OCTOBER 2011 HORROR SKETCH 6 and 7 - The Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn

HOLY CRAP, I missed a day! Sorry, I've been super busy with all sorts of madness that I won't get into here.

So, because I missed a day, you're getting TWO MOVIE SKETCHES for the PRICE OF NOTHING! Because, really - because of the internet, no one pays for artwork anymore, do they? And just because that very idea has dispirited me at the moment, you're going to have settle for drawings I did a while ago that you may (or may not have) already seen. But they're good ones.

Well that and, also, because I'm super busy, so you're going to have to put up with two older sketches and, admittedly, they're both taken from the second Evil Dead film, but, hey, those movies aren't exactly obscure (well, not anymore they're not due to the multitude of DVD and BluRay reissues they've got floating around), so I don't think I have to do any plot synopses, do I? Do I really? Is there anyone reading this right now who hasn't actually seen these two movies and their towering, amazing third part Army of Darkness (formerly titled The Medieval Dead)?

Sam Raimi's a genius, these movies are awesome, and if you haven't seen any of them, I suggest starting with the second one - Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn - because it's essentially a higher budgeted remake of the first film, and it leads straight into Army of Darkness. So watch those back to back. If you want more (low-budget) awesomeness, then check out the first film afterwards.

But, hey, I know you guys reading are cool and have already seen these movies, because these movies are ABSOLUTELY AWESOME in every conceivable way.

If you haven't watched them by the time I get back you are lame. I'm serious. You're a lame, lamey lame-o. Take that, people-who-haven't-seen-awesomeness.

In honor of my favorite holiday Halloween, every day this October here on BRAIN POOP I'm going to provide a sketch and a little info from an obscure (and maybe not-so-obscure) horror movie that I love! EVERY SINGLE DAY of October! Stay tuned!

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If you would like to purchase originals, prints, or commission artwork, you can contact me at terbybrown@yahoo.com

OCTOBER 2011 HORROR SKETCH 5 - Let's Scare Jessica to Death

Misleading title and absolutely terrible poster nonwithstanding, 1971's Let's Scare Jessica to Death (directed by John D. Hancock) is one of the creepiest movies I've ever seen. Seriously. It's up there with Kubrick's The Shining, though not as powerful and bombastic. Jessica is a more subtle, eerie film.

Jessica (actress Zohra Lampert in one of the best female performances in a film OF ALL TIME) just got out of a mental institution and her hippie husband and friend move into a house in the middle of nowheresville to "get away from it all" and get a "fresh start". Jessica's mind narrates, and her performance is astonishing as she clearly is taking cues from the other characters as to how to act "normal" instead of "crazy" for fear her "crazy" is showing. I've never seen a performance so pitch perfect, I think, maybe in my life.

The townspeople of nowheresville don't take a liking to hippies, but, hey - it's 1971 and the Manson thing kind of killed a lot of the Love Generation thing by that point, and this movie takes that idea and goes full tilt boogie on how the hippie thing did not, in fact, work out for anyone at all.

Jessica starts to believe that a woman squatter, living in the house when they arrive, may actually be a ghostly vampire. Is Jessica crazy? Is the woman a vampire? A ghost? And why does everyone seem so attracted to her?

And what's with the creepy little girl in white running around the garden (pictured above)?

I've never seen a movie that has such a fantastically creepy tone. So if creepy is what you're looking for, creepy is what you'll get. I can't stress enough how creepy this movie is. And Lampert's performance is so good that I ended up totally feeling really, really sorry for her. She's SOOOOO good in this movie! She carries the thing off terrifically. Anyone who's wondered at one point or another as to whether they're insane or not will understand this performance and this movie.

But sometimes, just because you're paranoid, like Jessica, doesn't mean everyone isn't out to get you...

Watch this movie, folks. Sit in a dark room, quiet your life down, and sit through it. Feel the creepy. And pray for poor Jessica's mind.

In honor of my favorite holiday Halloween, every day this October here on BRAIN POOP I'm going to provide a sketch and a little info from an obscure (and maybe not-so-obscure) horror movie that I love! EVERY SINGLE DAY of October! Stay tuned!

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If you would like to purchase originals, prints, or commission artwork, you can contact me at terbybrown@yahoo.com

OCTOBER 2011 HORROR SKETCH 2 - Bloody Pit of Horror

Behold! The Crimson Executioner! Bloody Pit of Horror (1965), yet another Italian masterpiece of crap (original title Il Boia Scarlatto), is a big mess of a movie, but a lot of fun.

Revived when a photo crew dismantles a seal to a coffin in an old,dark castle dungeon they're shooting in, The Crimson Executioner's spirit possesses the body of the castle's owner and torture chamber goodness ensues with hot chicks, stupid guys, and a muscle-bound buffoon stalking and killing pretty much everyone (Mickey Hargitay - Mariska's dad and Jayne Mansfield's husband - before she was beheaded in a terrible car accident, of course. I can't imagine he'd be her husband when she had no head afterwards).

This kitschy piece of 60's shlock is (unintentionally) hilarious and fun! Check out Bloody Pit of Horror if you ever have the chance. It's a wild ride, and stupid as hell!

In honor of my favorite holiday Halloween, every day this October here on BRAIN POOP I'm going to provide a sketch and a little info from an obscure (and maybe not-so-obscure) horror movie that I love! EVERY SINGLE DAY of October! Stay tuned!

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If you would like to purchase originals, prints, or commission artwork, you can contact me at terbybrown@yahoo.com

OCTOBER 2011 HORROR SKETCH 1 - City of the Living Dead

Catriona MacColl drooling wildly in the opening seance sequence of Lucio Fulci's amazing 1980 film City of the Living Dead (AKA Paura nella città dei morti viventi AKA The Gates of Hell). A fantastic movie that Quentin Tarantino stole from pretty exclusively for Kill Bill: Volume 2 almost shot-for-shot in the "buried alive" sequence. A great spaghetti zombie movie!

In honor of my favorite holiday Halloween, every day this October here on BRAIN POOP I'm going to provide a sketch and a little info from an obscure (and maybe not-so-obscure) horror movie that I love! EVERY SINGLE DAY of October! Stay tuned!

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If you would like to purchase originals, prints, or commission artwork, you can contact me at terbybrown@yahoo.com