#ricou chapman

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Another sketch dump of Hallowoods characters and AUs

AUs in order are: Percy Lives AU - first meeting vs post season 1, Cecil introduces Jon to Nikignik, Huntington as Hercules (and the sibs as muses), Corpse Bride AU 2.0

[sop-soap]

the real reason i know hfth is criminally underrated is because there are two characters based off of the invisible man and the shape of water guy except they're nice and they are dating and they get no attention

look at their wiki pages

[ghostsandmermaids]

I'm currently relistening to HFTH S1, and the more I think about it, the more I see Nolan and Ricou as metaphors for (anti-)transmasculinity.

Transmasculine people are often treated as either monstrous or invisible—or somehow both at the same time.

So many people think that once you transition, you become some kind of hideous, evil creature, or that testosterone turns you into an aggressive "rage monster".

Why aren’t you running? People run when they see me.

Not only is everyone afraid of Ricou, but he also had to hide from his own family after being infected by the black rains because he was scared they would shun him for his new appearance.

And at the same time, we're made invisible and erased.

For me, they run when they don't.

No one sees Nolan's struggles. No one sees him. Not even his friends or lovers think he really exists. When we first meet him, he is so lonely and tired of being invisible that he wants to join the sleepers, to escape the world and sleep forever.

And yet, they hold on. They find each other. They understand each other, because they know what it's like to be feared and hated for things beyond your control. Ricou is the only one who truly sees Nolan. Nolan is the only one who isn't afraid of Ricou. And of course it's not always easy, of course they have to work through some issues, but they're not alone anymore.

Not everyone is going to understand you, and that’s alright. Look for the ones that do. Those are the best people, anyway.

[roguecanoe]

Love how these guys are jus havin a lovely time gettin drinks and fixin up an old house while the rest of the Hallowoods (and all the people in it) are like, on fire.

[hallowoodspolls]

Hallowoods Favourite Character shown down: Round Three

[petercushings]

For a merman, he takes a fine picture.

RICOU BROWNING and BEN CHAPMAN as THE GILL MAN in CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (1954) dir. Jack Arnold

[weirdlookindog]

Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) - Spanish poster

[classichorrorblog]

Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954)

[brokehorrorfan]

Trick or Treat Studios has released Frankenstein and Creature from the Black Lagoon candy pails. Priced at $20, the 9" blow mold plastic buckets are expected to ship in early October.

[jojoseames]

The Creature from the Black Lagoon!

Watercolor, 9 x 12 inches JoJo Seames, 2024

[roskirambles]

Horror Movie of the day: Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

Near the Amazon river, geologist Carl Maia(Antonio Moreno) finds a strange fossil from the Devonian period. It has webbed fingers, but a bone structure closer to a hominid, proving the connection between water and land animals. While he was reuniting with Ictiologist David Reed(Richard Carlson) to ask for his help in this expedition, two of his expedition collaborators are killed by what he suspects was a jaguar. But others aren't so sure about that. Indeed, there's a living fossil following them, in silence, watching from the waters of what the captain of the ship calls "The Black Lagoon".

Directed by Jack Arnold, this is one of the cornerstones of aquatic monsters in film. Inspired by both the producers hearing about local legends from the Amazon rainforest about aquatic monsters in the river and the discovery of the coelacanth not being extinct as an animal group, the movie has a little more to say about human's relationship with nature than its fame would lead you to believe. It's remembered as that one monster film where an underwater creature kidnaps a woman... but that's surprisingly not remotely close to the core of the conflict, as the so called Gillman is in fact given quite a lot of sympathy, being presented as a wild animal protecting his territory from invaders, even if he does indeed try to capture David's girlfriend Kay(Julia Adams) to keep her as a mate.

Speaking of which, the Gillman is easily the most copied monster in the Universal roster for a reason; being played by olympic swimmer Ricou Browning for underwater scenes really helped sell how DEADLY this creature is once you submerge, regardless of how beautifully those sequences under the river were shot. Yep, for those with thalassophobia, the movie is not for you.

Even if clearly of a lower prestige, it benefits from more than two decades of advancements in cinematography to deliver a simple but engaging, suspenseful ride.

The Gillman in general is quite the achievement, to be honest. Not the most convincing costume for modern standards but it does sell the coencept of the aquatic monster quite well while also being quite mobile, allowing for fairly seamless swimming sequences. Two versions of the costume were required as well: for underwater sequences the costume was brighter so it would be captured by the camera in conditions with less light, while it was darker for scenes where the creature was on land.

Sadly, Milicent Patrick, the unsung hero behind this marvel of a design wasn't properly credited during her lifetime, which is an absolute disgrace on Hollywood and Universal Studios. A creature movie lives or dies by the way the monster looks, so to deny the achievements of this woman is just infuriating.

But of couse, with The Shape of Water (which Guillermo del Toro shamelessly admits is partly his fanfic where Kay and the Gilman end up together... thankfully without kidnappings) and the general CURSE on any project related to this particular creature(as multiple attempted reboots have been attempted but never seen the light of day, the most recent being in talks by James Wan of Saw and The Conjuring fame), who knows what's in store for this underwater menace.

Pictured below, The Shape of Water(2017) and designs for Gillman made by Rick Baker for a cancelled reboot by John Carpenter in 1992

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Part 3 out of 3

Part 1 and part 2

Lyrics from The Machine (Intro) by Jukebox the Ghost

[spookytuesdaypod]

spooky tuesday is a (now not so new!) podcast where we’re breaking down all of our favorite slashers, thrillers, monster movies and black comedies on the new scariest day of the week.

it's a b-cember to remember here at spooky tuesday! to finish the year in festive fashion, we decided to do one last lil theme month and dedicate december to b horror movies, so of course we had to start with a classic. creature from the black lagoon (1954) may have marked the end of the monster movie era, but it laid the ground work for a whole bunch of famous scary movies that followed. guillermo del toro's the shape of water is an obvious one — but steven spielberg was taking notes for jaws, too. on our latest episode, we're talking film history, four foot dicks, and lighting things on fire.

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[ghostsandmermaids]

inspired by this post. genders are from the hello from the hallowoods wiki.

[roguecanoe]

Clothes (I think) Nolan would wear.

[hallowoodspolls]

Hallowoods Favourite Character shown down: Round Two