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Random Horror Oddities From Around the Web
David Cronenberg fans with expendable cash wanted.
Above you’ll see a one-of-a-kind iPhone charger that looks like an umbilical cord out of a Cronenberg film. The item is for sale on Esty, and will dent your nest egg in the amount of $5,000. According to the seller, the iPhone cable shaped as an umbilical cord keeps moving while it’s charging.
“Now people bring their iPhone all the time in their lives,” says the designer. “I designed the looking of this cable as an umbilical cord, which mother feeds energy to her baby. It moves as if it’s trying to introduce iPhone into, just like to express an irony to people’s dependance on iPhone.”
Here, watch it in action:
Another horror oddity we came across this week is a set of three “Realistic Anatomy Brain Soaps” in Buttercreme and Snickerdoodle fragrance by Lavish Handcrafted.
The brain is poured in two steps, with beige and pink to mimic the a real brain, however at 1.1 oz each, it weighs much less than a real adult human brain, which weighs 3 pounds, explains the ad listing. Lavish Handcrafted Soaps are made with the finest quality glycerin, shea butter, and goats milk soaps, cosmetic grade colors and scents.

Lastly, Reddit user Cereburus posted this image of a homemade vase along wit this hilarious caption: “My wife made this vase, doesn’t understand why we need to burn the house down, and it, to be safe…”

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Legendary Grimdark ‘Warhammer 40,000’ Artist John Blanche Has Passed Away at 78
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.


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