Approximately 15 million years ago, in what is now known as Australia, there lived the bird Bullockornis, which stood approximately 2.5 meters (8ft 2in) tall. The flightless bird, now extinct, is believed to have weighed up to 250kg (550 lbs). The bird featured a skull with a large beak, ideal for shearing, which indicates the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘halloween props’
Bullockornis: The Demon Duck of Doom
Posted: 21st May 2012 by Dale Rappaneau in Halloween FunTags: Bullockornis, halloween props, The Demon Duck of Doom
Comments: No Comments
Skull Carved out of Books
Posted: 5th April 2012 by Dale Rappaneau in Halloween NewsTags: halloween props, maskull lasserre
Comments: No Comments
Artists find strange and interesting ways to reveal themselves – that’s why they’re artists – and Maskull Lasserre, a Canadian-born visual artist, is no different. Using old computer manuals and a plaster mold of a human skull, Lasserre created a near perfect replica of a human skull. His purpose: exploring the unexpected happenings of everyday [...]
Sixty-Four Horror Films in Five Minutes
Posted: 17th January 2012 by Dale Rappaneau in PropsTags: halloween props, I hate tuesdays
Comments: No Comments
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, [...]
Evil Dead Remake: More Horror Than Humor?
Posted: 9th December 2011 by Dale Rappaneau in Halloween NewsTags: evil dead reimagining, evil dead remake, halloween props
Comments: 7 Comments
Not every horror film is designed to make you cringe beneath a shower of blood and gore. Some simply want to make you laugh, while showering you with blood and gore. The Evil Dead series, the inspiration for so many Halloween props, is a perfect example of a horror comedy done right, and now the [...]