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DreamWorks Artist Draws Horror Movies in Style of Children’s Books
Smile, you son of a [expletive deleted].
Colin Jack is a story artist in the DreamWorks animation department, and he’s also a children’s book illustrator. He worked on films like Hotel Transylvania and The Book of Life, and in his spare time, he entertains his followers over on Instagram with fun drawings of his favorite pop culture characters. Thankfully for us, Jack happens to be a big time horror movie fan.
Over the course of the past couple months, Jack has drawn up movie sketches in his own unique style, imagining what it might look like if films such as Princess Bride and E.T. were turned into children’s books – or perhaps Saturday morning cartoon series’. But while those films actually would make sense as children’s books, well, the same cannot be said for horror flicks.
What would films like Predator, Alien, and Jaws look like if they were turned into kid-friendly entertainment? Surely the graphic violence would have to be toned down just a little bit, and thanks to Colin Jack, we can at least play pretend. It’s pretty awesome to see these horror faves drawn up by an actual DreamWorks artist, so we’re thinking you’ll get a kick out of these!
See more of Colin Jack’s art over on @ColinJackStories.
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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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