I don’t know what triggered my thinking on it yesterday.
But, I got going on The Beastmaster. As I have mentioned many times before, I find inspiration in some REALLY ODD places. Movies, books, documentaries, etc. Most people don’t see them as “Halloween”, and yet, when looked at under the right light, they really fit.
The Beastmaster is another in that line of movies that one could make some REALLY COOL haunt assets and areas from. And, it’s a movie plays so often, most adults will remember it, even if the kids don’t.
Now, there’s human sacrifice, cool skulls, evil costumes galore to choose from, but there is that ONE SCENE that sticks out in my mind when thinking of a Halloween haunt. And, in broaching the subject with Jen last night, conversation went roughly…
“I had this evil thought today…”
“What kind of evil thought?”
“You remember the Beastmaster?”
“Kinda…”
“How much do you remember about it?”
“I remember it disturbed me…”
“Remember the bat people?”
“EWWWWW!!!!!! NO! NO! NOOOO!!!! You are NOT making those, I won’t sleep with them around!”
Oh….YES, I am…
Not this year, not enough time, so we’ll file this away with the ‘to be used eventually’ file. And, I might even just make them and sell them. But, the bat people must have their place in Halloween. Such GREAT source material. I found this clip of them, it’s missing some of the great atmosphere shots before and after this bit, all the wierdo things hanging from the tree and all…
Bunch of bat people statues, arms folded, standing around…
Anyhow. Was in the store last night, picking up our copy of Nightmare Before Christmas.
GREAT DVD, btw. The second disk contains Frankenweenie, and Vincent. Both excellent on their own. I’ve added a widget for Nightmare before Christmas to the sidebar.
But, while at the store, I just HAD to swing by the cd section. And there…calling me…was this…
Can’t pass on something like that…