On the First Day of Creepmas....

It's Creepmas once again and today is the day that we put the Creepmas tree up here at the ol' Tomb Sweet Tomb. Now while I go wrestle with the tree stand why don't you creeps take a looks at some other Creeps this year and I'll be back later

Time to trim the Creepmas tree

Hey creepers,

We're setting up the Creepmas Tree here in the Tomb and I'm always on the look out for new ornaments to add to the withering branches of the haunted tree and here's some of the ones I've found this year...

Over at MadameMacabreShop on Etsy you can get these two lovlies

Beyondthepoisonapple brings up this Nightmare Before Christmas inspired monster wreath

along with a really nice Santa Jack and Zero ornaments

From SWStitchery comes this delightful little Krampus...delightful, he'd hate that....

along with this Skeletal Elf

this Cthulhu

and this Yeti

Toxiczombie33 brings us this ornament that's all mouth...

and this excellent Monster Tree Topper... I may have to switch out Rat Fink for this one

but my personal favorite comes from Dellamortico, this fantastic Krampus Ornament, THIS is going on my tree

Now, I have to go put the fire out on the tree from the real candles we were using as lights but I'll be back with more ornaments later.... stay Creepy.....

Monsterfink Conquers the Holidays

A long overlooked entry into the Rankin Bass library of stop motion animated holiday specials Monsterfink Conquers the Holidays is a, too say the least, odd entry.

The story of a young  werewolf girl named Alex who has written a letter to Santa Claus detailing the toys she wanted only to have the letter returned to the house marked "NO DELIVERIES TO WEIRDOS". This of course sets the girl into tearful sobs and her vampire/witch mother tries to console her telling her that her father will get this whole mess straightened out once he gets home.
We are then introduced to the father of the family, an eight foot tall patchwork collection of parts from other monsters. Upon learning the news, the hot headed Monsterfink (Jack Black) declares his intentions to stomp his way to the North Pole and "knock some sense" into Santa Claus via a song and dance routine where he described the various things he's "gonna do to that Kris Kringle." Along the way the brute runs into Jingle (Simon Pegg) and Jangle Elf (Nick Frost) who he attempts to smash into "holiday smears" but the two explain that they have been exiled from the North Pole by Santa (Mickey Rooney}. They explain that an evil spell cast by the villainous Winterbolt (Keith David) has returned Santa to his long lost "skinny" self from the days before Rudolph and he has deemed no child worthy of a present. The three make their way to the North Pole battling an Army of Snowmen for a final climactic battle with Winterbolt and his Snow Dragon and force feeding Santa so he'll stop acting like a judgmental, intolerant schmuck and get back to his jolly old self.

Young and old alike will delight to such toe tapping songs such as "I'm gonna go knock some sense into Santa!", "Eat a Sandwich and Stop Being a Douche!" and "Gonna make Winterbolt my Tree Topper, after I shove this tree up his Ass". Monsterfink Conquers the Holidays is a true holiday classic that the whole family will love to watch each year.

It's Creepmas

So get ready for 13 days of Holiday Horrors as Halloween invades the Winter Holidays...it's only fair since the Christmas decorations invade the Halloween aisles earlier and earlier each year... now sit back and remember, you better watch out, ya better not cry, ya better not pout, I'm telling you why....the Christmas Creep is Comin' to Town!

Creepmas Needs YOU!

Hey kids! It's that time of year again!

That time when they started putting out Christmas lights before they even finished putting out all the Halloween stock. That time when the stores started playing Christmas music before the end of October.

It's almost time for the 13 Days of Creepmas!

If you're new to Creepmas or need a refresher check out the links above for 

"What is Creepmas?" and "Why Creepmas?".

And there's a link up there that will tell you "How to Participate" so you can join the rest of the festive ghouls around the web. We had 55 bloggers join us last year, let's see if we can get even more!

You can leave a comment below with your blog

or tweet Cult of the Great Pumpkin with your blog link.

Spread the word from the tallest tomb

The holidays will soon be doomed!

Creepmas - A Krampus Carol

From the twisted mind of Chef Anthony Bourdain comes, A Krampus Carol

Creepmas - Boris Karloff reads The Year Without a Santa Claus

Presented on this last day of Creepmas, the story of "The Year Without a Santa Claus" as read by the legendary Boris Karloff. I know what you're all thinking, no Fink, he narrated "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and, yes, he did narrate that but he also recorded a narration of the original story that became the Rankin Bass classic. Now you may be disappointed to find out that, even though the basic story is the same, the stop-motion animated special we know and love added quite a bit to the story. There's no Heat Miser or Snow Miser here, no Jingle or Jangle the Elf, no Mother Nature, not even Mrs. Claus. The only characters that appear in both the story and the animated special are Santa and the little boy named Ignatius Thistlewhite. Now sit back and let Grandpa Boris read to you....

Listen Here

Creepmas - The Witch's Christmas

From Norman Bridwell, creator of the Clifford the Big Red Dog books, comes 1970's The Witch's Christmas

Creepmas - Rankin Bass Krampus Night

Krampus Night is almost impossible to find with  Rankin Bass disavowing any knowledge of the 25 minute cartoon's existence. I have been searching for years to find an actual copy and the closest I can come is this DVD mock up for the unreleased title.

From information collected from various sources the special focused on a modern (early 80's) toy company exec Filmore Clutch, that used his fortune to release the hot toy of the year and to release it for free but only to kids who could prove themselves naughty and therefore would not be receiving presents from Santa. Since kids all over the world want the toy, thanks to subliminal advertising, they all behave as naughty as possible to receive it from "Uncle Clutch". The influx of naughty ratings of children into the north pole results in the weakening of Santa Claus who travels to New York to confront "Uncle Clutch". The weakened Santa is easy prey for Clutch who locks the Christmas Icon away in his own private jail. With Santa gone and the naughty list set to go critical an ancient fail safe is activated and, as Mrs Claus states, the List Keeper is being unleashed.

From a cavern under Santa's Castle comes, according to the back story we are given, the last of the Kringle Elves - Krampus Kringle - who toiled for years with the task of keeping the list of naughty or nice and doling out the punishments to the naughty until his body twisted into a red skinned coal eating abomination that lives only to punish. Santa had him locked away centuries ago to protect the children of the world from his overzealous actions. It is alluded to that Krampus played Judge, Jury and Executioner to the naughtiest of children, one of the reasons the special aired only once. Mrs Claus pleads with Krampus about what has happened and with great flourish and a fantastic musical number set to Alice Cooper's "No More Mister Nice Guy" the Krampus leaps into action. In the end Santa is saved, the children released from the spell of Clutch's subliminal advertising return to being good and the Krampus drags off an unrepentant Clutch into the caverns under the castle. It can be surmised this is the Rankin Bass version of naughty children being dragged to Hell by the Krampus.

There are several factors as to why this special aired only once and has never seen a release on home video or DVD. First is the a fore mentioned scene depicting Krampus appearing to execute children he deemed naughty, second was an unfavorable reaction to injecting the Devil like Krampus into the very happy world of Rankin Bass Christmas specials by the Parent/Teacher Decency League who also took offense to the use of Alice Cooper music and the Krampus being voice by KISS bassist Gene Simmons. Most however feel that the special has been buried due to the threat of legal action by Donald Trump, who took great offense to the character of Clutch and his appearance closely matching the real estate tycoon's own image. As fans of the many holiday specials of Rankin Bass continue to hope that one day Krampus Night will be released to the public those with inside knowledge remain steadfast in their belief this day will never come.

Creepmas - How to Survive a Zombie Holiday

From the lovely Team Unicorn comes this instructional video

Creepmas with Elvira

Creepmas - Nightmare Before Christmas Decorations

Okay...I'm jealous...

Creepmas or Geekmas?

Who cares it the Lobo Paramilitary Christmas Special!!!!!

A Creepmas Commercial for Captain Spaulding's Museum

Ahhh Gotta love those local access Creepmas Commercials right kiddies?

Creepmas - Haunted Mansion Holidays

Every year in Disneyland the Haunted Mansion is shut down so the illustrious characters from The Nightmare Before Christmas can take over the Mansion and add a little Creepmas Cheer. I've never been fortunate enough to attend as I've never been to California but I have hopes that one day the trend will spread to Disney World's Haunted Mansion, until then, be like me and live vicariously through this POV video of the ride.

Weird NJ Creepmas Jersey Devil

Oh, you believe in Santa but not the Jersey Devil?

Did this a few years ago for the guys from Weird NJ

Creepmas Decorations

Just can't bear to decorate your tree with happy field mice in light up tea cup houses, candy canes, colorful reindeer and adorable snowmen? Welcome to my world....so here's some ornament suggestions from yer ol' pal Monsterfink..er...Sandy Claws.

TOM TAGGART

We'll start off with the amazingly talented Tom Taggart. I have been privileged enough to see Tom's work first hand at the Chiller Conventions before and I gotta tell you the pictured don't do them justice and they are some nice pictures. I cannot stress enough how quickly you should run to his Etsy site and get some.

 

















I'll be perfectly honest, if I can scrape some cash together the Alien, Black Cat and Frankenstein Monster or headed to my Creepmas Tree.

NEATOSHOP'S GORENAMENTS

Over at NeatoShop.com they have three outrageous ornaments or gorenaments for sale. The Gingerbread Zombie, Zombie Stocking and Zombie Misletoe. I'd like to bet my claws on the Gingerbread and Mistletoe ones.

Fun with the OLD ONES

Can't forget the Elder Gods this Creepmas..er..Yule..er..Solstice..Eh whatever those gibbering horrors are on about this time of year...

Ger yer Cthulhu Plush Wreath fer hangi' on the Tomb Door here