As the holidays approach you may occasionally find yourself at a loss for what to get you favorite horror fan. Horror has fallen prey to bad ratings decisions of late, and bad demographic targeting, so even the old standby of getting someone that perfect DVD has become tougher and tougher (although The Arrow’s Top 10 of 2008 will definitely give you good guidance).
Plus, unless you’ve managed to pawn a tapestry that your great aunt left you after having Antiques Roadshow tell you it’s worth a half mil, then cash might be too tight to go looking at anything truly stratospheric like a date with Tiffany Shepis, or a Bruce Campbell experience involving more beers than undead.
So here’s a list of gift ideas to help you out. Ranging from quirky to awesome, expensive-ish to cheaparoo, there’s a little something here for everyone. And if you’ve got other ideas then spit bullets with links to let your fellow arrowheads in on your knowledge.
WARNING – GENRE FAN GIDDINESS AHEAD!
10. DEXTER WALL CALENDAR
GET IT HERE What better way to greet the new year than staring at the mug of America’s favorite criminally insane forensic blood analyst. Sure you could go for a cheese or beef cake calendar for you horror fan, but all that jazz is so readily available on the net that it’s become
almost boring. Instead bring a little wet red mayhem into your beloved’s life!
9. ALIEN VS. PREDATOR DIORAMA
GET IT HERE I’m just going to warn you now that you’ll see the word “diorama” way too many times in this Top 10. Not my fault OK? Puss-ish names aside though, this is one kickass milieu giving us an awesome glance at two of our favorite monsters breaking it down old school. Just check out the detail. It’s breath-taking.
8. FRANKENSTEIN CHROME BELT BUCKLE
Probably depends upon where you live as to your opinion of giant belt buckles. Some rock them. Some think they just make you a c*ck. But either way, it’d be hard to hate on anybody working this Universal classic near their man stick or woman tunnel as the case may be. Tasty, tasty sauce.
7. CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON DIORAMA
Not many other horror monsters outside of the “big three” are this iconic. CFTBL has always been one of my favorite memories as I caught it often as a Saturday matinee when I was growing up. You also have the upside that the scene depicted is kinda romantic, which could work in both the gift giver and gift receiver’s favor.
6. PINHEAD BOBBLEHEAD
GET IT HERE To try and describe the unrelenting awesomeness at play here might actually cause my head to explode. Which I suppose would in some ways be thematically appropriate. Still, I’d rather keep my noggin intact, so let’s just say that if you have a genre fan you’re purchasing gifts for, they will love you for this one!
STAY TUNED FOR PART 2!