Vintage VHS Box Art by Frank Browning For Freddy In Space

I have long extolled Freddy In Space as one of my favorite blogs on the 'Net, and by far one of the best horror blogs around. One reason is because my main man Johnny that runs the site is a gentleman and a scholar... lol. But the other reason is that Johnny embraces his role a s a little guy in a big industry, and he realizes that he can't compete with huge blogs for things like exclusive content and set visits. So he sets out to create some original content that is unique to his blog, and he does this by collaborating with very talented people. One of the people he is working with on some of these projects is Frank Browning. Browning is a very talented artists that creates magnificent retro style art with a very unique touch. So he was the perfect choice by Johnny to create VHS styled boxes for modern horror classics that obviously never have been released in VHS format. This is a really cool concept because one of the coolest aspects of renting videos was definitely browsing the boxes at your local mom & pop video store. I have chosen to watch countless movies through the years based on their VHS box art, so seeing some of my favorite modern horror movies getting the 80s retro box art treatment is fantastic. The thing I love about these has to be the various shots that are highlighted... it is not like modern DVD art that rely on one or two pictures, but rather 6-8 smaller photos that may not be of the most important elements from the movie. Take the Trick 'r Treat box for example, which chooses to highlight vampire Anna Paquin and some of the other lesser known characters on the cover and leaves main attraction Sam for a back of the box shot. I am eagerly awaiting round 2 of these, and Johnny has solicited requests in the comment section for movies we would want to see receive this treatment from Browning. Check out the first series after the jump, and get over to Freddy In Space and show Johnny & Browning some love....

    

Sean Hartter Takes On Super Punch!!!

Running this blog has allowed me to post lots of great images and artistic creations, and at the same time allowed me to become friendly with some really cool people. One of those cool kids is artist Sean Hartter. I have posted many of Hartter's creations, mostly because they are absolutely fucking awesome. But it makes it a lot easier when the person who creates the art is super humble and comes correct every time. Need more proof of this? As a thank you to the awesome blog Super Punch for running his work continuously, Hartter created  one of his faux movie posters featuring the trademark Super Punch Chimera menacing a city in the style of Godzilla. That's pretty cool in my book. I just got one question for ya Sean: When do Jeff Bond & I get our CCD tribute piece??? We are waiting... hahahaha! Check out the full Super Punch piece after the jump...

Exophrine Presents "Can't Smile Without You" Redux

Good friend of CCD and fellow awesome blogger Dave from Exophrine sent me a link to a really cool video that he put together featuring Barry Manilow's hit song "Can't Smile Without You" mashed up with scenes from Hellboy II, the movie that featured the song so effectively. It is extremely well done and I think you will like it. (The embedded video is after the jump).

This is really a great video. It just flows so well. Del Torro used the song perfectly in the film, and when I met Doug Jones he said it was the best scene to shoot on the whole film.

To see the clip, just hit play on the below player. It is gonna open a new tab. Simply close out this new tab and you will be able to watch the clip embedded here by pressing play a second time. Damn Youtube wouldn't let Dave upload the clip for copyright reasons, so we are stuck with Megavideo and its pop ups.  

My Man Johnny Comes Through Once Again!!!

One of the cooler aspects of running this blog is that you begin to develop relationships with others who have similar interests as you. This is especially true of my fellow bloggers. My boy Cal at the Cave of Cool, Dave over at Exophrine, and Jeremy over at Popped Culture have made me feel great about the work I am doing here at CCD and motivate me through running their own awesome blogs as well (please check these guys out... you will love them!). But my closest friendship that I have developed so far has to be my boy Johnny Boots from the horror blog Freddy In Space. My boy is one of the most knowledgeable horror enthusiasts out there on the web, and I always get a kick out of reading his site.

God I love getting packages!!!!

Johnny and I began exchanging packages and memorabilia last year, and we often blow each others minds with the contents of packages that we send each other. I scored major points with Johnny by getting him a personalized autographed poster by scream queen Danielle Harris, and I also wowed him with a variant Freddy Kreuger toy that was in upside down packaging. He amazed me by providing me an etching of a Clint Howard/Ice Cream Man carving that was made for him. Yeah... we are both geeks! Anyway, I got another package from my boy this week and he has outdone himself yet again!

This package came with two items, one better then the next. The first was a box of 'Cereal Killer' cereal by Wax Eye. The particular brand was a play on the yellow boxes of Corn Pops/Honey Combs, entitled 'Eye Pops/Honey Chrome'. Very cool product... click the above link to see all the different boxes Wax Eye has to offer. The next thing was even cooler. It was a handmade voodoo-type doll in the form of zombie master George A. Romero!!! Artist Bob Dix created these dolls from scratch, hand painting each so that they are all unique in some way. Johnny sells these and many other cooky items in his Freddy in Space Online Store, but I got mine for nothing!!! Thanks Johnny. I got a package heading your way soon!!!!