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Archive for August, 2007

A Prank Worthy of Jason X

This is great, even though I don’t think they got quite the reaction they anticipated.

And in case you haven’t seen Jason X…

The above prank is from the MTV, Ashton Kucher-produced Room 401, which is a morbid version of Candid Camera, essentially. There are a bunch more on YouTube, but here are some faves.
Bloody bowling alley […]

Hell Comes to Hogtown

It doesn’t seem possible that it’s already Festival of Fear weekend again, does it? Bring a full wallet, an extra liver and burn your pillow, you won’t need it — as 45 Grave says, “It’s paaaarty time!”
The Rue Crew will be around all weekend, so if you’re making it out to the Fest, come by […]

Lynch Says He’s Done With Film

From an interview MTV conducted with the director:
MTV: You shot “Inland Empire” using digital technology. Will you ever go back to film?
Lynch: Never. Digital is so friendly for me and so important for the scenes, a way of working without so much downtime. It’s impossible to go back. Film is a beautiful medium, but the […]

Scratching My Skull

I was honoured to be invited to create a scratchboard illustration for a new hardcover art book that tattoo titan Guy Atchison and Michelle Wortman are creating – it’s all tattoo artists doing scratch art on black clayboard. Because I’m apprenticing under Bob Tyrrell, I qualified and was grateful for the opportunity, so I took […]

Keep the Ball Rolling

And the sphere flying for a new Phantasm sequel here!
And if you were wondering about that nifty Tall Man painting, it hails from here.
Altogether now: “ANGUS! ANGUS! ANGUS!”
I’d be mighty surprised if Phantasm V wasn’t officially announced before the end of the year. After all, Reggie Bannister links to the P5 page from his own […]

Pure Madness

If you haven’t already gazed upon the mighty Toronto International Film Festival Midnight Madness program and got a bad case of the horror sweats, here’s a Rue Morgue-related reason to give it a look. MM programmer (and blogmeister at Popcorn & Sticky Floors) Colin Geddes had some of us bloggers pick the three films in […]

My New Hero

This guy rules.

Solving the Mysteries of Poe

His Death (scroll down).
And his admirer in black.

Tattoo #4 (on a real person!)

I did a tattoo last night! This is only my fourth one and it took me like 2 hours, but I did it! It’s the logo for a band called The Matadors, the owner of the tattoo is a Rue Morgue fan (and a Matadors fan obviously) named Lara (Velvet Kiss on our message boards). […]

Army of Dorkness

If you’re dating a girl who just doesn’t get your, um, Ash fetish, the next time she asks why you like Army of Darkness so much, you can use this insanely comprehensive break-down to end the questioning once and for all… and/or your relationship.
Of course, you don’t have to be a guy to dig the […]