Check out Chet Zar!

Check out my friend and collegue Gus Fink!

Check out Chris Mars!

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Check out the art of Christina Dallas!

The Mask by Mia Mäkilä, 2009, acrylics on canvas. Click image to enlarge!

Check out the art of Victor Castillo!

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My very favourite scene from the Hong Kong-Thai-Singaporean horror film The Eye (2002) – that inspired me to do some of my digital artworks (like They).

I only found a trailer for The Changeling (1980).

The Changeling is a 1980 horror film directed by Peter Medak and starring George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere (Scott’s real-life wife). The story is based upon events experienced by writer Russell Hunter while he was living in the Henry Treat Rogers Mansion of Denver, Colorado.

Scott stars as Dr. John Russell, a composer living in New York City, who moves cross-country to Washington State following the tragic deaths of his wife and daughter in a traffic accident while on a winter vacation in upstate New York. In suburban Seattle, Russell rents a large, old, and eerie-looking Victorian-era mansion and begins piecing his life back together. However, Dr. Russell soon discovers that he has unexpected company in his new home when the ghost of a long murdered child haunts the house, shattering windows, abruptly opening and shutting doors, and manifesting itself during a seance. Russell investigates and finds that the mystery is linked to a powerful local family, the heir of whom is a wealthy US senator.

Check out Christian Weber!

I love this scene. It’s so cold and intense.

The Haunting is a 1963 horror film directed by Robert Wise and adapted by Nelson Gidding from the novel The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. It stars Julie Harris as Eleanor, Richard Johnson as Dr. Markway, Russ Tamblyn as Luke, Claire Bloom as Theo, Valentine Dyall and Rosalie Crutchley as Mr. and Mrs. Dudley, and Lois Maxwell as Mrs. Markway. The film centers around the conflict between a team of paranormal investigators and the house in which they spend the night.

My favourite ghost scene from The Innocents (1961) – with Deborah Kerr.

The Innocents is a 1961 horror film based on the novella The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. Directed and produced by Jack Clayton, it stars Deborah Kerr, Michael Redgrave and Megs Jenkins. Falling into the subgenre of psychological horror, the film makes use of its lighting, music, and direction for its effect rather than gore and shock factor. Its atmospheric feel was achieved by Academy Award winning cinematographer Freddie Francis, who employed deep focus in many scenes, as well as bold, minimal lighting. It was filmed on location at the gothic mansion of Sheffield Park in East Sussex. The film marked the first film role for child actor Pamela Franklin.

Check out 4.40 and forward – breathtaking scenes!!

The Hunger is a 1983 English language horror film. It is the story of a bizarre love triangle between a doctor (Susan Sarandon) who specializes in sleep and aging research, and a stylish vampire couple (Catherine Deneuve and David Bowie).

The film is a loose adaptation of the 1981 novel of the same name by Whitley Strieber, with a screenplay by Ivan Davis and Michael Thomas. The Hunger was director Tony Scott’s first feature film. The cinematography was by Stephen Goldblatt.

Harper’s Bazaar did an amazing fashion shoot Shot by Tim Walker and entitled Tim Burton’s Tricks and Treats, it’s based on Tim Burton’s universe and features the man himself alongside a dazzling array of goth frocs and some of his defining characters. (via)

Check out photographer Pieter Hugo!

Check out Ione Rucquoi!

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Check out Miwa Yanagi! (Thanks Marilyn!)

Roxy by Mia Mäkilä, 2009, digital c-print. Click image to enlarge!

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Roberta by Mia Mäkilä, 2009, digital C-print. Click images to enlarge!

Model & Muse: Domenique H

Thanks Ewa & Kenneth for the cherries!

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Outtakes:

Laura by Mia Mäkilä, 2009.

Here I am with samples of dirt, sand, branches, gravel and rocks
that we collected on the beach and brought home, to simulate
the rocky beach where Pete Martell found Laura Palmer,
in David Lynch’s Twin Peaks, one foggy morning in 1989.

Here in my studio (that’s also my kitchen), we created a platform
for the beach of a black plywood board (the back of an old IKEA
bookshelf) and some newspapers to protect the floor from the mess.

Then we added the gravel and stones and mixed them up.

After this, Jimmy sprayed on some water to make the beach damp.

Then, we applied sand and dirt and some reed and branches
(not showing in this picture) and mixed it together with the
gravel and stones. The beach was ready – right on my kitchen floor!

Time for Laura Palmer to make the beach meaningful! Domenique
was wrapped in plastic – as Martell described her, and I wrapped
her white tape just like the real wrapping and I coloured the plastic wrap
with some soya, butter and oil to make it seem dirty and used.

The result was stunning and very realistic! Domenique did a great job with the
make up too. And she didn’t complain once about the wrapping or lying on the
rocks.  She’s very professional and fun to work with!