I’ve never seen it, but this is evidently from The Witches:
Halloween Horror: Nicely Done GIF From a Hammer Film
October 28th, 2016Halloween Horrors: Mummified Clown
October 27th, 2016Which is scarier, a clown or a mummy?
Well, how about a mummified clown?
The California Institute of Abnormalarts, a bar and concert venue that also functions as a museum of oddities, is home to something that will make anyone with coulrophobia (an irrational fear of clowns) quake in their boots…and it’s every bit as creepy as you might imagine….
Some time ago, Crew acquired what he claims to be the mummified corpse of a clown known as Achile Chatouilleu, a performer who died in 1912.
Achile, whose name translates to “French tickler,” reportedly asked before his death to be embalmed in his favorite clown costume and makeup. The body – which is still in perfect condition today – is pretty creepy, to say the least.
If anyone reading this is out in LA, feel free to drop by the CIA and let me know how well-embalmed the clown looks up close…
Halloween Horrors: A Blog About Devices for Speaking to the Dead
October 26th, 2016This seems like a good thing to mention in October: a blog dedicated to devices for speaking to the dead.
There are planchettes and Ouija boards aplenty, but also tipping tables and rapping hands.
Or how about a neanderthal spirit that supposedly killed 15 people at a French sanitarium?
Library Additions: Three PS Publishing Slipcased Editions
October 25th, 2016Back in August, I ordered three PS Publishing slipcased editions on sale at £12.99 each marked down from £60:
Library Addition: David Wong’s John Dies at the End
October 24th, 2016Wong, David. John Dies At the End. Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Press, 2009. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Cult science fiction horror novel and basis of the Don Coscarelli movie of the same name. Bought for $32.50 from Half Price Books with a 50% off coupon.
Shoegazer Sunday: Dead Leaf Echo’s “So.Wrong”
October 23rd, 2016New York City-based Dead Leaf Echo was another band at the Luscious Heaven shoegaze event last Saturday. Here they are with “So.Wrong”:
Library Addition: Neal Barrett, Jr.’s Judge Dread
October 21st, 2016Another signed Neal Barrett, Jr. book for my collection.
Barrett, Neal, Jr. Judge Dread. First edition paperback original, a Fine- copy with slight touches of edgewear. Signed by Barrett. Based on the Sylvester Stallone movie. Bought for $5 at Armadillocon
Library Additions: Three Joe R. Lansdale Firsts
October 20th, 2016Here are three Joe R. Lansdale first editions I picked up, the first two at Armadillocon:
Library Addition: Signed Ray Bradbury Cassette
October 18th, 2016Picked up one more thing from the Fred Duarte estate that I didn’t see during my previous purchase:
Bradbury, Ray. Green Shadows, White Whale. Random House Audio, 1992. Audio cassette (probably the “first edition,” as I suspect there was only one) in a Very Good- packaging with 1″ of the inner cardboard cassette sleeve missing at bottom. Signed by Bradbury across the rear of the package. Two cassettes adding up to three hours of audio (presumably abridged) of Bradbury reading from his own novel. (I also have a first edition of the novel signed by Bradbury.) Bought from the Duarte estate sale at Armadillocon for $5.
Halloween Horrors: 20 Scary Urban Exploration Videos
October 17th, 2016Here’s some nice creepy viewing: 20 scary urban exploration videos:
I’m not the sort of person to poke around abandoned buildings any time, much less at night, but here are some creepy, scary, and unexplained things that urban explorers have chanced across doing just that.