of Benjamin Barker, wrongly imprisoned for 15 years in Australia on a false charge. He returns not as Barker but Todd, with murderous intent against the one individual who robbed him of his happy life with his wife and child. It's his bitter anger and resentment that threatens to consume all of London, as anyone who visits his barber shop, never returns in the same condition. A stellar cast of actors with incredible talent breathed new gruesome and gory life into this rendition of the dark gothic opera—with its superb mix of heart-breaking tragedy, dark humour, and the comically off-balance dynamic between the twisted and tortured Sweeney Todd (Steven Page), and optimistic, bright and breezy Mrs. Lovett (Julie Mullins who simply stole the show). Between these two devilish pair comes a tale of a city so divided, that both the rich and poor are literally devouring each other, with the help of Todd's Tonsorial parlour and Mrs. Lovett's delicious meat-filled pies. Ultimately, Todd's newfound blood lust springs from the desire to slit one coveted throat of the gentry who stole everything from him. Enter the savage Judge Turpin (Mark O' Regan) who previous to the events of the play has robbed Todd of his former life, wife and child. This dark interpretation of a tyrannical judge revered in high society, and abusive of his authoritative position, resonates with a modern audience even today. This portrayal of Turpin is only given light relief by his onstage counterpart Beadle Bamford (Richard Coxon); who despite his comical quest is as corrupt and twisted as the judge himself.
By Shauna Graham5 years ago in Horror
Mr. Addams's Family
In the beginning, there was the woman. Not just any woman, that woman. That woman standing with her hip held akimbo in the parlor of her decaying Victorian mansion. A mask of politeness hung about her face, trying to urge a vacuum cleaner salesman to turn on his heels and retreat back past her front door. A “ruined beauty,” Charlie would call her. The woman with a dress as black as night that hugged every curve of her skeletal figure before pooling down at the floor, reaching like the tentacles of something monstrous. The woman with blood red nails, long enough to pluck your eyeballs from your very skull if she had a mind to. That woman with skin as pale as a tomb. In the beginning, she was standing there, staring up from the page at him, smirking, as though she knew something he never would.
By Aliza Dube6 years ago in Horror