King Crab Attack: A Spoof of 1950s Monster Movies

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King Crab Attack! is a short film in the form of a trailer for a faux monster movie. Massively destructive crabs are attacking the Normandy coast. Only one fisherman can discover who is behind these mutants and end their reign of terror.

via Nerdesque (where there's a promotional poster)

Rubber

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Do you remember the Stephen King novel Christine about a murderous car? Rubber is a horror movie by Quentin Dupieux with a similar premise. A tire, after seeing humans burn its companions, seeks revenge by stalking and slaying anything with two legs.

via io9

Freddy vs. Jason

Read the rest of this very funny comic strip here.

via reddit

Richard Scarry's Children's Books are Very Scary

Do you remember children's book author/illustrator Richard Scarry? I don't recall his Busytown series being quite as terrifying as these delicious parodies.

via Popped Culture

Geeky Variations of "Dogs Playing Poker"

Cassius Marcellus Coolidge's iconic images of dogs playing poker (or pool) have captivated audiences for more than a century. They have been oft modified and parodied, including these geeky variations:

Ewoks playing poker by deviantART user IC Kessler.

Ewoks (who fail to understand the wisdom of letting the Wookie win) playing poker by an unknown artist. (via Cool Star Wars Photos)

Cylons playing poker by Anthony J. Cox.

Slivers from Magic: The Gathering playing poker by Tom Jenkot.

Classic horror movie monsters playing poker by Fiona Staples

Modern horror movie monsters playing poker by Ray Frenden. (via SuperPunch)

Wolverines playing poker by Paolo Rivera (via SuperPunch)

Marvel Comics heroes playing poker by Andrea DiVito.

Inuyasha characters playing poker by deviantART user ladybattuosai

Classic Nintendo game characters playing poker by Mike Mitei.

Cartoon sidekick dogs (Muttley, Krypto the Superdog, Dynomutt, and one other) playing poker by Ken Cursoe (via Popped Culture).


UPDATE:

Computer dogs playing poker by deviantART user ~Smaggers. Thanks to Drew Northcott for the tip.

Anthony Hopkins is a Painter

I had no idea:

In recent years, the 72-year-old actor has become something of a renaissance man: in 2007 he wrote, directed and scripted a film called Slipstream. Last year, his composition The Masque of Time was given its world premiere by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Now there's the painting.

In the links, you can view a slideshow of his work.



Link via The Agitator | Slideshow