Mosterpalooza Trade Show and Convention 2010

Guillermo Del Toro director writer
Tom with Guillermo Del Toro, a monster fan who had the classic quote, 'we're all fanboys here!'
Wolfman sculpted statue full body
Mike Hill's work again stole the show. He created a stunning pair...
Wolfman sculpted from photos horror sculpture
The Wolfman...
Lon Chaney Jr. likeness statue were wolf
and the tormented Larry Talbot... such incredible realism and a strong likeness!
monster resin bust sculpture heads
After Midnight Studios had a table full of realistic creations by talented artists!
realistic tribute bust sculpture
A realistic life-sized bust of Boris Karloff, from 'the Old Dark House'
lifelike sculpted bust stature
The classic mug of Rondo Hatton in a lifesize bust
hand carved wooden tiki frankenstein
Attendees soaked up artwork of all types, like this Tiki totem Frankenstein sculpture!
Hand sculpted latex resin creature statues
The talented Pat Magee had a table full of latex sculpted horrors!
Michael jackson thriller replica statue
Pat's Thriller werewolf is about to make a snack out of Tom (who doesn't seem to notice)
Cinnovation studios special effects monster make up artist
The monster maker himself, Rick Baker stopped by the show
Mummy horror sculpture of Boris Karloff
An amazing Ardeth Bey, on display in the museum and courtesy of Rich Correll
monster creature custom sculpture statue
Not sure who made this wicked-looking pumpkin creature, but we liked it!
realistic monster sculpture statue
Another wild and realistic creature from the show's museum
MJ Thriller music video zombie special effects makeup
A zombie Michael Jackson...
Freddy Krueger sculpture Nightmare on elm street
and GIANT Freddy head also gave us a dose of 80's!
Exorcist Linda Blair full body sculpture
The 1970's were represented as well!
Anthony Hopkins hannibal statue
Russ Lukich created this stunningly realistic Hannibal from Silence of the Lambs
Frankenstein life sized realistic sculpture
Russ Lukich's wonderful Peter Cushing as Baron Frankenstein
Ghostbusters life size statue
Russ also received high praise for his incredible life sized Slimer!
interpretation custom sculpter full body statue
A very cool take on the Christopher Lee creature from The Curse of Frankenstein.
Forbidden Planet replica statue
Robots fit right in with monsters at Monsterpalooza... like this wonderful Robby replica!
Vampire statue likeness bust sculpture
Rich Krussel's wondeful Blackula life-sized figure!
Robot unique artwork sculpture
Wild and wonderful monster art was everywhere!
Dinosaur life sized sculpture head
A GIANT T-Rex head was the last thing visitors saw before leaving the museum.
Skeleton artwork pottery sculpture
Even more of the random and wonderful art seen at the show
Frankenstein's Monster life size statue
A wonderful Son of Frankenstein statue sat next to the table of Donnie Dunagan (who was in the classic film!)
1960 ghouls creatures bust sculptures
Some amazing 60's style monsters!
monster creature latex mask sculptures
Jordu Schell's table of rubber wonders!
spooky realistic life size custom bust
He'll haunt your dreams! A creepy work by Jordu
monsters aliens sculpted busts
Casey Love again presented an impressive collection of creeps
Saw replica statue horror movie villian
Some more modern horror was represented this year with displays by Kelly Delcambre. Like Jigsaw...
Freddy Krueger replica statue horror movie villian
... Freddy....
Tod Browning Freaks realistic sculpture One of us
Kevin Kirkpatrick's freaks were beautifully presented in this display...
hand sculpted fantasy bust wooden cuckoo clock
Don Lanning's amazing clock creature
movie prop collector horror film director
Mike Thomas poses with TSD client, and director Tom Holland (Fright Night, Child's Play and many more...)
movie prop collector horror film director
Two Toms... Tom Holland and Tom Spina

Monsterpalooza Convention Photo Gallery

The Return of Monsterpalooza!   This incredible monster show celebrates the “Art of Monsters” with a great focus on the artists behind some of our favorite film and fantasy creatures. It was wonderful seeing so many old and new friends.

If you’re a monster fan, Monsterpalooza is the show for you!  Every year, they have a collection of tables filled with movie effects pros and makeup artists, debuting amazing works of monster art. There’s also a museum filled with life sized monsters and characters that’s not to be missed!


Photos by Tom Spina and Mike Thomas

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