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Artist Turns Classic Board Games Like ‘Mouse Trap’ and ‘Candyland’ into Twisted Horror Movies
With classic shows like “The Banana Splits” and “Fantasy Island” being turned into horror movies in recent years, it would seem that no property is safe from the cold, dead grasp of the horror genre. Which makes you wonder, doesn’t it? If we continue to head down this path, what could be turned into a horror movie next? A classic board game for kids, perhaps?
Merchandise designer Justin Bryant of 1126 Art Studio has put together a fun series of faux “What If?” movie posters that play with that very concept, turning family-friendly board games into twisted horror movies. It all began with “Blumhouse’s Hungry Hungry Hippos,” which inspired Bryan to pervert other board games with a horror twist. He explains, “Finishing [the Hungry Hippos poster] sparked the desire to explore this concept more, child games twisted into a scary/dark/horror theme, so I’ve turned it into a series and will continue to add to it.”
Bryant’s faux Board Game Horror movies include Tim Burton’s Candyland, Chutes and Ladders “from the director of Child’s Play,” SYFY’s Mouse Trap, and a Lovecraftian aquatic monster movie based on Don’t Break the Ice. You can check out the fun art below.
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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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