"The Enfield Haunting" Now, A Mini-Series

   I have to say, the trailer for this miniseries about the Enfield Poltergeist doesn't look too bad, though I agree with Pumpkin Rot (who was awesome enough to bring this series to my attention - thanks Rot!) in that it's got some overdone Hollywood-like touches. Still glad to see a great cast in this re-telling of one of the most famous poltergeist cases of all time - a case that has inspired me in my writing for years. During the spring I discovered that James Wan will be using the case in his upcoming sequel to the already awful The Conjuring franchise (ugh...). Even if this mini-series is horrible, in my opinion it will still be better than anything James Wan will do with it. Cheers to alternative visions!

Click here for more info from Bloody Disgusting!

Krampus, Coming to Theatres Soon

Looking forward to Dec. 4, 2015! Thank you Pumpkin Rot, for sharing this link to the official trailer for Krampus, Michael Dougherty's new movie (with an exceptional cast, I might add) about the notorious Christmas devil. For more information on the ghoul, here's a neat National Geographic article I found that breaks it down. 

Click below and enjoy the trailer!

Scare LA Screening Experience

      

      Sorry I've not yet posted about my awesome Scare LA experience yet, but I figured I'd begin with the screening of Séance. It was really fun to see the short projected hugely like this and it was great to hear people's funny reactions to the fortune-seekers getting attacked. After getting a pretty strong round of applause, I was pretty happy with the showing. I was pretty pleased with how they organized the whole event, although I do wish they would have had a meet-up or mixer at some point for the filmmakers to get to know each other, only because it was hard to catch some of them; with all the fun going on downstairs at the convention, who could blame them for not sticking around for every movie. Overall, I really enjoyed the screening, as well as the whole convention. Monsters, shopping, art, and so much more!

    Also, I was super happy to get a few photos of Swamp Foetus being screened as well! Check them out here at Pumpkin Rot's amazing blog; What's Brewing. The audience was very impressed with it - you could tell by the "cool"'s and the "aw sick"'s... hey, it's California. 

   

   

Scare LA Update: Séance

"Congratulations! Seance has been chosen to screen at ScareLA! Your 

screening date is Sunday, August 10th. Your film will be screened at 3:55 p.m."

Couldn't be more excited for this news! If you're attending Scare LA on August 10th, check it out!

Séance now has its own Facebook page, so feel free to give it a "Like":https://www.facebook.com/seanceshortfilm 

Don't forget to check out the screening schedule for both August 9th and 10th so you can make it to the other awesome looking films, one of which will be Swamp Foetus by, my all-time favorite, PumpkinRot, screening on the 9th.

Here's my Bio (and very awkward headshot) on Scare LA.com - Appearances.

If you haven't gotten your tickets yet, here's a 20% promo code I can offer to my followers (you wonderful people) that you may type in when purchasing your tickets (VIP tickets not included): SCARESCREEN.

Can't wait to see you there!

Scare LA Update: Swamp Foetus!

Couldn't be more excited for my favorite haunter Pumpkin Rot whose short film Swamp Foetus will be screened at Scare L.A.! Congrats Rot, can't wait to see it on the big screen!

Pumpkin Rot's Blog: What's Brewing

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See it here, but don't forget to see it at Scare L.A.!

Bloody Excited!

Just bought Mr. Jones, featuring scarecrows made by none other than the incredibly talented Pumpkin Rot! Can't wait to watch it! Got my copy at Target and it was only around $10, definitely check it out if you can. To find more information on Rot's work on Mr. Jones, check out his blog; Pumpkin Rot: What's Brewing / Mr. Jones

A Rotting Masterpiece

Every year I look forward to seeing the photos of Pumpkinrot's haunt, and each year he continues to impress me; this year was no exception. Check out Rot's Scarecrow Catacomb, it truly is a masterpiece! 

Scarecrow Catacomb

Pumpkin Rot and Mr. Jones

   I just wanted to congratulate one of my favorite haunters and designers, PumpkinRot, on his opportunity to get to work with the crew of Mr. Jones. I happened to take a look on his blog today and realized there was a great link that showed all of his posts about his journey so far. Such amazing and impressive stuff, so proud!

"We used tracking boards and chat rooms, and we kept hearing the same name, Pumpkinrot."

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Treats & Goodies: Williams-Sonoma

Love this link PumpkinRot posted of Williams-Sonoma's Halloween tricks and treats. Looks like some yummy goodies and some beautiful kitchen and dining accents as well. 

Williams-Sonoma.com

PumpkinRot 2011

Such amazing and impressive work from the amazing PumpkinRot this year!

PumpkinRot.com

2011: Photos and Film: "Swamp Foetus"

The PumpkinRot Tinies

Jacks

Probably the greatest Jack o' Lanterns I have ever seen...

Pumpkin Rot

Great Crows of 2010

There were so many great scarecrows I saw on blogs and on Flickr this year, thought I'd feature some of them here.

Grim Hollow Haunt

halloween_guy

"Seeds"

PumpkinRot

"Deadwood Jack"

Deadwood Cemetery

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Deadwood Jones

Pumpkin Rot's New Scarecrow: Seeds

Every year, I look forward to seeing Pumpkin Rot's new scarecrow... and every year I end up loving his new creation. This year is no different, although I think this one is one of my absolute favorites. Introducing: Seeds.

View more photos of Seeds

Vintage Seance: The Film

Well, what an adventure it has been. I first began brainstorming on a story idea about a year ago (one that I am still working on) inspired by the spiritualist movement, which took place during and after the turn of the century. During the spiring I finally came up with the idea to create a short film based on the theme, design, and some of the characters and events that took place in my original story. I simply wanted to make short and miniature version of the story idea I already had, but by telling this story through stop-animation. Because the style and theme for the story also happens to be the same style and theme of my blog, I decided that the short film should be an introduction to my blog, while also being a short little story. ( Here's when I first proposed the idea in a post way back.)

I began to storyboard based on some of the vital elements that I had in mind for this 'seance story' during the early spring. Finally as summer rolled around, I knew that it would be the best time to create this movie with the time I had. So basically, for the first two months I worked on the puppets, then finally the set and props. After this, I filmed for about four days and edited for two weeks. I had finally completed the film! Only three minutes and twenty seconds long, but even that was longer than I expected.

When I thought my technical difficulties were over (after having to re-edit about half of the film, animating clay faces that only began to crumble over time, etc...) I soon realized I was wrong. The music I chose for this film became disabled on YouTube after I uploaded the film. I spent days trying to fix the problem using all sorts of complicated computer methods, and it still wasn't working. I was so bummed because I was worried that I wouldn't be able to show it to very many people.

Turns out, after posting pictures I took of the puppets on my Flickr photostream (which I promise to post all over this blog very soon) I also included the YouTube link, even though I knew it wasn't going to be the complete film experience without the music. Lucky for me, the amazing Pumpkin Rot commented on one of my photos with a link that saved the day (or film, I should say). To say it simply, I got the audio back!

The music is actually from a Panic! at the Disco song (random, I know) but I could really visualize the story when I heard this portion of one of their songs. I did edit the portion to last three minutes and twenty seconds so it may not sound perfect. Also keep in mind, I am not a very experienced animator. I just knew that I wanted to make this film... so I did.

Hope you enjoy the final product! This version is still not the best quality, but it is certainly worth watching. Enjoy!

Here's the link to the film on my PumpkinKidFilm channel and here is a link to the film on my new VintageSeance channel (not very active... yet.)

Thanks again, Rot!

Rotting Lanterns

I have been a huge fan of PumpkinRot's awesome and spooky lanterns since he first began making them. Here's a great new photo of them.

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The Dead of Winter

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From October to November...

My current desktop background, more great photos by Pumpkin Rot.

Check out his blog: What's Brewing...