Zombified

I swear to God I am carrying the plague! I have had this blasted cold for over a month now and it just won't go away! If the zombie apocalypse comes I will be the one that started it since I feel like I am dead. Either that or I'll be immune to the zombie virus. Dammit!

Ummm.. Yea. I love zombies ad would make an awesome zombie hunter but I would make an even better zombie!! I am sorry I haven't been posting. I have been going to bed early or curling up under my heavy blanket and refusing to acknowledge the world.

So my little zombies, how has your dreaded turkey month been? Mine? Shitty as hell. *cough* *hack* *dies*

Urban Legends Parts 3

This weeks urban legend is pretty popular but I figured I would check it out and see if I could get to the bottom of this grisly legend. This week I am tackling Bloody Mary. I traveled to Wikipedia my first go to place and read what they had to say.

Wikipedia had this to say:

Historically, the ritual encouraged young women to walk up a flight of stairs backwards while holding a candle and a hand mirror, in a darkened house. As they gazed into the mirror, they were supposed to be able to catch a view of their future husband's face. There was, however, a chance that they would see a skull (or the face of the Grim Reaper) instead, indicating that they were destined to die before they would have the chance to marry.

In the ritual of today, Bloody Mary allegedly appears to individuals or groups who ritualistically invoke her name in an act of catoptromancy. This is done by repeatedly chanting her name in a mirror placed in a dimly-lit or candle-lit room. The Bloody Mary apparition allegedly appears as a corpse, a witch or ghost; can be friendly or evil; and is sometimes "seen" covered in blood. The lore surrounding the ritual states that participants may endure the apparition screaming at them, cursing them, strangling them, stealing their soul, drinking their blood or scratching their eyes out. The modern legend of Hanako-san in Japan strongly parallels the Bloody Mary mythology.

A modern addition of taunting Bloody Mary regarding her baby indicates the legendary figure's conflation with the historic figure, Queen Mary I, also known as "Bloody Mary", whose life was marked by a number of miscarriages or false pregnancies and is remembered for her violent religious reforms.

Ultimately they said that Bloody Mary was just a hallucination. So investigated further. Bloody Mary is also known as Mary Worth, Mary Worthington, Mary Jane, Mary Whales, Mary White, and even Hell Mary. Just how many variations of the Bloody Mary legend are there? Apparently a lot of them.

Then I came across Scaryforkids.com and they had this to say about the Bloody Mary legend:

"The history of the chanting game is based on mixed up legends and history that have become the main basis for the story surrounding the urban legend.

The most common story told is that Mary Worth was a witch that lived over 100 years ago who dabbled in the black arts. She was found out and executed. However this does not tie in with a child or baby which is often mentioned in the ritual of summoning her.

The other story accompanying the ritual is a local woman was involved in a fatal car accident nearby, her face horribly mutilated. She reappears in the mirror when summoned with that same horrific face.

It is largely believed that the origins of the names "Mary Worth" and "Bloody Mary" came from a slight mix up of characters from history. There is a lot of speculation as to the names being taken from Mary I, Queen of England who reigned during the Tudor period. Mary Tudor was also commonly known as "Bloody Mary".

Her nickname of "Bloody Mary" became attached to her when she violently executed and burnt Mary Tudor people at the stake for heresy throughout her reign of a little over 5 years.

She also was unable to bear children and suffered two phantom pregnancies, this is where it is speculated that the Bloody Mary game involving chanting "I stole your baby" or "I killed your baby" became tangled up with the now known Bloody Mary game.

There is another suggestion that the name "Mary Worth" was derived from a victim of the Salem Witch trials. There was no person involved in these trials by the name of Mary Worth.

Other surrounding additions to the "Bloody Mary" game are derived from the legend of Elizabeth Bathory, who it was rumored bathed in blood and took part in other atrocities to save her youthful beauty, of course her name was not Mary but somehow the stories of this cruel woman have been inserted into the Bloody Mary game.


However this game came about and whenever this game was first invented the one thing we do know for sure is that the ritual of spinning and chanting has evolved from quite a long time ago, when young girls participated regularly in rituals such as this to find who they would marry and when they would marry. There is also the addition of mirrors which were known as being portals to another world, especially during Victorian times. Add in a little more of the olde time spiritual beliefs including covering mirrors while in the presence of a dead person or at a funeral, some spooky ghost stories told at bedtime, and it seems to have all somehow combined over the years to form the now famous game of Bloody Mary.

So Bloody Mary came about due to Queen Mary I of England? That can't be it. So I furthered my investigation and after exploring a plethora of sites they all come to the same conclusion that Bloody Mary was spawned from Queen Mary I of England and possibly Elizabeth Bathory.

Krampus

I was hoping to do a Krampus countdown but alas I will not be able to this season. I’m even posting this before December so you can possibly visit the amazing festival I found out about. This is probably also one of my longer posts too.

I’m sure some of you have heard of Krampus. I know if you watch Grimm you have. There is a few Krampus YouTube videos which you can look up. There are a few Krampus Creepypasta. Here is one from Creepypasta Wikia: http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/The_Christmas_Krampus There are plenty more out there for you to read/listen to if you like the YouTube Creepypastas.

I am also seeing a Krampus movie so we will have to see if it is as scary as I hope. The trailer looks good but I found that they pull the good parts for the trailer and sometimes that is the only good part. I found this trailer on NewTrailersBuzz page on YouTube. Now this Krampus movie is called A Christmas Horror Story. It has already been released in Canada and the UK but I'm not seeing an official date for the US. Here is the link to IMDb.com for this movie. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3688406/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm

This is what wikipedia had for Krampus:

In German-speaking Alpine folklore, Krampus is a horned, anthropomorphic figure. According to traditional narratives around the figure, Krampus punishes children during the Christmas season who had misbehaved, in contrast with Saint Nicholas, who rewards well-behaved ones with gifts. Regions in the Austrian diaspora feature similar figures and, more widely, Krampus is one of a number of Companions of Saint Nicholas in regions of Europe. The origin of the figure is unclear; some folklorists and anthropologists have postulated a pre-Christian origin for the figure (see Germanic paganism).

Traditional parades in which young men dress as Krampus, such as the Krampuslauf (German 'Krampus run'), occur annually in some Alpine towns. Krampus is featured on holiday greeting cards called Krampuskarten.

Me being the dark morbid person I am, thinks that Krampus is much darker than just ‘punishing’ naughty children. To a naughty child having a horned creature come to punish them would be frightening especially if they were of a Christian faith. But what about the non-christian children? Why would they be scared of Krampus?

If my parents told me the legend of Krampus but instead of punishing me he would take me to his lair and eat me bit by bit until the next year so he could deliver my bones to my parents. I would be more than willing to behave. Probably have night terrors too. Which is why I only expose my dark morbid self to those looking at my blog!

As the season continues to draw closer more and more people become stressed by what they are going to give people and getting what their family wants. But what if Krampus visited more than naughty children? What if he visited naughty adults too?

Well goodbye 90% of the adult population! That’s right. We expect our children to be ‘good’ during this holiday season but what about ourselves? How many times were we rude to someone just because we were in a bad mood? Or had road rage? Inside and outside of the store?

I work in retail and I have met plenty of rude people even during a non holiday season. How do I not slap them and tell them to grow up? I imagine I am Darth Vader and can force choke them or as it is now the Christmas season I will be imagining that Krampus will be coming to visit them. What do you do in times like these?

Did you know that there was a Krampus festival? I didn’t! Now I want to go and hang out with the Krampus Army. The festival takes place in Klagenfurt, Austria. This is from Fest300.com about the attendance of Krampusnacht:

Numbers vary, but an estimated 1,000 Krampi, the largest concentration in the world, descend upon Klagenfurt for a parade through the streets that eventually morphs into a party. Those who dress as Krampus tend to be men in their teens and twenties, and as is the wont of the universe, when large groups of men in their teens and twenties get dressed up, they tend to get drunk.

There's a pagan spirituality element to the equation too; while some Krampi are having fun, others reference pre-Christian traditions of spiritual possession via the usage of mind-altering substances. Which is a nice way to say: some Krampus get crazy on the Krampuslauf. During the after party, expect to hear Black Metal; it's a popular in the area, and the mix of thrashy songs, pagan references, demon/devil iconography and general strutting machismo makes for a natural auditory backdrop to the Krampus crowd.

That said, the Krampuslauf isn't all boozy, demon-clad testosterone time. Many treat the event as a costume contest, and the quality of some Krampus outfits is pretty amazing. In addition, many women take to the streets dressed as Perchta , a pagan goddess of Germanic origin; as a result, a Perchtenlauf (Perchta run) is now a standard component of the Krampuslauf.

Many of those who take the pre-Christian origins of the event seriously do their best to evoke the fear Krampus originally inspired, and it wouldn't be hyperbole to say that for them, the Krampuslauf takes on mystical, and even religious overtones. For these runners, Krampus is the dark counterpart to the gemütlichkeit Christmas evokes. Gemütlichkeitis a hard word to translate, but it encompasses both coziness and conviviality, whereas Krampus is the other half of the winter solstice: darkness, cold, and snowy fir forests where branches snap and things go bump in the frozen night.

I found this at http://paganwiccan.about.com/od/yuletraditions/p/Krampusnacht.htm

December 5 is the evening on which parts of Germany and Bavaria celebrate Krampusnacht, which is a throwback to a pre-Christian tradition. The word Krampus means "claw", and apparently certain Alpine villages have big parties featuring a scary clawed incubus who hangs around with Santa Claus. The Krampus costume also includes sheepskin, horns, and a switch that the incubus uses to swat children and unsuspecting young ladies

The Krampus' job is to punish those who have been bad, while Santa rewards the people on his "nice" list. There's been a resurgence in interest in Krampus over the past century or so, but it seems as though the custom goes back hundreds of years.

While the men parade around dressed as creepy demons, the women get to have some fun too, wearing masks and representing Frau Perchta, who was a Nordic goddess, who may have been an aspect of Freyja, the fertility goddess. Interestingly, in the Pennsylvania Dutch community, there's a character called Pelsnickel or Belznickel who is an awful lot like Krampus, so it appears that the tradition migrated across the water when Germans settled in America.

Krampus.com, which calls itself the official home of "Krampus, the holiday devil," calls Krampus a "dark counterpart of Saint Nicholas, the traditional European gift-bringer who visits on his holy day of December 6th. The bishop-garbed St. Nicholas rewards good kids with gifts and treats; unlike the archetypal Santa, however, St. Nicholas never punishes naughty children, parceling out this task to a ghastly helper from below."

According to everfest.com this year’s Krampusnacht is taking place on December 5th but theeventpalette.com says it is on November 28th. If you find out the actual date as to when the Krampusnacht is happening this year please email me so I can put a definite date on here.

Urban Legends Part 2

Black Agnes or Black Aggie as I have found is the name of the statue that is reported to kill people. This huge statue is titled Thanatos (death in Greek) and is the grave marker for John Erastus Hubbard who lived from 1847-1899.

Now according to the legend this statue will kill anyone who happens to sit in its lap. There are several variations of this story, some not including certain death for sitting on the statue but they all say that laying in the statue's lap will bring certain death.

But according to Wikipedia 'Black Aggie is the name given to statue formerly placed on General Felix Agnus in Druid Ridge Cemetery in Pikesville, Maryland.'

Wikipedia also had this to say about the history of Black Aggie; a replica of Augustus Saint-Gaudens' 1891 allegorical figure named Grief:

Beginning with its installation in 1926, the replica was surrounded by many urban legends, principally that someone spending a night in its lap would be haunted by the ghosts of those buried there; that the spirits of individuals buried at Druid Ridge would annually convene at the statue; that no grass would grow on the ground where the statue's shadow would lie during the daytime; or that the statue would animate itself during the night, whether by physically moving or by showing glowing red eyes.

These urban legends led to much unwelcome attention toward the statue; many people were caught breaking into the cemetery at night to visit it, and the pedestal was frequently vandalized. The Agnus family, disturbed by the attention the statue received, donated it to the Smithsonian in 1967. It sat for many years in storage at the National Museum of American Art (later named the Smithsonian American Art Museum) where an authorized recasting of the original Adams Memorial statue now sits.

Black Aggie was moved from her previous home at the museum to a courtyard behind the Dolley Madison House on Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C. where she currently stands. The bare, blank pedestal remains at the statue's former home at Druid Ridge Cemetery.

Another statue, similarly called "Black Agnus" is located at Green Mount Cemetery in Montpelier, Vermont. This one is of a man sitting and covered in a shawl, but his head is visible and his looking up with closed eyes. This statue is copper rather than bronze, so it has a green patina.

I found another version of this urban legend on YouTube that is completely different from the other versions I have come across.

Do I know which legend is the original? No I don't. But each legend is fascinating. There is another Black Anges but she is the Countess of Dunbar in Scotland who defended her home from the English during a siege in 1337. I hope you enjoyed this installment of Urban Legends! Keep an eye out for next weeks post along with other various posts.

My Rules

I have shared several sets of rules. Now it is time to share my set. You don't have to like them. You don't even have to live by them. Unless you are in my group then you have to.

1. Stick Together
Being in a group is better than being alone.

2. Don't Be A Hero Unless Necessary
If you want to be a hero then that is your decision but you can't go gallivanting around saving everyone. Sometimes a necessary loss is for the greater good.

3. Have Multiple Weapons
Yes you have a gun but what do you do when you run out of ammo? Take your shoes off and throw them at the zombies? Having multiple weapons preferably a blunt and bladed weapon are going to keep you alive a little bit longer. Ammo doesn't grow on trees.

4. Double Check
You think that dead body on the floor is dead right? WRONG! You just walked by it and now you have a chunk taken out of your leg. Think you know the plan? Check again. Wonder if you have enough water for you and everyone else? Double check.

5. Sleep In Shifts
When not on the move you should sleep in shifts, rotating who stands watch. If everyone sleeps at the same time you won't see that horde coming up the hill on their way to lunch.

6. Ration It Out
No one deserves more food than someone else, not even a child. Everyone needs to keep up their strength. Ration the food and water out. You don't know when you'll find some again.

7. No Mercy
Someone got bit? Don't let them stay in the group. Dispatch them and be done with it. Letting an infected human stay within the group is hazardous and downright stupid.

8. First Aid
If you were injured in a battle or tromping through the woods, make sure you clean it out and cover it up. Let your group know that you have been wounded so everyone can keep an eye out for meds and keep an eye on you for any kind of sickness.

9. Don't Be An Asshole
Assholes exist but if you can help by not being one then all the greater.

10. Don't Get Cornered
You get cornered in a building, natural canyon, or a BATHROOM. The group will try to help you but will refer to Rule 2 when all else fails.

11. Be Aware
Don't stare at your feet will trudging along that dirt road. You can help your group be keeping an eye out for possible danger.

12. Take What You Need
Only take what you need. You may want to take that awesome shit that you've never had before. But what would be the point? Can the group use it to help fight off danger? Is it small enough that it won't take away space for food or water? If you don't need it then don't take it.

13. Stay Clothed
Make sure that you have adequate clothing. If you're wearing shorts and a tank top when a down pour happens no one will take pity one you. Layer up.

14. Don't Wonder Off
If you are with the group don't wonder off or you might get left behind. Yes having a moment alone is nice but shit happens. Now you're alone without the group and your provisions.

15. Exit Strategy
Always have a backup plan for the backup plan. Always know where to meet up with your group if you get separated. And always know every exit for any building you are in.

16. Sex Is Overrated
Don't get caught by a wandering zombie or horde because you wanted to have a little fun with the cute guy or gal of the group. Refer to Rules 1 and 14.

Common Sense

If any of you have watched Zombieland then you know the rules. If you haven't don't worry you'll learn them soon enough. Couple the Zombieland rules with the ones I have posted about before then we should be good to go. Or so I thought.

I have talked about writing zombie stories before and each of them are uniquely different but as my brother and I began talking about what we would be doing for the coming apocalypse I began to plot a new story. So I asked him what things he would like to see in this story and his response? A bathroom scene. Yeah. So I told him that would be the scene he died in. He knows the rules. Beware bathrooms.

Apparently having a massive amount of rules to survive by does not keep you from dying during the apocalypse, especially when common sense seems to allude you. You could be a rocket scientist but if you have no common sense then I will be seeing you among the masses of zombies.

Urban Legends Part 1

Welcome to the first post of my Urban Legends series. As I am writing the series I feel I should inform you that I will be telling you about the legend and possibly writing my own theory. FYI it will probably be darker than the legend.

La Llorona is a Hispanic legend dating back hundreds of years. There are several versions of the tale but the bare bones of the story is that a beautiful woman by the name of Maria drowned her children in a fit of rage and after realizing what she has done drowns herself. She is stopped at the gates of Heaven and told she can not enter until she finds the whereabouts of her children's souls. She searches the world, weeping for her children. When she finds children that remind her of her own she takes them to a lake or river and drowns them. Some variations her La Llorona drowning children, men and women.

Pretty basic story. But what got me was the part of them letting her in after she finds the children she murdered. Yes this is very odd. My theory is that she isn't a ghost like the legend says but a demon who is bound to continue drowning young children.

I found a couple of news report videos about La Llorona but I suck and don't understand Spanish. But I did find this wonderfully creepy video directed by JoeNationTV.

Have You Made Your Plans?

Ok my little zombies I have a list for you. Well a couple of lists for you. These lists show you the best and worst places to be during the glorious zombie apocalypse. (According to CBS.) FYI the best time to make your survival plan would be now. So far four zombie like attacks have been reported but I'm going to leave those for another post!

Worst Places To Be

1. New York City
2. Tampa, FL
3. Los Angeles
4. Riverside/San Bernadino, CA
5. Chicago

Best Places To Be

1. Boston
2. Salk Lake City, UT
3. Columbus, OH
4. Baltimore, MD
5. Virginia Beach/Norfolk, VA

I would start making my plans. I know I have already made mine and I even have an outline for an awesome new zombie story. It involves turkey. (Shudders.) I hate turkey.

Anyway, good luck on the horrendous month of November. the Merry Thanksmas season has officially begun. As my bosses say 23/24 more days until Thanksgiving (unless you live outside of the US then it has probably either already happened or will be happening later in the season).

Month of Legends

I am going to continue the scariness and do a month of urban legends. I unfortunately did not find any scary Turkey Day stories so that is out of the question. I will post this series once a week during the month of November.

Now don't worry I will have other things to post about (zombies). As for the month of December I don't know what I will be blogging about just yet but zombies with be interspersed through out it. Maybe the true origins of fairy tales....

Urban Legends

• La Llorona
• Black Agnes
• Bloody Mary
• Jersey Devil

Apparently urban legends are either about killers or ghosts. I found many that would be interesting to blog about but these four stood out the most. Three of them are a pretty common legend but there is one that I had never heard about. I would have done the Boogieman and Slender Man. I know Slender Man isn't an urban legend but after certain events I figured it will be in the hall of fame for legends.

See you next time my lovely zombies!

Jack Skellington

Yes, I didn't plan on posting today but I won't be going out tonight. My son is with his grandparents and they don't celebrate Halloween. But I told my son that I would send a letter to Jack Skellington telling him that my son couldn't go out and Trick or Treat. Jack will be leaving him a pumpkin of candy.

So due to the fact that I am at home not doing anything I decided to post a video by Madeyewlook of a Jack/Sally tutorial.

Have a Happy Halloween!!

Slender Man

I will not be posting tomorrow (that I know of) and I will be bringing you the creepiest legend out there. Slender Man! I think he is the scariest, creepiest legend/monster that you could dress up as. The history of Slender Man does not go back very far (2009) and already truly despicable things have been done in his name. The worst being the devil but since the devil has been so commercialized Slender Man comes to the top of the list. Now I know he isn't a legend but due to what people have done in his name I know he will become one of the new legends to tell around a camp fire.

Slender Man started on a COMEDY web forum. Yes comedy.

What Wikipedia had to say about Slender Man: The Slender Man (also known as Slenderman) is a fictional supernatural character that originated as an Internet meme created by Something Awful forums user Eric Knudsen (a.k.a. "Victor Surge") in 2009. It is depicted as resembling a thin, unnaturally tall man with a blank and usually featureless face, wearing a black suit.

Stories of the Slender Man commonly feature him stalking, abducting or traumatizing people, particularly children.[1] The Slender Man is not confined to a single narrative, but appears in many disparate works of fiction, mostly composed online.[2] Fiction relating to the Slender Man encompasses many media, including literature, art and video series such as Marble Hornets. Outside of online fiction, the Slender Man has had impact on popular culture, having been referenced in the video game Minecraft and generated video games of his own, such as Slender: The Eight Pages and Slender: The Arrival.

You can go to the Slender Man Wikipedia page to read more on Slender Man.

I went looking for the original Slender Man story and came across this: The complete, terrifying history of Slender Man

I remember hearing on the news about the two girls stabbing their friend because 'We wanted to prove the skeptics wrong.' Once again making me wonder about my theory (yes it is in Supernatural) that if you believe in something enough you could bring it to life. The theory is valid not completely logical but valid. Now for a Slender Man makeup tutorial!

It was a big toss up about which Slender Man tutorial I liked the most. It came down to Pinkstylist's and Silvia Quiros. Silvia Quiros won. I love both tutorials but I think that Silvia's version of Slender Man is scarier.

FYI My computer was glitching the entire time I was researching Slender Man.

Have A Happy Halloween!

Bonus Post

Surprise!! Here's a bonus post for today, purely because this costume is awesome as hell!!. Plus I love Silent Hill.

And how can I not have the every awesome Pyramid Head? This one is very in depth and easy to make. So many amazing costumes to make how can I choose!?!?!

Illidan Stormrage

I was scrolling through my video suggestions and found this beautiful video. Jordan Hanz was one of the participants of the NYX Face Awards. I believe she made it to the Top 11. I am a huge WoW fan and love playing so I just couldn't pass this up. I'm sorry if my posts are kind of short I haven't been feeling the greatest. I have caught the retched change of season cold.

I hope you all have a Happy Halloween!

Harvey Dent

This is one of the final Halloween posts. I have been uber busy with work and everything else I do. Anyway, Ellimacs SFX Makeup made this video. I found it really cool and thought about doing it but I don't have a victim to practice on. I hope you all have an awesome Halloween.

Crimson Peak

This is one of the last posts for Halloween. But don't worry I have something planned for next month. Mwahahahaha!!! Should you be afraid? I don't know. Have you realized I am completely insane yet?

Today's post was a tough one because I found a video on how to do a candy corn demon and I HATE candy corn. But I am going for scary and this wasn't really scary.

I am sure some of you have heard of or gotten to watch Crimson Peak and I can say that I really want to watch it, like REALLY want to. But alas life is cruel and I don't get to. My budget says you either watch it or you won't have enough for all the food that you need to bring in to last til your next paycheck.

Today's video is brought to you by GoldieStarling. She has many awesome videos that you could do for Halloween or any time of the year because come on who wants to dress up only during the month of October?

I hope you enjoy the video and know that I am envious if you have already gotten to watch the movie.

Yautja

I came across this awesome tutorial from Ellimacs. If you are a Predator lover like I am then you will appreciate this. Elli always makes affordable costumes. I hope that they do one for the Alien xenomorphs.

I did some snooping around and found out that they will be doing a sequel to Predators. So not only would this make a snazzy Halloween costume it would be an awesome cosplay. Though I can't wait for 2017 because not one but two Alien movies will be coming out. Aliens 5 and Aliens: Lost Paradise. I'm sure there are people out there that hate the movies because it doesn't follow the comics/books. I haven't read any of them so to me the movies are amazing.

Anyway I hope you enjoy this tutorial. If you like her tutorials I highly suggest you check out her channel. She has many amazing tutorials.

Back to Basics

Today we are going back to a basic costume. This is a video I found on YouTube to do my wonderful NoV-X makeup. I planned to use this tutorial along with a few others to make my wonderful zombie. Emma Pickles made this video along with a few others I found amazing, like Fornicus from Cabin in the Woods, and Black Ops 2 Zombie Makeup Transformation. You do have to look for these videos among her regular makeup videos but they are well worth the search.

Until Dawn

I found today's makeup tutorial and then had to go look up the game it is based on. I have decided that this game would be the death of me. Or possibly the one that draws me so far into it I forget I have a job, child... life. FYI if you look up Until Dawn on YouTube I suggest watching the Honest Game Trailers vid. It looks like an awesome game but alas I do not have a PS4 or anything like that. I have my wondrous computer and a dying Xbox 360. Though I think I am going to be getting myself an Xbox One for Christmas... Moving on. Until Dawn drew me in and now I serious want to play it. But I found this lovely gem that you could possibly dress as.

Madeyewlook has done this video. She has a slew of awesome videos to check out.

McDonald's

Yep definitely in love with Pinkstylist! To all you McDonald's lovers out there just remember the more you eat and the more you pack on means you are slower so the zombies can catch you! But this zombie is like no other! He lovers McDonald's too! So much in fact his name is the name of the fast food chain. Yes Zombie Ronald McDonald will be coming for you!

Enjoy Pinkstylist tutorial on Zombie Ronald McDonald! I know I did.

Scary Stories

It is the 14th of October and I feel the need to find a few scary stories for you to read. Creepy Pasta being my favorite go to place for scary stories I decided to find the scariest Creepy pastas.

1. 1999 - http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/1999
2. The Russian Sleep Experiment - http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/The_Russian_Sleep_Experiment
3. Kagome Kagome - http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/Kagome_Kagome
4. Anomely - http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/Anomaly

Now I am sure that there are creepy pastas out there scarier than these but these are the ones that got to me. I hope you enjoy! If you don't feel like reading then check out YouTube for Creepy Pasta story times! I started my love of creepy pastas by listening to The Russian Sleep Experiment on YouTube. I use Creepy Pasta Wikia to find all of my stories you can go to Creepy Pasta and look for them but I know I will be sucked into that dark world for hours on end. 

Just 8 more posts before Halloween! I'm gonna have to step up my posts and decide what they are going to be about. If you have any ideas email me at Zombieverse1987@gmail.com

Pennywise

I think I have fallen in love with Pinkstylist... At least his tutorials. When I go looking for a tutorial he usually has what I am looking for. I came across his tutorial for Pennywise and since I know several people who are deathly afraid of clowns I figured this would be an awesome costume.

I love the movie It and it is on my list of movies that freak me out but my love runs deep for Tim Curry, the Master of Villains. I am a little bit skeptical about the remake but I will give it a chance, especially if what I am hearing is true and that they are making it more like the book, which is also awesome.

Movies To Watch

How many of you have watched scary stories with all the lights out and all alone in the house? Most of you? Here is a list of the scary movies I watched alone with the lights out that creeped me the fuck out.

1. Evil Dead - 1981
2. The Exorcist - 1973
3. Halloween - 1978
4. The Shining - 1980
5. Poltergeist - 1982
6. The Omen - 1976
7. Friday the 13th - 1980
8. Insidious - 2010
9. Unborn - 2009 (I was pregnant when I watched this movie. Scared the shit out of me.)
10. It - 1990
11. Jaws - 1975

Yes, Jaws freaks me out now. When I was younger I loved the movie but since I have developed Thalassophobia I have issues watching it. I can't even go swimming in lakes or rivers because of my fear. I don't think it is a fear of the sea but more Galeophobia, a fear of sharks. Think it's funny? Look up how far a Bull shark has been found inland. But the thought of swimming where me or my son could potentially be a victim sends me into a cold sweat.

The Boogieman

Have any of you ever been afraid of the Boogieman? My son has an ungodly fear of the man in the closet. The closet door has to be closed and I have to be in the room with him. No one has ever told him about the Boogieman but even though he is considered a 'mythical creature' one has to wonder if this entity has been brought to life by the collective fear of children from around the world.

Wikipedia had this to say about the Boogieman: Bogeyman (also spelled bogieman, boogeyman, or boogie man, and pronounced /bʊɡimæn/ or /boʊɡimæn/; see spelling differences)[1] is a common allusion to a mythical creature in many cultures used by adults or older children to frighten bad children into good behavior. This monster has no specific appearance, and conceptions about it can vary drastically from household to household within the same community; in many cases, he has no set appearance in the mind of an adult or child, but is simply a non-specific embodiment of terror. Parents may tell their children that if they misbehave, the bogeyman will get them. Bogeymen may target a specific mischief—for instance, a bogeyman that punishes children who suck their thumbs—or general misbehaviour, depending on what purpose needs serving. In some cases, the bogeyman is a nickname for the devil. Bogeyman tales vary by region. The bogeyman is usually a masculine entity but can be any gender or simply androgynous.

Monster Wikia had this: The typical Boogeyman legend states that its favorite places to hide are under beds and in closets, particularly in the bedrooms of children who are 'naughty' or have acted in a way to gain disapproval from their parent(s). The Boogeyman is nocturnal, typically only visiting its victims after midnight. According to all accounts, the Boogeyman is malevolent in nature, with its name often used synonymously with something or someone that is frightening.

The Boogeyman feeds off fear, particularly the fear of children, though under certain circumstances an adult may attract the Boogeyman themselves by chanelling their inner-child. An adult who has had traumatic experiences with the entity as a child will be more likely to attract it again.

The Boogeyman is an amorphous being, having no particular shape or form. The appearance of the dark entity may differ from one child to the next, often shaping itself around the child's deepest fears. The being often appears as a pale humanoid with either red or yellow eyes, sharp teeth and claws. It may, however, appear to some as a mass of penises, as a clown, or as someone with whom the child associates horrific memories or trauma.

The Boogeyman, a being that feeds of fear, will, like a stray dog, not stick around those who are not feeding it. Don't fear the Boogeyman, and it will leave. This is easier said than done for most, but if you close your eyes and recite the following verses, the Boogeyman may very well be dispelled.

"I'm not afraid of the Thing in my closet, or the monster under my bed.

No, I'm not afraid of the Boogeyman, I know he's in my head."

If ever you should feel the presence of the Boogeyman in your room at night, simply flick the light switch on and call for your parents, if available. It is unknown whether the light hurts or frightens the Boogeyman, but it is a well known fact that the entity does not like to be seen clearly or by those who are not so easily frightened.

Furthermore, it is also very important to keep your feet under the covers at all times to eliminate all possibility of the Boogeyman's long, icy fingers tickling your toes. Horror author Stephen King once described bed sheets as "Boogeyman kryptonite." Should the situation escalate to the point where the Boogeyman approaches you, emerging yourself completely under the sheets will likely protect you from the dark being, but you must believe that it will.

However, the best method of protection is to obey your parents and behave. In most versions of the tale, the Boogeyman hunts down children who do not behave, usually ones who do not go to bed when they are told. Like most evil beings, prayer and holy objects may be used to ward one off (though if you are religious enough to utilize this, it is very unlikely it will prey on you).

Don't forget to check under the bed and in the closet before turning in for the night. You never know who, or what, might be waiting there.

I was never afraid of the monster in the closet or under the bed but under the monster under the basement stairs always terrified me. Each child's fear is different. I always kept the monster away by taking my bear with me but my son is a trooper. He refuses to use a bear but has to have me in there. Things have gotten better since I told him that if any monster hurt him I would kick their ass but that's my method of fighting the Boogieman.

Cthulhu

How is it that an awesome creature like Cthulhu has so few makeup tutorial? Thank Mythos I found this in time. This tutorial is advanced and the costume process lengthy. If you want to be this Lovecraftian monster I suggest you get started today on making your costume. This look will take a truly dedicated Halloween and Lovecraft fan.

This video isn't really a tutorial but really good to watch and take ideas from. Alex The Movie Geek brings you Cthulhu Costume - Homemade Latex Suit. Now I know I am posting this at the beginning of October but hey it will be a great way to get you started on your costume for next year!

Urban Legends

If some of you are like me then you grew up with or are growing up with urban legends. Well guess what some of those urban legends are true. Which ones have you heard? I would love to know. Email me your urban legends to Zombieverse1987@gmail.com

Creeps Plays brings us Top 10 Urban Legends Confirmed to be True.

October is Here!!

Now that October has finally come I will be doing not only videos on costumes but tricks/pranks, horror stories, and hauntings! Me personally, I love the witch stories. But then I am one. Not one of those ones where water melts me or I get horribly pranked by some kids to look in the oven. I'm one of those witches that you won't realize I am one until it is too late.

So for today's blog post I will be posting a witch makeup tutorial. Ellimacs SFX Makeup on Youtube brings us this video and yes I know it isn't an apple she is holding but a red bell pepper.

Jeff the Killer

Creepy Pasta brings you Jeff the Killer! I would post the story on here but I do not want to get in trouble and once I send you off into the world of Creepy Pasta there is no telling what marvelous story you will find! Here is the link to Jeff the Killer: http://www.creepypasta.com/jeff-the-killer/

Please enjoy this scrumptious read! If you haven't figured it out yet I am quite insane. If you're not afraid then please continue on in my dark world. If you are then I suggest you leave before you become my next victim... I mean prey... I mean... Yeah. Scrumptiousness...

The last day of September has come and my wickedness can come out without people noticing too much. Don't need random house and body searches... Unless you are my type then please feel free.

Pinkstylist brings us this wonderful tutorial on how to turn yourself into Jeff the Killer.

Asylum

I'm sure some if not all of you have watched American Horror Story. Why not dress up as someone from AHS Asylum?

HeavenOnearth brings you a quick tutorial on how to dress up as the White Nun from Asylum.

Breakfast Only

Note to self: no drinking coffee after 4pm. We become a hyper zombie.

You ever watch Breakfast at Tiffany's? Yeah me neither. But I might if it was all about zombies. This is another wonderful zombie costume that could be for a girl or cross dressing boy. FYI cross dressers and drag queens are awesome.

Michelle Phan brings us another zombie tutorial Breakfast at Zombies!

Gotta Love Barbie

I had a visit from my cousins today and found out that some of her friends were my viewers. Which is awesome!! But it made me realize that I haven't done a blog post for a Halloween costume for a girl. Well I guess a guy could do this. Hey that would be awesomeness! If you guys actually do this idea please send me pictures!! I will post them on here! Email pics to Zmbieverse1987@gmail.com with the subject titled Halloween Pictures.

Anyway in the spirit of my wonderful Zombieverse here is Zombie Barbie brought to you by Michelle Phan on Youtube. This idea was simply amazing. Can you imagine walking up to a girl on Halloween hoping to get a kiss only for her to try and eat your face off? FYI if you're not willing to dress up as Zombie Barbie maybe you can talk your girlfriend or girl BFF into dressing like this.

Email

Zombieverse now has an email address! If you would like to send pictures of your Halloween costume or links to things you find creepy or disturbing please send an email to zombieverse1987@gmail.com! Though I warn you if you troll me about my blog I need to warn you.

Halloween is just around the corner and I imagine the body count rises around the month of October!

40 Days Til Halloween!

Yep just 40 days until Halloween and 20 more posts from me! I have been looking about for what I can blog about and I was shown a prank video that I feel would be an amazing Halloween prank. Unless you are a serial killer then this would be wrong. Yes I know I am fixated on serial killers but the idea of giving someone a great idea for killing someone else is appalling! These are my plans! You can't take them!!!

Now for the trick part of Halloween!

Here are the awesome pranks brought to you by DM Pranks! You can find them on YouTube with plenty more pranks. I personally love the convenience store prank.

Rocky Horror

If you don't like Rocky Horror Picture Show then I suggest you stop reading this post!

Rocky Horror turned 40 this year in August and since I love this movie I thought some of you would probably love to dress as Frank N Furter for Halloween! I found a number of amazing videos for his makeup but only one will make it on here. I found this video and this is one of the longer ones but the final product is beautiful.

Now there was one other that really caught my attention and I decided to tell you about it. It was another Frank N Furter makeup tutorial but this one is by deadlystingnyc. So if you didn't like the movie above then I would check out the one from deadlystingnyc.

Haunted Asylums

As part of our Halloween countdown I am bringing you some haunted places. I live in the Indianapolis area and before they tore down the old asylum I thought that if they renovated it they could turn it into a haunted attraction for the Halloween season and a historic museum the rest of the time. Sadly it was torn down and turned into apartment complexes I believe. Do any of you have a haunted house, hospital, or asylum where you live? Do I suggest that you go exploring said abandoned places? No. These places have been in disrepair for several years and could collapse. I do NOT want you to get hurt.

I have watched a few haunted asylum videos and found one that I thought would work for this post. Top5s video 5 Most Haunted Asylums In The World really does explain the pain and horror that people experienced before the asylums were abandoned.

Pumpkinhead

I found this video and instantly thought of Pumpkinhead. If you have never heard of Pumpkinhead then I will tell you that it was released in 1988 and this is the quick description from IMDb.com: A man conjures up a gigantic vengeance demon called Pumpkinhead to destroy the teenagers who accidentally killed his son. This is a B movie and you may not like it but I happen to love B movies.

Ok this video is brought to you by ellimacs sfx makeup on YouTube. I can tell you that I am now subscribed to her channel. I can say that I have been glued to her channel since I found it. I have found my favorite video but I suggest that you check her out and find the one you like the most.

Who Is Afraid Of Clowns?

There are so many awesome things I want to be for Halloween! How could I ever choose? Anyway here is an awesome video from HOWiBecameTheJoker on YouTube. She has a few more videos on her channel that might be what you're looking for if this isn't it.

You might also want to check out Pinkstylist, Madeyewlook, iwanted2c1video, goldiestarling, Glam&Gore, and KlairedelysArt! This is just naming a few of the many talented artists I follow on YouTube. Will every video I post be from them? No! If I think it is creepy and I like it then I will be putting it on here as part of the Halloween countdown!

50 Days

I am letting all of you know that I will try posting every other day until Halloween and then so on. After Halloween I am thinking of doing a creepy Thanksgiving countdown. You can definitely be expecting Krampus to make an appearance on here for Christmas.

Anyway I found this awesome video by Glam&Gore. She walks you through the process of making this loveliness. Do you have to stick with a regular face? No! You can use this as part of your own creativeness. Thinking about being Slender Man this year? Give him this creepy mouth! Even a zombie would look awesome with this mouth.

But whatever you go as this year just remember to have fun! Unless you are a serial killer and your kind of fun is killing, don't do it, unless dressed like Mike Myers from Halloween.

Smiley

I saw something similar to this on Facebook and thought it was awesome. I have not seen the movie that this character is apparently from. But as the countdown to Halloween continues you will probably see a few more things for costumes but I will also be looking at awesome haunted places. Are you ready for Halloween? Something else, do you read scary stories the closer it gets to Halloween or are you a steady horror reader?

This video was brought to you by Pinkstylist on YouTube. He has many other amazing SFX tutorials!

Halloween Countdown

The countdown to Halloween has begun. Is this a little premature? Yes but there is only 54 days until Halloween! It is now time to start thinking about what you are going to dress up as or if you are just going to hand out candy in your jammies or horde the candy and pretend not to be home. Now how many of you love Halloween just for the candy? Me? I love the haunted houses.

Personally I think someone should come up with a scary haunted carnival. You know what I am talking about. The ones you read about or see in movies. Not the ones that we normally see. Now I'm not going to lie and say I would go to one what I really want to do is be one of the people dressed up as something scary as shit and scaring the shit out of you.

I have been planning for what I am going to dress as since March. I really want to do my makeup like this and be a zombie. What do you all want to be for Halloween?

This video was brought to you by Madeyewlook on YouTube. She has many other videos that are just as amazing as this one.

DO NOT

Just remember these essential DO NOT rules.

Rules #7-9

Created by Number9Robotics on dA.

Rules #4-6

Once again these rules were created by Number9Robotics on dA.

My Theme Song!

So I found this on facebook:

And I took the challenge. I used my Inspiration playlist on YouTube and I got Let Her Go by Passenger. Apparently I will be listening to sad music and swaying to the beat. So the twirling figure with the bat is me... Just move along. Personally I will be listening to Demons and Radioactive by Imagine Dragons on repeat.

The Rules #1-3

Here are the first three rules. Created by Number9Robotic on deviantart.

Bad Idea

Ok guys and gals just cause they are cute doesn't mean you need to try and be a hero during an apocalypse. If they fall behind they stay behind, they can't hold their own then zombie fodder they are. Me being the fat girl I am know that I will be one of the first people to go. Please keep in mind that if your loved one becomes one of the zombie horde the greatest act of love is to double tap them.

OH NO

I'm sorry I have been away my sweet zombies. I have been busy with a project *cough* Alice Frost *cough* that I have neglected my dark evil morbid side. So be prepared I am planning on flooding my blog with zombies and mourning the fact I have to wait two more weeks before I can watch The Walking Dead Season 5 when I can buy it because yea I'm cheap and don't have cable. Here I give you the cure for the zombie apocalypse.

How True This Is!

Random Update

I do have some news. I will be rewriting No So Alone from http://kittydevine.blogspot.com/ so it isn't just for adults. But it will be taking a backseat to everything else I am working on. I have been hopping back and forth from my shifter story and my zombie stories, basically so I don't end up with a bad case of writers block again.

I know I have been working on Outbreak for a while now but each time I read back through it to see where I left off I get the sense that this is just another Left 4 Dead fanfic and since I do play that game along with The Walking Dead and Dead Island I don't want my story to come off as some fanfic. I will have another preview for you all on here soon and maybe even the first chapter of Not So Alone (the rewrite).

I hope you have a great day and don't get caught by zombies! Or if you're a zombie I hope you don't get taken out.

Tumblr

NoV-X has hit tumblr! You can find it here: http://myzombieverse.tumblr.com/

Only the basic information has been posted and it will most likely pertain just to the NoV-X stories. Which some of it is already on here. So I will be going back and forth between the two sites so have fun my zombies!

Question

What happens if a shark eats a zombie? Does the shark become a zombie? Or does it just die and not become part of the undead? It would be awesome to see a zombie shark.

Perspective

Really brings being a zombie into perspective... Or being an alien.

Couch Potatoes are the First to Go

Yeah. I said it. Couch potatoes go much more quickly than others, especially if caught out in the open. So Fitbug was kind enough to put together this lovely little poster. So start training now and you'll be able to outrun any zombie that comes your way. Just remember that you'll most likely be carrying 20+ pounds of supplies, plus if you're a parent like me, add in the weight of your child if they are small.

Just Remember

Unfortunately this is no longer available on etsy.

In other news I have worked on a couple of my stories. I even have an outline for another zombie story, though I will not be working on it until after I am done with a couple of other stories. I am out and just remember that if caught by zombies and are with someone useless trip them and gleefully run away.