The basic painting is done on the first four tombstones, so I can start more. Can you guess what I’m working on? I bet you can. Adding real people now makes me more like a crappy, Southern Davis Graveyard.
A Month of Spookdays
Getting everything blacked in. Not shown: the two gravestones where I forgot spray paint erodes foam. Is okay, they just have some extra texture. Heh. After lunch, it’s time for the base gray.
I also got more foam and hope to make at least two more stones. We’ll see.
Almost forgot to blog today! Now Sunday, I can excuse. Day of rest and all. But back to it!
This is my first time working with monster mud. If you’re not familiar, monster mud is 5 parts prepared joint compound and 1 part latex paint. This cloth should dry nice and stiff, then I’ll coat it with matte sealer for outdoor protection. Lots of painting and other work to do yet.
I almost forgot to blog today! I had to sneak down in the night and take this picture.
That’s yesterday’s alligator, glued to its destination.
Today’s movie was 1995’s Haunted, with Aiden Quinn as a skeptic, who visits a creepy country mansion hoping to help an old lady not see ghosts. It was made in the 90s but had special effects from the 70s. Kinda weird. Like they spent all their money on getting a few minutes out of Sir John Gielgud. It wasn’t terrible. As usual, Kate Beckinsale got her kit off as much as possible.
What could these possibly be for? If you’re guessing, you’ll probably get close on the skull. I will tell you this: they’re both for the cemetery.
How bad is my memory? Well, I’m glad I put movies in Letterboxd, or I would never have remembered yesterday’s. That’s not because it was a bad movie. The Arborist was nice and spooky, with a good backstory, and just a touch of folk-horror. Someday I’d love to see some trick-or-treaters show up in a folksy animal costume. Scarier than any ghost.
In the rest of the world, this is called The Island Between Tides. In the US, they decided to make it extra confusing and give it the same name as a 2021 film, The Lost Daughter. I prefer the original title. I was thinking there were Peter Pan-ish elements, and in the credits I saw it was based on a short story by J.M. Barrie. This movie is not for people who need clearcut answers. It is dreamy, and fairytale-like. Also, there are scary ghosts. I got it. I liked it. I thought it was lovely.
I don’t know if I’ll watch a movie every day of October, but if I do, you’re bound to hear about it.
For your Halloween joy, I have gone back in time and brought you a selection of the finest Blingees and animated GIFs. May your night be full of fright!
I feel obligated to share this every few years. It became semi-viral in 2011, and suddenly there was even a kit for putting rhinestones on a pumpkin.
Blingkin is long gone, as it got pretty ratty over the years. I think if I did it again, I’d have to do a whole bunch of them and light them well for a display. That would be pretty cool.
The second part of me ranking all the television horror in 1973 is up.
I’m excited for the next video, where I’ll be covering a very obscure 90s show, and making some very rare media available to the masses.
Into something a little more jazzy for Halloween? The Ragtime Chronicle has put together almost an hour of ragtime and old jazz Halloween music.
Ghost movies have always been my favorite. I’ve always preferred the supernatural to the slasher. Here, Possessed By Horror lists a bunch of ghost movies perfect for the season. Many of them are personal favorites. Get haunted!
