If you live in New York, you should do yourself a favor and check out Play Dead, a new “Midnight Spook Show” currently running at the Players Theatre on MacDougal Street.  The play was created by Teller (of Penn & Teller fame), Illusionist Todd Robbins, and friend-of-a-friend Matthew Holtzclaw.  Apparently it’s quite difficult to describe without being there/ruining the experience, but all of the reviews claim you will leave shaken and covered in guts.  (Review; review).

Here’s the quip from the site:

Teller and Todd Robbins invite Death out to play in PLAY DEAD, a new spirit-shaking Off-Broadway show inspired by “Midnight Spook Shows,” an American institution from the 1930s to the 1970s.  As the guide for the evening, Robbins draws audiences into an unknown haunted world full of frightful surprises and diabolical laughter.  Although very much a theatrical work, it is hardly a typical “play,” but rather a dramatic, unnerving thriller – here and now in an “abandoned” theater, illuminated by a single ghostlight – in which audiences test their nerves and face their fears as they are surrounded by ethereal sights, sounds and even touches of the returning dead – all achieved by wry, suspenseful storytelling and uncanny stage illusions.

We’re going to try to catch the show soon.  The review will be posted shortly afterward.  In the meantime check it out.

Play Dead at Players Theatre

Not really anything horror-related, but a damn good comic, and it’s the six hundred and sixty-sixth episode.

I don’t know how I haven’t written about Marci Washington before. I first saw her art in Juxtapoz last year, and immediately loved it. Her work looks like a combination of Egon Schiele, Edward Gorey, and John John Jesse.  It’s abstract and demented and beautiful all at the same time.  Take a look:

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Stumbled upon Arik Roper today. Really cool stuff.

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[via SkullADay]

Dying sucks, but at least some people are doing something about it. When you finally kick the bucket, a company called Vinyly will (with a practice that sounds soooo illegal) press your worthless burnt droppings into a 24 minute record of your choosing.  I gotta go with (When I die) I’ll Cast a Shadow.

Press your ashes into vinyl for £2000, FLAC download free with purchase [via Engadget]

Some crazy good cartoony art  from Guillame Boissinot for a Saturday morning.

[Via Monster Brains]

Clever title, I know.

Fangs for the Mammaries [via buzzfeed]

Hey you!  Are you interested in costumes?  Horror?  Horror costumes?  Then maybe you should apply for the Star Costumes 2010 Horror Scholarship.  They’re giving away $1000 to any student studying to work in the horror film industry.  They describe their ideal candidate as follows:

We’re looking for someone who can demonstrate their creativity and passion for horror cinema and distinguish themselves from other potential applicants. The best way to achieve this is through a unique and interesting essay.

Head over to their site for eligibility requirements and to apply.

The 2010 Star Costumes Horror Scholarship

This is pretty badass. The Arkhams are a psychobilly band from Queens (our backyard), and they have commissioned artist Jonathan Wojcik to produce a music video for their song “Valley of the Arkhams.”

I found out about the Arkhams video first, but started digging into Jonathan’s site more, and wow, I was pleasantly surprised to find some really badass stuff.

He has loads of other cool animations, notably the Fear Hole series also featured on newgrounds.

I dig his one-of-a-kind sculptures. Would go nicely on the desk.

Spend some time browsing. Good idea.

[Via Ectoplasmosis]