randomness: Deadly Desserts

Kids might not eat their greens for a different reason all together, since they won't want dessert after seeing these. Sculptor Scott Hove is a self-taught artist hailing from San Francisco, California, and has created these creepy confectionery creatures. Below are but a few delectable, albeit deadly, morsels for your viewing pleasure. And while you can't actually eat the artwork (as these are made from polyurethane foam and acrylic gel), it certainly looks like it could eat you. Talk about a set of sweet teeth.

For more of these Cakeland creations, follow the link included here.

"Do you read Sutter Cane?"

Turns out reading in the dark isn't good for your eyes after all – that, or mind-warping horror novels inspired by the Old Ones, either. (Note to self: remove Sutter Cane from summer reading list.)

randomness: Disney's The Shining

A cute little parody by Disney of Stanley Kubrick's 'The Shining', which made us smile. Funny how Disney could take a Stephen King story of ghosts and murder and make it kid friendly.

If you liked that, you might also want to watch Disney's spoofs of 'The Ring' and 'The Sixth Sense'.

randomness: Sebastian's Voodoo

Maybe not horror per se (personally, I would include it), but it does have that theme of poetic justice often seen in the likes of vintage, classic horror comics, such as EC's Tales From The Crypt. And EC certainly had their share of voodoo stories.

randomness: FlashForward Halloween

Recently I've begun watching ABC's series 'FlashForward', a sci-fi conspiracy thriller. Now normally this would have no relevance to the Niche, given that our interest lies in horror, horror crossovers, and horror-related subgenres. However episode six of 'FlashForward', "Scary Monsters and Super Creeps" (the title derived from David Bowie's song of the same name -- kudos for their good taste in music), takes place during Halloween. What caught my attention was babysitter Nicole Kirby (Peyton List), who was dressed in costume as Sally, the living rag-doll girl from Tim Burton's 'The Nightmare Before Christmas', greeting trick-or-treaters. It was a cute homage, even if it was a small one.

randomness: Loituma Alice

Speaking of knife-wielding psychopaths, here's a funny little animation that parodies the viral video "Loituma Girl" featuring American McGee's Alice, instead. Fan of the game, by the way, and that especially holds true of our Darkley comic collaborator and good friend, Don. Macabre renditions of children's stories or characters, when done right, are always a plus in our book and McGee's Alice is exemplary. What makes "Loituma Alice" ironic is that it takes the darkly sinister adaptation of McGee and makes it child-friendly again. Well, sort of, but you get the point. No pun intended.

The playing card suits in the background was a clever change.

See also: Children r Skary's "The Mockingbird Song"

randomness: Scary Mary

I've already seen this parody trailer of Walt Disney's 'Mary Poppins', but had nearly forgotten about it until this afternoon. Of all the people to possibly remind me this video, it happened to be my mother; a woman who startles so easily that I have to consciously make my footsteps louder when her back is turned, else she nearly jumps out of her skin when she notices someone is in the same room. But I digress. What's most amusing about "Scary Mary" is that it makes for a rather believable horror film trailer. If it were real, I would watch that movie. The same goes for 'Gobstopper', as well.

It's like 'Supernanny's Joanne Frost meets 'A Nightmare on Elm Street's Freddy Krueger.

randomness: Guy's Guide to Zombies

randomness: Mignola's Bride

Does it get much better than this? Perhaps, but nothing else comes to mind at the moment. Thanks to Frankensteinia for bringing this to our attention.

Universal Monsters Illustrated, 1994 Topps card by Mike Mignola

randomness: zombie special

Sorry for the lack of updates. Been a little distracted as of late, but we'll have another postcard zombie print finished in the near future. There's also a seasonal horror films calendar in the works for the Niche. In the meantime, keeping with our recent zombie theme, here's some zombie randomness to tide our watchers over.

randomness: a case of the werewolves

Guess the joke is on him, huh? If you were expecting werewolves when you read the post title, then I suppose I've had a little fun with you, too. On that note, happy April Fool's Day!

Also, if anyone could tell me the original source of this comic, I would appreciate it. Giving credit where it's due is always a nice gesture. Found this on lolbot, but any acknowledgments were not given.

randomness: Heeere's Cookie Monster!

C is for cookie, but K is for kooky

randomness: TLC's Cake Boss goes zombie

let them eat cake... and braaaiiinnns

randomness: What To Do In A Zombie Attack

oh, it was a simpler time

randomness: All of the Dead

Egyptian mythology, the undead, and Legos -- what's not to like?

randomness: zombie fish punch

randomness: zombie cat

zom-nom-nom

randomness: Friday the 12th

A simple design, but quite clever. If you like this, head on over to Snorg Tees to purchase the shirt. For hardcore 'Friday the 13th' fans I imagine that this is a must have. Too bad that I didn't find this sooner, since last Friday actually did fall on the twelfth.

There there, Jason. Just wait until August.

randomness: Gay Zombie

My partner in the Darkley comic endeavor and all-around good friend Don linked me this hilarious video. Just a disclaimer: we are not prejudiced towards homosexuals nor do we support actual violence towards people with same-sex preferences. If you'll note, this comedy short pokes fun at homophobics, not so much homosexuals.

I've seen zombies shamble, run, even climb on ceilings ('Day of the Dead' 2008),
but never skip, before. That's a new one.

randomness: Predator 2 dance

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