Jon Jacobsen creates unsettling manipulations of the human body in his surreal photographic portraits. He uses animated GIFs to bring his ghoulish subjects to life, further exaggerating their pained expressions. His latest project “Insula” is a collaboration with Colombian designer Daniel Ramos Obregón, which explores how technology has become an extension of ourselves. The series […]
Category: Horror
Halloween Pumpkin Carvings by Villafane Studios
Scary killer clowns and rotting corpses are just some of the sculptural Halloween treats made by Villafane, an American studio famous for their 3D pumpkin carvings. They’re now sculpting on sweet potatoes and other tuberous crops and squash plants. The studio’s founder and carver extraordinaire Ray Villafane has participated in various episodes of “Outrageous Pumpkins” […]
Celebrating 31 Days of Horror with Animated GIFs
Graphic designers Sylvain Rogé and Simon Lagneau are working on the next animated GIF to mark the 27th of October. Every day of this Halloween month they’ve created motion loops with iconic movie characters, including some of our favorite villains. We see Michael Myers trick-or-treating and Hannibal Lecter thinking of tasty human organs as he wiggles […]
Disfigured Flesh: The Morbid Creations of Sarah Sitkin
Note: Contains images that may be considered graphic and disturbing to some readers. Sarah Sitkin is a Los Angeles-based artist who creates sculptural works of mutated body parts that have taken on a disturbing life of their own. Pieces of flesh and bone are mashed together like horrific monuments, oozing and growing hair. In other […]
In Sickness and Beauty: The Photography of Evelyn Bencicova
In haunting, theatrical compositions, photographer Evelyn Bencicova splices the beauty of vulnerability with the terror of illness and confinement. Recurring throughout her works are nude figures that crawl and cling together in empty, hospital-like rooms, their smooth, pallid skin evoking both a sensual euphoria and the fever of near-death. Sometimes the bodies arrange themselves into […]
Ten Classic B-Movie Horrors From the 1980s
Warning: Contains images that may be considered graphic and disturbing to some readers. VHS technology and the rise of the video store was manna from heaven, for the humble horror cinema enthusiast. The 1980s was a brilliant decade for the genre, too. Slasher movies, Italian cannibal and zombie films, splatter flicks and ghost stories upped […]
Twisted Taxidermy by Emi Slade
Warning: Contains images that may be considered graphic and disturbing to some readers. Emi Slade is a Michigan-based artist who creates beautifully grotesque hybrids made from taxidermied animal parts* and surrealist sculptural elements. Part nightmare, part fairy tale, Slade’s creations terrify and ignite the imagination with their gleaming eyes, spilled viscera, and rows of razor-sharp […]
The 10 Greatest French Horror Films Ever Made
Note: Contains images that may be considered graphic and disturbing to some readers. Since the beginning of the 21st century, France has been the go-to country for the latest in horror. Pushing boundaries in ways never before seen on the big screen, critics dubbed what was happening as “New French Extremism.” While not exclusively a […]
Grotesque Ceramic Sculptures by Jason Briggs
From his studio in rural Tennessee, Jason Briggs works away on his monstrous representations of the human body. They are surreal and abstract pieces that twist and distort our anatomy into unrecognisable shapes; with strong sexual imagery and a fetish quality that can be plainly seen. They certainly don’t look like anyone else’s work. They may […]
Graphic Body Horror Portraits
French photographer Marwane Pallas has a killer eye for graphic compositions and his full-on portraits shy away from nothing. This fearless approach manifests itself in various visual scenarios, for example covering young models head-to-toe in flies or with knife wounds in their sides. Images © Marwane Pallas Via 500px