Today I am excited to share my second poster of 2018. For this creation I had the pleasure of collaborating on a faux film one-sheet with the lovely Ari Dee. For this project I wanted to design something a bit different than I normally would so we headed into 60’s/70’s sexploitation territory for our horror inspiration. I think the results speak for themselves so read on to check it out. 

It is no secret that House Of The Devil is one of my favorite movies. I still remember the first night I sat down late one night to watch it, back when I still received dvd’s from Netflix. I didn’t realize what I was getting myself into since I knew very little going in. Right off the bat I was really taken with it and impressed with how well it achieved its late 70’s, early 80’s aesthetic. I loved how Ti West stated he was just trying to make a period piece so it felt right to shoot it as if it was from that time period as well. It made all the difference in the world. It was a creepy and classy film that is anchored by Jocelin Donahue’s wonderful performance as Samantha Hughes. My favorite testament to the film’s effectiveness is how I brought it to my brother’s to show him the film and when it was done he said “That was good, I don’t remember that movie (from the 80’s)” and THAT is when I told him it was made just the year prior. He was stunned. Since then I try to let everyone I show it to think it is an old film before revealing afterwards it is from 2009. It has worked everytime.

The concept Nicole and I landed on was loosely inspired by the Succubus who is a demon that takes the form of a woman in order to seduce it’s prey. I really liked the concept of a woman who had just picked the bones clean of an unsuspecting victim whom she had lured into her clutches. Nicole was into this idea and I thought she would be able to pull it off and as you will no doubt see for yourself below.

Carved is something I had been working on little by little for about two years with my friend and frequent collaborator, Holly.

Initially conceived as simply a faux movie one sheet in 2012, it was after some thought and discussion that the decision was made to expand on the concept when I created the mask you see here to wear as a simple Halloween costume last year. The original plan was initially to film a short fake trailer, when I realized that I didn’t have access to the necessary equipment to do things the right way. The next plan was to tell a story sequentially in photos and have them posted on a separate site created especially for the project. Unfortunately, due to scheduling circumstances beyond Holly’s or myself’s control, we ran out of time to complete the necessary photography. However, that is not to say we didn’t get to create some images that were cool on their own.

We are extremely excited to help reveal the new one sheet we created for the upcoming film Found Footage 3D from director Steven Degennaro. 

Co-designed with our good friend and frequent collaborator Matt Durston. We think the image is quite eye catching and fun, while keeping the spirit of those classic horror movie posters and VHS covers we all love so much.