Frankenstein's Fun House

Friday, March 14, 2008

Halloween (Tree) in March

The illustrations from The Halloween Tree (written by Ray Bradbury & illustrated by Joseph Mugnaini) I posted on the 31st of October, '07 didn't work properly. Now I've finally gotten around to uploading them again. They should work now. If they don't, please let me know. Click image below to view more.

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Re-Animator DVD insert

Thursday, March 6, 2008

The Time Warp

Sunday, March 2, 2008

Skeleton dance (the marionette)

Regan figurines from The Exorcist!

Details HERE and HERE.

Sunday, February 24, 2008

T-shirt answers question, What stories do ghosts tell around the campfire?

If you’re so inclined, you can vote for (or against) this design by clicking on the voting widget:

You can see more Ghostbusters links here.

Source: Neatorama's T-shirt answers question, What stories do ghosts tell around the campfire?

Haunted Hospitals

Glenn Dale Hospital

photo from The Glenn Dale Hospital Mission
Glenn Dale opened in the same era as Fairfield State – the 1930s was a popular time for mental institutes, apparently. Well, actually, Glenn Dale wasn’t originally used for that purpose – it was a tuberculosis hospital with one building for adults and one for children. Eventually the tuberculosis problem died down and Glenn Dale was repurposed. It closed in 1982 due to asbestos and structural problems, but before it closed it was (supposedly) home to the criminally insane. As with Fairfield State, the buildings are connected via underground passageways, which people have been exploring since the day Glenn Dale officially closed its doors.

Exploration might not be the best idea, though, and not just because of the asbestos (although that should be an obvious deterrent). One rumor says that when the hospital closed, the remaining patients were just turned loose. Having nowhere else to go, many of them simply broke back into the abandoned buildings and lurk there even today.

Another story goes that a police officer went to check out the buildings himself after getting a call that the buildings were being vandalized by a bunch of kids. After he went in, someone in the vicinity heard gun shots and called the police. When the police arrived, they found the first officer standing in one of the rooms, staring straight ahead at nothing. He had emptied his gun firing at something that no one ever found.

Source: Neatorama's Five hospitals you don't want to check into

Friday, February 22, 2008

RIP Ben "Gill Man" Chapman

From Here To Eternity - monster version
Originally uploaded by The Happy Wanderer

Source: ShockTillYouDrop.com

At the time of this writing, details are slim, however, we received word this afternoon that The Creature from the Black Lagoon's Ben Chapman passed away this morning in Hawaii. He was 82. Chapman was best known for his role in Jack Arnold's 1954 Universal classic as the titular monster, albeit in his land-bound form. (Ricou Browning portrayed the Creature underwater.) Standing at 6-foot-5, Chapman was born in Oakland, California. His first screen gig arrived in 1950 when he had a brief part as an extra in MGM's Pagan Love Song.

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein Bloopers

Mild-ish swearing involved.

Monday, February 18, 2008

Captainhowdy.com, EXMK.net & Jason Miller Gallery hacked

First it was Captainhowdy.com, now it's EXMK.net. Therefor the Jason Miller Gallery is gone.

UPDATE: The gallery is back to it's earlier setup... We should hopefully get it back to the proper updated way soonish. CH.com is back too.