Halloween

Halloween is right around the corner, which means it’s time for some spooky Dieselpunk fun.

Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures during the Diesel Era set the standard for horror movies. Here’s a few of my favorites.

The Mummy (1932)

Frankenstein (1931)

The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

Dracula (1931)

The Wolf Man (1941)

The Invisible Man (1933)

Dieselpunk Movies
Don’t want to watch a Diesel-Era movie? First, what’s the hell’s wrong with you? Second, here’s a list of some modern Dieselpunk horror.

Young Frankenstein (1974)

Shadow of the Vampire (2000)

The Mummy (1999)

The Mummy Returns (2001)

Dieselpunk Science Fiction/ Fantasy
Scary movies aren’t your thing? Check out these Dieselpunk Science Fiction and Fantasy flicks.

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Iron Sky (2012)

Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
A Dieselpunk fantasy set in Fascist Spain of 1944. Though the protagonist is a child it's not a children's movie. Several scenes contain graphic violence along with some disturbing images.

Proto-Dieselpunk Horror Literature
H.P. Lovecraft
You can't go wrong with the Diesel Era master of cosmic horror H.P. Lovecraft

The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft (All of his works free online.)

Dieselpunk Horror Literature
Southern Gods
Horror novel set in Arkansas shortly after World War II. Part of the modern Cthulhu Mythos.

Web Sites

Horror Film History
A nice site about the proto-Dieselpunk movies from the 1930s

Bizarre and Creepy Halloween Photographs
The title says it all

Church of Satan Web Site
Okay, so it’s not a Halloween related site. I decided that it deserved a mention for combining a strong art deco look in the heading with the words “Church of Satan”. What’s not Halloween about that?

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women

Not too long ago the Dieselpunk smash hit Wonder Woman was released to Blu Ray/ DVD worldwide. With perfect timing comes the release of the movie Professor Marston and the Wonder Women.

According to the official movie website,

In a superhero origin tale unlike any other, PROFESSOR MARSTON & THE WONDER WOMEN is the incredible true story of what inspired Harvard psychologist Dr. William Moulton Marston to create the iconic Wonder Woman character in the 1940’s. While Marston’s feminist superhero was criticized by censors for her ‘sexual perversity’, he was keeping a secret that could have destroyed him. Marston’s muses for the Wonder Woman character were his wife Elizabeth Marston and their lover Olive Byrne, two empowered women who defied convention: working with Marston on human behavior research — while building a hidden life with him that rivaled the greatest of superhero disguises.

The film is scheduled to be released on October 13, 2017. It had its world premiere at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival in September.