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Gothtober Day 2: Ghostly Transformation!

Visit Gothtober.com and visit DAY 2!

Today we’ve got the youngest artist in the 2019 Gothtober Collection, Dragon Girl is 13, and has been raised on Gothtober videos. Her parents have been a part of Gothtober since the start, 17 years ago. Dragon Girl has been contributing to the Gothtober calendar for quite a few years now, and we’re thrilled to bring you her latest!

What we have here is a sweet nugget of an animation involving the paranormal, a bird, some succulents, and well… I don’t want to give away the whole thing, you gotta go see it! You’ll see clever use of strings, pins and hand hewn props, and some pretty cool characters. Dragon Girl makes it all herself!

We’d also like to add that Dragon Girl is the niece of Gothtober’s High Priestess of Web, Cristin Pescosolido. When it comes to smarts, craftsmanship, and making insanely detailed cool works of art: this family’s got strong stock!

Go Go Dragon Girl! We love seeing what you come up with every year!

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First Day of Gothtober: Pumpkin Heads, by Fonzie!!!

Go to www.gothtober.com and visit DAY 1 to see “Pumpkin Heads” the movie by FONZIE!

It’s officially pumpkin season! What better way to feel the magic of the squash than with REAL LIVE PUMPKIN HEADS running down your street?!? This sweet friendship film comes to us all the way from Vermont, where the leaves were just starting to change a few weeks ago when this piece was made. Fonzie is the altar ego of Alison McHaffie Bergman, who made this film with her husband (go ukulele!) and some very well-disguised individuals wearing hollowed-out vegetables over their craniums.

FUN FILM MAKER FACT: “As we were shooting our movie, a guy in his car rolled down his window and yelled out “Pumpkin Head!!!” but this piece actually has TWO pumpkin heads, hence the title. 

I asked Alison to share some “Vermontian Fall Finery” with us, and she sent these pictures of some pumpkin innards (omg the innards of one of her film star’s heads!!! So gory!!!), beautiful red leaves, and the Cabot Plains Cemetery, which was established in 1822.

A very Happy Gothtober to Alison and family, thank you for wearing ACTUAL pumpkins on your heads, you really went the distance!

Read Fonzie’s and other Gothtober contributor’s bios here!