Showing posts with label creepy dolls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label creepy dolls. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

How to Make Hella Money if You are a Rather Unattractive Doll




How do you make money if you are a doll who would like to have some spending cash?

Simple: snag a part in a big budget horror or suspense film.

And then sell yourself on EBAY.

I can't honestly say I remember this doll in The Woman in Black, but I do remember the movie fairly well and thought it was pretty great as that genre goes.

Daniel Radcliffe makes everything great (especially Equus). :p

I loved the way the water would come in and surround Eel House. That was such a great metaphor for the subconscious and that visual effect was stellar.

You can see the watermark for the collectibles firm who is selling or brokering this sale.

They're asking $8,000 (U.S.) for the doll and there are fourteen watchers right now

Oh, here's why I don't remember this doll. I just learned this minute that it was in the sequel to The Woman in Black, which I did not see yet.

In the photo above, I think he (or she?) looks like a distant English cousin of homicidal Chucky from the Child's Play movies.

Here are some photos of it in the movie, in which it appears to feature rather prominently. Because there were shots featuring the doll in the listing that were clearly excerpted from several other scenes, as well.




It's known as the "Creepy Sailor Doll."

There's more info in the copy from the listing.

This very doll was the only one made and used in the production of Tom Harper's Horror-drama,
"The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death". This sequel is one of the most creepy haunted time period movies ever, that takes place forty years before the original haunting at Eel house.

A group of children are evacuated from World War ll London and ultimately awaken the house's dark, ghostly inhabitant. 

This doll was featured and carried through out most of the film by Edward (Oaklee Pendergast) after he discovers it in Eel house nursery. The doll is dressed in a navy sailor's uniform with a white collar and cap. The hands and feet appear to be stuffed inside brown leather gloves and boots. The doll's face, arms and calves appear to be made out of porcelain and the body form in sort of a sand bag. The face was deliberately distressed for the production use to make the doll vintage in age. It remains in excellent production-used condition and measures approximately 13.5" x 5.5" x 2.5" (34cm x 14cm x 6cm)

This prop is an original asset used in production of the 2015 film 

The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death. The asset was made available through a partnership between Propstore of London and Exclusive Media and will come with an official  coa from Propstore of London.

This is NOT a replica, but an original one of a kind piece that has been 100% screen matched from many close up screen shots.

Will entertain serious offers or trades.




Monday, August 3, 2015

The Strange Dolls of Alla Bears

The artist who makes these one of a kind dolls advertises them as Halloween items, and they do have a Halloween feel to them, so I wanted to share them.

I think this dollmaker has a great imagination. These creations are so amiable and creepy at once. It's a bit confusing. They are more than a little endearing. But there's also just a soupcon of menace or possible danger about them. One wonders if the cuteness might be a veneer and nothing more. What lurks beneath in the doll psyches of these strange, sometimes anime-reminiscent hybrids?

There are some surreal effects for sure. That sheep, for example, gives me the strange idea that its head might be upside-down. Maybe it's just that low placement of the eyes. Also, that doll seems to have tarantula fur on it. Such effects can work on one in subliminal ways. The dolls have a certain cuteness and pathos about them, but each of them has offputting features as well. I could easily imagine these dolls as the villains pulling the strings in a dark fantasy tale, working in concert to achieve their nefarious goals, and using that "cuteness" to their advantage.

I think it's sort of funny that the artist mentions these dolls are "not suitable for small children." Of course, she's talking about safety concerns, but one could easily imagine she's talking about the capacity these dolls might possess to give their owner nightmares.