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Someone Just Turned 2016 into a Hilarious Horror Movie Trailer
Well, this was inevitable.
It’s silly to accuse a year of bringing evil upon the world, but when you really think about it, some pretty awful things have happened in the last twelve months. From a sizeable handful of truly iconic artists dying to, well, that whole political thing that shocked us all last month, 2016 hasn’t exactly been the greatest year… in fact, many have described it as a real life horror movie.
Thanks to Friend Dog Studios, now it is a horror movie. Sort of.
The spoof trailer 2016: The Movie pits a group of young characters up against 2016’s corporeal form, which appears to be a maniac wearing a mask that has “2016” crudely written onto it. He’s basically the personification of the year, you see, and he’s not letting the characters make it to 2017 without a fight. Of course, this is a faux trailer for a movie that doesn’t actually exist, but that’s probably for the best. Sometimes trailers are better. Sometimes they’re all we need.
Then again, this movie would probably be YUGE at the box office.
Enjoy. And hang in there. 2016 is almost over.
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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