Brain Eater
Posted: November 7, 2011 Filed under: aldeboran, art, monsters, wierd stuff 10 Comments
Yesterday I posted a pic of a monster I am working up; today I have a revised image. It’s a little smaller and is more ‘dug in’ to the victim’s brain, using 1/2 of it’s eight tentacles to grasp the victim by the throat and sticking tentacles in the ears and mouth to ‘pull the strings’ on the person it is controlling… leaving 4 tentacles free to attack the next victim.
Edit: Better yet! Jon C. asked me if I had ever seen the old horror movie, “Fiend without a Face.” I have not, but check it out… brains crawling around like inch worms:
Appropriately disgusting and weird. I like it!
That's cool!
IMHO in a science fantasy setting you could use a slightly different version: an 8-cabled TV Monitor. ^_^
I know what he is going through. That happens to me whenever I turn on the TV. =P
Nice work!
If you sought to create something truly disturbing…then congratulations! Great success!
Hey Stef – Do you remember the old black and white sci-fi film, “Fiend Without A Face.” Your creature reminds me of the monster in that film.
Damn, Jon… that is cool. No, I never saw that movie but now I want to… especially after having seen the clip I added above.
There were a couple of products that sought to replace the IP versions of WoTC/TSR monsters. Classics of Fantasy from Lion's Den Press is one of them. I believe Phil Reed's was Possessors. http://paizo.com/store/byCompany/r/roninArts/d20/v5748btpy7fkj/discuss
Favorite line from Fiend Without a Face: “Did you ever try sleep instead of Benzedrine? You might like it.”
@Jeff – great line!
There's a certain “evil sperm” quality that I like about this creature in an unsettling, want-to-wash-your-hands kind of way.
Unlike a lot of 50s monster movies, this didn't have a guy in a monster suit. The creature looked organic if improbable.
I remember being weirded out by this film on the Creature Feature in Detroit's Channel 50 one Saturday afternoon as a seven year old. I remember going so far as to figure out a plan for what I could do if they came at me in my bedroom while I was asleep. Nasty, gross, and preposterous! Should fit right in with the any old school D&D game.