The giant skull at different stages of as I was drawing each piece that makes it over October
Me wearing a skull mask peeking from behind a tree
2/2… I didn’t want to give away the surprise). Check the last pic for the artist behind the art 💀🎃
#TalesFromTheDarkScreen
The 30 drawings I posted daily in October make a giant skull
The list of. Ivied I drew this month and a quick layout grid of the giant skull
List of movies part 2
TALES FROM THE DARK SCREEN DAY 31:
🎃🎃 HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE! 🎃🎃
A peek at the making of #TalesFromTheDarkScreen with the grid and the list (I didn’t have a specific lineup in mind, just picking some of my fave movies every day and going random with the grid because… 1/2
All the drawings I’ve been posting daily in this thread combine to form a giant skull
TALES FROM THE DARK SCREEN DAY 31:
🎃🎃 HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE! 🎃🎃
Day 31 of #TalesFromTheDarkScreen is the sun of all the fears (well the fears I drew all month long). Hope y’all enjoyed these and enjoy the grand finale! 😁
Sam, the character from the movie trick r treat who has a stitched up potato sack in his head with buttons as eyes and a stitched smile
TALES FROM THE DARK SCREEN DAY 30:
TRICK ‘R TREAT (2007)
Day 30 of #TalesFromTheDarkScreen is here and I had to go with Michael Dougherty’s new Halloween classic TRICK R TREAT. Seems appropriate and I love this movie. Tune in in a few hour for the grand finale! 🎃🎃🎃
Jerry Dandrige is transforming into a vampire in one of the final sequences in the movie
TALES FROM THE DARK SCREEN DAY 29:
FRIGHT NIGHT (1985)
For Day 29 of #TalesFromTheDarkScreen I had to draw Jerry Dandrige, the sexy and scary creepy vampire (played beautifully by Chris Sarandon) in another all time fave of mine, Tom Holland’s FRIGHT NIGHT. Such a great, fun horror movie!
The zombie crusader from the movie
TALES FROM THE DARK SCREEN DAY 28:
TOMBS OF THE BLIND DEAD (1972)
There’s only a handful of horror movies I wasn’t able to finish because they were too scary and some even gave me nightmares. TOMBS OF THE BLIND DEAD by director Amando de Ossorio is 1 of em here for Day 28 of #TalesFromTheDarkScreen
The werewolf breaking through a door
TALES FROM THE DARK SCREEN DAY 27:
AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981)
Beware the Moon!
Day 27 of #TalesFromTheDarkScreen brings you John Landis classic (and one of my fave horrors) AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON. Groundbreaking transformation effects by the master, Rick Backer! 🐺🌕
All 26 #TalesFromTheDarkScreen entries so far :)
5 days left (including today) - hope you all stick around for the grand finale this Halloween day!
Closeups of the shark in Jaws
TALES FROM THE DARK SCREEN DAY 26:
JAWS (1975)
Day 26 of #TalesFromTheDarkScreen brings you the movie that scared millions of people away from the beaches: Steven Spielberg’s JAWS starring Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, and Bruce the shark. Quint’s tale still sends chills down my spine
Closeup of Michael Myers mask in Halloween
TALES FROM THE DARK SCREEN DAY 25:
HALLOWEEN (1978)
John Carpenter’s classic takes the spotlight for day 25 of #TalesFromTheDarkScreen not only because it’s one of the best horror movies ever and has gifted us the iconic Michael Myers, but also because it was released OTD 46 years ago! 🎃🔪
The sled dog from the movie with the alien organism in the background
TALES FROM THE DARK SCREEN DAY 24:
THE THING (1982)
Can’t do a best horror movies list without one of my favorite John Carpenter’s movies (and in my top 10 fave movies ever) so here’s THE THING for day 24 of #TalesFromTheDarkScreen. Had to draw, once again, the best actor in the movie 🐺🖤
The silhouette of the house in Amityville horror with the two windows lit like a pumpkin eyes in the night sky
TALES FROM THE DARK SCREEN DAY 23:
THE AMITYVILLE HORROR (1979)
More 70s chills for day 23 of #TalesFromTheDarkScreen with Stuart Rosenberg’s THE AMITYVILLE HORROR starring Margot Kidder and James Brolin. Great scares also thanks to Lalo Schifrin’s excellent score! One more week left!
The kid in the Halloween 3 movie trying to take off the melting pumpkin mask he’s wearing
TALES FROM THE DARK SCREEN DAY 22:
HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH (1982)
For day 22 of #TalesFromTheDarkScreen I’m celebrating the 3rd movie of John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN franchise since today marks its 42nd anniversary. Directed by Tommy Lee Wallace, it’s def one of the creepiest of the series
Linda Blair possessed by the demon in the exorcist
TALES FROM THE DARK SCREEN DAY 21:
THE EXORCIST (1973)
Back to the 70s for day 21 of #TalesFromTheDarkScreen with one of the genuinely most terrifying movies ever: William Friedkin’s classic THE EXORCIST starring Linda Blair and Max Von Sydow. Makeup and sfx are still chilling to this day.
Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance walking in the snow with the axe in his hands
TALES FROM THE DARK SCREEN DAY 20:
THE SHINING (1980)
I know I’ve done Kubrick’s THE SHINING already tributing the late, great Shelley Duvall, but I really wanted to draw Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance so you get a double dose of SHINING for day 20 of #TalesFromTheDarkScreen :)
Zombie dad coming out of the grave on Father’s Day
TALES FROM THE DARK SCREEN DAY 19:
CREEPSHOW (1982)
“I WANT MY CAKE!”
More 80s classic (80s were a great decade for horror!) for Day 19 of #TalesFromTheDarkScreen w George Romero and @stephenking.bsky.social CREEPSHOW, an all times fave. I went full Wrightson for my tribute to FATHER’S DAY here :)
The animated head of Dr Carl Hill (David Gale) in a bag
TALES FROM THE DARK SCREEN DAY 18:
RE-ANIMATOR (1985)
Another horror classic from the 80s for Day 18 of #TalesFromTheDarkScreen with Stuart Gordon’s highly entertaining adaptation (released OTD) of HPL’s “HERBERT WEST- REANIMATOR”. Starring Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Cranston, Bruce Abbott, & David Gale
The zombie coming out of a crypt in the music video thriller
TALES FROM THE DARK SCREEN DAY 17:
THRILLER (1983)
Back to the 80s for Day 17 of #TalesFromTheDarkScreen with a personal fave, a short classic directed by John Landis: Michael Jackson’s THRILLER!
In its 13 minutes plenty of scares and great makeup by Maestro Rick Baker! Plus Vincent Price!
The caved in broken skull ghost from Crimson peak
TALES FROM THE DARK SCREEN DAY 16:
CRIMSON PEAK (2015)
I know I’ve been tributing mostly horrors from the 70s/80s, but for Day 16 of #TalesFromTheDarkScreen I had to go w Maestro @realgdt.bsky.social ’s sublime ghost story CRIMSON PEAK, which was released OTD 9 years ago. Gothic horror at its best!
Split illustration: in top is the cabin in the woods where the movie evil dead takes place- at the bottom a close up of the deadite, the demonic zombies in the movie.
TALES FROM THE DARK SCREEN DAY 15:
THE EVIL DEAD (1981)
For Day 15 of #TalesFromTheDarkScreen I had to go with Sam Raimi’s classic starring Bruce Campbell since today it’s the 43rd anniversary of its release. It kickstarted a franchise that is still gifting us scares to this day. Deadite by dawn!
The human fly hybrid from Cronenberg movie THE FLY
TALES FROM THE DARK SCREEN DAY 14:
THE FLY (1986)
#TalesFromTheDarkScreen day 14 brings you one of the best remakes of all times: David Cronenberg’s THE FLY! A very few can do body horror like Cronenberg- Jeff Goldblum’s metamorphosis into Brundlefly is hard to watch still to this day… brrr
"Christine" is a 1958 Plymouth Fury from Stephen King's novel and Carpenter’s movie coming down the road towards us, a skull in the night sky behind
TALES FROM THE DARK SCREEN DAY 13:
CHRISTINE (1983)
“Bad to the bone”
Another @stephenking.bsky.social novel adaptation for day 13 of #TalesFromTheDarkScreen: CHRISTINE is not only a favorite John Carpenter movie of mine but also one of my fave soundtracks of his and Alan Howarth.
Xenomorph alien coming out from the alien hive
TALES FROM THE DARK SCREEN DAY 12:
ALIEN (1979)
“In Space no one can hear you scream”
For day 12 of #TalesFromTheDarkScreen I had to tribute Ridley Scott’s SciFi/Horror classic that kickstarted a franchise which is still very much alive after 45 years (see excellent ALIEN ROMULUS from 2 months ago).
The tarman zombie in all his terrifying glory
TALES FROM THE DARK SCREEN DAY 11:
THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (1985)
“Brrrraaaaiiiinnsss”
For day 11 of #TalesFromTheDarkScreen I had to pay tribute to Dan O’Bannon irreverent sequel to NOTLD and to one of the coolest and most terrifying on-screen zombies, TARMAN!
#SendMoreParamedics
The ten drawings i’ve been doing daily this month for Halloween. They includes leatherface Jason Voorhees Freddy Krueger and ghostface among others
The first 10 das of #TalesFromTheDarkScreen all together 😁
1/3 of the way there. Do you have a fave so far?
Ghostface from the movie a scream holding a bloody knife
TALES FROM THE DARK SCREEN DAY 10:
SCREAM (1996)
“Do you like scary movies?”
Can’t tribute scary movies all month long without paying homage to another Wes Craven’s classic that has inspired a long franchise of horror movies: SCREAM. So here’s Ghostface for #TalesFromTheDarkScreen! LOVE this movie!
Jason wearing the hockey mask and holding an axe lurking in the woods
TALES FROM THE DARK SCREEN DAY 9:
FRIDAY THE 13TH PART III (1982)
The whole FRIDAY THE 13TH movie series is a staple of the horror genre but for day 9 of #TalesFromTheDarkScreen I had to go with the third movie since it’s the first that has Jason Voorhees wearing the signature hockey mask 😁
Shelley a Duvall as Wendy recoils as Jack (off panel) rips through the door with the axe
TALES FROM THE DARK SCREEN DAY 8:
THE SHINING (1980)
"Wendy, I’m home!"
Starting week 2 of #TalesFromTheDarkScreen with another cult horror movie inspired by @StephenKing’s novels. Directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Jack Nicholson and the late Shelley Duvall. A descent into the madness!
Portrait of the rabid San bernardo dog from CUJO
TALES FROM THE DARK SCREEN DAY 7:
CUJO (1983)
"Something is wrong with CUJO, mom."
Day 7 of #TalesFromTheDarkScreen features another @stephenking.bsky.social adaptation, based on his 1981 novel CUJO. Directed by Lewis Teague and starring Dee Wallace. A masterpiece of tension!
Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) evil/crazy eyes portrait as seen through a spiral
TALES FROM THE DARK SCREEN DAY 6:
PSYCHO (1960)
"She wouldn't even harm a fly."
Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece (and an absolute fave horror movie of mine) is tributed for day 6 of #TalesFromTheDarkScreen.
Wanted to try something different for this one and it might be my fave so far :)
