Awesome Creepy

This robot kit from Japanese toymaker Tamiya lets you build a creepy crawly insect inspired by real-life giant centipedes. This 15″ long critter isn’t quite as indimidating as the real deal thanks to its blue body, but anything with this many legs creeps us out.

Watch in awe as illustrator drawholic starts with a blank sheet of paper, and proceeds to sketch out an impressively accurate Prismacolor pencil rendering of Pennywise the clown, as he appeared in the 2017 big screen version of Stephen King’s IT.

All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. MezcoToyz’s ups the creepy factor with new figures based on Stephen King and Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. First up are the talking Grady Twins, ready to egg you on at every turn, and soon, we’re getting Jack Torrance.

For no other possible reason than to create nightmare fuel, modder Sam Battle of Look Mum No Computer rewired 44 individual Furbys and programmed them to do his bidding, creating a nightmarish organ that emits the song of the damned when he tickles its ivories.

Like Ant-Man with a paintbrush, artist John Brosio likes to play with proportions in his works, incorporating larger-than-life versions of animals and everyday objects juxtaposed with realistic images of suburbia. You can find limited edition prints of his works here.

Sick of boring old phone cases? Look no further than Moldy Creations’ Etsy shop for a real pocket monster. Each made-to-order phone case features a unique, creepy sculpture with teeth, eyeballs, and other shiny bits of gore.

For those of us who ever wanted to have a new face (Arya Stark, we know you’re just asking for a friend), we just found out you can and not for cheap either, thanks to the folks at GBS. Meet self-described “weird mad scientist” Landon Meier and his disturbingly realistic masks.

We were totally convinced that this was a promo clip for a science fiction movie, but we’ve been assured that Hanson Robotics is real, and they’ve actually built Sophia, an uncanny self-learning android AI to haunt our nightmares. She sounds infinitely smarter than she looks.

Turn away if you’re easily weirded out. Krolo added an appropriate soundtrack to this reel of creepy and scary animatronics by effects master Gustav Hoegen used for visual effects in movies and TV. Seriously, that squirrel freaked us out when it turned around.

Engineers at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition developed this two-legged robot which can run at speeds up to 12 mph. It may not be as fast as Boston Dynamics’ cheetah ‘bot, but we still wouldn’t want to chased by one.

After creeping us out with his real-time facial projection mapping, Nobumichi Asai is back with a dramatic video which uses the technique to impressive effect, messing with the faces of two dancers by tracking their facial positions and projecting images at up to 1000fps.

Ceramicist Jo Scravis creates amazing clay mugs featuring gross, disfigured, and downright disturbing characters from our world and beyond. Each one of a kind work of art is wheel-thrown, then hand-sculpted and painted with food-safe glazes.

Next time you’ve got to plan a kid’s birthday party, you might want to steer clear of Stephen Colbert and John Malkovich’s new venture, which offers up an experience sure to fuel the nightmares of your little ones even more than a Birthday clown.

While the holidays usually conjure images of Santa and reindeer, makeup artist Mykie aka Glam & Gore has her sights set on something a little more disturbing. In this tutorial, she show us how to turn yourself into a demonic snow creature way creepier than any old Wampa.

Looking for the best Halloween costume this year? Look no further than Ellimacs SFX’s brilliantly creepy version of the super nasty creature from Stranger Things. If you’ve got the time and ambition, follow along with the video, and get to cutting out those hundreds of teeth.

If you thought dolls were creepy, just wait til you see how they’re made. Core77 spotted this 1963 documentary footage about a doll making factory, in which machines and workers crank out what are supposed to be playthings for little girls, but are actually just nightmare fodder.

Christine McConnell is known as the “Queen of Creepy Cookies” for good reason. Her creations include such subversive pastries as an Alien Xenomorph Easter Bunny and edibles with tentacles. Learn to make your own disturbing desserts with her new book.

Ceramicist Kevin “Turkey” Merck creates amazing handcrafted mugs that look like heads. His latest creation is the Slow Joe Zombie Mug, a gruesome head of the undead complete with rotting flesh and exposed bone. At over $200 each, they’re not cheap, but he sells every one.

He sees you when you’re sleeping. He knows when you’re awake. Santa has got his eye on you this year. And it’s one big and ugly sucker with Middle of Beyond’s creepy, yet awesome blown glass ornament that’s sure to freak out the family when they visit this Christmas.

The talented and creative Jiwook Kim takes us on a creepy cartoon trip to the gloomy Blackford Manor, where sweet little Josette the maid attempts to unravel the disturbing mystery of the master of the big ol’ dusty house. Muhahaha.

For the season two Hannibal finale, Phantom City Creative and Mondo will release these creepy limited-edition prints of the doctor. They’re awesome, though we’re not sure we’d want them watching us. Follow Mondo on Twitter for details.

AskReddit asked the question: “What is the scariest/creepiest thing you have seen/heard?“ blue_tidal responded with this freaky tale, and Michael Evans turned the story into a short film. You’re gonna have nightmares tonight.