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Hallowscream 2017
Download the epic latest issue of the Hallowscream horror anthology.
Hallowscream 2016
Download the eerie eighth issue of the Hallowscream horror anthology.
Hallowscream 2015
Download the shocking seventh issue of the Hallowscream horror anthology.
Hallowscream 2014
Download the scary sixth issue of the Hallowscream horror anthology.
Hallowscream 2013
Download the frightful fifth issue of the Hallowscream horror anthology.
Hallowscream 2012
The fearsome fourth issue of the Hallowscream horror anthology.
Hallowscream 2011
Download the terrifying third issue of the Hallowscream horror anthology.
Hallowscream 2010
The spooky second issue of the Hallowscream horror anthology.
Hallowscream 2009
The legendary first issue of the Hallowscream horror anthology.
Blackfrairs
Vampires and Vikings clash in this Scream inspired tale by Michael Crouch.
We’re back with a new Top 20 Horror Comic Cover post! This time, the spotlight of spookiness turns to Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez’s modern masterpiece, Locke and Key.
Everyone’s favourite characters from TV, films and gaming get the zombie treatment from Swedish artist Max Grecke.
You can see more of these creations over on his Deviant Page.
Creepy dolls are just about the scariest thing going. So hideously deformed creepy dolls is just taking the piss. Take a look at American artist Shain Erin’s brood of monstrosities.
Shane states
I am fascinated with the way that dolls can function simultaneously as contrived objects and living entities. This paradox of an object with a “soul” makes the doll a powerful tool to explore the spiritual predicament of corporeality. In my figures, the struggle to reconcile spirit and flesh is explored through various states of physical miscreation, transformation and dissolution. This monstrous realism reflects an inner landscape of psychological and spiritual struggle with the pain and wonder of existence.
For the sickos out there who enjoy looking at creepy deformed doll things (and there are plenty of you) you can see more of his work here.
Those nice folk over in Japan certainly know their horror. The Kaibutsu Ehon (“Illustrated Book of Monsters”) is an 1881 book featuring woodblock prints of yōkai, or creatures from Japanese folklore. Illustrated by painter Nabeta Gyokuei, the book is modeled after the influential works of Toriyama Sekien, an 18th-century scholar and ukiyo-e artist known for his attempt to catalog the many species of yōkai in Japan. Here are a selection of monsters from the book.
Pictures swiped from the clutches of the Pink Tentacle.
Romanian artist Mihai Marius Mihu spent seven months recreating the hellish visions of the nine circles of hell from Dante’s Divine Comedy using almost 40,000 Lego bricks. We love Mihai’s commitment to his work. Take a look at these awesome models below.
Mihai said:
I didn’t read the Divine Comedy, only the small descriptions of the circles I found on the websites. I didn’t want to be much influenced by the original descriptions because I wanted to give a whole new fresh approach for each circle. I thought more about the significance of titles and from then on it was only my imagination.
Good work, Sir.
Fantastic mash-up here from artist Murray Groat, with his reimagining of Herge’s Tintin, as he takes on the many unspeakable horrors of H.P. Lovecraft. Would love to read these beauties for real but unfortunately they’re just covers. Damn fine cover all the same.
Check out the gallery below.
You can see more of his stuff here. You can’t buy copies of the pics, so don’t even ask.
The internet is full of wonderful websites and nuggets of happiness that will lift your spirits and sooth your worries. There’s also a darker side to the net filled with freakish art and gruesome tales. It’s here that you’ll find most of the sites recommended by The Theatre of Terror. One such site contain the artwork of Mia Mäkilä, a Swedish artist who describes her work as horror pop surrealism or dark lowbrow.
Mia’s influences include:
…film directors such as David Lynch, Ingmar Bergman, Alfred Hitchcock, Roy Andersson, Terry Gilliam and Tim Burton and artists like Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Bruegel, Francisco Goya, Jean-Michel Basquiat and the masters of Disney Studio’s in the 1930’s-40’s.
Check out this disturbing gallery below.
If you want to lose a few more crumbs of sanity then take a trip over to www.miamakila.com/.
Some clever dicky has re-worked this selection of classic movie posters in to zombie flicks. Movies which have been infected with the virus include Bleak is the Future, Indiana Bones, Toy Gory, Cadavatar (geddit!) and the beautifully titled Zombie Apocalypse Now.
Gaze in bemusement at the gallery below.
Dave McKeanis an incredibly talented multi-award winning individual who has achieved success as an illustrator, photographer, comic book artist, graphic designer, filmmaker and musician.
Well known in the comic world as the cover artist for many top comics such The Sandman, The Dreaming & Hellblazer he has illustrated many graphic novels including top seller Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth in which McKean crafted probably the most evil looking version of the Joker ever!
His work includes book covers, CD Covers, editorial illustrations, children’s books, photography and he directed the 2005 film Mirror Mask which he also wrote along with comic legend Neil Gaiman.
Take a look at his work below.
You can view more of his work at www.mckean-art.co.uk and this nice fansite www.davemckean-collector.co.uk.
Cereal Killer Trading Cards from Wax Eye are an instant throwback to the 80’s when collecting Garbage Pail Kids trading cards were all the rage. I remember being delighted when I could afford to purchase a new pack to see what horrors I would get. Some of the pictures were so grotesque that I’m surprised parents didn’t burn down the newsagents that sold them.
Artist Joe Simko has lovingly created these fantastic images which will delight horror fans. Joe also works on the modern series of Garbage Pail Kids so he has a full pedigree when it comes to designing trading cards.
Other catchy names include Village of the Grahamed, The Weatful Dead, Shredded Feet, Fiber the 13th and many more…
You can purchase these great cards from the Wax Eye site and they’ve proved so popular in the States that you can even find them in Toys’R’Us. The 3-Pack Mini Cereal Box Set contains:
You can see more of artist Joe Simko’s amazing skills at http://www.sweetrot.com
Joel-Peter Witkin is a photographer whose images explore grotesque aspects of the human condition including physical deformity and sexual deviance. Witkin gets much of his inspiration visiting medical schools, morgues and insane asylums. Born (1939) in New York later in life he moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico. This allowed him to be near the Mexican border where he was able to get hold of corpses and body parts needed for his art without being arrested!
Witkin begins each image by sketching his ideas on paper, perfecting every detail by arranging the scene before he gets into the studio to stage his elaborate tableaus. Once photographed, Witkin spends hours in the darkroom, scratching and piercing his negatives, transforming them into images that look made rather than taken. The effects are both frightening and fascinating.
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