Traditional Corish Witchcraft

Free web hosting sites like Geocities are amazing. They let just about anyone make a site, and publish what ever they wish. It is this fact that makes the creepiness in the internet really shine through. Today, we have for you a Geocities page on Traditional Corish Witchcraft.

This is the epitome of why I love the internet. Its beauty of web design, the content that simply confuses the masses, its just fantastic. 

The site is chockful o’ interesting little facts. The origin of Abrakadabra, a list of ‘Pellar’ tools, a list of rather useful powders (including my favorite, the love powder.) which also includes the ingrediants for those interested enough to make ‘Corpse Dust’, and a few unexplainable pages with odd passages from god only knows where.

Needless to say, Traditional Corish Witchcraft is going down in my books as a gem of the internet. Keep up the good work, oh faithful witches and wizards on the internets.

Indie Flick Of The Day: Deadheads Trailer

Zombies are obviously over played in Horror films…wether you love it or not. Sure there has been a few parodys, and some interesting twists on the zombie movie equation, but never yet has a movie shown just how difficult it is to be a zombie. Deadheads, from indie film maker Brett Pierce, is an incredibly good looking, low budget, zombie flick. Right at that junction of where Shawn of The Dead and Pineapple Express meet, we have the plot for a solid fun movie.

The movie centers around Mike, and Brent, who find themselves dead, and reanimated. Finding themselves apparently murdered, and with no recollection of their death, Brent and Mike set out to find how they met their end. A long the way, they cross pass with bounty hunters who were hired by the corporation that was responsible for zombiefication.

The hybrid zombie / comedy / road trip makes me giddy with excitement. This movie looks amazing. Keep your eyes out for it!

Deadheads

CGIs Absence in Horror Films

CGI has taken over film in some instances (case and point, Beowolf.), CGI making a presence in horror is yet to be seen. Is this a good thing? Horror film makers seem to have an unspoken agreement to keep horror low tech, and beautiful in its real effects. Its fantastic really.

However, playing devils advocate, is the lack of CGI a bad thing? What can CGI produce in horror films that will put make up artists and special effects artists out of work? Its obviously not far fetched to imagine that CGI can benefit the genre. Some of the scariest experiences, in any medium, that I have experienced have been video games like Fatal Frame and Half Life 2’s epic Ravenholm environment. While obviously not the same effects seen in full CGI films like Bayowolf, it is inconsequential evidence that CGI can produce legitamentally scary horror effects.

I’d love to see some professional horror films using high class CGI special effects…see just what it can produce. But don’t get me wrong, I don’t want to see real special effects and make up simple wipe off the face of the earth, I just feel we are neglecting a potentially ground breaking technology in the genre of horror.