We’ve been hearing the music since Thanksgiving (have anyone’s ears actually bled yet?) but now the weather is really starting to be true to December. With the Holidays around the corner, Horror Society presents a comprehensive gift guide filled with presents for the horror enthusiast. We’ve got gifts at all price points and everything can be purchased online.
Tim Burton’s Playing Cards
From the MoMA Store. $5 ($4 for members)
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Conjoined Gingerbread Men Cookie Cutter
The Mütter Museum in Philadelphia is known as one of the nation’s creepiest museum. The museum is filled with displays of scientific oddities, autopsy kits, body parts of old famous people… they obviously have a pretty great gift store as well. For under $10 you can get this highly seasonal cookie cutter. $6.50
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Lon Chaney London After Midnight Poster
There are a lot of great posters out there, but for the holidays, this black and white throwback feels right. $7.99 ($39.99 with frame)
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Bucket O’ Blood Tee Shirt
Bucket O’ Blood tee shirt from the North Milwaukee Avenue store. $12 ($13 for XXL)
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Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror
New York Times critic Jason Zinoman’s Shock Value takes a look at horror’s golden age. $14.50 on Amazon
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Bloody Shower Curtain & Bath Mat
Want your shower to look like Psycho all the time? This will do it. $19.99
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Music in the Horror Film: Listening to Fear
Another book. This one is a collection of essays that examines the effects of music and its ability to provoke fear. $31.48 on Amazon
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Mütter Museum Historic Medical Photographs Book
Another gem from the Mütter Museum. This collection of images is a bit more intense than the cookie cutter. $50
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Remote Control Wand
Okay, maybe we’re veering off into fantasy and/or nerd territory here… but who wouldn’t want a wand that can be programmed to control your TV? ~$80 US Dollars
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The Twilight Zone: The Complete Definitive Collection
This Twilight Zone box set really says “I care.” $153.99 on Amazon
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Chimney Sweep Strange Doll
And now, finally, we recognize an independent artist making some really beautiful dolls. We are particularly fond of this one. $200 ($206 with a stand)
