Yeah, we’ve been a bit slack on the ‘tshirts for guys’ front but we are hoping the release of Monster Walk is the beginning of the onslaught.
Monster Walk started a few years ago as an impersonation of a freakishly tall, skinny character I had noticed around the office building where I worked. This is corporate carry-on at it’s finest folks. In trying to describe this character to someone, I started to walk hastily on tippy toes and elongated myself as much as I could. It was better than words, because this person knew exactly who I was describing and had also been struck by their standout-ish structure. With the help of our extreme exaggeration expert friend it soon morphed into a violent, crazy, monster-like walk. It became an instant hit and boasts repeat performances at many places and events to this day. A horror movie trailer was even made!
But really, Monster Walk would not exist if not for the horror movie viewing history of not only me but the people I know. We were into horror movies from a young age and they seemed to have had a lasting impression. I’m talking 70′s and 80′s horror mostly, the days of VHS – with particular focus on A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). To us, this is THE best horror movie; great idea, great music, very scariness, chilling villain, lasting impact and now – some twenty years later – nostalgia value. The first one is the best, forget the rest – except if you want to see the clever idea used in Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (but only if you can put up with the annoying whimpers of the bowl cut kid from Kindergarten Cop – talk about Child Star!).
Thus it seems that Monster Walk would never have existed had it not been for the likes of Fred Kruger, so we have to give this lovable sicko some credit.
Today, horror movies have never seemed more popular and successful, and more frequently made. There are exceptions, but now all you really get are big jumps, split-second fit-causing edits, and gross out shots, all wrapped in that gritty grunge style we know all too well (thank se7en). There are no real scares, lingering mysteriousness, nor great characters n’more. Too harsh? Oh well, hopefully someone will do something different soon and send it off in new direction. No, M.Knight Shalamalamadingdong – I don’t mean you!
Horror movie, right there on my tshirt
Yeah, we’ve been a bit slack on the ‘tshirts for guys’ front but we are hoping the release of Monster Walk is the beginning of the onslaught.
Monster Walk started a few years ago as an impersonation of a freakishly tall, skinny character I had noticed around the office building where I worked. This is corporate carry-on at it’s finest folks. In trying to describe this character to someone, I started to walk hastily on tippy toes and elongated myself as much as I could. It was better than words, because this person knew exactly who I was describing and had also been struck by their standout-ish structure. With the help of our extreme exaggeration expert friend it soon morphed into a violent, crazy, monster-like walk. It became an instant hit and boasts repeat performances at many places and events to this day. A horror movie trailer was even made!
But really, Monster Walk would not exist if not for the horror movie viewing history of not only me but the people I know. We were into horror movies from a young age and they seemed to have had a lasting impression. I’m talking 70′s and 80′s horror mostly, the days of VHS – with particular focus on A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). To us, this is THE best horror movie; great idea, great music, very scariness, chilling villain, lasting impact and now – some twenty years later – nostalgia value. The first one is the best, forget the rest – except if you want to see the clever idea used in Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (but only if you can put up with the annoying whimpers of the bowl cut kid from Kindergarten Cop – talk about Child Star!).
Thus it seems that Monster Walk would never have existed had it not been for the likes of Fred Kruger, so we have to give this lovable sicko some credit.
Today, horror movies have never seemed more popular and successful, and more frequently made. There are exceptions, but now all you really get are big jumps, split-second fit-causing edits, and gross out shots, all wrapped in that gritty grunge style we know all too well (thank se7en). There are no real scares, lingering mysteriousness, nor great characters n’more. Too harsh? Oh well, hopefully someone will do something different soon and send it off in new direction. No, M.Knight Shalamalamadingdong – I don’t mean you!
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