#van shelly

[nachosforfree]

people who would never dream of being possessed by a rabbit thang

[batterknowsbetter]

FRANKENSTEIN

Samuel West Van Helsing 2004 Harry Treadaway Penny Dreadful 2014-2016 Colin Clive Frankenstein 1931 James McAvoy Victor Frankenstein 2015 Charlie Tahan (voice) Frankenweenie 2012 Kenneth Branagh Frankenstein 1994 Gene Wilder Young Frankenstein 1974 Peter Cushing The Curse of Frankenstein 1957

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[draculasweedsmokinggirlfriend]

Now I know we are all frustrated about how our fave gothic classics never get good adaptations but I feel everybody forgets about The Monster from Van Helsing (2004). He is literally the most book accurate Frankensteins Monster we have:

Speaks English very well and is literate

Is caring and compassionate

Wants friends/companions

Will kill people also

Who's the Monster now?

[folsaeure]

“You are his girlfriend, I get obsessively stared at by him from across the room every single day, we are not the same.” - Arnie Mosk probably

[small-spanish-face]

Collection of Ace Attorney men I've drawn in April May's Outfit.

.................. yeag.

[pillsarchive]

Stay out of the basement!

Vanessa has quality bonding time with her dad and nothing else of note happens (READ THE TAGS OH MY GOD READ THEM DEAD DOVE DO NOT EAT)!

Anyone who can guess where I got the title from gets a cookie :3

Vanessa had always been curious. Her mother thought it was annoying, when vanny would bother her too much with her questions she’d get grounded. That’s why she liked being around her dad so much more - he encouraged it. His favorite thing to do with her was teach her about robotics. She loved watching him work, tinker with tiny metal plates and weld parts together. He’d set everything he was working on out on the kitchen table and meticulously explain what all of it did, how each little piece helped the larger machine function. Today wasn’t one of those days. Her mom and dad were sleeping in different houses now, they had never really gotten along very well. Vanessa hadn’t cried when she’d gotten told that she’d be spending all her time with her father now, that her mother only wanted vanny to come over every three weeks. It was like a party all the time, her dad never told her she was being too loud, never asked her to leave him alone, he loved her. The only bad thing about staying with her dad was when he had to leave her alone to go do business stuff. She’d get lonely. The house felt empty without anyone else in it, and after she watched all the movies they had on vhs boredom set in. She wished he’d left something out on the kitchen table to play around with, even when she knew she wasn’t building anything functional she liked to screw things together and make little metal sculptures.

 Then, she got an idea. 

Her dad always kept more things for his projects in the basement. Vanessa got up, tugging down the sleeves of her sweatshirt and padding down the hallway towards the door. Before he’d left the house, he’d reiterated what he always told her before he left her alone. 

“Remember, vanny, dont go into the basement.”

She didn’t think much of it. Her mother had always been the one to get her in trouble, her dad had only ever been mean when she did bad in school, or when she wouldn’t behave (which wasn’t very often - she prided herself on being the type of kid he bragged about). She was smart, dad had told her that, and she knew how to stay safe around his machines. He was probably just scared she’d get hurt, that a spare screw would run through her foot. She quickly ran back to the front of the house and tugged on a pair of shoes. Before she walked back to the basement door, she thought for a few minutes about anything else she could have missed. When she couldn’t think of anything, she slowly opened the door and started down the metal stairs. Her heart felt like it was going to explode. Even though she knew she wouldn’t get caught, she could almost feel him watching her. As she descended further into the dimly lit basement she realized this was the first time she’d ever done anything he’d told her not to. The thought gave her a strange satisfaction, the fun of taking a risk outweighed the fear of being found out and she flipped the lightswitch. 

As Vanessa’s eyes adjusted to the light, she scrunched up her nose. It smelled funny - like the one time a steak had gone bad in the fridge at their old house. She put her sweatshirt neckline up over her nose and looked around. There were half finished machines everywhere. Her eyes were drawn to a doll in the corner, it was smaller than all the other robots and it had an old fashioned frilly dress on. Had her father been making her a present, a toy? Is that why he hadn’t wanted her down here? Guilt washed over her. What if he got sad because she’d ruined his surprise for her? Quickly, she poked around and found what she was looking for, the place where he kept his scrap material. She picked up a screwdriver and a few pieces of metal, screws, and some hinges then looked over at the doll one last time before she ran back up the stairs. 

Just as she feels her foot touch the flat solid surface of the ground floor the front door opens. Her dad is home. She panics, reaching for the door to the basement and dropping some of the scrap and the tools she’s holding in her hands. As her father walks in the door, she begins to cry. She can hear the sound of him calmly taking off his jacket and his shoes, setting down his briefcase in the entryway. She heaves until she feels like she’s going to puke up her lunch. It only gets worse when she sees her father in the hallway, walking towards her with a resigned look on his face. He pics her up, holds her in his arms, and she wonders if he’s angry with her. For a brief moment, he smiles softly.

“Vannessa, are you alright?” 

She nods, sniffling. His smile drops a bit, and he kicks the screws on the floor to the side. He sighs as he starts to walk downstairs. 

“I thought you were a good kid, vanessa. You know when I was at work just now, I talked to henry about you, how well behaved you are - then I come home to this.”

She understands what she means, and she starts to cry again. He’s very very angry.

“Im sorry dad - I just wanted something to do I get so bored while you’re gone - I di - didn’t mean to make you mad, please let me down -”

The basement seems so dark compared to the rest of the house. William clicks his tongue, restraining her by holding her closer. She starts to kick and try to wiggle out of his grasp. 

“Now - I’ve been thinking, since you’re getting older, I need to be ready for the way your attitude will change. See -”

She wants to scream but she knows no sound will carry out of here - he just keeps talking as he uses his foot to press a button. She realizes now they’re both facing the doll - her robot.

“- Kids, when they’re really young, like you vanessa - they really dont have any reason to be disagreeable with their parents. They dont have many beliefs or convictions of their own so they behave as long as their parents teaches them how to, but as they get older they get more disobedient. They start feeling an urge to go against the grain and -”

She watches in horror as the robots torso opens up when her fathers foot hits the button. Sharp, metal coils wind automatically and the dolls face parts four ways. Vanessa lets out a strangled cry. She knows what happens next.

“ - its harder for their parents to make them good kids again. That’s why I made ella.”

He laughs. She feels something run down her leg and soak the front of her shorts. Her father sighs, and he holds her, moving her body forwards towards the robot. She doesn’t move, doesn't even shiver. The scent of rotting meat still assailes her. Her father has explained this type of animatronic to her, told her never to mess around with it or the springlocks will trigger. He presses the button again and it closes around her. 

“Ill only make you play with her for a few minutes since this is your first time really being a brat and doing something I told you not to, dont move and you’ll be fine. “

He walks over to his work chair and sits down, taking off his glasses and leaning his face up to a magnifying glass attached to his desk. As he begins to sodder a small electronic part, he speaks without looking at her.

“Remember that next time, vanny, don’t go into the basement.”

[streda]

"Frankenstein"

"IT'S ALIVE, IT'S ALIVE!" haha, I think everyone knows the famous line by Colin Clive.

I'm surprised I haven't added an entry about this cult horror movie yet. Either way, the movie is great everyone certainly associates the Monster with the appearance of Boris Karloff, another character who contributed to the initiation of the cult. In animations and comics, monster look like Boris Karloff, something wonderful the man who created the appearance of the monster.

Unlike modern films based on Mary Shelley's book, there are no special effects in this Frankenstein, it is a unique film like any other from that decade that has been preserved.

Well, let's get back to the movie itself. On the screen we can see Colin Clive, Boris Karloff, Mae Clarke, Edward Van Sloan, Dwight frye, John Boles and others. Initially, the role of the Monster was to be played by Bela Legusi, but after achieving great success in the "Dracula", he rejected the offers and gave a chance to the then unknown Boris Karloff. Similarly, Leslie Howard and Bette Davis were initially supposed to play the main roles, but this idea was rejected.

Karloff was the first actor in the film industry to obtain a clause in acting contracts. According to her, the time of several hours of makeup was included in the actor's working time. Artificial rubber eyelids covering half of the monster's eyes were Boris Karloff's idea, this is how the author achieved the effect of an "inhuman look"

The items used by Jack Pierce to create the monster include: a bucket full of blue lipstick, several bolts and rivets, a pair of shoes used by asphalt workers, an old suit and two pairs of pants worn at the same time. The monster's unnaturally elongated arms were inspired by a custom from ancient Egypt. Criminals had their hands and feet tied before being buried alive. Then, after death, the blood turned into water and flowed to the limbs, making them long and swollen. The make-up artist achieved this effect on the monster by putting a jacket with too short sleeves on the actor.

time for a summary.

Henry Frankenstein and his hunchbacked assistant Fritz create a new life... a life created from the remains of the dead. At night, they sneak into cemeteries and execution sites, where they steal corpses, the fragments of which are to be used to create a new creature. Unfortunately, the brain stolen from the university laboratory comes from the murderer, and the unaware Henry Frankenstein places it in his 'work'. This, and the environment's hatred of the hideous monster that is Frankenstein's creation, cause him to fly into a murderous rage. The monster escapes from the laboratory where it was created and begins to terrorize the area.

I'm sorry for the long absence, but it was due to health problems, now I'm better and I will post regular entries every day or every two days.

[mar-aluna]

Now that Shelly is gone, idk, I was thinking of how much she always reminded me of Grace and vice versa, not just because of how similar they were physically, but also cuz I feel they had a very similar spirit, I never met Shelly, nor have I met Grace, but I sense the same kindness and softness in both their souls, the same resilience, the same sweetness, but also the same strength. Shelly was a very brave and kind woman and Grace is still an amazingly inspiring and talented young woman.

May beautiful Shelly rests in peace, and our gorgeous Grace get to keep having a wonderful life and achieve all her dreams. And may we get to keep enjoying of such beautiful spirits as theirs.

[reggies-fake-horcrux]

appreciation post for all the makeup looks I've done in the past week

[infisonicosm-moved]

This is how Josh Kiszka looks at you when you give him any good news

“You mean you’ll marry me!”

“We’re having a baby?! I’m gonna be a dad!”

“We’re going to Disney World!”

He’s so sweet, I love him

I'm cry, sob, snot running down my face, gasping for air, face down on the ground, punching the earth

[nachosforfree]

nother fnaf redraw

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The Expendables 2 (2012)

Director - Simon West, Cinematography - Shelly Johnson

"Why is it that one of us who wants to live the most, who deserves to live the most dies, and the ones that deserve to die keep on living? What's the message in that?"

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au idea

univerasal monsters silent hill au

[chlostertalks]

the last 16 months have been great for me btw