Alma (video roundup)

Alma, a disturbing short film by Rodrigo Blaas. There are a couple of desktop wallpapers here.

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George Lucas on The Daily Show - - he's exactly right. My kids tolerate the movies but adore the cartoons.









Creepy video of a woman secretly living in an apartment (actually an ad for an apartment rental website).









Trailer for Inception.









Trailer for an animated version of Hansel and Gretel.



*Previously: The Shining as anime.



*Buy creepy dolls at eBay.

Redesigned Alfred Hitchcock posters (and more)

Posters for Rear Window and North By Northwest - - two of six designs by Matt Needle, who also created this poster for The Shining:



Via.

*Previously: Another North by Northwest poster.

*Buy North by Northwest posters at eBay.

The Shining poster (link roundup)

Poster for The Shining made as a commission by Tom Whalen.

And a few more links:

1. A theory that "dreams are tuning the mind for conscious awareness." Via.

2. It was too good to be true, JJ Abrams will not make a Dark Tower movie. Via.

3. "God Bless Amercia."

*Previously: The Shining, anime-style.

*Buy The Shining posters at eBay.

Jack Torrance's first novel finally published

The official description:

Jack Torrance's first novel, finally published after his untimely death at the Overlook Hotel.

"All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Dull Boy is nothing short of a complete rethinking of what a novel can and should be. It's true that, taken on its own, All Work is plotless. But like the best of Beckett, the lack of forward momentum is precisely the point. If it's nearly impossible to read, let us take a moment to consider how difficult it must have been to write. One is forced to consider the author, heroically pitting himself against the Sisyphusean sentence. It's that metatextual struggle of Man vs. Typewriter that gives this book its spellbinding power. Some will dismiss it as simplistic; that's like dismissing a Pollack canvas as mere splatters of paint."

Preview it or buy a copy here. Via.

Relatedly, check out this tremendously disturbing Polish movie poster for The Shining:



On sale at eBay. Shelley Duvall creeped me out way more than Jack Nicholson.

*Previously: The Shining Cuckoo Clock.

New stuff to buy

Lady astronaut attacked by tentacled monster in "Pulp Print" on sale for $35 at Threadless. (By Aaron Hogg.)




Glow in the dark limited edition poster for The Shining on sale for $55. (By Jeff Kleinsmith.)



And finally, a big sale at Fugitive Toys:



(Pictured: Little Uglys - Bop N' Beep [$8]; Spooky Cute Series 1 - Dog [$5.50]; Heroes and Heartbreakers - Blind Box [$7.95].)

Until November 30th, everything is 20% off at Fugitive toys with the code FTNEWS02.

*See the latest toys by Doktor A at Tenacious Toys.

Art inspired by The Shining

Below are two works of art from the "Artwork And No Play" show at Phone Booth Gallery. Both are available as prints for $40.


"Wave of Mutilation" by Kevin Tong.



"Artwork and No Play" by R. Black.

Via.

*Previously: The Shining Cuckoo Clock.

*Buy books about Stanley Kubrick at Amazon.