I believe that the universe is conspiring to put me on a point and click adventure kick. After the brief, but oh so creepy, demo of Bulb Boy my senses were further traumatized by Dropsy—a point and click “hugventure” starring a portly clown with a terrifyingly deformed face “on a journey of self-discovery” that features […]
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The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters That title, to an 18th century etching by Francisco Goya, has got to be one of the coolest titles for a work of art (ever). It was also my introduction to the horror genre, a terrifying depiction of just how real some nightmares can seem. For some, though, nightmares […]
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How to Make a Nightmare Directed by Noah Aust, How to Make a Nightmare is a surreal short film that finds two equally bizarre scientists exploring the mysteries behind one girl’s fascinating nightmares. There’s something very Dave McKean about the whole production, maybe it’s the mixture of live action and stop motion macabre… either way, […]
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WHERE: Guzu Gallery 5000 N Lamar Blvd Austin, TX 78751 OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, April 10 • 7-10pm HOURS: April 10 – May 11, 2015 Monday-Friday 11:00am – 7:00pm Saturday 10:00am – 7:00pm Sunday 12:00pm – 6:00pm This Friday, April 10th marks the arrival of a new art to Austin’s Guzu Gallery. Featuring 20+ artists from […]
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“The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down… Down, down, down.” —Alice in Wonderland In many ways DISKORDIA, written/illustrated by Rivenis (Andrew Blackman), is a topsy turvy spin on Lewis Carroll’s classic tale, Alice in Wonderland. Rather than simply reinventing that story, however, Diskordia takes the basic […]
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Well, even weirder than they already were in Season 1. For those that might have missed this show back in 2011, The Heart, She Hollers is a surrealist comedy created by Vernon Chatman (Wonder Showzen), John Lee (Delocated) and Alyson Levy that stars Patton Oswalt as Hurlan Heartshe, mayor of a tiny backwards town called […]
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Black Light Dinner Party – We Are Golden Created by dreambear, this animated music video for Black Light Dinner Party’s ‘We Are Golden’ synthpop single features Soola and Pum, a Lara Croft-eque eskimo and her polar bear pal, as they fight off Tetris-loving pirates and (eventually) the moon. The best thing about this video though […]
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What up, Internet? I want to welcome you back to Eyes Wide Open, your bi-weekly jump into the strange and twisted world of animation here at the clubhouse… This week, the video is Tidy Monster by Tim Marchant. It shows a descent into the madness of the mind of an unseen character and comprises of […]
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Despite its flaws, and it does have flaws, the film is one of the most entertaining horror movies I’ve seen in awhile. Based on a novel by David Wong, the pseudonym of Cracked.com’s Jason Pargin, JOHN DIES AT THE END is the type of film that throws convention out the window in favor of an […]