Creepy Christmas: 10 Strange Stocking Stuffers

Original by Thana Thaweeskulchai

Sometimes, the little things can make the best presents. But sometimes, it's the little spooky things that do! With that thought in mind, here's our list of 20 wonderfully weird stocking fillers, all priced under £5...

Giveaways: Abomination Nursery Giveaway!

As part of Creepy Christmas, we thought we'd get in the giving mood and have a delightfully scary contest! Armgardt Richter Rose, artist of Abomination Nursery, has very kindly provided us with the prizes, which you can see below.

 

To enter:

• Visit the Abomination Nursery website 
• Tell us which doll on the site is your favourite, by commenting on this entry or on our Twitter page. Alternatively you can e-mail us

Easy!
The winner will be chosen at random from those who enter. Entries limited to one per person.

 

Closing date: December 25th, 2010

 

The Prizes:

 

Winner

 

 

• 1x Baby Skull ornament
• 7x pins
• 1x 5inch x 7inch art print of Vanda
• 1x 8inch x 10inch art print of Saint Zayle
• 2x Abomination Nursery magnets
• 3x Abomination Nursery stickers

Runner Up Set A

 

 

• 3x Abomination Nursery stickers
• 3x pins
• 1x Abomination Nursery magnet
• 1x 8inch x 10inch art print of Riker Hanoch

 

 

Runner Up Set B

 

 

• 3x Abomination Nursery stickers
• 3x pins
• 1x Abomination Nursery magnet
• 1x 8inch x 10inch art print of Bialas Dai

NOTE: Prints are actually very high quality. Photos above are illustrative images only.

 

Many thanks to Armgardt Richter Rose for sending us these great prizes!

Toys: Living Dead Dolls - Series 21

Marking 13 years of Living Dead Dolls, Series 21 will be released in May 2011. The set is 'Things With Wings' themed and features angels, demons, pixies and fairies. The individual names of the new group are:

• Pixie
• Sunday
• Desmodus
• Tenebre
• Absynth

 Information via: Entertainment Earth and Ikon Collectables

 

More pictures after the cut below↓

Toys: Living Dead Dolls Little Red Riding Hood & The Big Bad Wolf

Mezco will release the their Scary Tales: Little Red Riding Hood pair of dolls in 2011, coinciding with the debut of a film of the same story.

"Living Dead Dolls Presents Scary Tales: Red Riding Hood and The Big Bad Wolf

"What big teeth you have"

Inspired by one of the most famous of the Grimm Brothers stories, Mezcos popular Living Dead Dolls reimagines the little girl who dared venture into the dark woods, as well as the legendary wolf with whom she crossed paths.

Red Riding Hood is dressed in her namesake hooded cape and comes complete with her picnic basket: all the better for bringing goodies to Grandma.

The Big Bad Wolf comes dressed in Grandmas nightgown, sleeping cap, and wears her glasses.

This timeless tale has been capturing readers imaginations for hundreds of years and is set to be released as a big budget film from Warner Bros. in March 2011. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke and staring Amanda Seyfried, Shiloh Fernandez, Max Irons, Julie Christie, and Gary Oldman.

Each is shipped in their own coffin."

The variant, to be released in March 2011, has also been announced, and features Red Riding Hood wearing the wolf's pelt as a cape. All three are available for preorder now.

Living Dead Dolls Official Site

Information via: LivingDeadDolls.net, Ikon Collectables and BigBadToyStore.com

Creepy Christmas: Killing Floor Twisted Christmas

Originally released in 2009, first person co-op survival horror game 'Killing Floor' is having a Twisted Christmas event from December 14th 2010 - January 4th 2011. The event consists of a new map - Santa's Evil Lair - and they've also doubled the number of achievements available to almost 130, including 13 Christmas ones. By completing all 13, you can also unlock the playable character, Baddest Santa.

Baddest Santa



Jack Frost

Just to make it extra festively bizarre, they've changed all the enemy characters into not-so-jolly Christmas-themed attackers. Gorefasts, become Gingerfast, Fleshpounds become Nutpound (complete with Nutcracker Suite theme music), Crawlers become Rudolph the Red-Nosed Crawlers and there's Mrs. Claws, Jack Frost, Elves and Santa's Little Helper amongst other holiday horrors too!

Gingerfast

As a special bonus, those of you own both Team Fortress 2 and Killing Floor, will get a playable red or blue Pyro character, done in the art style of Killing Floor. Also, everyone that owns Team Fortress 2 and either already owns or purchases Killing Floor before the end of the event will recieve Mr Foster's Gas Mask and Tie, which is equippable on the Pyro character.

 

 

For more information, visit the following website:
Killing Floor Twisted Christmas
 
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Creepy Christmas: 10 Spooky Christmas Items

If you want to create a stunning Christmas display this year, but have a taste for spookier setups, why not try mixing Christmas decor with Halloween props to create some festive fun. We'll be posting guides showing how to do that over the next few weeks, but if you decide you already have enough stress to deal with this season, you could always take the pressure off and let someone else handle it! Below are 10 great, creepy Christmas items that will help you create a scary holiday scene!

Click the cut below for the list: