untitled monster mashup
All my pieces are done in fits of inspiration..Fits that would’ve served better had they lasted a wee bit longer… This is one of them. An idea spawned from reading too many ‘super team’ books (JLA, Avengers, WildC.A.T.S, Gen13, and a couple of zillion more) and a late night screening of X Men:The Last stand, what stuck me was that most of these characters were fighting for good. What happens when you have a group fighting or forced to fight for the exact opposite cause? This is what you end up with – A super-villain team up!!!
In the picture (L-R):
Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th series) : ‘Special’ kid at Camp Crystal lake drowns because of negligence of camp supervisors. Gets resurrected, grabs a machete and goes on a hack-a-thon thro truckloads of h*rny teenagers. Wore a paper bag over his head till his third movie, after which he upgraded to his signature hockey mask. Still lives and directly reports to Mommy dearest, Pamela Voorhees. Has been to outer space (Jason X). Recently got a reboot (Friday the 13th 2009) which sucks as bad as the umpteen misfires before it. Has shared screen time with one of weirdos in this team (Freddy vs. Jason).
Pinhead (Hellraiser series) (in the background) : Captain Elliott Spencer of the British Expeditionary Force gets disillusioned with life after the war and goes on a journey of ‘discovery’ which finds him dabbling in the dark arts. After accidentally opening up a ‘Lament configuration’ he picked up from an Indian market, he gets sucked into and transformed into the lord of a group of monstrous entities called Cenobites who live in a realm controlled by a black light emitting diamond shaped thing called the leviathan, apart from having 2000 nails/pins being hammered into his skull – hence the name (duh). Has been to outer space (Hellraiser:Bloodline). Plans on a reboot from creator Clive Barker. The first and second movies are truly one of the scariest my humble, twisted self has ever seen.
Freddy Krueger (Nightmare on Elm street series) : Child killer who was burnt alive by disgruntled residents of Elm street. Gets resurrected and haunts kids in their dreams. Has starred in a much under-appreciated, but genre bending flick (Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare). Pretty popular among zombie cheerleader circles for his wisecracks. Never been to space. Plans on a much anticipated reboot with Jackie Earl Haley (Rorschasch from Watchmen) playing yours truly. Has shared screen time with one of weirdos in this team (Freddy vs. Jason). Has a nursery rhyme in his honour (??!!) which goes like this:
“One, Two, Freddy´s coming for you.
Three, Four better lock your door.
Five, Six grab your crucifix.
Seven, Eight gonna stay up late.
Nine, Ten never sleep again.”
Pumpkinhead (Pumpkinhead series) : A creature that arises out of a voodoo curse to avenge the death of a loved one of the person who calls it. Been out of work lately. Last 2 movies went straight-to-Sci Fi channel. Never been to space.
Talking of evil team ups, its not really a new concept in comics so to speak – think Modok’s 11 and countless movie monster pile-ups. But this team of child killers and voodoo creatures i managed to put together is one that hasn’t been thought of, as far as I know.I even managed to create a loose back story for the team, which btw involved John Constantine!! (no not the wooden faced on from the Keanu Reeves movie – rather Alan Moore’s alcoholic, chain smoking true brit from the Hellblazer comics).
Couldn’t really think of a name for the team. Thought I’d name them Freakforce – but apparently Erik Larsen’s already taken that.
Q:Satan’s 6??
A:But I can see only 4.
Q:Conglomerate of evil??
A:Nah, too Dan Brown.
Q:Ministry of Monsters??
A:What is this? A Disney Movie???
Anyways, this project too has been stalled indefinitely. Might revive it, with altogether new freaks (Mike Myers, Chucky, prob. Patrick Bateman (American Psycho) as well). In the meantime, if someone can think of names, do let me know (like you have nothing better to do).
