nephila clavata, a blue armchair, bava’s black sunday

shaman spider (nephila clavata) shaman-spider-_DSC6753

mario bava

director and dp of italian horror films

(wikimedia)

(wikimedia)

to see black sunday (1960) based on

 

little girl in a blue armchair (1878)

Mary Cassatt (American, 1844 - 1926 ), Little Girl in a Blue Armchair, 1878, oil on canvas, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

mary cassatt (american, 1844 – 1926 ), little girl in a blue armchair, 1878, oil on canvas, collection of mr. and mrs. paul mellon (wikimedia).

mary cassatt

the thing

john carpenter’s the thing (1982)

defibrillator chest chomp and other creature effects in the thing.
special makeup and creature effects creator rob bottin (total recall, robocop, se7en, fear and loathing in las vegas, fight club)

special makeup effects creator stan winston (the terminator, predator, edward scissorhands, jurassic park, the island of doctor moreau, avatar, shutter island)