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“A horror film’s job is to scare you, is to get your pulse going, is to make you scream and yell. It’s to make you be afraid. That’s its main purpose, and creeping you out. And that can be an enjoyable experience.” --- John Carpenter ::::::::::::: MY CRITERIA FOR DISCUSSION ENCOMPASSES THE HORROR GENRE AND BEYOND, SO I USE THE TERM "NIGHTMARE MOVIES". SPOILERS CAN OCCUR WITH OR WITHOUT WARNING. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.

THE ART LAIR - II

November 29th 2007 02:15
Meg Lyman
I love the way each person can interpret different things from a piece of artwork, more so than your average movie poster. As much as I love graphic design, a movie poster is, more often than not, designed to illicit an immediate and deliberate response from the viewer; basically the poster should be saying “You want to see this movie! Now!”

Melissa Byrd
With a piece of artwork, whether it be an charcoal sketch, a water colour painting, an air-brushed illustration, or a metal sculpture, the intention of the artist is to create a reaction from the viewer; not necessarily a feel-good sensation, but definitely an excited one. With horror art, the artist’s intention is to create a sense of morbid fascination, unease, dread, a macabre rush of adrenalin as fear crawls up the spine, or, most effectively, a recoil, as the imagery reminds one of a recent nightmare!

Gabe Marquez
As you will see in my artists' selection, I gravitate toward the horror art that romances the surreal, the lurid, the grotestque, yet strangely beautiful, and the dangerously sexual. Like Medusa, the siren, luring the impressionable hedonists to their doom. This is the second in my monthly post of horror artwork, The Art Lair. Savour these ghoulish displays of artistic expression like a fine goblet of dark arterial wine, then let the blood dribble down your chin and splash upon your breast where it congeals and glistens in the moonlight.

Adam Geyer

Charles Keeping

Frank Fiedler

Dorian Cleavenger

Josef Stark

Marcelo Orsi Blanco

Mario Velarde

Matthew Stawicki

Michael Ivan

Robert Walker

Taint Tin

Yvo Waldmeier

David Sammons






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Comment by Michaelie

November 29th 2007 02:51


Flick Wit
Woah - some very evocative images Bryn. I love it.

The last one makes me want to sqeeze my eyes shut! So vulnerable!

Michaelie

Comment by Damo

November 29th 2007 03:19
That reminds me of my last eye test.
Good pics

Comment by Michaelie

November 29th 2007 03:24


Flick Wit
No more free clinics for you Damo.

Comment by Bryn

November 29th 2007 04:20


Horrorphile
Michaelie, glad you found them to your evocative taste, that was precisely the intent ... And, yes, I saved the most evocative til last ...

Damo, ocular horror has to be one of the most disturbing ...

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