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Oh No, These Programmable LED Face Masks Aren’t Creepy At all

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Are you the kind of person who likes making other people feel uncomfortable? Well, you’re in luck, because now you can pre-order one of these creepy ‘What’s your FACE?’ programmable LED masks from Neon Culture on Kickstarter (provided they meet their $15,000 funding goal). I feel like this is all going to end like a scene from The Purge.

Available in battery-operated and USB rechargeable versions ($75 – $120, price dependent on model and whether you’re an early backer or not), each mask contains over 2,000 full-color LEDs with an 8-to-12 hour battery life. I’m going to be the life of the next virtual music festival!

The mask design can be controlled via a Bluetooth connected phone and comes with hundreds of presets, as well as the ability to create your own mask design with or without animations and custom text. Obviously, I’m going to make a design of my own face, that way I can be handsome both in front of AND behind the mask. I just saw my wife roll her eyes at me but I’m ignoring it.

[Kickstarter via thegadgetflow]

A Realistic Mutated Monster Toad Cake

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Here’s some more next-level cake decorating from Natalie Sideserf of Sideserf Cake Studio. The professional pastry chef in Austin, Texas made a video showing how she made this realistic mutant monster toad cake. The toad was inspired by one of the creatures in the recently released post-apocalyptic Love And Monsters movie. Mmmm, save some warts for me.

I think my favorite things about the cake are the little teeth and all the frog slobber. Those are the kinds of details that really sell the illusion of a real mutant monster toad. Plus, okay, I don’t think any of us have ever actually seen a real mutant monster toad before, but I think we can all agree there’s definitely going to be teeth and slobber.

So, you’re wandering through the forest minding your own business when this thing hops up beside you and tells you it’s really a prince or princess in disguise and if you kiss it, it’ll reveal it’s true identity and you two can live happily ever after – what do you do? If you answered grab it and take your new talking frog show on the road, congratulations, we’re gonna be rich!

Disney’s Humanoid Robot with ‘Lifelike Gaze’ Is the Stuff of Nightmares

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Because sometimes you need to diversify your assets and Disney has decided it wants to add some nightmare fuel to its portfolio, they recently posted a video of a humanoid robot developed by its research division with a “realistic and interactive lifelike gaze.” Yikes. If that’s a lifelike gaze, I’m cool with a completely unrealistic robotic gaze from now on.

The purpose behind the development of the robotic system was to create “an interaction which demonstrates the illusion of life.” The humanoid bust is capable of perceiving people in its environment and identifying a person of interest to interact with based on their own actions. It then “selects an appropriate gaze behavior, and executes high, fidelity motions to respond to the stimuli,” using motors and mechanisms that mimic those in actual humans. I don’t know about you, but I’m terrified.

Obviously, Disney should have put some skin and lips and cheeks and eyelids and eyebrows and ears and a neck on this robotic bust first, because as lifelike as its gaze may be, it’s really hard to look past the rest of the killer robot to even notice the eyes, which, just for the record, I’m fairly certain never expressed anything but murder.

[DisneyResearch via BoingBoing]

This Creepy Metal Spider Holds a Bluetooth Speaker

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There’s something about creatures with more than four legs that creeps me out. The more legs, the worse the creepy factor. While spiders sit somewhere in the middle between an ant and a millipede, they can still be pretty terrifying, especially if you’re an arachnophobe. But if you don’t mind having a big metal spider sitting on your desktop, you might want to check out this unusual Bluetooth speaker kit.

This thing looks like some kind of robotic arachnid out of the 1980s Tom Selleck movie Runaway. This spider’s bulbous body is actually a small Bluetooth speaker. To make things better, this spider comes with the warning: “This toy contains sharp metal parts.” It’s made up of 171 individual components, and you need to put them all together yourself.  At least they’re kind enough to include all the tools you need in the box. Though I don’t think a can of Raid is part of the deal.

If you like the idea of a creepy spider speaker on your desk, you can grab this guy over on Amazon (affiliate link) for about $47. Just be sure to read the reviews. It sounds like it’s a really challenging build, and like most spider-related things, it’s not for the faint-hearted.

Beauty Is in the Eye(s) of this Beholder Cake

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There are some pretty creepy monsters in the world of Dungeons & Dragons, but I think the Beholder is the one that gets me the most. Between its lumpy body, big cyclops eye, pointy teeth, and eyeball tentacles, it’s definitely nightmare fuel. You wanna know one way to defeat a Beholder? Slice it up and stuff it in your belly! That’s finally an option now that the Beholder is in cake form.

Natalie of Sideserf Cake Studio makes some pretty amazing pastries, and this one is no exception. This edible sphere of many eyes is filled with all kinds of magic, including a moist yellow cake spell and a sugary green buttercream spell. She wrapped the cake in colored modeling chocolate and then sculpted all of the details from the pliable and edible material. She made the eyestalks out of food-safe wire and covered them with modeling chocolate too. After that, she got to work painting the blobby, hovering monster with food coloring. To finish the look, she added wet and shiny bits using clear piping gel.

Natalie made the cake for one of her Patreon supporters who loves to play D&D with her husband. You can check out how she created this creepy and sweet treat in the video below:

That part when sculpted and painted the insides of the creature’s mouth before putting in its teeth was particularly gnarly. Also, I would want to eat those teeth one at a time as a snack because I’m the kind of guy who bites the head off the chocolate bunny candies at easter.

[via Born in Space]

The Thing Board Game Will Have You Suspecting Your Friends Are Aliens

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When I was just 14-years-old, I managed to sneak into the movie theater to see John Carpenter’s gruesome, R-Rated horror movie The Thing. I left the theater both thrilled and horrified by the creepy creatures I had witnessed, and the incredible scares along the way. To this date, it’s still one of the scariest movies I’ve ever seen. Now, you can reminisce about the classic horror flick with your friends with the official The Thing: The Board Game.

Pendragon Game Studio has teamed up with Universal to create a great looking new board game inspired by the 1982 movie. Designed to mimic the tense, cinematic experience of the film, the game focuses on the drama between the humans exploring a mystery in Antarctica and the terrifying alien that hides among them. The game can be played with up to 8 players as they attempt to figure out just who is an alien and who isn’t in the cold and isolated Outpost 31 research base.

The promotional video below does a good job describing the gameplay:

The graphic below shows everything that comes with the game, including a large game board that serves as the research base, along with lots of action and item cards, playing discs and tokens, and some fantastic miniatures based on both the film’s characters and some of its creepiest alien forms, including that upside-down head that sprouts crab legs that I will never be able to erase from my mind.

The Thing: The Boardgame can be pre-ordered now over on Kickstarter for €79 (or about $93 USD) with an expected release date of December 2021. The project has already busted through its fundraising goals, so will definitely go into production. I’ll just be a long, long winter until you can get your hands on the game and play it for yourself.

[via Geeky Gadgets]

Artist Gives Us a Real Woody (from Toy Story)

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With reboots of The Lion King, Aladdin, and Mulan, Disney seems to be on quite the live-action remake kick of late. While some of these movies have been okay, I prefer to leave these Disney classics in the animated world where they belong. Now that I’ve seen this realistic looking figure of Woody from Toy Story, I’m afraid that Disney/Pixar might get some crazy idea of a live-action Toy Story reboot too. I’m begging them to just say no.

This incredibly detailed sculpt was created by the talented figure maker @jeno_figure. He did a fantastic job turning Tom Hanks’ iconic CGI character into a realistic looking person, retaining Woody’s upbeat expression, and reinterpreting his cowboy outfit onto a body with more human proportions. From the cowhide vest to the yellow and red shirt, to the cow skull belt buckle, Jeno truly nailed the design. It also looks like he created another alternative head with a more serious expression, as you can see in his original tweet:

Incredible work, Jeno! Now can we please have realistic versions of Buzz Lightyear, Jessie, and those three-eyed aliens?

[via Reddit via Mike Shouts]

Toss a Giant Crochet Spider on Your Couch

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Most spiders are actually good for the environment, wiping out a wide variety of pests, including many that carry diseases. Still they’re pretty creepy looking, and the bigger they are, the scarier these eight-legged insects can be. But if you absolutely love spiders, then maybe you should get a gigantic one that you can toss around the couch amongst your throw pillows.

If you’re looking for something fun to do with your spare time, get out the yarn and knitting needles, and knit yourself a giant spider! MyTwinsCrochetNL sells a crochet pattern that makes a massive 20″ diameter spider that’s sure to get a rise out of anyone you toss it onto.

Since this is a DIY spider, you can make it in any color you want. So if you like the idea of a fiery orange spider or a lime green spider, that’s cool.

Unfortunately, if you don’t know how to crochet, you’re out of luck, because they’re only selling the pattern files. But if you have the skills to pull it off, you can get started for just about $10 for the pattern, then about 500 grams of acrylic yarn. They offer patterns in US English, UK English, German, and Dutch, because the giant bugs know no borders.


[via Oddity Mall]

Beauty Is In the Eye of This D&D Beholder Hoodie

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Dungeons & Dragons is filled with all kinds of macabre and imaginative monsters. Among them is the Beholder, also known as the “Sphere of Many Eyes,” is a blobby creature with ten eyeballs on tentacles, a cyclops eyeball, and loads of gnarly teeth in what is described as its “massive, gaping maw.” Now you can bring a Beholder with you wherever you go.

This awesomely creepy Beholder hoodie comes from artist Brock Hofer, and the For Fans by Fans shop. It’s features a terrifying interpretation of the monster with glowing yellow eyeballs, surrounded by all kinds of gory textures.

Done up in shades of red, purple, magenta, and yellow on every surface, the hoodie has a slim fit, along with ribbed cuffs and hem. It looks especially great on Satine, who modeled the demonic looking hoodie here:

You can grab the D&D Beholder hoodie from For Fans by Fans for $65. It’s available in sizes from small to 3XL, so no matter your shape or size, you can enjoy this creeptacular design.

Zombie Toilet Paper Holder Wants Butts Not Brains

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With all the craziness about COVID-19 going on, there’s been a major run on toilet paper. Now why everyone has made wiping their bottoms one of their top priorities during the virus pandemic, who knows? I’d think maybe food and water might take priority, but that’s just me. Now that you’re fully stocked with TP for your bunghole, you need a proper place to put it. I’m thinking this zombie toilet paper holder should do great.

Whether what we are experiencing is the beginning of the zombie apocalypse, or just a nasty flu-like bug, your guests will enjoy this creepy roll holder while they sit on your toilet contemplating the world. It’s nice and creepy, and looks especially gory if you don’t mind splashing some red food coloring on your bathroom walls.

The Zombie Bathroom Break toilet paper holder is available from Design Toscano for $39.95, who reminds us that bath tissue is not included, so you’ll have to dig into your survivalist cache to fill this thing.