Have you heard of Krampus? Being a Halloween person, myself, I always liked the brighter, lighter holiday season just fine, but it was never as compelling as that darker holiday…until I found out about Krampus. His origin lies in the distant past of several Germanic countries, but he’s still celebrated in full force in Austria. …
Every year I keep a lookout for cool costumes to feature, and every year I find very few worth sharing. Most people go the off-the-shelf route. That’s okay but I’m more interested in homemade Halloween costumes. So you can imagine my delight when I stumbled onto this Baby Ripley powerloader from Aliens! What the what?! …
This week I take a critical look at the new Myers mask from Trick or Treat Studios. Will it be good enough to replace the repaint I did to the 2006 Don Post version? Watch the video and see!
When I was just a kid, Don Post Studios was THE name in Halloween masks. I pored over the ads that appeared in the back of magazines like Famous Monsters and Starlog and I saved up my pennies so that I might eventually be able to purchase one of these holiest of holies. I mean, …
There are three BFGs that the sandtroopers (the real ones, not those mustard-covered weirdos in the special edition) carry around in ANH. Since the weapons’ fictional names are never mentioned onscreen, they’re often referred to by the monickers given to their real world counterparts. They are the T-21 (aka lewis gun) and the DLT-19 …
A long time ago(1980?) in a shopping mall far, far away (in Macon, GA), I got to meet Darth Vader and Boba Fett. It was prior to the release of The Empire Strikes Back, so it must have been a marketing push to make people aware of the sequel. How silly does that sound now? …
As promised, this is the first post about our Halloween costume contest winners. Ian and his dad, Robby, won with an awesome Tron Legacy costume (that’s better than the movie IMHO). Wanna know how they did it? Robby was kind enough to write up the following information to be shared on the site. Take it …
Judging this contest was one of the most difficult things I’ve ever had to do. The reason? Almost every costume is deserving of an award when you evaluate it against what the wearer was going for. Think of it like this – Which is better, Alien or Shaun of the Dead? You might like one …
And the winner is… Heidi Klum! Can you believe it? Of course she had a lot of help. The bodysuit was painted by the guy who makes the angel wings for the Victoria’s Secret models. Still, she had her face made up in a four-hour process that made her look exactly like the skinless Julia …
What do you do when the Halloween store hockey masks just don’t do it for you anymore? When the plastic machetes no longer fit the bill? You move on to a more screen accurate Jason, that’s what! The first thing you need to do is pick a Jason. ANY Jason. Just don’t pick Jason Alexander …
