If you’re anything like the me, you hate Tuesdays. Sure, Mondays catch the most flak, what with its the-weekend-is-too-short, I-hate-my-job feeling, but at least the weekend absence from work gives you something to talk with coworkers about on Monday. “Hey, Frank, what’d you do this weekend? Sell Halloween props? Wow, tell me about it.” Tuesdays, [...]
Archive for the ‘Props’ Category
Sixty-Four Horror Films in Five Minutes
Posted: 17th January 2012 by Dale Rappaneau in PropsTags: halloween props, I hate tuesdays
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Zombies from Outer Space!
Posted: 28th November 2011 by Dale Rappaneau in PropsTags: zombies from outer space
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In an attempt to combine irony, humor, and horror, Martin Faltermeier wrote and directed Zombies from Outer Space, a film as strange as the name suggests. Using a low budget and lots of cheap Halloween props, the film is set to steal the indie film circuit. The film takes place in Bavaria, during the late [...]
Kevorkian Suicide Machine Up For Auction
Posted: 14th October 2011 by Dale Rappaneau in PropsTags: kevorkian auction
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Dr Jack Kevorkian, commonly referred to as “Doctor Death,” passed away on June 3, 2011, but he left behind one of the most controversial ethical questions yet to be answered: Can a medical professional assist a terminally ill individual with committing suicide? Kevorkian created numerous machines for committing assisted suicide, the most infamous being the [...]
Deliberately Poisoned Halloween Candy: Fact or Fiction?
Posted: 10th October 2011 by Dale Rappaneau in PropsTags: Deliberately Poisoned Halloween Candy
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Cyanide-laced chocolate chews. Bubblegum dipped in gasoline. Halloween is full of dangerous possibilities for ingesting toxic, poisonous, fatal substances, slipped into candy by malicious, evil individuals that want your children to die. But wait! For so many individuals to be terrified about poisoned Halloween candy there would have to be numerous cases of such an [...]
Hump Day Horrors: Wife Cooks Husband, Boy Locked In Coffin
Posted: 5th October 2011 by Dale Rappaneau in PropsTags: boy locked in coffin, wife cooks husband
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The world is full of horrors worse than the darkest horror movie. People murder, kill, steal, starve, scream for help until their lungs bleed, only to have their life snuffed out as quickly as a candle. To help you get past hump day and on with decorating your house with Halloween props, or whatever, here [...]
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While Wikipedia contains a plethora of information, there are times where I wish I had never stumbled upon certain pages. “Wow, that’s just plain gross,” or “I really didn’t need to learn about that,” are usually my reactions. But sometimes, when I’ve stumbled upon something so grotesque and horrifying, I cringe and feel my skin [...]
The Dybbuk Box: From ebay Auction to Sam Raimi Movie
Posted: 5th July 2011 by Dale Rappaneau in PropsTags: dybbuk box, sam raimi
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In 2004, there was an eBay auction for a Dybbuk Haunted Jewish Wine Cabinet Box, which ended up selling for $280. While the box itself looks rather normal, the accompanying story as to why the box is haunted is far from normal. According to the history of the Dybbuk Box, also known as the Dibbuk [...]
Pumpkinrot: Combining Art, Pumpkins, and Horror
Posted: 6th June 2011 by Dale Rappaneau in PropsTags: pumpkinrot
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There comes a time when Halloween is no longer about collecting candy, traveling the streets, and enjoying a time with your friends. Instead, the inevitable bitterness of age comes into play, and social standards claim that you are too old for trick-or-treating. You become the one that passes out candy, watching the children come and [...]