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SAMANTHA MCARTHUR
As a filmmaker, Samantha pays close attention to detail while watching scary movies for inspiration and tips. Her all time favourite film is The Shining.
LATAEVIA-CEIANNA KEMP Long-time horror fanatic Lataevia had the honour to meet Nick Simon, who worked alongside with her favourite director, Wes Craven. Her greatest fear is the unknown.
ALEX KAMAKARIS Alex took a jump into the horror scene and went to her first ever Screamers event this Halloween. She was inspired by Harley Quinn’s style when she dyed her hair red and black.
ARIFA RATTANSI Arifa was never an adventurous girl and was always afraid of being exposed to anything new. Now, she can’t get enough of it. She loves anything bloody, scary, and eerie.
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CONTRIBUTORS Samantha McArthur Lataevia-Ceianna Kemp Alex Kamakaris Arifa Rattansi
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VIDEO EDITOR James Samuel
PHOTOGRAPHER Malik Manning
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for the fearless 7-10. BEHIND THE MASK 11-12. STUFFED DEAD
creatures of the unknown 13-16. ZOMBIE SURVIVAL 101 17-18. FOR THE LOVE OF ZOMBIES 19-20. MUMMIES VS ZOMBIES
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blood, sweat and tears 21-24. BEHIND THE GORE 25-26. A REMAKE TO DIE FOR 27-28. SOUNDS TO SCARE 29-30. A DEADLY PROFESSION 31-34. TATTOOS TO SCARE
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last will & testament As the contributors of Drop Dead Magazine, Samantha McArthur, LC Kemp, Alex Kamakaris and Arifa Rattansi, being of sound and disposing mind, do hereby make, publish and declare the following to be our Last Will and Testament, revoking all previous will and codicils made by us. We declare that Drop Dead will provide its readers the creepiest thoughts, the goosebumps on the back of your neck, the monsters and ghosts of the night and the productions everyone seeks out to terrorize them. Drop Dead hereby declares that it’s family consists of four writers who will be responsible for all debts for which proper claims are filled against our estate, and the expenses of our last illness and funeral, to be paid by our editor as soon after our deaths as is practical. we hereby nominate and appoint Tim Doyle, executor of this Last Will and Testament, to act without bond. In the event that the aforementioned executor is for any reason unable or unwilling to act as executor hereof, we nominate and appoint James Samuel to act as executor, also without bond. we hereby revoke any and all former Wills and Codicils thereto made by us and declare this our Last Will and Testament.
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THE HISTORY OF HORROR The use of the word Horror in the film industry adapted in the early 1930s. Horror has been imbedded in western culture for quite some time. It originated in the 1700s referred to as ‘gothic horror’, which had its basis in the form of novels. Those novels were best known to be created by Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker and Edgar Allan Poe. Germany was the first country to begin producing films in the horror film genre. It was not until around 1925 that Hollywood took advantage of the lapse in finance that occurred in the horror film industry in Germany.
Drop Dead’s favourite horror era was from the late 1960’s to the early 1980s.
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The occult horror cycle started in the 1960s’ beginning with Rosemary’s Baby
he Exorcist was released in 1973 with remakes in 1977, 1990, 2000, and 2004.
The infamous ‘Halloween’ series started in 1978
Amityville Horror based on the killings of the Lutz family, was remade in 2005
Stanley Kubrick created The Shining in 1980
Johnny Depp made his first on-screen appearance in a Nightmare on Elm STREET
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drop dead’s TOP FIVE HORROR NOVELS 1. it, 1986 author: stephen king cover art: bob giusti in 1990, tommy lee wallace directed a two-part television film adaptation of stephen king’s novel
although this book is morbidly terrifying,,, it is dedicated to stephen king’s children.
2. the shining, 1977 author: stephen king cover art: Dave Christensen in 1980, stanley kubrick worked alongside stephen king and created the infamous film version 3. the amityville horror, 1977 author: jay anson cover art: updated by gary pullin the book (based on a true story) was adapted into a movie in 1979 and again in 2005. the house where the murders happened still stands in Amityville, New York. 4. american psycho, 1991 author: bret easton ellis cover art: marshall arisman this story is told in first person by a mass murderer, and was adapted in to a film in 2000 5. carrion comfort, 1989 author: dan simmons cover art: Kathleen McNeil Sherman This book is a lot longer than many others that Simmons has written; some versions are over 800 pages long. DROP DEAD | DECEMBER 2015 | WWW.DROPDEADMAG.WIX.COM/dropdead
stephen king called this one of the top three horror novels of the 2oth century. that’s a big compliment.
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drop dead’s TOP FIVE HORROR movies 1. Dawn of the Dead, 2004 Director: Zack Snyder Stars: Sarah Polley and Ving Rhames Writers: George A. Romero, James Gunn
Different colours of blood were used for zombies in this movie: red, brown and black
2. Psycho, 1960 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Stars: Janet Leigh, John Gavin and Anthony Perkins
3. The Exorcist, 1973 Director: William Friedkin Story by: William Peter Blatty Stars: Linda Blair, Ellen Burstyn and Jason Miller
4. Poltergeist, 1982 Director: Tobe Hooper Story by: Steven Spielberg Stars: Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Heather O’Rourke and Dominique Dunne
5. The Shining, 1980 Director: Stanley Kubrick Story by: Stephen King Stars: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall
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we love the movie and the book. legend has it that stanley kubrick actually wrote all of those “all work, no play” pages himself...
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Photos courtesy of The Butcher Shop Special Effects Studio in Hamilton, Ont.
rlos carlos henriques has been doing special effects makeup for over 10 years. he works at the butcher shop special effects studio in hamilton, ont
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Female cyclops foam latex appliance by The Butcher Shop
movies famous for their makeup effects
the exorcist (1973) the goonies (1985) planet of the apes (1968) x-men (2000) Frankenstein (1931) dawn of the dead (1978) maniac (1980)
edward scissorhands (1990) The Phantom Of The Opera (1925) batman returns (1992) hellraiser (1987) the hunchback of notre dame (1939) a nightmare on elm street (1984) beetlejuice (1988)
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The Truth Behind the Mask
the blood, sweat and tears that go into the art- by sAMANTHA MCARTHUR
ix-year-old Carlos Henriques mixes cranberry juice and chocolate syrup to make blood that will appear in a short horror skit he often performs in front of his family. Now working as a professional special effects artist in Hamilton, Ontario, Carlos Henriques’ talent has improved with time. Henriques is co-owner of The Butcher Shop, a special effects studio that specializes in designing and creating makeup effects, creatures, prosthetics, puppets, fake weapons and specialty props. Henriques’ work has become popular in the movie and television industry as well as for collectors. “I remember watching George Romero’s Creepshow as a child and it changed my life. Shortly after I watched Michael Jackson’s Thriller and that was it, I was going to make monsters for a living,” he said in an interview. Henriques has worked on multiple projects such as Hunters Moon (2015), Death Race (2009), and Devil’s Night (2006), where he worked with his favourite scream queen, Danielle Harris who is seen in the Halloween film series. Special effects artists put their own blood, sweat and tears into each project in order to create a realistic and horrifying image, unlike many characters in movies and TV that are created through computer-generated imagery (CGI.) Special effects are described as an illusion made with prosthetic makeup that is most often used in film and television. Creatures can be created through molding, sculpting and casting latex, silicone or gelatin. Special effects have been an artistry that Jessica Mann from Brampton, Ontario has been practicing on herself since the early age of 15. With proper training and guidance from cosmetic techniques and special effects programs, she was then able to apply prosthetics to clients with professional expertise in 2013. Mann works with clients every year around Halloween to recreate their spooky visions. The artist states that special effects includes extensive research on real images of what you are trying to recreate, such as bruising, wounds or black eyes. “It requires an attention to detail when creating imperfections and incorporating realistic textures and colours that mimic the human skin’s reaction to such trauma you are replicating,” Mann says. According to filmmakeriq.com, Special effects were first introduced in the late 1920s by Lon Chaney Senior in Phantom of the Opera (1925) and Jack Pierce in Frankenstein (1931.) Prosthetic make-up is now popular in many television shows and movies, such as The Walking Dead, where Greg Nicotero creates each walker from scratch. Mann says The Walking Dead has taken special ef-
This “Great Guy 2.0” doll is made of top-quality liquid latex
“Fear is a product of the thoughts we create. It is not real. You choose fear, and even knowing this, we are still afraid” fects makeup to a different level with the undeniable accuracy of what people believe zombies would look like, “Nicotero creates these stunningly beautiful, or some may say disgusting, looking creatures and essentially brings them to life.” Special effects artists have a passion for fear and gore that many artists do not have. Mann says she finds pleasure in constantly feeling at the edge of her seat. “I can’t describe how much I love the rush I get when I feel afraid. Fear is a product of the thoughts we create. It is not real. You choose fear, and even knowing this, we are still afraid. That amazes me,” says Mann. An 18-year-old special effects artist from Burbank, California, Kyrsta Morehouse enjoys the endless possibilities that lie within the horror industry. Morehouse stumbled into the art of special effects in 2012. “I started when I found an old box of Halloween blood and wanted to scare my family. I gave my nieces black eyes and busted lips. Turns out I wasn’t too bad at it,” Morehouse says. Her passion then spiraled out of control. “Horror is the strongest medium to evoke emotion since fear is such a strong feeling,” Morehouse says. If fear is a natural response to threat, you may ask why any human would enjoy feeling scared. Science has proven that thrill-seekers do not only enjoy the natural high they get from feeling threatened, but that they also have different brain chemistry. Dopamine is the main hormone that is released when the body feels threatened. The human brain reacts more positive to the dopamine boost for some than it does for others. These people enjoy being scared.
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Victorian style taxidermy Female cyclops foam art of a rat in a coffin latex appliance by The Butcher Shop
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STUFFED DEAD The MORBID Art of Taxidermy- by alex kamakaris
tax·i·der·my- noun: the art of preparing, stuffing, and mounting the skins of animals with lifelike effect.
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Toronto-based prop shop. Jeff Horn, employee at Hand Prop Inc, says a t appears to be more common in good use of props is to fill a scene — no homes, museums, shops, music videos matter what the prop may be. and movies. Some may not have an “I find a lot of the props that I rent are easy stomach for it, but let’s get this a lot of filler for a lot of background straight, taxidermy is an art, maybe a scenes. So usually for an airport scene, morbid-art, in which the artist preyou’d rent a lot of luggage, and for a serves animals by preparing, skinning, school scene, you’d rent a lot of books and stuffing the skins to make a lifeand backpacks,” Horn said. like specimen. Its props are used for set de Ankixa Risk, of Hamilton, is a signers, films, television, commerself taught, anthropomorphic taxidercials and theatrical productions. The Ankixa Risk, taxidermist mist. Ankixa took part in Fan Expo, majority of their products are every Toronto 2015. Anthropomorphic fred Hitchcock film, Psycho (1960), the day objects. The majority of the time, taxidermy is the style displaying the birds and victims are shot in the same props are placed specifically in a scene, animals with human characteristics, in frame — It’s premeditated. The main it’s not just coincidence. an animated fashion. She was always character, Norman Bates, played by Production companies use this interested in this art but it became a actor Anthony Perkins in the film, had life-less art and makes it as life-like hobby, she says, in San Francisco more a collection of stuffed birds throughout as possible. Ankixa said she has been than 15 years ago. When she came scenes in the film with significance you asked by animal rights activists where across a store with little mice in Vicmay not catch the first time watching she gets the animals she uses in her art. torian costumes and fell in love with this film — they may seem ominous. She said the animals are donated to her anthropomorphic taxidermy. The birds are stuffed by the disturbed by a local reptile zoo, who receives its Ankixa has worked on movies, murderer in the film and Keil says they supplies by a reptile feeder company. creating props such as squirrel and rab- are symbolic of the women he murders “I skin the animals and all of the meat bit pelts. Ankixa describes the movie in the film. gets donated back to the zoo,” Ankixa as a post-apocalyptic production, with “Some people might view it as said. “I think a lot of people have that a huntress and her ‘fresh kill’ and the misconception (about the process), it’s the bastardisation of beauty significance of using these props. far less gross than gutting a fish.” “Well, they’re beautiful for one and it may be shocking for that Although it is a trending interest, taxithing,” Ankixa said. “It’s sort of a natu- reason but it’s also very beaudermy has existed since man started tiful to other people” ral beauty but there’s still something off hunting. In the 1700s, it served two about it. Some people might view it as “The most prominent feature of purposes — to preserve man’s kill and the bastardisation of beauty and it may a bird can be the beak; when Norman to save any unfamiliar biological specibe shocking for that reason but it’s also stabs Marion with a knife, it resembles mens. Before this, the closest thing was very beautiful to other people.” the beak,” Keil said. painting or drawing an animal, which These specimens can represent With the trending ‘Do It Yourwas seen as inaccurate and it was only a bold statement that can be symbolic self ’ culture — now with the magic of until the 18th century, when it became and also used as a technique in music the Internet — it is convenient to use modernized. videos and films. online tutorials to learn the process Next time you watch a horror Charlie Keil, principal of Innis of taxidermy. But if you can’t DIY, film or gothic video, look out for any College at the University of Toronyou may need to check out a prop specimens and see if you can catch the to and professor in cinema studies, store. Hand Prop Inc., is a well-known symbolism behind it. explains how throughout the classic AlDROP DEAD | DECEMBER 2015 | WWW.DROPDEADMAG.WIX.COM/dropdead | for the fearless
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zom zombie survival camp was held in orillia, ont. where tHE CAMP TEACHES WILLING PARTICIPANTS HOW TO SURVIVE A POTENTIAL APOCALYPSE
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stayin’ alive
ZOMBIE SURVIVAL 101- by ARIFA RATTANSI
HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF THE POSSIBILITY OF A ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE? IF NOT, YOU HAVE NOW... SO HERE ARE SOME TIPS ON HOW TO make it through to the other side.
A zombie bride looking for her next victim at the simulated apocalypse at Zombie Survival Camp in Orillia, Ont.
if you ever find yourself in trouble ...
drop dead’s top 5 TIPS TO SURVIVE A ZOMBIE ATTACK 1.) Choose your weapons. This may be a challenging aspect to survive but there are many objects that will effectively kill zombies! 2.) Become friends with a doctor. You will most likely need medical help along the way. 3.) Don’t go to the hospital, where do you think all the sick and dead are? The first wave of zombies will be found here. 4.) Build up your defence. There’s no place like home, but if you plan on sticking around a while, you will need a protection system - or fortress. 5.) obtain your getaway vehicle. if You plan on escaping an attack quickly, you will need some sort of transportation. Find a bike or better, a car. DROP DEAD | DECEMBER 2015 | WWW.DROPDEADMAG.WIX.COM/dropdead | creatures of the unknown
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t’s a beautiful morning and you wake up to the sun shining on your face. Today will be a good day, you tell yourself. Today is your day. Then you turn on the television to an emergency alert from the World Health Organization. “As an act of terrorism, the group known as B-89 has released a poisonous neurotoxin over one of Canada’s largest cities, Toronto. Those citizens living within 100 kms are to remain in their homes until further notice.” It’s being reported that the poisonous gas infected six million people in the Greater Toronto area. The gas targets the brain and slows brain function, causing the person’s body to enter an altered and delirious state of mind. Eventually, the neurotoxin spreads to the surface of the body, burning off patches of skin. The extremist group, B-89 said the neurotoxin was designed with the sole intention of creating a zompocalypse. You never thought it possible, so you never prepared yourself. It couldn’t happen you thought, except maybe in a movie. In fact, lucky for you that was just a trailer for an independent movie set to air on television this month. But if a zompocalypse where reanimated human corpses devoured the entire civilization, would you know how to survive? “When the zombies come, and they
will, I’ll know how to stay alive”
If the answer is ‘no’, maybe you need to visit Zombie Survival Camp (ZSC). ZSC is a weekend-long event of training workshops held twice a year at wilderness camps in Orillia and Peterborough, Ontario. It is taught by a team of military and survival experts to help develop the practical skills you would need to stay alive. One of ZSC’s founding members says he knows the idea of a zombie apocalypse is far-fetched but it’s a fun way to educate people. Eric Sullivan says there are five core lessons that you’d need to survive that or any other disaster. ZSC offers a weapons training workshop designed by a martial arts instructor that teaches you how to properly wield machetes, spears or whatever you could get your hands on to dispatch zombies. There is also a lesson in ar-
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chery that can be used for long-range defence. Sullivan says they even teach the campers how to make their own bows. The camp has a wilderness survival component, as well, to teach you how to survive the rough climate of Canada with nothing but the clothes on your back. “Then we have something called tactical field craft, which is often [overlooked],” Sullivan said. “It’s how you co-ordinate your group without speaking and how you move without being seen or heard by the zombies.” Elizabeth Foster, a news editor at Thomson Reuters from Toronto, says her favourite part of the camp she attended in October was the hand-to-rotting-hand combat, which is what ZSC refers to as zomjitsu. Foster, 24, a huge horror fan, recently became more interested in the survivalist aspect of a potential apocalypse and wanted to know about its practical side. “It was a fantastic way to challenge myself,” Foster said. “One of the things I like about the idea of a zombie apocalypse is that it is less about physical ability, in terms of brute strength and more about smart decision-making and strategy.” She said it especially came in useful during the zombie outbreak, which was a simulated apocalypse held at the end of the weekend, where campers were encouraged to apply all the skills they learned at the workshops. “They taught us how to build shelters, find food and water, [and] build [a] fire ” Foster said. “We learned just some generally good tips for regular life.” Even though she doesn’t believe in the actuality of a zompocalypse, she thought it was a great opportunity to acquire some essential, survival skills. “Thinking about an actual disaster is unpleasant,” Sullivan said. “This is a fun way to learn some really cool things.” Sullivan says in the three years they have been running ZSC, there has yet to be one attendee who was convinced there is going to be a zombie apocalypse. He has yet to meet Matthew Alzner, a contractor from Oakville. Alzner, 25, has machetes, knives and anything and everything he says he would need to survive. “I have it, so I am prepared,” Alzner said. “I don’t need a camp to show me how to kill zombies. When the zombies come, and they will, I’ll know how to stay alive.”
Zombie Survival Camp: Admission $250; Group Rate $200/person (lodging/meals included) Spring 2016: 3990 Longford Mills Road, Orillia, Ontario (age 18 and over) Summer 2016: 503 Beaver Lake Drive, Cardiff Ontario, just north of Peterborough (age 18 and over) Summer 2016: Steinbach, Manitoba, an hour south of Winnipeg (age 16 and over with consent) LODGING is NOT INCLUDEd For more information or to book private sessions, visit zombiesurvivalcamp.ca
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Still shot from the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 from developers Treyarch
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t’s a gloomy, rainy night in September in a small, quiet town, just outside Ottawa. A little too quiet though. It’s late and it’s their feeding time. The zombies. As soon as it gets dark, they come out to look for food. Us. You. Me. Humans. Whoever is left, that is. Fear starts to overcome your body as you’re walking through the only building in town that has the medical supplies that you need to stay alive. Your hands tremble but you grip that rifle as hard as you can. Then you hear it. The zombie. Your survival instincts kick in and you prepare to fight. Until you see the entire room fill with them. Now, you’re thinking what the hell to do. Presumably, that was a scene from an episode of AMC’s hit television series The Walking Dead, right? Wrong. It’s one of the scenarios from the video game franchise Call of Duty. Call of Duty is a first-person shooter video game franchise that originally simulated combat situations with soldiers in WWII. Eventually recognizing people’s interest in zombies, Call of Duty developed a game mode in which players would face zombies. Viraj Patel, 26, an avid Call of Duty gamer from Toronto, says the zombie mode is his favourite aspect of the game. “I like that it’s different than the original Call of Duty,” Patel says. “It’s the ability to use different weapons and play it in another way.” It is no doubt that people have a fascination with the undead and the zombie culture. Aubrey Anable, an assistant professor of film studies at Carleton University in Ottawa, who is writing a book about video games and their affect, says that the zombie phenomenon is an “ongoing cultural fascination
CALL OF DUTY ZOMBIES- by arifa rattansi [that we’ve seen] represented across all Anable says that it seems the media.” notion of a “zombie apocalypse” has Drekken Pownz, a co-ordinator really emerged over the last few years, for video gaming events, has seen his even though Call of Duty used the mofair share of trends in the industry. tif since Advanced Warfare’s release. “The zombie trend is no differ “It’s interesting thinking about ent than any other,” Pownz says. “Call the end of the world through the lens of of Duty [developers are] just capitalizzombies,” Anable says. “There are other ing on that in the way they need to.” ways we can think of the end [and] it’s Pownz, who originally studimportant to ask, why zombies?” ied business and entrepreneurship at The assistant professor cannot Mohawk College in Hamilton, decided say with certainty where the fascination to “trade in the life of a boring comput- stems from but that it’s a phenomenon er engineer” to follow his passion for that has been introduced to the world video games, more specifically e-Sports through various forms of media. The (also known as competitive gaming.) idea of an apocalypse didn’t just come from one or two sources. “The fact that there is “It went from a comic book to a television series to a video game,” Anno second chance in able says. “[It’s this] trans-media way the game makes it re- of telling stories that really gets people alistic and life-like” involved in the narrative.” Patel says, aside from playing Call of He founded ESChamps Studios, Duty, he enjoys watching the Walking a business that provides services in Dead and loves the similarities between broadcasting and outsourcing for the the game and the show. e-Sports industry, giving Pownz the re- “The fact that there is no second sponsibility of planning video gaming chance [in the game] makes it realistic events. and life-like, which improves the entire He gets the chance to see what experience,” Patel says. keeps people’s interest in a game. Anable says many other gamers “Call of Duty is a very special feel when playing Call of Duty. case,” Pownz says. “[It’s] a title that is “They feel more connected to released year in and year out and it has it than if it was just a television show,” a heavy requirement to produce new Anable says. “They can follow the narand exciting content.” rative across many platforms and that creates [an] intimacy with what’s going on in the story.” Anable believes that the world maintains their fascination with zombies because of the “very real possibility of the end of a sustainable planet for humans” that it represents. “The notion of an apocalypse and humans as the undead, is [something that we believe] just lives on,” Anable says. “I think it really taps into [people’s] fears that the world is ending and that we are in an end game.”
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mummies vs zombies they’re not the same thing- by samantha mcarthur
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ould a desiccated zombie be considered a mummy? If a mummy rises is it considered a zombie? The two are often compared. In horror film and literature, mummies are usually dead corpses that are resurrected by the curse of the pharaohs. Zombies are a more modern and popular spectacle, shown as dead corpses that are resurrected by an infection, mostly in an apocalyptic setting. “The reasons zombies have become rich imagery in these kind of apocalyptic scenarios in which they’re embedded are numerous, but all of them are related to this notion that we are living in the end of time,” says David Castillo, a literature professor at the University of Buffalo focusing on fantasy and horror. The first zombie film ever released was Victor Halperin’s White Zombie in 1932. Popular zombie-themed movies were released every decade, slowly improving in graphics and special effects. Night of the living dead (1968) directed by George A. Romero was one of the first zombie movies to display the possible apocalyptic effects on society. The film was a box office success, grossing $30 million internationally. A 16-year-old zombie fanatic from Toronto, Ontario, Rebecca Barringham enjoys the nail-biting experience that comes with the thought of a possible zombie apocalypse. Her fascination started in 2013, when a friend introduced her to the AMC series The Walking Dead. “Zombies are so big in the world of horror because it’s considered an actual possibility of how the world would end, and mummies are less realistic to people” says Barringham. “Imagine such a scenario that the end of the world could come to something like that- meaning a disease or infection causing so many deaths and these people coming back to life and coming after the living. Living in a world like that would be a heart pounding, on the edge experience which is why zombies are so popular in horror,” she says. In horror films and literature, a zombie isn’t selfaware and has one goal, to eat brains. A mummies goal in horror is to fulfill an ancient curse. Carl Freund directed The Mummy in 1932, which was one of the first films that featured a mummy. The style continued throughout the next decade, with many movie releases such as The Mummy’s Hand (1940,) The Mummy’s Tomb (1942) and The Mummy’s Ghost (1944.) Similar films have been released ever since; yet lack the same attention-grabbing technique used in zombie films. The curse of the pharaohs is often seen in mummy
movies. The curse is believed to be cast upon whoever dares to disturb an Ancient Egyptian mummy, resulting in illness, death or just bad luck. In The Mummy (1999) starring Brendan Fraser, a group unleashes a curse that had been put upon the High Priest Imhotep. The series continues with two more sequels up until 2008.
“Zombies are so big in the world of horror because it’s considered an actual possibility of how the world would end”
According to mummy expert and Director of the Anatomical Services Division (Body Donations) of the University of Maryland School of Medicine Ronald Wade, mummification is the process of preservation by desiccation. “Like dried fruit or flowers, it halts decaying and putrefaction by removing the cellular water, halting the Photo: www.commons.wikimedia.org digesting bacteria and if done with care, the mummified (dried) body will retain the human form but not necessarily the life-like appearance, hence the wrappings on Egyptian mummies,” Wade says. Wade sees the study of mummies from past cultures as a “multi-disciplinary look at all history of the past cultures that the mummy and its artifacts provide.” He describes the history of pre-dynastic eras where burial sites showed strong reverence for the loss of the deceased family member- showing that these cultures believed their dead would eventually be resurrected. “Many may have considered an after-life and like the Egyptians, perhaps a resurrection,” he says. It’s a common misconception that mummies are strictly preserved Egyptians wrapped head to toe. “A mummy is preserved human remains, a cadaver, a deceased. The preservation may be intentional like Egyptian mummification or our modern day ‘embalming.’ It can be unintentional, where the body is naturally preserved by the environment and means of disposition, like the ‘bog mummies’ or those found in extreme old and arid dry climates that is preservation by freeze drying.” This shows that mummies in horror come from real history, although in film they are exaggerated in many ways with a play on mythical stories and beliefs. Zombies are an imaginary creation, which many believe are our future. “I think the zombies are that reminder that everything we are neglecting to see and rejecting from our field of vision can come back to haunt us – and in fact will,” Castillo says.
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CONCLUSION: Mummies are man-made or naturally desiccated beings dating back to 3100 BC. Zombies are mythical creatures with no real history. There are processes for both mummification and zombification, therefore it may be possible to turn a zombie into a mummy, but not vice versa.
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BEHIND THE GORE What makes a movie scary- by lc kemp
“Craven initially didn’t have as much of a budget which can be a weird advantage because you are forced to take it back to basics”
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orror has been embedded in western culture for quite sometime. It is often associated with one’s ability to turn someone’s darkest fears and anxieties into a concrete form. The important question that rears its head most often when creating and observing a movie would be, what makes horror films scary? Garry Leonard is a professor at the University Of Toronto and has been teaching horror film studies for more than 20 years. He believes that any scene in a film that includes pop outs can make an audience jump, but the sense of dread that films tap into that produces fear, is largely because the source of fear from within is unknown. “You’ve got the people doing the music, people doing the sound, people doing the direction, people doing the lighting and the actors, so it’s very hard to say that great horror is great acting or horror is a great soundtrack, the best horror movies are when they all come together,” Leonard said. Wes Craven is a legendary director and writer in the horror film industry. His first movie, Nightmare On Elm Street, was released in 1984. Craven continued to deliver screams to the hungry horror audiences with the release of the 1996 horror film Scream. “Craven initially didn’t have as much of a budget which can be a weird advantage because you are forced to take it back to basics. Over budgeted horror films can fall apart in a way because they will have too much. Nightmare On Elm Street, the first one, was quite ingenious, it’s much better than the sequel, they tend to get bad but Craven didn’t do all of them,” Leonard said.
According to Leonard, Craven was successful in the horror film industry because his scare tactics ran deeper than surface scares. “That is the moment when I sit there and say ‘that is a great movie’. You’ve got this movie which is actually about divorce, being a teenager with a mother who has a drinking problem, your father is emotionally distant and unavailable, neither one of your parents have dealt with their issues and you’re now getting haunted by things that aren’t yours. How do you fight someone else’s monsters?” Leonard said. Wes Craven was director Nick Simon’s mentor for many years and to work together on The Girl In The Photographs, Craven’s last production before his death on August 30. When working on the film, Simon gained horror inspiration from his mentor and the film’s executive producer. “He helped me understand audience directing and horror audience directing. He would say ‘I know what you are trying to do with this piece’ that was in the movie for a long time ‘but this is really not working you should just get to this part faster’. He was great in that sense,” Simon said. English actor Luke Baines played Tom in The Girl In The Photographs, the main antagonist in the film. He said he went the extra mile to ensure that his character was the scariest, creepiest, most believable serial killer he could portray. “My favourite part of the process is the research. I love diving into a character and getting under their skin, finding out who they really are and developing a character. I spoke to a criminologist at John Jay College in New York and he works for the FBI and profiles serial killers. The best part about it was that it was true to life. I was giving him examples from the script and he was giving me examples from real life,” Baines said.
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a remake that will make you scream
mtv has recreated wes craven’s cult-classic AND IT’S TO DIE FOR- by samantha mcarthur
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there is more to a horror movie than blood, guts and ghosts,” Tenace says. n Aug. 30, 20-year-old Australian Scream fanat The Scream fanatic didn’t expect to enjoy the remake ic and creator of scream-movies.com, Ashley Tenace was reas much as she did. laxing at home when she received the devastating news that “Initially I was a little concerned. As such a big fan of her hero, Wes Craven, had died of brain cancer at age 76. the movies, I am very protective of them and was afraid the “It’s still so hard to believe it’s real. It’s particularly difshow wouldn’t be able to live up to the legacy left behind,” ficult because I interacted with Wes a lot online and he was she says. always so supportive of my website and knew how much I After seeing the show, Tenace eagerly awaited a new loved his films. It’s sad to think he’s not around anymore, but episode every week. She says that the show is drastically he’s left behind a legacy that will live on forever,” Tenace says. modernized, although could be improved. Popular 21st century horror often includes ghosts, “There is room for improvement. I very much love monsters, blood and gore. Not often does modern horror the show and everything about it. I love it’s small references include the psychological, realistic twist that Wes Craven’s and similarities to the movies and it’s subtle nods. But there Scream franchise perfects. Scream is an American horror is still a lot they can do,” states Tenace. series created by Craven and Kevin Williamson. The series Steven Morris, horror film buff from Wiarton, ON., included four films that were released from 1996-2011. The is also pleased by the new remake of Scream. Morris took to films made more than $500 million U.S. at the box office and Scream’s fan page on Facebook to express his enjoyment. now MTV is attempting to scare a whole new generation “I like the series because it’s spooky. I like seeing with a very similar masked killer. Ghost Face jump out of nowhere and kill Filmmakers are recreating Craven’s “[i] was afraid the [characters] off one by one. I love the suslegacy through a new TV show. MTV pre- show wouldn’t be pense,” he says. miered Scream: The TV Series two months able to live up to the Morris says his favourite character from the before the filmmaker’s death. The series is legacy left behind” TV series is Aubrey, a character who opens created by Jay Beattie, Jill E. Blotevogel and up the first episode of the season as the victim Dan Dworkin. It instantly gained popularity and was picked a cyber-bullying incident, resulting in the first murder. “I just up by Netflix shortly after its first episode. Social media, hope she’s not the killer in the next season,” Morris says. cyber-bullying and cellphones are big contributions to the Horror has changed many ways in the past 20 years, remake’s story that weren’t seen in the original. resulting in creators of Scream: The TV Series having to rec Tenace considers herself a “walking, talking Scream reate the cast and storyline to make it more attractive for the dictionary.” Noticing that there weren’t any online outlets modern eye. dedicated to the series, Tenace started her own fan-based “The generations these days are so different to those personal website in April 2011, before the release of Scream when Scream came out,” Tenace says. “Their interests are 4. Tenace says the website, which is updated every day, different so movies need to be different. It’s going to be hard quickly became a success and gained attention from Scream to please everyone.” cast members and even Wes Craven himself when he wished Stephanie Davidson from Toronto, ON is author of the website a happy third birthday on Twitter in 2014. stephnotstephanie.com and a fan of Craven’s original Scream “It was only a few years ago that I watched the movseries. Davidson turned off MTV’s Scream remake before the ies with some of my closest friends and I became obsessed end of the first episode. within minutes. There was something about the cast, about “It felt sanitized and lacking in the self awareness that the movie, the rush it gave me. It was the start of something made the originals great,” she says. special,” Tenace says. Davidson has re-watched the original series many Remakes come with many difficulties, including times, enjoying the fact that it winked at fans without panimpressing dedicated fans of the original series. Tenace’s dering to the audience. favourite Scream movie is the first film, which was released “Because it’s meta, it both critiques and pays homage in 1996. to classic horror tropes. The inclusion of comedy and turn “It’s a film that redefined horror and captured a magic ing that critiquing onto earlier films in the series helps as it that can’t ever be redone again. These days, a lot of movies doesn’t come across mean-spirited. The original is 20 years are based around the gore and paranormal. I always believe old and still holds up quite well,” Davidson says. DROP DEAD | DECEMBER 2015 | WWW.DROPDEADMAG.WIX.COM/dropdead | blood, sweat and tears
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Screenshot from the original movie made in 1996
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Does MTV’s new Scream series live up to Wes Craven’s original films?
Screenshot of MTV’s remake of Wes Craven’s original Scream
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SOUNDS TO SCARE
scary movies are nothing without their sound- by alex kamakaris
“[sound] can create feelings in people, it creates mood in people. So in the context of a scary movie, it is definitely an effective message to create the ambience of the movie and heighten the effects of the fear that is in scary movies”
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the audience. The audience can imagine themselves swimming but it’s likely, they don’t have an experience with a ilent Films were recorded on film without audio shark to relate to. and or dialogue. Later, sounds and carols were added and Svetlana Lilova has been a counsellor at Centennidialogue was portrayed through mimes, or cue cards — like al College, Story Arts Centre, long enough to know what the Road Runner’s “Help” sign, in the Looney Tunes carmakes your mind tick. She has a bachelor of arts in psycholtoons. ogy and works with minds and emotions, on a day-to-day Fast forward to the 20th century with all the special basis. She explains how music can change your movie expeFX, animation, lighting effects, cinematography and you still rience. just want to turn up the surround sound. The sound effects “It can create feelings in people, it creates mood in that make movies or televisions shows memorable and evoke people - music of any kind and sound. So in the context of a fear and anticipation in the viewer. Steven Spielberg’s classcary movie, it is definitely an effective message to create the sic American thriller-horror film, Jaws in 1975, was the first ambiance of the movie and heighten the effects of the fear ever ‘blockbuster’ film to be released. The star Chrissie Watthat is in scary movies,” Lilova said. kins, played by Susan Backlinie, decides to take a swim after Charlie Finlay teaches music at Centennial College leaving a beach party, alone. She is attacked by a shark and and is an emerging composer for films. Finlay explains that dragged every which way until she is unfortunately pulled dialogue takes priority over other sounds in movies, but in under. You never see the great white shark in the opening the case where the sound effect is critical, then, it will take scene, but the sound effect of big jaws swimming closer and priority. The audio in movies, can only work with a team of getting louder adds to the effect — called foreshadowing. three aspects — dialogue editor, sound FX editor, the com Spielberg deliberately didn’t show the shark in this poser — and sometimes musical elements can overlap. scene because he wanted to capture a familiar emotion to
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“Composer’s and sound effect editor’s roles are overlapping more and more now because of the sounds that are involved,” Finlay said. “There are pauses in music that are very effective or just the silence just after a piece of music,” Lilova said. “And the silent part of scary movies has a different effect than the sound.” Finlay did the music editing and was assistant to the composer for the film, Survival of the Dead (2009), to George A. Romero. Romero is a famous director and producer of many famous horror films — Deadtime Stories 1 (2009), Deadtime Stories 2 (2011), The Crazies (2010), The Dark Half (1993), Night of the Living Dead (1990), and many more. Keith Ryan O’Rourke started his music career with the music game, Guitar Hero. With no bass teachers available, he bought a bass guitar and taught himself. He developed as a musician by picking up small tips. “It helped to understand music not just from the perspective of (you know) playing the guitar solo or just baselines and stuff like that. Like, learning about vocals and drum lines and stuff like that,” O’Rourke said. O’Rourke enrolled at Centennial College for film and broadcasting after realizing he prefers to work through music with his visuals and audio. As a Toronto-based artist, he has picked up work composing a soundtrack for an indie video game and for a student film. Born in Toronto, raised in Ottawa, O’Rourke moved back to Toronto when he was 18 because he didn’t see a growing music scene in Ottawa. He got into film later on and did his own research in electronic music and played around with music programs. O’Rourke says most people find electronic music quite sim-
ple, but is actually a very intricate process. And like most musicians, he communicates through music and instruments better than through just words. From the musician or editor side of things, you are going to most likely be producing songs or sounds after a movie is filmed. The audio is chosen after filming which means you have guidelines to work with and are working for someone else.
“the silent part of scary movies has a different effect than the sound”
O’Rourke is working on a horror film with other students in the film program, entitled Autumn’s Mask. He flipped through the director’s statement and mood board to get a sense of the look and feel of the movie. “One specific thing that was said in the director’s mood board was that everything from the sounds to the visuals to the music, will cause the viewer to feel unsettled, basically,” O’Rourke said. “Mainly in all of us we have fear. It’s apart of our survival mechanism. We survive because we are afraid, we’d be dead, a lot sooner. Fear allows us to take precaution, and these movies play on that. It’s kind of like they tap into our survival mechanism and the precautionary part of us, then takes effect,” Lilova said. The audio used in your favourite movie or TV show is meant to bring out the emotion to its full potential. Classics such as Jaws wouldn’t be the same without the catchy soundtrack to refer back to. It’s just not the same without the stimulating music and sound effects.
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composer John Williams director Steven Spielberg stars Roy Scheider and Murray Hamilton.
Drive (2011)
composer Cliff Martinez directed by Nicolas Winding Refn star Ryan Gosling
Pulp Fiction (1994)
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a deadly profession some people choose horror as their day job- by lc kemp
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ou’re at the movie theatre watching a newly-re leased horror film. The suspenseful music, the terrifying characters and the large amounts of blood, leave you at the edge of your seat. As you grip the person beside you, your heart starts to pound louder and louder. Your pupils begin to dilate, as the hair on the back of your neck stands up. Some audience members are not aware what goes on behind the scenes to deliver the onscreen scares. However, when working in the horror industry, the professionals are always taking into consideration what is required to provide those reactions from their viewers. The horror industry is filled with hundreds, even thousands of job opportunities but some young artists find it to be extremely difficult to figure out where to apply for these positions. Ken Hanley is the managing editor of Fangoria magazine located in East Northport, New York and has been working in the horror industry for four years. Hanley has always had a strong passion for screenwriting but began working as an editorial assistant at Fangoria in 2012 and has worked his way up in the company ever since. When asked if a career in horror was difficult to pursue, Hanley explained that it all depended on a number of things. “Yes and no. There are many facets to the horror industry; there is the journalism side, the horror film side and many other different positions you can pursue to make a living in the horror industry. If you want to be a horror filmmaker, you have to be confident in your vision, meet the right people to support you and fight hard to get your vision to the screen, and that means maybe having to do things outside of your comfort zone.” “Entering into horror on the journalism side is a bit easier because there are way more sites with paying web freelance budgets than ever nowadays, although getting a staff position means making the right impressions, working hard, having ambition and a mixture between luck and timing,” Hanley said. Malik Manning is a 20-year-old photographer and videographer, hoping to eventually break into the horror industry. Manning is self-taught, however, he attended Humber College to further his photography skills, which allowed him to build an extensive portfolio of eerie, dark photos and videos over the last six years. Ever since Manning watched the film From Dusk Till Dawn in the early 2000s, he became excited to embark on a career in horror. “The horror industry, to me, is a grand adventure
through the minds of some of the greatest artists there are. The grit and excitement of the horror industry makes it one of the most intriguing industries out there. To be completely honest with you, I have a fetish for dark and eerie scenes,” said Manning. Hanley believes horror enthusiasts looking to get their foot in the door need to possess three things in order to be successful in the industry. “The first is a careful eye: don’t try to do what is popular now, keep an eye on trends and the circular motion of horror history and predict what’s next.” “The second thing is to be honest: while putting on a facade and always giving good reviews keeps politics between filmmakers and journalists friendly, there’s something about being genuine that people tend to notice and appreciate”. “Lastly, be ambitious but not stupid: know what you want, fight for what you want but never be desperate for what you want,” Hanley said. Michael Joy is a columnist and operations manager for Horrornews.net located in Somerdale, New Jersey. Consisting of 60 writers, joy has been working with the company for seven years and during his free time he is a screenwriter. Joy believes that the horror industry is a “crazy game” but if you are passionate, nothing should stop you from pursuing a career in horror. He recommends starting small on the indie level of horror movies and networking your way up. “You need great networking skills and I am proof of it. You want to use social media and anything at your disposal, to build your network. The more people you know and the more you get yourself out there, the greater the chance of landing the position you desire,” Joy said. The horror industry is a terrifyingly large business, which according to a 2013 study conducted on adage.com, the fear driven industry has produced $400 million in revenue in the box office from horror films and $500 million in haunted house attractions each year since 2008. Hanley believes that it is crucial for young artists to keep an eye on where the future of the medium lies and to go at it with every bit of strength that they have. “Keep an eye on the future and do what’s best within your means. 50 Shades of Grey started off as fan fiction. The Martian was a self-published e-book on Amazon. Marc Maron started a podcast in his garage. It Follows made $20 million with not a single trailer in the multiplexes. Don’t bankrupt yourself putting all your money into a half-assed feature film that can’t get into any festivals or any website coverage,” Hanley said.
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UMEN Roumen Kirinkov started his tattoo career in Iowa in 1996. He has spent time working in Bulgaria, Chicago, Seattle and Missisauga. He now works at Toronto Ink alongside some of the city’s most talented artists
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Roumen Kirinkov, Toronto Ink tattoo artist
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ome use them for attention; others for artistic freedom, rebellion and reminders of important people, places or events. For others it’s a cultural tradition, addiction, or done out of impulse. Regardless the reason, tattoos continue to grow in popularity as a socially acceptable method of self expression. Tattooing is a combination of drawing art and cosmetic surgery and requires an artist with creativity, practice, precision, a steady hand and patience. It’s an art, basically painted onto another canvas. The wicked artist, Roumen Kirinkov began his career in 1996, in Iowa. Kirinkov is an international tattooer and has explored his art in Bulgaria, Chicago, Seattle, Mississauga and now Toronto. Kirinkov works at Black Widow Tattoo and Toronto Ink. The shop has been seen on MTV, rated number six in
“the 20 iconic tattoo shops around the world” — according to Matador Network (matadornetwork.com) — and has been located in Toronto for almost a decade. Mark Prata, 32, the owner of Toronto Ink, was the tattoo and art designer for Breakout Kings — an A&E TV crime series. Skulls, zombies, mummies, are just some of the gorey animated tattoos that are recurring. Tyson Badwa, 20, is a production worker at Celestica, a company that manufactures electronics and a happy client of Kirinkov who was tatted on Halloween of 2014, with a virtually popping skull tattoo on his forearm. “I had gone onto Google and searched up this style and finally, a (sketch) drawing I liked. It was a zombie chewing on the skin … So I showed it to Roumen,” Badwa said. Badwa enjoys comic-books and stumbled upon the iconic Spider-Man tattoo with the almost 3D effect, “almost as if his skin was being teared.”
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“almost as if his skin was being teared”
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He said the effect was what he loved most and then found the eerie drawing. Kirinkov has a realism style of tattooing in black and grey and says he likes to draw a heavier outline first then “shade it as realistic as possible.” He, like many artists, tries not to just take photos from the Internet and copy another’s artwork. “Roumen sketched up his own version of how it could look better and came up with what I have now,” Badwa said. Badwa says the meaning behind the tattoo is his alternative side coming out, the “bad side” of him. He says he admires how creepy — and almost disgusting — the tat-
too is. He receives comments like, “I didn’t even notice the fingers!” and “That’s so cool!” Still, the tattoo is radiant and has a shine. Badwa says he admires the 3D effect and the incredible detail in the eye. Kirinkov says his favourite tattoo on his body is of the Virgin Mary and that he isn’t even religious. The piece was inspired by a painter and he got it done for the way it looked, not so much the meaning. There is one thing Kirinkov tells his clients. “I often tell them, you’re better off — in the long-run — getting a meaningless tattoo that looks beautiful rather than getting one that means a lot but it looks bad,” Kirinkov said. “Meaning change as you get older, but hopefully, if something looks nice it always looks nice.” Kirinkov says he admires M. C. Escher (1898-1972), a world-famous graphic artist. Escher expanded his art with more realistic work during his days living in Italy. You may recognize his work of the hand, drawing a hand entitled, Drawing Hands. (www.mcescher.com) “As far as the black and grey stuff goes, I’m a huge fan of M. C. Escher,” Kirinkov said. “I love his stuff; it’s phenomenal.” Placement of your tattoo, how many you have, the size and symbols, all affect the emotion and responses you receive. But they are definitely a conversation starter. If you have a wicked tattoo you want to share @DropDeadMagazine on Facebook. Like our page and tag your tattoo artist. #TorontoInk
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the queen of special effects the girls of drop dead magazine had the privilege of getting their makeup done by aspiring special effects artist, allie proulx, proulx is from toronto, ont. and hopes to attend college next year to better her talent, She applied makeup with ease- creating four different looks: a zombie, a crash victim, a clown and a skeleton. check out the final product on our website: www.dropdeadmag.wix.com/dropdead
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horrorscopes read at your own risk
capricorn
cancer
On the 7th, beware of glass, if shattered... it will bring you seven years of bad luck.
make sure you lock your doors, check under your bed and in your closet tonight.
Your unlucky days for December: 7, 19, 21
Your unlucky days for December: 2, 7, 26
aquarius
leo
avoid that upcoming vacation that you’ve been planning.. it’s for the best.
watch your back while shopping on boxing day... people will do anything for a deal.
Your unlucky days for December: 4, 27, 30
Your unlucky days for December: 9. 13. 26
pisces
virgo
keep your eyes on your drink at the bar on beware of black cats for the next few new years eve... days... Your unlucky days for December: 5, 15, 31
Your unlucky days for December: 2, 7, 26
aries
libra
look out for an evil ex on christmas eve, they have a present for you...
Knock your bad habits before they knock you...
Your unlucky days for December: 16, 24, 31
Your unlucky days for December: 2, 7, 26
taurus
scorpio
drive safe on the highway on the 18th,
make sure you bundle up this winter, hypothermia is a common cause of death...
Your unlucky days for December: 1, 18, 21
Your unlucky days for December: 6, 10, 17
gemini
sagittarius
Avoid contact with the outside world on the Beware of construction zones on the 8th of this month. day of Christmas. your Unlucky days for December: 3, 19, 24
Your unlucky days for December: 8, 11, 13
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