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Sarah Pickering Explosions (2007)
‘The simulation pyrotechnic industry has rapidly expanded over the last few years: atrocious acts have happened in conflict throughout history, yet training in recent times has had to become more and more realistic to psychologically prepare our forces for the worst. Police and soldiers who have grown up playing computer games and seeing ever more spectacular special effects in films are simultaneously disconnected from and situated closer to the “real.” These photographs, which depict pyrotechnic explosions used by British police and military instructors to intensify the sense of drama and tension in training exercises, are part of a series taken at test sites in the English countryside where the bursts of light, flames, sparks, and smoke sit incongruously in the rural environment.

‘Whether real or artificial, we enjoy looking at explosions and, as an artist I’m of course fascinated by their visual seductiveness. I’m also interested in the forms of violence they represent, in our relationship to them, and in identifying the imaginative references they instantiate.

‘With names like “Artillery,” “Groundburst,” and “Napalm,” the pyrotechnics evoke not only violent and destructive events from wars and conflicts, but also the dramatic re-enactments of such events familiar from feature films or war documentaries. Witnesses to extreme situations often describe what they saw as being “like a film,” and modern filmmakers use CGI and special effects to conjure the most realistic possible disasters to entertain viewers. Indeed, one of the pyrotechnic manufacturers was also responsible for making explosive effects for James Bond and war films.’ — SP

 

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Cornelia Parker Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View (1991)
‘Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View – a garden shed Parker stacked with explosives and blew up with the assistance of the British Army. The garden shed was filled with found objects and ephemera donated by friends – kids tricycles, an old record player and everyday gardening paraphernalia – and after it blew she collected the 2000 pieces and painstakingly recreated the moment of impact.’

 

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GREGvisual quicksilver exploding floor VFX  Cinema 4d +after effects (2017)
‘Its doable… It’s just just 70 hrs of recording and editing it takes a lot of time…’

 

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Vija Celmins Explosion at Sea (1966)
‘Explosion at Sea belongs to a group of paintings by Vija Celmins on the themes of war, technology, and devastation. In the mid-1960s, the artist began to use photographs from books, magazines, and newspapers found at secondhand stores and yard sales as the point of departure for her work. After locating a wealth of material on World War II—a conflict that was the backdrop of her childhood in Latvia—Celmins employed subtle layers of precise brushstrokes to construct a detailed image of an attack on an aircraft carrier. The resulting painting, like most of her works of this moment, creates a disturbing contrast between the intimacy of the format and brushwork and the haunting seriousness of the theme.’

 

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Gabriel Rico Untitled (2020)
‘Rico, who is based in Guadalajara, Mexico, “creates pieces that fragment the composition of the contemporary human and evidence the geometric imperfection in nature. … Rico’s sculptural works reflect on the nature of the materials used to produce them and their arrangement in the final composition,” according to a preview of the exhibit from his gallery.

‘An art critic named Avelina Lésper was at the fair, and she was decidedly unimpressed with the piece. As a critical commentary, she says, she set an empty can of Coca-Cola on the floor next to the work to convey that the meaning of the art would remain the same if the can were incorporated.

‘Lésper told the newspaper Milenio that as she moved the can near the artwork, it exploded suddenly, “as if the pieces had heard my commentary.” It could have happened to anyone, she says, including a collector or museum.’

 

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Noboru Tsubaki Before Flower (2010)
‘Artist and professor in the space design department of Kyoto University of Art and Design, Noboru Tsubaki’s forty-foot high gymnospermous “Before Flower” involves rear projections on the eye controlled by TouchDesigner, changing colors and patterns based on the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by visitors as sensed by detectors on the sculpture’s eye.’

 

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Ben Grasso Various (2011)
‘Grasso’s paintings are feats of engineering. His is an architecture of the apocalypse, but one whose seams thread shapes we can as yet not fully determine. Excitement and surprise are as much part of this wildly imagined landscape as is a more measured, even nightmarish, uncertainty. Here the whacky, the sublime, and the catastrophic converge upon us unremittingly, but not without grace.’

 

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Kit Wise Explosion (Geranium) (2010)
‘Explosion (Geranium) combines found footage of a military test explosion in the Arizona desert with a moving image of a flower blossoming. “It’s like a macro and a micro explosion,” Wise says.’

 

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Jonathan Latiano Points of Contention (2011)
Wood, plastic, acrylic, styrofoam, glass, plexiglass and salt.

 

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Damián Ortega Cosmic Thing (2002)
‘In “Cosmic Thing”, Ortega disassembled a Volkswagen Beetle and re-composed it piece by piece, suspended from wire in mid-air. The piece looked like an exploded diagram in a mechanic’s instruction manual.’

 

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Charles Gaines Explosions (2008)
‘The idea for the Explosion Drawings series came to me after I made the machine-sculpture “Airplanecrashclock” in 1997. That work was a continuous repetition of an airline crash occurring as part of a construction of a downtown city scene. I got the idea of doing the drawings after constructing the crash scene. I noticed that that process of constructing the scene was a lot like painting and drawing. About 5 years later, I did two large drawings, Airplanecrash 1 and 2, where I first developed the technique for realizing the image of an explosion using graphite. These drawings were scenes of plane crashes at the point of impact, and the resultant explosions. I continued with this in another series in 2005 called Airplanecrash Drawings which included stylized graphite renderings of the explosions separated from the scene of an accident. The present series, “Explosion Drawings” was realized by focusing on the explosion itself without reference to a specific event or accident. My interest in the social context of the accident remained.’ — CG

 

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Martin Klimas Sound Explosions (2013)
‘For Sound Explosions, Klimas asked several musicians to work on short sound sequences, so called patches, using analogue synthesizers made between 1930 and 1990. Klimas shows those synthesizers with all their wires and cables, to give people an idea of the complexity of the sounds he is working with. He then replays the patches on his set, using pigments in place of liquid colors this time. He puts up the volume and lets the colors explode.’

 

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Monika Grzymala Various (2012 – 2017)
‘Grzymala works predominantly with tape, which she spins into vortexes, whirlpools, and scribbles that project out from walls and spill onto floors. The artist once used 27,000 feet of tape for a single exhibition. She records tape measurements in terms of distance, rather than weight or amount, to reflect the performance-like element of physical work that goes into every piece.’

 

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Fabian Oefner Various (2019)
‘Mirage is Oefner`s latest exploration of our perception of reality. The series is a collection of short clips, that show the destruction of four well-known paintings of the western world.’

 

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Roy Lichtenstein Small Wall Explosion (1965)
porcelain enamel on steel with lacquered wooden base

 

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Ori Gersht Pomegranate (2006)
‘This image references a 1602 Baroque still life by Juan Sánchez Cotán titled Quince, Cabbage, Melon and Cucumber. It’s a very cerebral painting, because he was trying to create a sense of perfect static balance. It must have taken an awfully long time. My photograph was an act of destruction, taken at an unthinkable speed. I decided to use a pomegranate, instead of a quince, because a pomegranate would explode like a grenade.’ — OG

 

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Walid Raad My Neck is Thinner than a Hair: Engines (1999)
‘My Neck is Thinner than a Hair: Engines looks at the aftermath of car bombs in Beirut during the Lebanese civil war (1975–91). It consists of one hundred framed inkjet prints, each featuring a black and white photo on the left and an equal-sized piece of paper with handwritten notes and date stamps on the right, placed one next to the other. These are scanned and printed renditions of the front and back of journalistic photos of car engines found scattered around the city of Beirut following bomb explosions during the war. The artist found the photos in the Lebanese press, such as the daily newspapers Annahar and As-Safir. The date of the explosion, the name of the photographer when known, and an English translation of the notes found at the back of the pictures are included at the bottom of each print. On the right hand edge of each of the prints, running vertically, is the name of the artist, the Atlas Group file that the work belongs to, the title of the file, and the date of production of the work. These framed prints, which the artist terms ‘dossiers’, are shown arranged in a rectangular grid on the wall.’

 

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Zhan Wang My Personal Universe (2012)
“My Personal Universe” was created by blowing up a boulder, filming the explosion, collecting all 7,000 fragments of stone and making a stainless steel replica of each — consisted of six massive screens, including one on the floor and one on the ceiling. Thousands of stainless steel “rocks” were hung from invisible wires, shimmering and swaying in the light of a two-minute film of the explosion that played continuously in the gallery.’

 

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Gustav Metzger Liquid Crystal Environment (1965)
‘The colourful projections in this psychedelic installation are created by sending light through glass slides, which are filled with heat-sensitive liquid. As the slides move, so does the liquid, which changes temperature and then colour. Metzger aims to undermine the commodity status of art objects by making works that have auto-destruction or auto-creation as the creative principle.’

 

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Tom Friedman Untitled (1995)
‘Friedman’s dazzling 1995 toothpick sculpture, in which thousands of toothpicks are jammed together in the shape of a starburst, is anything but delicate, but here the toothpicks seem to have reached a center of gravity in which their sheer density is causing them to explode outward, so that that sculpture seems at the point of violent dispersion. Complexity, for Friedman, always involves the limits of inundation and compression which point toward entropy.’

 

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Harold Edgerton [Atomic Bomb Explosion] (1946 – 1952)
‘In the late 1930s Harold Edgerton, a professor of engineering at MIT, pioneered techniques of ultra-high-speed stroboscopic photography to reveal aspects of the moving world previously invisible to the naked eye-a speeding bullet eviscerating an apple, the graceful spiral of a golf stroke, the coronet formed by a falling drop of milk. During World War II, Edgerton worked with the Atomic Energy Commission to develop a camera, the Rapatronic, capable of capturing the fleeting incandescent flash of a nuclear explosion. Edgerton and his assistants set up their equipment on a tower seven miles from a nuclear test site and, using exposures as short as one-billionth of a second, recorded this ominous glowing shape hovering like an alien life-form or a colossal balloon. Made when the dream of technology threatened to turn into a nightmare, Edgerton’s haunting images of nuclear explosions help us visualize the inconceivable.’

 

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Jim Campbell Exploded View (Birds) (2010)
‘LEDs hang at the end of thin wires in a 3-dimensional grid. As the LEDs flicker, they create the image of birds. This work is part of Jim Campbell’s ongoing exploration to give a sculptural presence to light and the moving image. In this instance, Campbell has expanded his characteristic use of low-resolution LED panels into the third dimension. As you move around the hanging LEDs, absorbing but “meaningless” patterns are seen. From the vantage point of the front, the abstract patterns are seen as birds. The line between abstract digital information and recognizable movement depends on the viewers position in space. The birds are perceived where no lights shine; the negative spaces within the lighted grid give us clues to their idiosyncratic forms.’

 

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Los Carpinteros Exploding Room Frozen in Mid-Air (2011)
‘What does an exploding room actually look like? Havana-based artists Dagoberto Rodriguez and Marco Castillo, collaboratively known as Los Carpinteros, have constructed an installation depicting a room amidst an explosion. The imaginary blast rips through walls and furniture, leaving broken sculptures and debris suspended in the air. It’s as if time has stood still. Spectators of the exhibit are given the unique opportunity to view the effects and damage of an exploding room from all angles.’

 

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DHBy Acura (2016)

 

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Survival Research Laboratories Failure to Discriminate (1986)
‘Failure to Discriminate: Determining the Degree to Which Attractive Delusions Can Operate As A Substitute For Confirmation by Evidence. Performed at the Seattle Transit Authority Lot, Seattle WA. Presented by COCA. May 26 1986.’

 

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Ueli Alder Detonations (2012)
‘Created by Swiss artist Ueli Alder, the series is luckily made up of images found on the Internet. However, the Photoshopped collages of explosions still manage to be badass and terrifying. Adler’s inspiration for the series were war-themed video games, as he attempts to romanticize the cataclysmic detonations that go off during game play. The falsified images from the Ueli Alder Detonations series creates an important critique on the over-sensationalized and commonality of these graphic images found throughout popular culture. Our reactions to these images tend to demonstrate the hyperreality that has been created by explosive media, which can contribute to causing a problematic way of how humans filter through future events.’

 

 

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p.s. Hey. ** Misanthrope, Me too. Come on, man, get off your ass and do some Halloween thing. I just put together my fave US haunted house post, and there are still a lot operating albeit with a slight COVID-y reinvention. So … It’ll take a couple of weeks to see if the new restrictions work here, but I’m pretty sure everywhere the northern hemisphere is about to get way worse as has pretty much been ascertained due to the winter/flu season combo. 4 am, falling down, party! Well, it’ll depend on how they vacation in NC. If they’re doing some kind of outdoors nature-y thing, they could ace the issue. Find the Shaggs? Think we can be the Shaggs of this generation? ** David Ehrenstein, Everyone I know in the US is being extremely not cavalier about COVID, but, granted, my friends are not very usual in general. Me too, about my toe, thanks. ** Sypha, Hi. That post was ages ago in DC’s time. First Flaubert, huh? Pretty good, right? As I think you know, I think ‘Sentimental Education’ is the one, if there is one. Zola! I think I was assigned Zola novel in high school, and that’s about it for me. Ah, I’ll find that Damian Murphy book then, thank you. ** _Black_Acrylic, Hi, Ben. The haunted UFO is a wee bit pricey, yes. Ha ha, no, I think Play Therapy lived up to its name because my toe began feeling just a wee better with its help. ** wolf, Wolf!!! So true, isn’t it? Oh, I do Dolipran now and then. Which doesn’t really seem to make the slightest difference. I just don’t like that hazy/sluggish thing pain killers give. When I was a druggie, it was always uppers or psychedelics for me, no downers. Well, except for a brief Xanax binging phase in the early 90s. Yeah, but when I broke both of my wrists simultaneously about 5 years ago, I gotta tell you, that was serious pain not to mention massively impractical and no fun at all. I guess getting my skull cleaved by an axe as kid doesn’t really count as a broken bone. It was more like gouged out or something. Oh, I’ve always liked Mr. Beckett quite a lot. I guess I don’t really talk about him though, strange. Kane + Beckett = yes, I surely understand. You don’t do Halloween, I guess? ** Dominik, Hi! My pleasure. It looks kind of scary, your haunted house, but I would go because I’m desperate this year. I think Scott McCulloch only published one novella. I haven’t read it. I think he’s still mostly starting out. You had a good weekend. I could feel it, and, well, read it. Ha ha, yes, your mom has singlehandedly blown that theory right out of the water. Your love for me ruled, of course. <3 Love that reduces the physical distance between Budapest and Prague to a kilometer, Dennis. ** Steve Erickson, Oh, yes, I spaced about New Zealand, surely the wisest English speakers extant. Germany’s far right, although seemingly no bigger than France’s or Belgium’s or Holland’s, etc., sure does have a knack for getting themselves in the international news. Ha ha, yes, turn DJ Skeleton’s turntabling into something great … now there’s a challenge. I’ve heard very mixed things about ‘Possessor’. How was it? ** Armando, Hi. Dude, I totally get how Tr*mp horror can explode out of one. Well, you’re definitely not a failure as a writer and ‘wannabe’ is nonsense. Your first novel is great, and some very smart people agree. i hope you feel much better as soon as humanly possible. Hugs back. ** h (now j), Hi, h! Missed you too! I’m doing all right. France’s very tentative embrace of Halloween will undoubtedly make my Halloween a rather melancholy affair, but I’m used to that, I guess. I don’t think the blog is in danger of being taken down, or it doesn’t seem so at the current time. Thanks about my toe. It’s just going to take time to become a nonentity again, and I’m using my patience to get there. Have a lovely day, pal! ** Okay. Watch out for flying debris today. See you tomorrow.

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KIDS HORDE ATTACK $2,990.00
‘4 Undead Kids mob together, then Mob shoots out 4′ while kid with severed arm raises up 12″, 3 heads move and arms lift with multiple movements. ***Scissor throw can be Longer or shorter if needed. 5 foot, 3 foot, 2 foot throws options available. Type option you want in notes when placing order. *** Comes with Rig, Character, pneumatics, programmed controller, motion sensor. (Plug & Play) *** Ships Freight.’

 

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Candy Creep €278.93
‘The Candy Creep Animated Halloween prop is a life-sized Sinister hump-backed Old Man with short gray hair and matching bushy eyebrows wearing a blood-spattered red & white striped carnival jacket, stained dingy white-collared shirt with black tie, black pants, and black shoes. This Creepy Carnival Guy is bending over and offering a large Colorful Lollipop to unsuspecting children while behind his back is a large Bloody faux-wood Mallet! His strange yellow Light-up Eyes and Moving Jaw saying 5 phrases draw your attention, and his Torso Rocks side to side, looking for his next victim!’

 

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MONSTER “YETI” HAND $5,600.00
‘Giant Animatronic “Yeti” Monster Hand! Each finger moves and grabs! Includes controls, program, sound, and speaker. This hand hangs on a chain and must be secured to a solid beam from above as the hand ways approx. 300 lbs. An operator activates the program, which controls the finger movements, and then manually pushes and moves the hand back and forth. This is a great animatronic prop for theme parks, haunted houses, dark attractions, events and more. This animatronic hand can also be done as our green “The Hand” version or as our Gorilla Hand.’

 

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DR. NEEDLE $2,394.00
‘Dr. stands over patient, then lifts arm with needle, turns and Dr. shoots out 5′ turning left to right waving needle in your face while torture victim is flailing on table trying to get away. *** Comes with Dr. Character, Pneumatics, programed controller and motion sensor.’

 

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Barrels of Fun $1,074.99
‘Barrels suddenly roll forward and bang against the metal supports. Super startling!‘

 

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Split Pete $2,000.00
‘Gore Galore’s Split Pete Animation is one helluva guy, he will be laughing then all of a sudden bite you in half. and then munch on your intestines with a smile on his monstrous face. What a jerk! It comes from within. Animated Body and munching torso monster. The movement is bearing loaded, no metal on metal pivots in our creations. we build these the best we know how, to last for several seasons. This guy rocks so you will have to attach his base to the floor. And if you want several of these but you don’t want them exactly the same we can do the mouth on all of them. But add arms, different heads other parts like creature legs etc…. Very customizable. He comes complete with multi channel controller, power transformer, regulator with water trap, solenoid valves, all mounted on a plate you can mount to the wall.’

 

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Santa Claus? $4,700.00
‘Amazing life size creepy sociopathic Santa Claus Animatronic Display by Distortions Unlimited. This St Nicholas talking prop is perfect for malls, retail stores, themed events and more. Kids will mistakenly love it! This Santa animated display moves his mouth, head, body and arms as he talks.’

 

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UFO Spaceship $32,000.00
‘An amazing, over the top centerpiece designed to impress the media and crush the competition. The over 12 foot saucer decends and rises to a height of over 14 feet. While it oscillates, smoke pours out, lights pulsate and engines rumble as this huge craft comes in for the attack! Comes with very large bass amp to capture the sub-frequencies that give the effect of great weight descending. Comes with bass amp, CD player, control box, fog machine, mega-strobe and chase lights. Ships freight.’

 

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Giant Pumpkin Monster and Child $8,500.00
‘Made-to-order animated prop. Hand-painted foam and latex prop with steel base and armature.’

 

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Animated Chest of Souls Inquire
‘Faces move in and out from chest, accompanied by weeping & screaming audio.’

 

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Nancy Gory Dead Body £1,260.00
‘Nancy has just met a gruesome end. We’re not sure whether she has been captured and feasted on by cannibals, or whether she was left for dead and the local wildlife has been feeding off her. We guess only a post mortem will tell, in the meantime you can watch her animated death throes and writhing and decide for yourself. This gory prop has been constructed and hand finished by a team of artists in the US who have been making professional props for the film industry for years. Nancy would make a disgusting addition to any scare maze or scare attraction.’

 

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ORGAN PLAYER $2,189.00
‘Organ Player sits in front of your organ or keyboard, then when activated starts playing the organ with torso back and forth, head side to side, arms out and up. All very creepy movements and in sync with our organ soundtrack. Plays for 45 seconds. *** Comes with Character, pneumatics, programmed controller, motion sensor. (Plug & Play). Can be customized to meet your specs.’

 

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Creepy Looking Halloween Animated Crawling Baby Zombie $113.64
‘Creepy: the ghost of Halloween crawling zombie haunted house accessories, men’s floor party, horrible decorations. The red eyes sparkled, the weird effect, the terrible ghost sound, and his hand slowly crawling forward.

‘The most horrible: press the back switch to make three different horror screams and the eyes flashed red and slowly squirmed forward. Like a real baby, crawl slowly along the floor with your hands. The flashing red eyes create a horrible and fearful atmosphere.

‘The most horrified: the ghostly voice makes some phrases full of resentment. As the zombie moves, his eyes turn red. In response to vibration and sound, it will remain for about 20 seconds.’

 

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SNAKE HANDLER €613.66
‘Life-sized foam-filled animated prop depicts a man holding two snakes with arms that appear covered with snake bites! His wide creepy grin and bloodshot eyes show a person who is clearly insane. He shakes with crazy excitement! Full standing prop includes a sound CD, just provide your own boom box! Plugs into any 110 outlet.’

 

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Cat Crate $499.99
‘Insane zombie kitty thrashes and howls inside her crate!’

 

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Scary Kid Kiddyland Swing $2,300.00
“Son why are you still on the swing its time to go home”

 

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Land of the Dead Animatronic Zombie Head Sold
‘A hero animatronic head from the 2005 George A. Romero horror film Land of the Dead. The head can be seen in the film as an apparently headless zombie approaches but then the head snaps back from behind the body and bites the victim.

‘The piece, which extends all the way to the top of the chest, is made of foam latex that has been detailed to resemble a zombie featuring a partially severed head. The head features resin teeth, eyes, and hand-punched hair; there is even a foam spine inside the neck wound along with red and yellow guts. A metal rod is fitted internally which runs throughout, with untested electronics inside the fiberglass shell in the head which would have allowed the mouth and jaw to move for the production. A T-shirt is fitted around the fibreglass frame around the shoulders.

‘Distressed for use on the production with only minor additional wear to the foam latex skin of the piece, this animatronic zombie head remains in overall good condition.

‘Please note: As this item contains electronic components, every effort has been made to describe them accurately; however no guarantee or warranty is made as to functionality, lifespan or safety of those components. It is entirely incumbent on the new owner to satisfy themselves as to their safe use and maintenance.’

 

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Crouching Bones Twerker NFS
‘Scares on Sequoia Home Haunt & BeachBash Prod DJ’

 

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Ghost Writing Book $60.00
‘Contact the other side when you decorate and play with the Ghost Writing Book. This spooky piece of decor features a sound activated sensor that initiates the book to write with our any assistance. It’s the literature version of a spirit board.’

 

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Evil Seated Nun and Child $12,349.00
‘Seated nun with child on lap. Made-to-order animated prop. Hand-painted foam and latex prop with steel base and armature.’

 

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Woman Mummy $499.99
‘VERY RARE working Gemmy Lifesize lady Mummy Bride Animated light up talking Halloween Prop awesome prop, very scary sounds eyes light up green, looks great in the dark she has a slight lean forward, and maybe in need of a dusting includes power supply’

 

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SPINE STRETCHER $2,389.00
‘Victim sits strapped in chair with head trapped in metal box, then chain engages pulling box up ripping head and spine 12″ out of body! *** Comes with Character, pneumatics, programmed controller, motion sensor. (Plug & Play). *** Audio package includes: Digital audio player, Powered speaker and Audio scream effect. *** Foot print for rig is 24″ d x 24″ w x 74″ h. *** REQUIREMENTS: AC power and Air 100 psi.’

 

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Maximal Kreepy Kids Animated Playground $7.860.00
‘Characters sculpted by Ed Edmunds, Jordu Schell, and Mikey Rotella and produced at Distortions.’

 

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EVIL TREE $4,800.00
‘The grandfather of all trees but the father of deadly roots and deadwood you might worship this tree.’

 

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Animated Beating Heart Groundbreaker Inquire
‘Arm moves and eye lights up. Motion/sound activated.’

 

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Haunted Moving Suit Of Armor NFS
‘I always wanted a moving suit of armor in our haunted house and I finally built one!’

 

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DECAP CHAINSAW VICTIM $2,409.00
‘Decap Chainsaw Victim : Victim waits in chair, chained. Then actor comes in revving chainsaw and cuts off victims head. Actor activates floor trigger for the prop to convulse. Head flies off and squirts blood (water) and head rolls across floor while body is left flopping and convulsing. Head resets on body. *** Comes with Character, chair, pneumatics, programmed controller, motion sensor. (Plug & Play). *** Audio package includes: Digital audio player, Powered speaker and Audio scream effect. *** *** Foot print for rig is 24″ d x 24″ w x 74″ h. *** Ships freight.’

 

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DJ Skeleton $99
‘The supercool skeleton DJ only drops its undead beats when it senses movement, but as soon as it knows you’re ready to party, its eyes glow poison green. It even shouts out a couple chilling catchphrases, including “This next beat is going to have you rolling in your grave,” “Who out there knows the macabre-rena?!,” and “I’ll give you goosebumps!”‘

 

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Clown Tug Of War $469.95
‘Two creepy clowns play tug of war with a screaming little girl while lots of humorous conversation goes back and forth and old calliope music plays! Plug the UL power adapter into any standard outlet and choose from Steady-On, Infra-Red Sensor or Step-Here Pad (included) activation options to operate.This animated prop will be a great addition to your haunted house! Your house will be a circus of terror!’

 

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Halloween House Projection Mapping Display NFS
‘This is what our Halloween animated house prop looks like this year from the sidewalk in front of our house. No street light this year so it is very dark!’

 

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Mommy’s Favorite $99.99
‘Everything she does is for Mommy. She wears Mommy’s favorite dress, her ribbons are Mommy’s favorite color, she curls her hair… just how Mommy likes. She quietly sits how Mommy likes, and she doesn’t dare track any dirt inside or mess up Mommy’s things. Every afternoon, she makes Mommy’s favorite tea with a little milk, two sugar cubes, and five drops from the special bottle with the skull on it. This Mommy’s Favorite animatronic shakes her body and moves from left to right.’

 

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Poltergeist Pot $249.99
‘Perfect for kitchen scenes! Looks like a normal pot until the lid starts banging and clanging like crazy.’

 

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Mummy’s Curse Full Attraction All reasonable offers will be considered
‘This past October The Scarefactory provided multiple complete attractions, as rentals, to the Saudi Horrorfest in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The full attractions were used for the (7) days of the festival and returned to us in Columbus, Ohio. The majority of the costs of these attractions were offset by the rental fees paid by the festival and we are now looking to liquidate one of these full attractions at an incredible savings. The Mummy’s Curse Attraction with/or without a full compliment of Mummy themed Carnival Games is being offered at a -65% Discount or .35 cents on the dollar. Any and all reasonable offers will be considered. These are complete turn-key modular attractions which include themed walls, animated characters, props, sound, lights, compressors, controllers, sensors, electrical, etc. These are both excellent side attractions which would allow you to instantly add a completely new additional upcharge for your event.’

 

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BOZO LICKER £99.95
‘Bozo Licker is a grotesque clown whose tongue swings back and forth in a threatening way to really creep out your visitors.’

 

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STONE GARGOYLE €7,716.41
‘Struck by lightning and shocked into life, or animated by a demonic spell? No one is quite sure how this terrifying Gargoyle transitioned from a pure stone sculpture to a purely evil monster. Once the proud protector of the city’s cathedral, he now hunts the frightened citizenry. Swooping down out of the night sky, he’ll pluck a baby right out of the carriage for a quick snack, or steal away a stumbling lush from a back alley for a boozy treat. When activated, his wings rise up as if he’s about to take flight. He then growls and moves his head as smoke pours out of his mouth. He’s a great guarding to the entrance of a wicked castle, and will leave a lasting impression on your guests.’

 

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Silicone Face Impaled $2,899.00
‘Made-to-order animated prop. Hand-painted silicone face, foam, and latex prop with steel base and armature.’

 

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shiatsu type massager halloween prop NFS
‘Grave grabber in the works. 1/4″ bolts, flat washers and lock nuts. I did have to take it all apart to attach them.’

 

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Pendulum Table $ 4,190.00
‘An actor’s lower body is hidden within the table while the actors head and arms are exposed allowing the actor to be dramatic about appearing to be sliced and diced. Table is decorated as rotten wood, and also gory with guts sliding off the table onto the floor. It comes complete with a gory foam pillow. Built in controller with audio helps deliver the maximum gross factor. complete package. All you have to do is plug it in.’

 

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Silent Hill air raid siren head NFS
‘It works. I don’t have a switch in the circuit yet but if I put the alligator clamps on my battery the siren screams like its WW3.’

 

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Miss Mercy $199.99
‘Miss Mercy resembles a nurse-like figure in 1950’s-style nurse garb. When activated, it turns from side to side as her head spins 360 degrees while cackling and bone cracking sounds can be heard. Additionally, the bandage wrapped around her eyes can be removed to show her closed eyes.’

 

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TRICK OR TREATERS $3,189.00
‘4 trick or treater kids mob together, then mob shoots out 5′ while ghost raises up 12″, Arms lift with stabbing motion while holding knifes, 3 heads move. *** Scissor throw can be Longer or shorter if needed. 5 foot, 3 foot, 2 foot throws options available. Type option you want in notes when placing order. *** Comes with Rig, Character, pneumatics, programmed controller, motion sensor. (Plug & Play) *** Audio package includes: Digital audio player, Powered speaker and Audio scream effect. *** Foot print needed for Characters and Rig 48″ d x 49″ w x 38″ h. *** Ships Freight.’

 

 

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p.s. Hey. ** wolf, Wolf! Those four letters are a sight for sore eyes. I’m doing all right, most things considered. I’m actually really non-adept, I’m just a lucky stiff most of the time. Been thinking of you amidst the seeming ongoing chaotic pandemic miasma/control from the top over there. We’re being restricted again incrementally but lightly thus far. God knows. Ah, Eileen! Yeah, gotcha. She’s so great, she is. And Beckett, goes without saying. And that sounds good. I might join you. Thanks about my toe. What a little prick it’s being. Now that I know that taking for fucking ever to heal is normal, there’s some psychological sedation going on to a degree. But still. I’m not even hobbling. I seem normal but with a cringe. It’ll get there, I think. Haven’t hit the pain killers yet. Dude, what else? I wish we could visit each other. Love, me. ** NavReal, Hi. Ha ha, yeah, sorry for the tease. Thing is, I didn’t save the BTS guro or even note where I saw it. Somewhere in the giant depths of pixiv, if you know that site. If it’s any consolation, the reason I didn’t save or note it is that, great concept aside, the implementation was pretty crappy. That said, I will see if I can somehow re-track those images, and, if I do, I’ll figure out a post to slot them into. But, seriously, your dreams of what such a thing would be far, far outstrip the realisation, trust me. Nice to meet you, btw. ** David Ehrenstein, Thank you so much again for the great weekend, sir! ** Armando, Hi. No, the pain is doable, it’s okay, just an annoyance. Thanks. I don’t want to talk about Trump here, but I totally get where you’re coming from, and your rant is utterly understandable, and I rant accordingly but in IRL. Haven’t gotten to Shining yet, but it’s in my cards. Man, so sorry for the world you’re currently stuck in. Very undeserved, buddy. And no sweat on the multiple postings. No problem whatsoever on this end. ** _Black_Acrylic, Hi, Ben. I loved your newest episode. I liked it so much it made my toe really hurt, but that was so well worth it. So you’re locked down again, Jesus. Yeah, the vagueness of the orders over there is painful. What is it with English speaking countries and wussy, confused power mongers? Or maybe Canada is not so bad. Stay ultra-safe, and I know you are. ** Dominik, Hi. It just involves changing the posts’ titles so they’re more vague and getting rid of any hardcore or erection-showing pix. We’ll see. Actually, I’m putting together a Halloween post about international haunted house attractions, and I found one in Budapest. It’s called ‘Nightmare in Budapest’. Quote: ‘Our “stark raving” performers await our thrill-seeking, fear-hungry visitors in an environment of unique sets and props over 400 square metres (25-30 mins), with special sound and light effects.’ It looks more scare-oriented than decor-oriented, but maybe it would be fun. Let me know if you can’t find it and I’ll hook you up. Well, Elias at least writes them on his phone. I don’t know they ever get further than that. But he’s very talented at fiction albeit still a bit raw. I’ll continue to encourage him when I exchange with him next. My weekend … I met this writer who is passing through, Scott McCulloch, based in Tbilisi, working on a very good novel and other stuff, and hung out with him, which was cool. And mostly worked on stuff otherwise. Pretty lowkey (it was raining a lot). Did yours rule? Every single person in the world putting on trashy drag for the first time simultaneously love, Dennis. ** Steve Erickson, Hi, Steve. Baby toes are just little survivalists, unfortunately. I haven’t taken pain killers because I kind of hate their effect, so I’m just toughing it out, but I will if I have a day of mega-walking. Thanks for asking/caring. New tracks! I’m,sure in advance that your track is too good for Christopher Nolan. Everyone, Mr. Erickson has two new music tracks for your delectation, and here he is to introduce them and hook you up: ‘I’ve produced two songs recently that I’m very happy about. The first is “The Middle of Ourselves,” which I hope Christopher Nolan uses in his next trailer. The second is a remix of Brazilian rapper Dalisson’s “Gang”.’ ** Paul Curran, Yes, it was very cool to see you. You look great! Zac and I literally plan and moan and groan re: our Tokyo trip every time we see each other. Pretty much the minute the traveling becomes easy, we’ll lock it down. Love, me. ** Okay. Halloween season on DC’s begins today! Expect to deal with Halloween related posts on frequent occasion from now until the big 31. And buy me all these animated props please. And rent me a storage space for them while you’re at it. Thanks. See you tomorrow.