The Darker Side of Hallowe'en

A celebration of all things dark, Gothic, wicked, and October.

[r-halloween-boo]

[october-graveyard]

HAPPY HALLOWE'EN! See you next year...

[xaoca]

Hunger by Nightjar art of Adam Burke

[gavran-vrani]

[thewindowofthesummerhouse]

wolfskulljack

[ratwednesday]

FEAST, GLADLY / MOON STEALER / WARM BLOODED

i hold werewolves as both a symbol of transformation and of self-actualization; they are the other, and the beast, and they are us. this art was created for october’s print club; it was also created for me (and for you).

[antiqueanimals]

Anton Pieck. 1940.

via

[charnel-grounds]

Fritz Schwimbeck - Der Elementargeist, 1917

[boiga]

A common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) in Rioverde, Mexico

by Jorge Castro Urbiola

[thewindowofthesummerhouse]

Joseph Vargo

[fallauween]

by jessolm

[charnel-grounds]

Clarence John Laughlin (1905–1985), “Poem at Sunset (No. 1)”,

gelatin silver print, c. 1948

[enchantedbook]

Macbeth witches by Karl Alexander Wilke (1879 - 1954).

[thefugitivesaint]

Brendan Lynch, ''Nightmare'', Vol. 1, #1, Dec. 1970

[ymutate]

Ton van Tast (Dutch, 1884-1975)

Spider in a Web, 1917

Oil on canvas laid down on panel 17.5 x 13.0 cm

Simonis & Buunk Art Gallery, Netherlands

[weirdchristmas]

[thewindowofthesummerhouse]

Drew Rausch

[usualgangofidiots]

December 1960 cover

Artist: Kelly Freas

Mad Logo Artist: Harvey Kurtzman