Monster Mash #31 HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Dear friends,

 I hope you had a marvelous holiday, with minimal sleeping due to the large amount of partying that you were able to put forth. I hope you ate a bathtub full of reeses and twix, and that your teeth do not hurt too much on this, day one of your newly established diet, because this SHOULD be day one of your diet after eating a bathtub full of chocolate.

 Shame on you. Shame.

Happy Halloween.

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VIA The Gonce House

The best holiday all year is almost clocking in... the question is: WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BE FOR HALLOWEEN???

IT'S ALMOST HALLOWEEN!!!!

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Scooby Doo monsters are still pretty frightening, despite always REAAAAALY  being Old Man Jenkins in a homemade costume, doomed to curse those meddlesome kids before being carted off to the local lock-down.

Another word concerning bears...

I am so not ok with this. It is the stuff of my personal nightmares, you just know that three days after this video was shot that dude was found in tatters under that stupid yellow chair.

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Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)

My favorite of the monsters.

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Here's to the baddest of the baddies. 

At least in my book.

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No making out with the Lich King. Seriously, ladies. Don't even go there.

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Well, I'm still terrified of bears.

So there's that.

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"The Angels have the phonebox."
The Weeping Angels by far take the cake as the scariest monsters on Dr. Who.
I can't take real-life statues for granted any longer.

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Ugh, heebie-jeebie worthy. They definitely could take on the Daleks any day.

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One-Eyed fellows get such a bad rap.

They're probably not that bad.

They just need shirts. Maybe a dignifying spectacle.

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Guillermo del Toro’s Pale Man, who only feeds of “the blood of innocents”

Pan's Labyrinth: I loved and hated this movie.

It was beautiful.

And terrifying.

I still can't get the Pale Man out of my nightmares.

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When, and if, I get knocked up, I am going to say this to people:

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I am not going to lie. I display this poster in my home more proudly than my wedding photos.

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Does anyone else truly miss watching the original Digimon? Someday... in the distant distant future, alien archaeologists and theorists will unearth the first season on VHS and base entire religions off of it's seen force of awesome-ness. Children will be born, and proclaimed to be "digidestined", AND THEY WILL CONTROL THE UNIVERSE.

Or we could just go watch it now... netflix?

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The X from Outer Space (Czechoslovakia, 1968)

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I might send this to the next friend who gets an STD. Maybe I could shame them into behaving...?

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Photographic Genius by Sarolta Ban

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My friend just posted a link to an article about the photographer Charles Fréger, an artist who developed a very unique take on the mythological "Wilder Man".  This idea is based on the still-practiced pagan traditions and rituals. This mythological monster being seems to take on many forms and interpretations, which is fascinating to me. And well-timed for my Monster Mash theme. I enjoy posting images of different types of ghouls and ghosts, but this one in significantly fascinating for me.

Really, I am an odd duck most the time. You are 100% bizarre yourself. So, enjoy my favorite photos from the article (and be sure to click here to see the rest of these remarkable creatures, brought to you though the imaginings of Charles Fréger).

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A good book about some bad/good monsters.

Though I think I appreciate it more now than I ever did as a kid.

Who knows?

I must have been into something other than the Babysitter's Club at one point or another.

Though, once you Babysit it up, you don't go back.

It's... a tragic TRAGIC epidemic

P.S. Where The Wild Things Are is a seriously great  movie, as well. It's equally loud and quiet, if you catch my drift. A good ride. Claire V.B.H. gives it two thumbs up, soooo why not watch this month to celebrate all things Monster Mashy?

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OH Dracula... What a hunk. A dream beaux even.

Of course, I mean that in the least sparkly, minimal bad acting, and non-be-sweatered way possible.

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Ze invisible man.

Picture by Ctrlaltd1337

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I am scared of the sea.

Watching youtube videos like this doesn't help:

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My last post was numbered at 666.
Soooo should have made it brilliant.
Talk about the devil.
Something ghastly and Halloween-esq.

Oh well. I will stand by my postings.

Let's instead talk about how Godzilla is the best monster in town... in town as in Tokyo.  He's like my Miss Japan 2013.  I'm talking about old school, sticky jointed, tiny headed Godzilla.  I wish I possessed the art skills to draw that little darling with his tiara and pageant banner. I 110% promise I would send someone a care package if they drew me that picture.  Cross my heart. Someone wanna help me out here?

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Here's a disclaimer:

I am making up for lost time... whatever that means to you.

ALSO:

DO THE MASH. The Monster Mash.

ALSO ALSO:

Do wayward monster teens do Monster Hash? Shouldn't we be educating them better. Let's blame Monster Public School.

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VIA FFFFound!

It's been a long day.

I feel the way this robot looks.

But now that I think about it... I really really want to read this book.

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My husband is a TALENTED TALENTED individual. Plus, he's hot. So maybe this whole marriage-thing is going to work out.

(Like there was any doubt.)

He recently became a member of the WoW concept art team at Blizzard Entertainment, relocating us to the perpetual summer of Southern California.

That's another story.

Here's another one: Chris rarely gets a ton of personal time to work on his own projects, but when he does, they are MAGNIFICENT. Like this fine monster of a gentleman, seen below:

VIA Chris Hayes

Take a gander at more of his work on CGHUB.

OR here, at his official website!

He is doing great things, and making fantastic art.

Plus, I am just so happy to be so proud of my man.

Good things are happening.