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Drankenstein Art’s Horror Babies Dolls Are Terrifyingly Adorable!

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Written by Patti Pauley

This past weekend over at Monsterpalooza in Pasadena, California, boasted some incredible panels, fantastic cosplays, and some of the best horror genre items to spend your hard-earned cash on. I made the road trip from Las Vegas to So Cal last week just to attend the horror fandom event and report back to you readers some of my favorite finds at the con- and during my rounds at various vendor tables, I came across Andrea Von Drakenstein and her table of horror babies.

I can’t even begin to express how much I’m in love with these little faces.

 

Photo Credit: Patti Pauley

Andrea began making these darling creations back in 2011 with her first works of art being Frankenbaby and one of her now infamous, Sugar Skull Babies. The dolls sat for two years while Andrea dabbled in other art projects, then in 2013, Drakenstein turned her passion to the public and started making the Sugar Skull Babies- which in turn caught the eye of the Chimaya Art Gallery in Los Angeles who put the dolls on display and became a hit with the public.

Photo Credit: Drakenstein Art

With the Sugar Skull Babies a huge success, Drakenstein still had her Frankenbaby in the back of her mind and decided she wanted to venture into the horror icon genre:

“Frankenbaby sat there waiting for me to move forward with the Horror Babies. Since I had found the perfect base doll I then moved into the Horror Genre creating the characters from the films and the more I made the bigger the fan base grew. I did my first Horror convention in 2015 at the HorrorCon International in downtown LA. Then Days of the Dead, Midsummer Scream, Monsterpalooza and other smaller venues.”

And of course at Monsterpalooza, the dolls were an immediate hit not just with fans, but the icons themselves were fascinated at their porcelain portrayal of cuteness. Freddy Krueger himself Robert Englund gave his slasher stamp of approval!

Robert Englund and Fan Vecky Mota

Aside from creating Sugar Skull and Horror Babies like her favorites Edward Scissorhands and Jason Voorhees, Drakenstein also steps out of horror element and does custom orders. In the past, the artist has created anime characters, The Grinch, Norman Bates and Mother, and a special doll for the Movie Dolly Deadly for promotional purposes.

For anyone interested in purchasing one of these horror treasures outside of Southern California, visit Drakenstein’s Etsy shop by clicking here. For this week only, Audrea is offering up her Horror Babies at the special convention price of $80. If you’re interested in a custom order, you can directly message her through Etsy, Drakenstein Art’s official Facebook page, or by visiting Demented Designs at 1046 N. Tustin St. #D in Orange, California 92867.

You can also catch Andrea and her entire line of tiny terrors at the following upcoming events along with the upcoming Vintage Halloween Kids series making their debut in July:

MidSummer Scream in Long Beach CA July 29-30th
ScareLA Aug. 5th-6th Downtown LA
Pagan Day Festival September 23rd- 24th

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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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Watch ‘The Burning’ At The Location Where It Was Filmed

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Fangoria is reporting that fans of the 1981 slasher The Burning will be able to have a screening of the film at the location where it was filmed. The movie is set at Camp Blackfoot which is actually the Stonehaven Nature Preserve in Ransomville, New York.

This ticketed event will take place on August 3. Guests will be able to take a tour of the grounds as well as enjoy some campfire snacks along with the screening of The Burning.

The Burning

The film came out in the early ’80s when teen slashers were being churned out in magnum force. Thanks to Sean S. Cunningham’s Friday the 13th, filmmakers wanted to get in on the low-budget, high-profit movie market and a casket load of these types of films were produced, some better than others.

The Burning is one of the good ones, mostly because of the special effects from Tom Savini who had just come off of his groundbreaking work on Dawn of the Dead and Friday the 13th. He declined to do the sequel because of its illogical premise and instead signed on to do this movie. Also, a young Jason Alexander who would later go on to play George in Seinfeld is a featured player.

Because of its practical gore, The Burning had to be heavily edited before it received an R-rating. The MPAA was under the thumb of protest groups and political bigwigs to censor violent films at the time because slashers were just so graphic and detailed in their gore.

Tickets are $50, and if you want a special t-shirt, that will cost you another $25, You can get all the information by visiting the On Set Cinema webpage.

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‘Longlegs’ Creepy “Part 2” Teaser Appears on Instagram

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Neon Films released an Insta-teaser for their horror film Longlegs today. Titled Dirty: Part 2, the clip only furthers the mystery of what we are in for when this movie is finally released on July 12.

The official logline is: FBI Agent Lee Harker is assigned to an unsolved serial killer case that takes unexpected turns, revealing evidence of the occult. Harker discovers a personal connection to the killer and must stop him before he strikes again.

Directed by former actor Oz Perkins who also gave us The Blackcoat’s Daughter and Gretel & Hansel, Longlegs is already creating buzz with its moody images and cryptic hints. The film is rated R for bloody violence, and disturbing images.

Longlegs stars Nicolas Cage, Maika Monroe, and Alicia Witt.

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