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.
IT’S MAH BIRFDAY. Or, as I like to call it, the beginning of my Birthday Month. Heh.
The Spousal Unit got me some awesome loot, but I’m only gonna show you one thing, since I have blogged about the artist in the past. It’s this adorable gargoyle from Petrovsky Gargoyles. I’ve named him Frank.
He is very happy because he’s clearly just bitten someone.
It’s also Countdown to Halloween time! This year it’s going to be mostly build progress, since for the first time in years, I’m making a cemetery, and a few other spooky bits. We’ll start that tomorrow.
Most people start building for Halloween in August. Because I have some challenges, I have started building now.
We are the house with the giant inflatable cat. Everyone loves it. But I have long desired to add my own cemetery. I love making gravestones. First four are on the way.
I haven’t been blogging for a few days because I have been deep in editing the next Old and Spooky video, which is about a very good show that died young. Sleepwalkers aired in 1997 for TWO FUCKING EPISODES. But they made nine. You might like it. If you want to watch the whole series before my video comes out, here’s a playlist.
And now, I must research for the next video after that, which will be ranking all the television horror movies in 1974. It doesn’t look like a good year. Wish me luck.
Slagovir is a Ukranian artist I found through Propnomicon. He specializes in gods and demons from all over the world.
Now, I’m not the cutesy type, but I have to admit, I absolutely love his minis. The more realistic ones are fantastic, but I just think the minis have more personality.
