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Tag Archives: Halloween
It’s Decorative Gourd Season
Here in North America folks tend to go a bit overboard with seasonal decorations. An important mainstay is the carved pumpkin. In the video below, professional pumpkin carver, James Hall, runs through 13 different levels of pumpkin carving, from the … Continue reading
nostalgie de la bibliothèque
While checking out book blogs I stumbled on a reference to “Spooks and Spirits and Shadowy Shapes” , featuring wonderfully atmospheric, period illustrations by Robert L. Doremus. Certainly not the most interesting Halloween reading, but personally significant as I remember … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged book illustration, Halloween, Holidays
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The Haunted Castle
In honor of the Halloween season, here’s the first horror film, Georges Méliès’ The Haunted Castle. Originally released in 1896, the year before Dracula was published, it had been thought to be lost until 1988, when a copy was discovered in the … Continue reading
Samhain Is Upon Us
In Ireland Samhain was an ancient pagan festival that marked the end of summer and the beginning of the Celtic new year and long winter ahead. (Samhain translates to “summer’s end” in Gaelic.) Begining at sundown on October 31 and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Europe, History
Tagged All Hallows Eve, British Isles, Celts, Halloween, Ireland
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Have a Lovecraft Halloween
What better way to celebrate Halloween than a bit of H.P. Lovecraft lore.
Posted in Animation, Books, USA, Writing
Tagged Fiction, H. P. Lovecraft, Halloween, horror
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Bram Stoker’s Dublin
The last weekend in October has become the best time to visit Dublin each year since the advent of the Bram Stoker Festival and Halloween Parade seven years ago. The festivities always include a spectacular costumed parade, theatrical performances, musical … Continue reading
Prepare for All Hallow’s Read
Eight years ago, author Neil Gaiman suggested a new holiday tradition to celebrate Halloween and All Hallow’s Read was born. The concept is simple: The week leading up to Halloween, or on October 31st, give someone a scary book. You can also … Continue reading
Dance Macabre
La portentosa vida de la muerte (The Prodigious Life of Death) by Joaquín Bolaños, is a late 18th century Mexican novel that stars Death as a female protagonist ( la muerte in Spanish is a feminine noun). The story begins in the Garden … Continue reading
David S. Pumpkins was not involved
Oh My Gourd is a timely and wonderful stop motion animation carved from pumpkins. The amusing video, which required hours of work carving dozens of gourds, was directed by Sean Ohlenkamp and Rob Popkin.
Posted in Animation, Art, Film, USA
Tagged David S. Pumpkins, Halloween, Holidays, pumpkins
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