Collectibles

[Art]

The Most Awesome Images Found on Social Media: 4/28-5/2

We’ve reached the end of another week – thank god! – which means it’s time to once again take a look at the coolest, weirdest and/or most awesome images that I’ve stumbled across on social media this past week. So let’s get right to it, shall we?! Last weekend, the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo

[Art]

Attack of the Monsters: Atmospheric Toy Photography with Added Bite!

In just a few short weeks we will find out if Gareth Edwards has broken the curse and actually made a giant monster movie in the Hollywood style that works. A movie that can contain, action, adventure, horror and scares without resorting to being cheesy and totally unfaithful to the source material. Godzilla is back,

[Art]

Strike a Pose: Stunning Horror Action Figure Images by Ed Speir IV

Ready for some more amazingly creative photography featuring cool action figures? … Of course you are! This week my spotlight falls upon Ed Speir IV, a very dedicated collector and highly skilled photographer who has assembled a massive collection of beautiful images which you can find over on his Flickr page. The more I investigate

[Interviews]

Poster Pestilence: My Q&A with ‘Hollywood is Dead’ Creator Matt Busch

If you’ve been following my recent work here on Halloween Love you will have become acutely aware of my intense love for painted movie posters. They are the masterpieces that fired my imagination and excited me like nothing else when I was young. There was no internet to spend day after day on, following the

[Art]

Strike a Pose: Horror Action Figures Never Looked so Good!

Ok, try to picture the scene. A ten year old boy is in his backyard and with him is his large plastic box of Star Wars figures. He spends about 30 minutes digging a deep, circular hole in the dry, hard dirt under the grass then when he is happy with it he begins sticking

[Collectibles]

It Came from My eBay Watched List: Volume 1

One of my absolute favorite ways to kill time is to crack open a few cold ones and go on late night treks through the wild and whacky world of eBay. The auction site is hands down the best place on the internet, as it’s like a yard sale that you can visit any time

[Art]

Smashing Pumpkins: A Closer Look at Some Very Cool Carving

Something that has become increasingly clear to me in recent years is that England doesn’t embrace Halloween nearly as much as our friends on the other side of the Atlantic. I’m not entirely sure why? … It’s possible that being so close to Bonfire Night (Nov 5th) has an impact, and despite the best efforts

[Collectibles]

Weird World Weekly: Amputation, Evil Lego and Skin Auctions!

It’s a wonderful and sometimes truly bizarre world we live in but the age of the internet makes so much information and news available to us that it’s easy to become desensitised to most things you read and watch. There is fascinating, thought provoking and brilliantly crazy stuff out there, you just have to fight

[Collectibles]

Prized Possessions: Horror Collectors Reveal All

When you have a passion for movies, TV shows, books, comics and characters like we all probably do then more often than not that passion also extends into the realm of toys and collectables. They seem to go hand in hand with most people I’ve met over the years and there really is some wonderful