Satirizing Satan. A Wickedly Good Ad for Dirt Devil Parodies The Exorcist.

above: the commercial mimics some memorable scenes from the original movie, such as the opening shot (above) and the Exorcist movie poster and scene (below)



Directed by Andreas Roth, this :90 second commercial for the Dirt Devil vacuum cleaner is a beautifully executed take on William Peter Blatty's, The Exorcist. Starting with the opening frame, a nod to the very famous scene used for the movie's poster (shown above), the spot does a brilliant job of echoing the horror film, only to reveal a comical and unexpected ending.



Credits:
Dirt Devil - Exorcist (90")
Brand: Dirt Devil
Product: Centrino Cleancontrol
Production Company: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Creative: Andre Price
Producer: Christian Hergenröther
Director: Andreas Roth
Dop: Roland Stuprich
Music: The German Wahnsinn Team
Editor: Alexander Menkö
Postproduction: lafourmi postproduction, nhb video

Dead Island Gory Game Trailer Forward & Reversed At Slow Speed & Regular Speed.

Admittedly I'm up to my severed neck in Zombies, but this trailer [which has an opening shot of the eye of a dead female reminiscent of Hitchcock's Pyscho scene, ] for the upcoming gruesome video game Dead Island has been getting a lot of buzz lately, and deservedly so. Purposely shot backwards and accompanied by a beautiful piece of music, the cgi rendered trailer has been controversial for its blood and gore, but it's so compelling, one has to commend it for its production quality and undeniable appeal.



The trailer, released on youtube last week has already garnered almost 2 million views and has spawned a recut of the original by various people. Below it is shown in reverse- which would be forwards, with the music reversed on the same slow speed.



And Geekologie has shown it re-cut at normal speed with another piece of music ["Breathe Me" by Sia] by Aaron R. and Jon B. of Harcos Labs:



The game combines first-person action with a heavy focus on melee combat, character development and customization of a vast array of weapons. All of these gameplay features are presented in a dark story inspired by classic zombie movies with a gritty and engrossing campaign that can be played with up to 4 players in co-op mode.

Here are some stills from the not yet released game which takes place on the fictional resort paradise, Banoi Island:









The game is due out later this year.

You can see the original trailer as an mp4 at the official site, nice and huge here.

Dead Island © Copyright 2011 and Published by Deep Silver, a division of Koch Media GmbH, Gewerbegebiet 1, 6604 Höfen, Austria. Developed 2011, Techland Sp. z o.o., Poland. © Copyright 2011, Chrome Engine, Techland Sp. z o.o. Age Rating (anticipated): PEGI 18+

Popular Movie Posters "Zombified" By Matt Busch.

above: detail from "Grosse", Matt's zombie take on Grease, starring Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta
Zombies keep popping up in popular culture; books, movies, tv series.. and now, in movie posters from classic and cult films by Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Rob Reiner and more. If you're not familiar with Matt Busch and his re-imagined movie poster collection, Hollywood Is Dead, you're about to see such lovable characters as Holly GoLightly and E.T. rendered as cataract-wearing, flesh-eating, blood thirsty monsters.

above: details from Breakfast At Tiffany's and E.T. with the Busch treatment.

Busch has faithfully recreated the painting style of each original movie poster, as opposed to altering them digitally in Photoshop.

above: artist Matt Busch

He painstakingly hand-painted every detail using traditional mixed media to match the originals, before slaughtering them with a zombified treatment. Below are 30 of his zombie movie posters.

Collection Title Poster: Hollywood is Dead
 

 Breakfast At Tiffany's:
 

 Avatar:
 

 Fight Club:
 

 The Little Mermaid:
 

 The Princess Bride:
 

 Grease:
 

 Back to the Future:
 

 Indiana Jones:

 

 E.T.:
 
Star Wars:




 Harry Potter:
 

 Goonies:
 

 James Bond, From Russia With Love:


 Star Trek:
 

 Romancing The Stone:
 

 The Color Purple:
 

 Hook:
 

 Jaws:
 

 King Kong:
 

 Toy Story:


 Apocalypse Now:
 
Ghostbusters:
 

The above posters (and t-shirts too) are available for purchase here.

Latest Ghoulishness From Photographer Joshua Hoffine

Ah, it's that wonderfully creepy time of year again, All Hallow's Eve. Therefore it's time to bring you more gory creepy photography (and now jewelry, too) from the talented horror photographer Joshua Hoffine.



If you didn't see my post about his wonderful work and creepy photo prints for sale last year, you can, and should, read that here.

Here's a few more recent chill-raising images Joshua has added to his portfolio since last year.

New for 2009:
Lady Bathory

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The Babysitter:

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See these prints, purchase them and more here.

New jewelry
Joshua's wonderful photos are available for purchase as well as jewelry he has begun selling that incorporate some of his images into gothic pendants:


buy his jewelry here.

See more of Joshua's horror photography and learn about the process here.

If you like gory art, be sure to check these out:
All the posters created for the SAW series of movies here.
Dexter Inspired Bloody products