Welcome back for Day 5 of Daily Dead’s fourth annual Holiday Gift Guide, readers! Once again, our goal is to help you navigate through the horrors of the 2016 shopping season with our tips on unique gift ideas, and we’ll hopefully help you save a few bucks over the next few weeks, too. For today’s gift ideas, we have a bunch of Stephen King holiday gift ideas, Lunar Crypt pins, Grey Matter Art, Last Exit to Nowhere’s apparel, horror-themed necklaces, and so much more.
This year’s Holiday Gift Guide is sponsored by several amazing companies, including Mondo, Anchor Bay Entertainment, DC Entertainment, and Magnolia Home Entertainment, who have all donated an assortment of goodies to help you get into the spirit of the season. Daily Dead also recently teamed up with Texas-based artist Dustin Pace of Duddy in Motion to create an amazing Stranger Things print (see below) that all of our giveaway winners will receive in our amazing prize packs that feature movies, graphic novels, and much more. One lucky winner will also receive the limited edition box set of The Walking Dead Season 6!
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Blu-rays & DVDs:
Salem’s Lot (Warner Home Video, Blu-ray)
A New England village is plagued by vampirism in this blood-curdling shocker based on the bestselling novel by Stephen King, directed by Tobe Hooper (Poltergeist) and starring David Soul, James Mason, Bonnie Bedelia, Lew Ayres and Ed Flanders.
Sinister events bring together a writer fascinated with an old hilltop house, a suave antiques dealer whose expertise goes beyond bric-a-brac and the dealer's mysterious, pale-skinned partner.
Stephen King’s Cat’s Eye (Warner Home Video, Blu-ray)
An anthology of three Stephen King short stories, connected by a supernatural stray cat who wanders through each tale.
Stephen King’s IT (Warner Home Video, Blu-ray)
It can be anything. A fanged monster that won’t stay on the movie screen. Something ominous lurking in the basement. No matter what your biggest fear is, no one knows It better than Stephen King.
Based on the King Of Horror’s 1986 bestseller, It is a jittery, jolting excursion into personal fear. A malevolent force in a small New England town takes the shape of a clown, but he’s not clowning around. Instead, he terrifies youngsters and brings some to their untimely doom – until some wily kids fight back. The evil resurfaces 30 years later: meaner, angrier, deadlier. And friends who vividly remember youthful terrors reunite to fight It.
Books:
Charlie the Choo-Choo: From the World of The Dark Tower
Fans of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower will definitely want this picture book about a train engine and his devoted engineer.
Engineer Bob has a secret: His train engine, Charlie the Choo-Choo, is alive…and also his best friend. From celebrated author Beryl Evans and illustrator Ned Dameron comes a story about friendship, loyalty, and hard work.
Artwork:
Grey Matter Art: I’m a big fan of the creations that Grey Matter Art showcases on a regular basis, so if you’re looking for some gift ideas that involve cool movie posters, you’ll definitely want to check out their entire selection. A few prints that really popped out at me though were Escape From New York, The Fly, The Toxic Avenger and this badass art from Francesco Francavilla that’s a tribute to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
Vinyl Pick of the Day:
Light in the Attic: If you’re looking for a great resource to find some obscure and cult film soundtracks, definitely check out Light in the Attic, as they have a lot of really random and cool titles available for purchase, including the soundtracks for Spookies, From a Whisper to a Scream, Frankenhooker, or even Phantasm.
Apparel:
Last Exit to Nowhere: For today’s apparel selections, we’re making a stop at the Last Exit to Nowhere online shop, which features hundreds of pop culture-themed shirts, accessories, and more. There were a few designs I thought would make for perfect gifts for any horror or sci-fi lover you need to shop for this December, including this Tremors-inspired design, this hat tip to the bar in Gremlins, this killer Big Trouble in Little China shirt, their nod to The Thing, as well as their tribute to everyone’s favorite antiques dealers from Salem’s Lot.
Also, it may not be clothing, but Last Exit’s “Little Ripley” Christmas cards are cute as hell, too.
Enamel Pins:
Lunar Crypt: Today’s enamel pin choices come from the lovable lunatics over at Lunar Crypt. Check out these awesome pin designs, including their Glow-in-the-Dark Haunted House, a tribute to everyone’s favorite Haddonfield-based babysitter, or this stab-tastic Chucky pin.
And for all you Walking Dead fans out there, you might want to nab this Lucille-inspired enamel pin from Aftermath Pins.
Collectibles:
Monopoly: The Walking Dead (Survival Edition)
The Walking Dead Survival Edition delivers a classic Monopoly wheeling and dealing game play. Players fight for, and then must fortify the prime real estate and resources that will sustain their lives. The game takes over the characteristic of The Walking Dead as the properties all correspond with the series landmarks such as the prison cells, Greene Family farm house, Woodbury, and more locations while game tokens resemble key items from the series such as the Rick’s sheriff hat, bucket of body parts, the telephone, and the R. V. This completely customized game features six collectible tokens, optional speed play and a fight to the finish!. Instead of using money to purchase property, players must trade in essential supplies such as food, ammo and fuel to gain more territory on the board or to place a guard tower or wall instead of the standard houses and hotels, to secure their properties from invading zombies. There’s only one victor that will outlast the others— whether living or undead.
It's the Monopoly game transported to the world of Star Wars! In this Monopoly game: Star Wars Edition, players move around the board in their favorite ship and embark on a quest to build their own galactic empire. The gameboard features iconic locations from the Star Wars films including Hoth, Tatooine, and Kashyyyk. The game has an added element where players can use the Force to perform special abilities allowing them to do actions such as swap, steal, and collect extra money. Open and Play gameboard folds into a case for quick and easy storage. Star Wars products are produced by Hasbro under license from Lucasfilm Ltd. The Hasbro Gaming, Parker Brothers, and Monopoly names and logos, the distinctive design of the gameboard, the four corner squares, the Mr. Monopoly name and character, as well as each of the distinctive elements of the board and playing pieces are trademarks of Hasbro for its property trading game and game equipment.
Monopoly: Game of Thrones (Collector’s Edition)
Featuring custom Game of Thrones packaging, stunning game design, and large, hand-sculpted custom tokens, the MONOPOLY: Game of Thrones Collector’s Edition Game will transport fans into a world of intrigue, valor, and betrayal. After all, when you play the MONOPOLY: Game of Thrones Collector’s Edition Game you win, or you go bankrupt!
MONOPOLY: Game of Thrones Collector’s Edition Game includes:
Monopoly: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Nightmare Before Christmas Collector's Edition of Monopoly offers a fresh new design and exclusive token allowing fans the opportunity to collect and own the most popular locations from this cult classic such as Jack's tower, Oogie Boogie's casino, Dr. Finkelstein's Laboratory and Sally's Alley.
Monopoly: Jurassic World Edition
Jurassic World MONOPOLY delivers more dinosaurs, more attractions and lots of buying and selling as you attempt to rule Jurassic World. Collectible tokens, Jurassic World money, and a custom Jurassic World dinosaur inspired game board provide an exciting twist to classic MONOPOLY. Perfect for the Jurassic World fan or anyone who loves dinosaurs.
Take an interdimensional trip around the universe as you buy, sell and trade locations from this popular Adult Swim TV show.
Monopoly: Supernatural (Collector’s Edition)
The Supernatural Edition of Monopoly allows fans to buy, sell and trade famous monsters from the Supernatural TV series.
Monopoly: Ghostbusters Edition
There's something strange in your neighborhood! save the world from paranormal activity by subduing the vapors, entities and Slimers at famous new York locations from the original Ghostbusters movie. Improve your locations with custom sculpted Ghost traps and storage units to hold the spooks at bay. No job is too big, no fee is too big in this custom edition of Monopoly! ages 8+ players 2-6.
Kids:
Zombies have taken over the town and they're EVERYWHERE! Can you be the first to escape the town and get to safety? The player with the lowest number of zombies following them after five rounds wins and successfully escapes the town. Zombie Run! combines memory with luck and is the ultimate card game for kids with BRAAAAAAAAAAAINS!!!
Etsy Spotlight:
For today’s Etsy Spotlight, we’re going to take a look at several great necklace gift ideas perfect for the horror-loving gal in your life. I found this unusual Book of the Dead necklace over on Cthulhu Jewelry’s shop and thought it might be a fun gift this holiday season. If you’re looking for a literal display of your affection, this Heart Locket from Bleeding HD might do just the trick, or perhaps this Halloween-inspired pendant from Alternative Jewelry will win a few hearts this holiday season, too.
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Heather A. Wixson was born and raised in the Chicago suburbs, until she followed her dreams and moved to Los Angeles in 2009. A 14-year veteran in the world of horror entertainment journalism, Wixson fell in love with genre films at a very early age, and has spent more than a decade as a writer and supporter of preserving the history of horror and science fiction cinema. Throughout her career, Wixson has contributed to several notable websites, including Fangoria, Dread Central, Terror Tube, and FEARnet, and she currently serves as the Managing Editor for Daily Dead, which has been her home since 2013. She's also written for both Fangoria Magazine & ReMind Magazine, and her latest book project, Monsters, Makeup & Effects: Volume One will be released on October 20, 2021.
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