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Custom Star Wars Masks Turn Stormtroopers Into Horror Icons!

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It’s May 4th, which means only one thing: Star Wars Day!

Okay, so maybe today isn’t as cool as last week’s Alien Day was for us horror fans, but we appreciate any excuse to turn an otherwise ordinary Wednesday into a day of celebration. Of course, this being a horror website and all, we won’t be going all out for Star Wars Day like some other sites, but we do have a fun little treat for you that combines the world of horror with the universe George Lucas first introduced us to way back on May 25th of 1977.

Few images from the Star Wars films are more iconic than the Stormtrooper masks, which have become an instantly recognizable symbol of the entire franchise. Though badass in design, the masks are quite bland when it comes to colors, making them the absolute perfect canvas for fans to have a little fun with. Customizing Stormtrooper masks has become a popular hobby in Star Wars fandom, particularly thanks to the recent release of blank vinyl masks, and no artist is impressing us more in that department than Charles Clary.

Clary, who in his own words makes “stuff and things, things and stuff,” recently embarked on a mission to turn Stormtrooper masks into our favorite horror icons, and he’s been documenting his unique brand of artistry over on his Instagram account: @CharlesClary. Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, and a host of other big screen villains have thus far been introduced into the Star Wars universe by Clary, and in honor of today’s holiday, we wanted to share his handiwork with you.

See if you can name all the horror icons depicted below!

Freddy Stormtrooper

Hellraiser Stormtrooper

Exorcist Stormtrooper

Leatherface Stormtrooper

Voorhees Stormtrooper

sam Stormtrooper

Deadite Stormtrooper

Tarman Stormtrooper

They Live Stormtrooper

Bub Stormtrooper

Writer in the horror community since 2008. Editor in Chief of Bloody Disgusting. Owns Eli Roth's prop corpse from Piranha 3D. Has four awesome cats. Still plays with toys.

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‘Dead Mail’ Exclusive Images: SXSW Horror Movie Begins With a Blood-Stained Postal Box Delivery

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One of the genre films we’re looking forward to checking out at SXSW this year is Dead Mail, written and directed by Joe DeBoer and Kyle McConaghy and premiering on March 9.

Meagan Navarro will be reviewing Dead Mail for Bloody Disgusting as part of her SXSW coverage, and she writes in her preview for the upcoming fest: “Dead Mail leans heavily into the ’80s analog aesthetic, delivering a unique crime thriller unafraid to get offbeat with its dark narrative. Expect its characters to be as atypical as Dead Mail‘s sense of style.”

In the SXSW 2024 horror film…

“On a desolate, Midwestern county road, a bound man crawls towards a remote postal box, managing to slide a blood-stained plea-for-help message into the slot before a panicking figure closes in behind him. The note makes its way to the county post office and onto the desk of Jasper, a seasoned and skilled “dead letter” investigator, responsible for investigating lost mail and returning it to its sender. As he investigates further, Jasper meets Trent, a strange yet unassuming man who has taken up residence at the men’s home where Jasper lives.

“When Trent unexpectedly shows up at Jasper’s office, it becomes clear he has a vested interest in the note, and will stop at nothing to retrieve it…”

Sterling Macer, Jr., John Fleck, Susan Priver, Micki Jackson, Tomas Boykin, and Nick Heyman star in Dead Mail. Preview the film with an exclusive image gallery below.

Dead Mail SXSW horror movie

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