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Hot Topic Has a Line of Exclusive Horror POP! Vinyl Toys; Roy Burns!
Yes, imposter Jason has finally become a cute vinyl toy.
Hot Topic, that store in the mall you probably haven’t ventured inside of in at least ten years, is celebrating Halloween this year with a line of four exclusive POP! vinyl toys that pay tribute to iconic pop culture characters who happen to maybe, just maybe, take pleasure in ending lives. In other words, maybe it’s time you make your grand return.
The coolest of these brand new exclusives is, as already mentioned, Friday the 13th Part 5‘s Roy Burns, who is billed on the packaging as Jason Voorhees – the blue slash marks on the hockey mask, however, indicate that it’s not quite the real Voorhees. They’ve also got a glow-in-the-dark Pinhead, a glow-in-the-dark Beetlejuice in casual clothes, and an ultra-rare chase figure of A Clockwork Orange‘s Alex DeLarge, who is this time around rocking his trademark mask.
You can also purchase a blind box edition, which houses one of the four new toys.
Be sure to hit up your local Hot Topic or pay a visit to the Hot Topic website!
The best part about engaging with collaborative genre fiction on the internet is that anyone can get in on the action, with worldwide accessibility often resulting in absurd story beats that wouldn’t be possible if any single person was responsible for the entire narrative. And while Kane Parsons’ Backrooms film is definitely the young filmmaker’s own unique take on the infamous creepypasta, it’s fun to see other creators join the Backrooms sandbox now that the big screen adaptation is getting ready for a record-shattering opening weekend.
As if cleverly timed releases like Puppet Combo’s The Backrooms game weren’t enough (not to mention that Scary Movie poster poking fun at Parsons’ flick), McDonald’s official social media accounts have now released an analog horror video of their own celebrating the liminal terrors of the McRooms – complete with a familiar purple surprise at the end of the footage.
While it’s funny enough to see the world’s most recognizable Fast Food giant engage with internet-borne Found Footage thrills seemingly out of the blue, the video is actually referencing a long-running gag among the Backrooms fandom where creators jokingly talk about there being a fully functional McDonald’s restaurant hidden somewhere in level 0 of the infamous liminal labyrinth.
Now, would it be too much to hope for a moist-carpet-flavored McShake to tie in with the film?
Backrooms is now playing only in theaters from A24.
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