Art Dump

Hey, so as a 'thank you' to everyone who have been patient with me. I would like to show you all some bits of my work. Some are older and some are newer, but I think you like them all.

Thanks again guys and enjoy!

Encouraging words my Mom would give me. A little spoof pic when I was really down in the dumps.

SPACE BEE! Two awesome things in one. The shark is saying, "Watch me dance or I'll eat you!" Defenitally going to make a t-shirt of that.

An owl-deer-muse-forest spirit thing. Sometimes I have no idea what I'm creating, but that's not always a bad thing. ;)

Flying toast! Need I say more?

A shark-snail creature. Monsters and creature are my favorite things to draw hands down! Don't know why, just are. Have to apologize for the lined paper. I draw on anything I can get my hands on at work.

More creatures!

Alright, this is kinda an inside-joke. I follow one of my favorite artists in Twitter and he came up with a saying, 'What the Hell BBQ?' I had this image come to mind and had to draw it! Yay random inspiration from Twitter!

And lastly, this must be what the inside of my head looks like.

Hope you guys liked, I'll definitally add more later as I scan them into the computer.

-Liz

The Shrine (2010) Review

Just LOOK at that cover image! Isn't it cool?! I mean, LOOK AT IT! It's the biggest reason I choose to watch the movie. That mask is just too awesome. (totally going to make one for my collection) I also remember watching the trailers on Horrorbid.com before it came out. The strange European towns folk and the images of a demon where cool, so the instant it came out on Netflix streaming; I had to press play. But the hype did not live up.

A young American backpacker goes missing in the countryside of Europe. A small-town reporter (Carmen) catches wind of it and seeks out to find the truth. Along with her assistant (Sara) and photographer boyfriend (Marcus), they head out to the boys' last known location. There, they are greeted by a small village with occupants who are anything but friendly. They try to 'shoo' away the foreigners, but before they do; Carmen, Sara, and Marucs find a strange fog that just hovers over one part of a neighboring forest. They pretend to leave the village and backpack around to the spot in the forest. Where they find a thick fog hiding a sinister curse.

Well, that's all I really want to say. If your interested in the movie I'd hate to give a way too much. Just like the cover art, there are some really neat images in the movie. Like this one:

And this one:

But unfortunately that's all the movie has going for itself. There's twists you can see coming a mile away. The characters all are so 'flat,' the villagers are more believable than the three main characters. The script just seemed so rushed. There's barley any build up! They go from seeing the curse straight to being sacrificed. No real scare that their being changed into or chased by something. They try to through it in later; but seems too last minute. And, of course, they easily leave it for sequels. Which always pisses me off. They try to make a damn series of movies that would be a great-'one stand.' Like the premise is neat, but I really don't think it could hold up 3 or 4 more movies.

Not too much gore either. An appropriate amount. Some good intestine shots, and (as you can see above) narley looking eye gouging.

All that said, it's not BAD; just another average horror movie. Some neat effects and artistry, but rushed script and boring actors. If there's literally nothing else on your Que, then give it a try. I'm sure some of you will really quiet like it.

For me I give it a 5: MEH. Could of gone really well, but didn't.

Happy (belated) Christmas!

Hope everyone had a safe and fun Holiday!

Here is a little twisted winter-themed comic for you all to enjoy!

Tom Noonan!

Here is the picture of Tom Noonan as promised on Captains Howdy's show 'Que on This.' You can listen to the show here:

The show was a lot of fun to do, and I hope to be on his show again sometime!

Senseless Review

Hello everyone!

I know, shocking!, I'm posting something in what seems like forever! As I said on the latest podcast, I've seen a lot of movies lately. Most of which I really can't recommended to watch. But some of them are either really good (but not truly in the horror genre) or have qualities that people might enjoy. So what I am going to do, is at least once a week post a review of a movie. Starting with:

Senseless (2008)

Senseless is about a American businessman, who is captured by a small group of French terrorists (or rebel group) and broadcasts his torture online for money. Elliot Gast (played by Jason Behr) enjoys life through the senses. He eats extravagant food, plays piano love the feel and taste of expensive things. So the kidnappers take away the things that mean most to him: his senses. And so little by little they take his sense of taste, smell, touch, hearing, and lastly sight.

Some of the scenes are hard to watch, even for a horror veteran. For the sense of touch all I can say is, it includes ice water and a cheese grater. I've glazed a knuckle or two on those things, it hurts! Let alone the whole hand, so I was cringing the entire scene. Gorehounds out there might enjoy it, but they are short-lives and few. But for the few scenes of gore, they did it well. The effects are great, most of them done by practical means.

The acting was very believable by Jason Behr. The torture takes place over a series of weeks. You can see in his face and eyes the mental breakdown.

Emma Catherwood plays as a nurse with the terrorists. Very attractive girl, but sometimes her acting just wasn't as 'in depth' as Jason's. Never the less, very believable people, setting, effects, everything! Really, the only reason I didn't use it in my segment was because, it just doesn't feel like a horror movie. It's more, political- psychological -drama.

Highly recommend it if you like a slow burn, not much action, just a character based story. I give it a 8.5.



Oh, and I didn't forget about the pictures I said I would post of my sons Halloween costume. Truth is, he didn't like wearing the mask piece for Sam- so I didn't get any good pictures of the finished head with the orange onesie. But I did get some cute pictures of him; and he still made out like a bandit. :)