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Artist Trevor Henderson & His Wonderful World of Terrifying Creatures

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If you have ever wanted to buy original artwork that will be worth a lot of money someday, but didn’t know where to start, examine Toronto artist Trevor Henderson’s gallery of terrifying urban legends and start investing.

Already web-famous, the elusive Henderson is something of an internet urban legend himself. His drawings have given this generation some of the most disturbing images to click over. He’s inspired fans to create wild memes, fan-made videos, and caught-on-camera sightings of the creatures born from his imagination. He’s the creepypasta of the art world.

The best way to explain his style is to say he captures that instant when fear takes hold. That moment when you see something so terrifying you can’t rationalize it and you either accept it or go completely mad. His paintbrush hosts those spectral monsters that trigger emotional feelings just before waking from your deep sleep nightmares.

Trevor Henderson Gallery

Trevor Henderson Gallery

His love for found footage also explains why his works emulate the rawness of an unfocused cellphone, polaroid, or pinhole camera. Action pictures capturing nightmares in real-time. There is an uneasiness to his artistry, creatures with long necks, and deformed mouths hiding just beyond the penumbra.

Henderson uses hazy light to make building-sized monstrosities lumbering through the fog just out of sight, or deformed ghosts hiding under the yellowish light of a desolate neighborhood alley.

So profoundly creepy and just realistic enough, some people have added to the mystery of his work by giving his paintings stories. One is that of Siren Head.

When you think of giant menacing creatures that terrorize people, you don’t usually envision a cryptid with air sirens for a head. Yet that is exactly what Henderson’s Siren Head is according to fans; a slender and towering being that lures its victims into the woods using garbled distress signals. There’s even a video game based on this character.

Trevor Henderson Gallery

There isn’t much to say about Henderson, he seems to keep pretty much to himself. His social media pages don’t give too much away about his private life or what he’s working on next. His Patreon is full of information though.

He has apparently been on Reddit and offered some insight into how he creates his works, “Hey!! I draw on top of photos using a couple specific photoshop brushes, and then play around with filters like noise and gaussian blur to try and mesh the two together!”

Exploring his life isn’t as interesting as his art anyway. The best way to experience what he does is to see it for yourself. Below are only some of his illustrations. You can see more of his creations HERE.

Trevor Henderson Gallery

Trevor Henderson Gallery

Trevor Henderson Gallery

Trevor Henderson Gallery

If you want to see more of Henderson’s work click HERE.

Or check out his huge catalog of work on Facebook.

Or join his Patreon HERE.

Here is a fan-made short based on his Siren Head:

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Trailer for ‘The Exorcism’ Has Russell Crowe Possessed

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The latest exorcism movie is about to drop this summer. It’s aptly titled The Exorcism and it stars Academy Award winner turned B-movie savant Russell Crowe. The trailer dropped today and by the looks of it, we are getting a possession movie that takes place on a movie set.

Just like this year’s recent demon-in-media-space film Late Night With the Devil, The Exorcism happens during a production. Although the former takes place on a live network talk show, the latter is on an active sound stage. Hopefully, it won’t be entirely serious and we’ll get some meta chuckles out of it.

The film will open in theaters on June 7, but since Shudder also acquired it, it probably won’t be long after that until it finds a home on the streaming service.

Crowe plays, “Anthony Miller, a troubled actor who begins to unravel while shooting a supernatural horror film. His estranged daughter, Lee (Ryan Simpkins), wonders if he’s slipping back into his past addictions or if there’s something more sinister at play. The film also stars Sam Worthington, Chloe Bailey, Adam Goldberg and David Hyde Pierce.”

Crowe did see some success in last year’s The Pope’s Exorcist mostly because his character was so over-the-top and infused with such comical hubris it bordered on parody. We will see if that is the route actor-turned-director Joshua John Miller takes with The Exorcism.

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Win a Stay at The Lizzie Borden House From Spirit Halloween

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Spirit Halloween has declared that this week marks the start of spooky season and to celebrate they are offering fans a chance to stay at the Lizzie Borden House with so many perks Lizzie herself would approve.

The Lizzie Borden House in Fall River, MA is claimed to be one of the most haunted houses in America. Of course one lucky winner and up to 12 of their friends will find out if the rumors are true if they win the grand prize: A private stay in the notorious house.

“We are delighted to work with Spirit Halloween to roll out the red carpet and offer the public a chance to win a one-of-a-kind experience at the infamous Lizzie Borden House, which also includes additional haunted experiences and merchandise,” said Lance Zaal, President & Founder of US Ghost Adventures.

Fans can enter to win by following Spirit Halloween‘s Instagram and leaving a comment on the contest post from now through April 28.

Inside the Lizzie Borden House

The prize also includes:

An exclusive guided house tour, including insider insight around the murder, the trial, and commonly reported hauntings

A late-night ghost tour, complete with professional ghost-hunting gear

A private breakfast in the Borden family dining room

A ghost hunting starter kit with two pieces of Ghost Daddy Ghost Hunting Gear and a lesson for two at US Ghost Adventures Ghost Hunting Course

The ultimate Lizzie Borden gift package, featuring an official hatchet, the Lizzie Borden board game, Lily the Haunted Doll, and America’s Most Haunted Volume II

Winner’s choice of a Ghost Tour experience in Salem or a True Crime experience in Boston for two

“Our Halfway to Halloween celebration provides fans an exhilarating taste of what’s to come this fall and empowers them to start planning for their favorite season as early as they please,” said Steven Silverstein, CEO of Spirit Halloween. “We have cultivated an incredible following of enthusiasts who embody the Halloween lifestyle, and we’re thrilled to bring the fun back to life.”

Spirit Halloween is also preparing for their retail haunted houses. On Thursday, August 1 their flagship store in Egg Harbor Township, NJ. will officially open to start off the season. That event usually draws in hordes of people eager to see what new merch, animatronics, and exclusive IP goods will be trending this year.

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’28 Years Later’ Trilogy Taking Shape With Serious Star Power

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Danny Boyle is revisiting his 28 Days Later universe with three new films. He will direct the first, 28 Years Later, with two more to follow. Deadline is reporting that sources say Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Ralph Fiennes have been cast for the first entry, a sequel to the original. Details are being kept under wraps so we don’t know how or if the first original sequel 28 Weeks Later fits into the project.

Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes

Boyle will direct the first movie but it’s unclear which role he will take on in the subsequent films. What is known is Candyman (2021) director Nia DaCosta is scheduled to direct the second film in this trilogy and that the third will be filmed immediately afterward. Whether DaCosta will direct both is still unclear.

Alex Garland is writing the scripts. Garland is having a successful time at the box office right now. He wrote and directed the current action/thriller Civil War which was just knocked out of the theatrical top spot by Radio Silence’s Abigail.

There is no word yet on when, or where, 28 Years Later will start production.

28 Days Later

The original film followed Jim (Cillian Murphy) who wakes from a coma to find that London is currently dealing with a zombie outbreak.

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