Seriously. Go there. I need to move the traffic here to over there. Please! Thanks!
– Mr. Frights
Mr. Fright’s Scary Stuff – The blog has evolved!
July 12, 2013Okay, to all my followers please hear this. Long story short, I put WordPress on my actual website and so my blog is now over there. The address: http://www.mrfrights.com/.
So if you’re still interested in all things Frights, you should head over there and jump into the spooky bog with me.
The Long Story:
A while back I had a laptop crash event and lost pretty much everything from my website including the sacred template that allowed me to simultaneously update the entire site at one time. Having lost this template I am unable to access my website and make any changes or updates at all.
The solution was brought to me by a friend who said that HTML is passe and I should install WordPress on my site so it’s easier to control and update at will. I’m already familiar with it and there are a lot more cool things you can do in this form of WP. I was like ‘okay, I’ll give it a shot’. So I did and I found an insanely cool template for my WP site, changed some stuff around, migrated a few things (which I’m still working on), and then voila!
Now I have my website all updated and stuff, looks kinda modern, but still super cool! I am constantly adding new material and features and would LOVE to have you guys over for a visit.
So, I hope you find your way to the new spot at Mr. Frights’ Scary Stuff: The Big Blog of Doom and Things on my actual home website. www.MRFRIGHTS.com/
Thanks!
Mr. F.
Mr. Frights’ Websites are Merging!!
June 27, 2013It’s a long story that starts with an attempt to take the internet by storm through extending myself throughout social media, blogs, websites, forums, and so on – and ends with the crash of my laptop. Once rebuilt the key components to my website had been erased with no backup I could recapture.
I didn’t want just a plain blog as I do pay good money for my website to begin with, but after several years running on this template I just wasn’t in the mood to rebuild into another antiquated design, regardless of how attractive it was to me. Having a blog on a separate space online and having to get a new website together just didn’t make sense. So I took the advise of one of my pals and decided to use one of the cooler features of my web service.
Now with WordPress installed in my website, I’m rebuilding things. Slowly. But I’m also adding new things. So if you’re interested in following Mr. Frights and his friends’ adventures, then you’ll want to skip this pile and cruise on over to this web address:
From now on any updates that occur for Mr. Frights will take place there. This old blog will probably stay here, unattended, so no need to keep visiting. I’d love to welcome you all to the new Mr. Frights’ Scary Stuff website all rolled into one big pile of fun!
And don’t forget, while I do inhabit Google+, Twitter, Linkedin, etc. I’m mostly on Facebook, so please feel free to JOIN US there.
https://www.facebook.com/frights
Thanks a billion for your support and I hope you’ll look forward to new things coming from Mr. Frights and the get Frights crew!
– Mr. Frights
It’s been a long time…
December 22, 2012Wow, so it’s been forever (I exaggerate) since I’ve done a post here. I’ve done an interview with the Bumbloods creators and I need to get that up. I got stopped in my tracks because of a computer malfunction and had to rebuild. I’m still not 100%, but I’m guessing I never will be from the way it was before the crash so I might as well get back to it any way I can.
It’s been a heck of a year for collectors, which is where I want to start. I’ll just be posting some of my top items from the past year, if you feel like contributing to any of the great pieces you’ve picked up, go ahead and leave me a note in the comments or a picture or something.
Hero From The Sky Ash
Hero From The Sky Ash by N.E.C.A.
N.E.C.A. released a series of Evil Dead II figures including Henrietta, Hero Ash, Deadite Ash, and Farewell to Arms Ash. All of these were brilliant figures, but perhaps the best of them all was the SD Comic Con exclusive figure Hero From The Sky Ash depicting our hero at the end of ED II which would lead to the beginning of Army of Darkness. Made in a terrific sepia tone this one is special beyond anything I can express, not just because of the paint, but it comes with a terrific base and special packaging that just sets it apart from the rest of the figures in this series.
Tar Man
Amok Time Tar Man from Return of The Living Dead
If you missed out on this one, you should try to find it because any collection without this piece is going to be incomplete. This brilliantly crafted figure is sculpted to exquisite detail, including the canister in the wall of the base and the bloody brain with the bite taken out of it which is loose so not only can you place it on the base where it belongs, but you can pose this guy with his snack in hand! Not part of any series of figures, this guy is a one off collectible that we’ll likely never see again. If we do, it would be very challenging to make one better.
Cereal Killer Trading Cards Series 2
Cereal Killers Series 2 Trading Cards
If you haven’t caught on yet, Wax-Eye’s Cereal Killer trading cards are the coolest trading cards I’ve ever seen! Artwork by Joe Simko, these cards depict our favorite movie monsters in mock cereal boxes. The packs come as three boxes of mini cereal style boxes or as single foil packs. The boxes come with the entire base series and a few of the premium cards. They also each contain an eye ball gum keeping with the old gum in the trading cards packs theme from when I was a kid. This spin on trading cards is just awesome and I loved seeing what monsters they chose to do this time around. Series one was terrific, series two was better, here’s hoping for a series three!!
Eddie and Marilyn Munster
Eddie and Marilyn Munster by Diamond Select
Diamond Select continued their Universal Monsters theme throughout the year giving us such figures as Metaluna Mutant from This Island Earth and The Phantom from Phantom of the Opera and The Invisible Man as well as more Universal Monster Mini Mates. But perhaps their best was the series two Munster figures of Eddie and Marilyn. Why are these the best? Because it completes the family that was left out of series one. We had Herman, Lilly, and Grandpa, leaving open space for these two characters and when I found out they came in a two pack, I was just tickled that I wouldn’t have to spend a lot to complete my scary collection of one of the most ghoulish families to grace classic television. The best part next to these characters was the items that came with them. If you’ll notice you get their pet dragon’s collar and leash as well as Wolfie, Eddie’s Wolfman doll!
Well Zombie
McFarlane Well Walker Zombie
It’s been a while since I’ve bought any McFarlane figures, mostly due to them cancelling their Movie Maniacs line of figures. This year though they put out one of the most exciting figures I’ve seen in a while. The ‘Well Zombie’ as it’s being called in the packaging was the Well Walker from season two of the Walking Dead AMC show based on the Walking Dead comic. This guy is my favorite of this series of figures which included the Bicycle Girl Zombie, Shane, and the RV Zombie. Well Zombie comes with the canned ham that was used to initially try to lure him out of the well, but we all know Well Zombie doesn’t want canned ham. They ended up using a rope to pull him out and when they did he ripped in half! Gross yes, but it made for one of the most recognized scenes in the series (I think) and for a great figure too because he does indeed come with the rope around him and he rips apart in the middle with guts hanging out and all!
Frankenstein
MEZCO Frankenstein Monster Scale Figure
So, Toys R Us surprised me when they featured this 9″ monster figure by MEZCO, I picked it up and found it was very heavy. I bought it. Then I found out that they made what Mezco is calling a Monster Scale figure at 19″ tall. I had to get him! It’s pretty expensive for a vinyl figure, and probably weighs the same at the 9″ figure because of the material it is made out of, which makes it feel really light. But it’s still solid and it’s a great sculpt of the character which is why I got him in the first place. I really think Mezco has outdone themselves with this and it’s not the last one we’ll see as they say they are releasing a couple other Universal Monster figures coming up.
Honorable Mentions
There have been a lot of great collectible toys that came out this year, and it’s hard to narrow them down to the best. We had some cool Freddy Krueger figures, some great Jason Voorhees figures (both by N.E.C.A.), and to keep step with all these great releases above and the ones I just mentioned, Funko continued their line of monster Pop! figures with a Leatherface and Jack Skellington and Sally figures.
Funko Pop! Leatherface
Jack Skellington & Sally Funko Pop! Figures
So, there’s my list of the best collectible toys of 2012. I’m sure I missed some because of how I choose to collect, but that’s why I’m leaving it open so YOU can share your favorites with me!
– Mr. Frights
BumBloods
November 14, 2012I found something pretty amazing online. I’m hoping you’ll come along with me and check out this very cool, very well done zombie comedy series. It’s four episodes about two unlikely roommates dealing with a zombie outbreak. I did an interview with the Matt and Joe, the creative team behind the series and I’ll be bringing that to you a bit later. For now, go check out what all the fuss is about.
– Mr. Frights
Mr. Frights's Scary Stuff 