Here are some terrific spooky noises pulled from the air, using a mix of old and new technology. The 'voices' from around 1 minute and 14 seconds make my hair stand on end. Enjoy!
Here's some information about how to re-create these sounds.
Thursday, 19 May 2011
Wednesday, 11 May 2011
Another Vollmer Ghost Train video - with new sound effects!
Just as I was thinking how great it would be to hear new sound effects for the Vollmer ghost train, I came across this video of one with creepy sounds taken from a ghost train made by another manufacturer (Faller):
Monday, 9 May 2011
HO Scale Ghost Train
Here's a terrific item for sale on eBay from seller erniepz (http://cgi.ebay.com/120719580770):
It's an HO scale model with electronic sound and LED light effects, as it turns out, that show it's relatively recent. The octopus seems to be an odd choice for a ghostly figure, don't you think? I dug around and found this page about it:
http://www.rileyv.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/vollmer_ghosttrain.htm
The figures glow in the dark - perfect!
Here's a video...
It's an HO scale model with electronic sound and LED light effects, as it turns out, that show it's relatively recent. The octopus seems to be an odd choice for a ghostly figure, don't you think? I dug around and found this page about it:
http://www.rileyv.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/vollmer_ghosttrain.htm
The figures glow in the dark - perfect!
Here's a video...
Sunday, 1 May 2011
Vintage glow-in-the-dark Halloween shapes
Trying to find any luminous shapes of similar vintage to, or older than the Luminous Spooks (UK, 1965), I came across these splendid examples on flickr. They include an apparition, a spooked cat, an owl and a witch on a broomstick.
Other pictures in this set are well worth a look, too; there is some excellent vintage artwork there.
Other pictures in this set are well worth a look, too; there is some excellent vintage artwork there.
Glow-in-the-dark vampire figures
This picture comes from an eBay auction that ran last year. I would credit the seller, but didn't record their details.
The figures were incorrectly described as being from the Monster in My Pocket range. 6 are of interest: top row: a vampire emerging from a coffin, a male vampire with arms raised, a possible wolf-man and then a female vampire. On the second row, we see the figure in the coffin again, but this time in red plastic. These 5 figures would seem to be from the same manufacturer. The other one of interest is a vampire with bat wings, looking fantastically sinister in a whitish plastic. Perhaps this belongs with the other 5, perhaps it comes from a different range. Some of these figures were luminous - presumably the ones on the top row.
There's a clearer picture of one of the figures on flickr here.
If you can provide further information about these figures, such as who made them and when, please let me know!
Tuesday, 26 April 2011
Custom GID Aurora pieces
eBay seller blueskyhelper has a nice line in glow-in-the-dark pieces for Aurora/Polar Lights kits. I particularly like his Lily Munster. It's a conversion piece, i.e. a new design, for the Munsters Living Room kit and very good it looks too. It is shown on the left below. On the right is a non-glowing version.
Shown below at left is his glow version of the Forgotten Prisoner kit. As excellent as it looks, I just know I would never get around to building it. However, next to it is a smaller version, which I take to be all in one piece. Now, that one, I would like to buy.
However, the quoted shipping costs from the US are prohibitively expensive, so I won't be buying anything just yet. An alternative source for the Lily figure could be CultTVman, who has stocked it in the past and whose shipping charges I have found reasonable before now.
Shown below at left is his glow version of the Forgotten Prisoner kit. As excellent as it looks, I just know I would never get around to building it. However, next to it is a smaller version, which I take to be all in one piece. Now, that one, I would like to buy.
However, the quoted shipping costs from the US are prohibitively expensive, so I won't be buying anything just yet. An alternative source for the Lily figure could be CultTVman, who has stocked it in the past and whose shipping charges I have found reasonable before now.
Monday, 25 April 2011
Horrorscope: 1960s arcade machine
(The first of direct posts to this blog)
I came across this eBay auction, from seller kenyatabks, for an old ad. for a 1960s toy showing scenes from old horror films. (The ad refers to 'full edition films'. Anyone expecting full length films would, I suspect, have been disappointed.)
What a fantastic toy! It was gloriously retro even then - showing scenes from old films on a device of even greater vintage that had been popular on seaside piers and in amusement arcades in the early years of the last century.
Typically the entertainment on offer would have been mildly risque, with one title, What the Butler Saw, being synonomous with these machines. The last time I saw one was at the Science Museum in London, before those in charge decided in their widsom to close down its film and photography section and ship it all to Bradford. Possibly MOMI (the Museum of the Moving Image) in London had one too, but that coincidentally was closed down at about the same time supposedly as a temporary measure, pending redevelopment of the South Bank site. (The BFI never reopened it and the decision remains controversial. Describing it as an act of cultural vandalism, may sound like a cliche, but it seems a fair assessment given the unique nature of the museum).
There is more information about the Horrorscope and a rather nice picture here. I wonder if any more 'films' were available?
I came across this eBay auction, from seller kenyatabks, for an old ad. for a 1960s toy showing scenes from old horror films. (The ad refers to 'full edition films'. Anyone expecting full length films would, I suspect, have been disappointed.)
What a fantastic toy! It was gloriously retro even then - showing scenes from old films on a device of even greater vintage that had been popular on seaside piers and in amusement arcades in the early years of the last century.
Typically the entertainment on offer would have been mildly risque, with one title, What the Butler Saw, being synonomous with these machines. The last time I saw one was at the Science Museum in London, before those in charge decided in their widsom to close down its film and photography section and ship it all to Bradford. Possibly MOMI (the Museum of the Moving Image) in London had one too, but that coincidentally was closed down at about the same time supposedly as a temporary measure, pending redevelopment of the South Bank site. (The BFI never reopened it and the decision remains controversial. Describing it as an act of cultural vandalism, may sound like a cliche, but it seems a fair assessment given the unique nature of the museum).
There is more information about the Horrorscope and a rather nice picture here. I wonder if any more 'films' were available?
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