Brian Blair is a modern-day monster kid who has made a career of creating hideous masks and props of all manner of monsters, mutants, clowns, zombies, creatures, toads – even mummified sasquatch toes! Having spent his childhood watching late-night horror flicks and assembling Universal Monsters model kits, he officially formed Pumpkin Pulp in 2006 and the rest is horror history. Count down the remaining hours of your life with one of his terrifying cuckoo clocks or don one of his creations. HOMETOWN HAUNT Muncie, Indiana WEAPON OF CHOICE “When working on a new mask or prop, I first sculpt it out in clay. Usually, I have an idea in my head but instead of sketching it out, I like to just get into the clay and see what I can…

Appropriately enough for the original Mr. Barlow, Reggie Nalder was a man with an uncertain past: not only the origins of those distinctive facial scars – which destined him for myriad villainous roles – but even Nalder’s date of birth remains a matter of conjecture. A cabaret performer in his native Austria during the 1920s, his film breakthrough came when Alfred Hitchcock cast him as hitman Rien in The Man Who Knew Too Much, followed by memorable roles in Dario Argento’s The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, and the controversial Mark of the Devil, before channelling Count Orlok in Tobe Hooper’s Salem’s Lot. Unfortunately, the actor’s fortunes had already declined considerably by the time of his iconic vampire gig, a bright point between lending his talents (but not his name)…

Rue Morgue · 002 Rue Morgue #219 Osgood Perkins Hollywood has its share of bloodline dynasties, but no family tree is rooted as deeply in the horror genre as that of Osgood "Oz" Perkins. Named after his paternal grandfather, who starred in numerous Broadway productions and early films of the 1920s and ’30s, Oz the second is better known for his more direct ancestor: Anthony Perkins, whose breakout role as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho secured both actor and director as horror royalty. Of course, Psycho’s success had many dimensions – a box office record-breaker, it blasted cinematic conventions (by killing off leading lady Janet Leigh by the end of the first act) as well as industry taboos (by being the first feature film in history to show a…

Filmmaker Brandon Salisbury is a Pennsylvania boy through and through. Raised in and continually residing in the Keystone State, the movie buff-turned-Marine-turned-YouTuber and now documentarian owes his love of the medium, like so many who grew up near Steel City, to George A. Romero. “October 1 last year was George A. Romero Day in Pittsburgh,” he recalls. “[George] and [producer] Russ Streiner helped bring the film industry [here]. A lot of people that worked with George, they still reside in the Pittsburgh area so there’s a lot of mentorship and a lot of networking and connection [opportunities] for people that are pursuing this career path that can connect with George through the people that he's touched over the years. It’s amazing!” Salisbury remembers his first exposure to Romero’s Night of…