This freaky spectral beast is a special effect from the 1992 movie Pet Sematary 2, sequel to the the original 1988 film Pet Sematary that was in turn based on Stephen Kings 1983 novel.
(SPOILERS!!) (SPOILERS!!) The basic premise is that the Pet Sementary in question is actually built near to a certain other type of burial ground (wonder what that might be) and (gasp!) burying a dead pet there will in fact resurrect it, only of course the reborn pet is not exactly the same as the old one… I’ve not seen either film (I have read the book) so didn’t recognise this when I originally spotted it via FFFFound, when backtracking through my bookmarks and came across it’s source; the absolutely awesome kindertrauma.com and that’s really what this post is about….
If you’ve even the slightest bit interested in Film Horror from the 70’s / 80’s / 90’s particularly of the B-Movie variety, then I wholeheartedly recommend a good peruse through kindertrauma.com – a lovingly devoted site to all those slightly obscure films you might just remember being tucked away at your local video store…
Check out http://www.kindertrauma.com “Your Happy Childhood ends here”
The angry clouds of Jupiter swirl beneath a retro Von Braun-esque rocket, and a mysterious cylindrical object – Rendezvous With Rama as imagined by UK Illustrator Kevin Hauff. This piece was commissioned by The Radio Times for the BBC 4 dramatisation of Arthur C. Clarke’s classic 1974 Novel.
The story concerns humanity’s first contact with an alien intelligence, when in 2244 a large cylindrical object of unknown origin ermerges from the void of deep space speeding through the solar system on slingshot navigation of the Sun. An Intercept mission is hastily organised and launched, the job of the astronauts to approach the giant craft and board it before it races back to the beyond….
All in all an excellent imaginative novel that was followed by a series of entertaining though perhaps not entirely necessary sequels. Rendezvous with Rama also spawned a point and click CD-Rom adventure/logic puzzle game from the mid 90’s [Link to Rama at Mobygames.com] and has long been rumoured to be about to enter the pre-production phase for a Hollywood adaptation – alas nothing yet! However I did come across this nicely done short film by Aaron Ross, check that here: http://ow.ly/klyc
Read more about Rendezvous with Rama at Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendezvous_with_Rama
See more of Kevin’s excellent Illustration at his portfolio site http://www.kevinhauff.com/ and blog http://kevinhauff.blogspot.com/
** Addendum: 1st sept
An excellent 3d rendering of the world inside Rama: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBIQCm54dfY cheers for the link Preston!
A rarely seen Millenium Falcon-centric Poster produced in for the 1978 dubbed Japanese version of the George Lucas classic.
Spotted via a fav Flickr User Kielbryant – check out his excellent ‘The Star Wars’ set for more assorted goodies http://is.gd/2aQg1
Another trademark ‘ultra-vivid’ Poster Design from a modern master of that genre; Canadian Graphic artist James White taken via his excellent http://blog.signalnoise.com/
This unofficial piece of tribute art is inspired by screenshots and concept art of the forthcoming film – Come on Disney – there can’t be many people who could produce a superior, more striking job than this?!
See the HD Trailer for Tron Legacy here and a selection of screenshots here: http://blog.signalnoise.com/?p=1405
Haunting still shots taken from the extremely rare late 80’s Polish Arthouse Sci-Fi Movie “Na Srebrnym Globie” (Translation: On the Silver Globe) Directed by Andrzej Żuławski.
I’m ashamed to say I’ve not seen this myself yet, though it’s gone straight to the top of my wish list on it’s rarefied nature alone… Youtube has a series of short clips taken from the films total 166min footage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT4zmcDtbd8 and If your interested in aquiring a copy (I am!) it’s available via Amazon.com here: http://is.gd/M3D9
These images are taken from a larger set of 22 photos via Flickr Fav “spinoza1632″ purveyor of all things cult, trashy and obscure or VERY cult, trashy and obscure” – check some of the fantastic featured sets out here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/8808272@N07/sets/ – Highly reccomended!
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Addendum: larger set of images via the Directors official website: http://www.andrzej-zulawski.com/Gallery-silverglobe.html WARNING! some graphic imagery and possibly spoilers….
Thanks for the link Andrew!
