Memorabilia

[Collectibles]

Video Game Visions: Continuing My 8-Bit Adventure with the NECA Dog Alien

A friend recently asked me what I considered to be the coolest horror toy ever released, and to my surprise the answer fell out of my mouth without even taking a few seconds to think about it – The NECA video game Jason Voorhees. With his amazing display box that recreates the game packaging, his

[Collectibles]

The Coolest Horror Movie Promotional Items: Volume 2

As those who know me can attest, I am an absolute fiend for promotional movie items – particularly, given my love affair with the genre, those pertaining to horror movies. Sometimes handed out at theaters or conventions but typically only found on eBay, these unique items often serve as memorabilia for films that otherwise wouldn’t

[Collectibles]

The Coolest Horror Movie Promotional Items: Part One

As those who know me can attest, I am an absolute fiend for promotional movie items – particularly, given my love affair with the genre, those pertaining to horror movies. Sometimes handed out at theaters or conventions but typically only found for sale on eBay, these unique items often serve as memorabilia for films that

[Art]

Scream and Shout: Alternative Poster Art That Wants to Gut You Like a Fish!

Sunday has once again arrived all too quickly and here at Halloween Love that means one thing – it’s time for another batch of incredible poster images from the thriving alternative art community! So far I’ve revealed my personal favorite posters that pay tribute to: Jaws – Stephen King’s IT – Alien – The Shining

[Bite-sized Horror]

From the Archives: Friday the 13th Crash Magazine Cover Art 1985

Toy adverts, movie promos, magazine articles, random clippings – I’ve collected them all over the last 35+ years and now it’s time to pull them out of the darkness and get them digitally immortalized online, so future generations can study them, ponder them and hopefully shout “COOL” every now and then … Today I present

[Art]

Making The THING Look Good: Awesome Alternative Poster Art Comes in from the Cold

Sunday has once again arrived all too quickly and here at Halloween Love that means one thing – it’s time for another batch of incredible poster images from the thriving alternative art community! So far I’ve revealed my personal favorite posters that pay tribute to: Jaws – Stephen King’s IT – Alien – and The

[Books and Comics]

Horror Icons on Comics — We’ve Got it Covered: The Revenge!

Horror icons and comic books – It’s been a tricky combination to make work over the years. In my younger days I was heavily involved in the world of comics, and as a lifelong horror fan it was always exciting when a publisher won the rights to produce a book based on one of the

[Collectibles]

If it Bleeds We Can Collect It: The Ambush Predator Has Returned After 22 Years

Long before convention exclusives and store exclusives there were two words that generated excitement in the heart of every young action figure collector – Mail-Away! The idea of chopping up backing cards to collect tokens, then dropping them into an envelope with a cheque for $5 and THEN watching the mail box for 12 weeks