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Artist Trevor Henderson is Creeping Us Out With His “Man With the Upside-Down Face” Photobombs
“He loves perverting our expectations of how a human is put together.”
One of my personal favorite Twitter follows is artist Trevor Henderson (@SlimySwampGhost), whose account is a big time must-follow for monster-lovers in particular. In addition to sharing all kinds of monster artwork from other artists, Henderson is constantly pumping out his own original monsters, including the “found footage” series we’ve profiled before.
Henderson’s latest project introduces “The Man With the Upside-Down Face,” a sinister figure he’s been placing into vintage black & white photography that’s in the public domain. Trevor describes the original character as the “patron saint of small tragedies and bad vibes,” a sort of Mothman-like figure who always seems to be around when shit is going wrong.
He first tweeted about “The Man With the Upside-Down Face” on January 13th, explaining that he’s been “seen in multiple photos throughout the 1910s to the 1960s.”
Henderson continues, “He’s never seen at the scene, only after the fact. His face is on wrong because he loves perverting our expectations of how a human is put together. He loves grief and pain from roadside accidents, but any awful feelings will do. He’s an awful parasite, like a leech or a lamprey. He’s physically there, we can’t see him though.”
As always with Henderson, the photos and bits of narrative come together to create a whole mythology surrounding a creepy mystery figure who could probably be the star of his own horror movie. And if you’re asking me it’s only a matter of time before Hollywood starts scooping up Henderson’s ideas and bringing them to the screen. Here’s hoping!
If you like what you see, head over to Ko-fi to throw a few bucks Trevor’s way.
Man with an upside-down face seen in multiple photos throughout the 1910s to the 1960s, often seen among crowds gathered after car accidents and fires. He’s never seen at the scene, only after the fact. pic.twitter.com/Pb4nTfBagX
— 👁️Trevor👁️ (@slimyswampghost) January 13, 2020
More appearances of the man with the upside-down face. A New Year’s Eve party at an Air Force base in 1943 where a man was fatally injured, a car accident in 1948, and a disastrous train accident in 1951. pic.twitter.com/qZjNUysONL
— 👁️Trevor👁️ (@slimyswampghost) January 14, 2020
His face is on wrong because he loves perverting our expectations of how a human is put together. He loves grief and pain from roadside accidents, but any awful feelings will do. He’s an awful parasite, like a leech or a lamprey. He’s physically there, we can’t see him though.
— 👁️Trevor👁️ (@slimyswampghost) January 14, 2020
It’s interesting to note that no matter how close he gets to other bystanders, no one has ever recalled seeing him at the time. It’s only in the photos after the fact that he’s seen.
— 👁️Trevor👁️ (@slimyswampghost) January 14, 2020
People keep asking how the man with the upside-down heads’ skull and inside head bits work! Hope this clears everything up nicely! pic.twitter.com/OLUUC0Ah7S
— 👁️Trevor👁️ (@slimyswampghost) January 16, 2020
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‘Dead Mail’ Exclusive Images: SXSW Horror Movie Begins With a Blood-Stained Postal Box Delivery
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.
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