The Watcher in the Woods

Image Source

boo

Image Source

Pier 1 Halloween

Tagged along with The Brother to Pier 1. He was on the hunt for a new wine key (= fancy corkscrew for those of us who aren't fancy wine and dine bartenders...) which they didn't have, but they had a whole bunch of Halloween and autumn out on the floor to distract us. We snapped some crappy cell pics and enjoyed taking it all in...

Cute little wind-ups. They had a mummy too!

Sooooo much glitter, but I thought these spiderweb tea light holders were pretty cool.

Ummm... is glitter flammable?

Cutesy and corny. A continuing theme... I like the design of the cauldrons in the middle however.

Ornaments.

More ornaments... I'll admit I considered adopting a couple. They're so goofy, it's hard to say no sometimes.

Lights? I didn't pay too much attention. They were mixed in with the bath salt and toys (kind of a weird combo, right?) I love the face on that jacko...

Hand soap! Resisted it, only to find myself face to face with it again at Home Goods... for $4 less. Still resisted it though. They also had jack-o-lanterns.

no comment.

Taper candles. Too sweet. Looking at them now I kind of wish I'd bought them.

My favorite thing in the store! Flameless candles. Kind of pricey, but I may go back for the skull.

Not a single thing made the trip home with me... at least not yet. Overall, I saw a lot of things, that, let's be honest, I could probably make myself, but plenty of the good kind of cute to make you smile, even with the glitter.

I'm wondering where the hell all the werewolves have gone this year. I don't think I've seen one yet this season! Have you?

Seed of Chucky

image by Pounkie

Face Off Follow Up

(click for the episode if you missed it... mini-spoilers ahead! you've been warned...)

So what did you think about last nights epic hour and a half premier of Face Off? We've already had a couple teary eyed interviews (Tommy looked terminal throughout the entire challenge), a salacious team challenge drama, a walk off and some pretty kick ass designs for....(wahhhwahhhwahhhhhhh) a Star Wars challenge.

I'm so sick of that franchise I could scream. 

Yeah, I said it. I liked the originals, don't get me wrong, but aliens, space ships, and galaxies far-far away (oh wait, was that Star Trek?) for the most part, just aren't my thing. When they announced the challenge, I have to say my heart dropped a little, but this is Face Off, they'll pull something out. And low and behold, even little old alien blase was impressed. The show has definitely sunk its vacuformed teeth in for what's presenting itself to be a promising season...

I'm pulling for the women this season (ok, when am I not?) and judging from tonights episode, I really think these chicks (Laura, Nicole, and Sarah especially) have what it takes to kick in some balls and take over yet another traditionally male-dominated industry. Here's hoping the curse of the pink hair doesn't strike again and ruin their chances. Nobody with pink hair, or any shade of unnatural crayola vibrance for that matter, EVER lasts long on television, have you noticed? Season one, pink hair was first to go. Just a couple weeks ago the pink/leopard print quaffed Buffi received her "auf wiedersehen" on Project Runway. They had me worried for a bit that history was going to repeat itself as a certain jewel haired duo fought to pull their creature cowls from the molds, but they managed. And beautifully, may I add.

My only concern is this: with Joe gone, who's going to fill the role of the villain this season? God. What a d*ck! Am I right? When he reached over and swiped Tommy's work off the sculpt, man I wanted Tommy to slam his head into the work table...


What's Up for Next Week
Spoiler! It's pirates... wahhhwahhhwahhhhhh. *heart drop*

Ill Willed Productions

Found Tate Steinsiek's directors reel on youTube:



His short film, Clown
The 2 minute Grindhouse Episode My Winter's Coat
The official trailer for the film The Devoured

He's one busy dude. Check out the webpage for SFX company Ill Willed Productions HERE.

1313FX

Happened upon Tom Devlin's FX company 1313FX, which has his Face Off inspired "Teddy Made Me Do It" mask :

and a Fuzzy Wuzzy-hairless version "The Bad News Bear":

There are some other cuties too...

"Frankenswine"

"Scarecrow Jack"

"Porcia Lynn"

Actually, there's a slew of fabulously fearful faces at pretty phenomenal prices (I was kinda floored...) all with blacklight and "clown it" options available. They also have "mask packs", which is pretty swank if you've got a theme going for your haunt. Farm of Fear and The Twisted Toy Box collections are my favorites. I'd love to have those mounted on my wall in lieu of taxidermy.

Want to learn to make your own? Tom hosts his own How-To DVD, making monsters with easy to find, wallet-friendly materials. Believe me, those words are music to a home haunters ears.