Transworld Haunt Show – March 8-11, 2012!!
HAA & HCP Show 2011 from TransWorld Exhibits on Vimeo.
I’m pleased and honored to be traveling to TransWorld’s Annual Halloween & Attractions Show with Matt Valentine and the Global Fear Enterprises crew! This is the only trade show that features vendors, from across the nation and overseas, that cover every aspect of the business, from ticketing to makeup and sound FX to giant animatronics. Global Fear Enterprises is a multimedia production FX studio created by Matt Valentine and his brother Mike Garcia. I first met these two gents at Aether Paranormal’s investigation at the House of Torment in May of 2009. They appear in this documentary as our guides showing us where the “hot spots” and alleged paranormal activity took place. Since then Matt has become one of my best friends. It’s hard to find another person who shares a liking for Dallas Holm’s, Carmen, and Leon Patillo! We both grew up with similar “hellfire brimstone” religious backgrounds. Halloween was looked down upon as a “pagan Satan worshiping” holiday. Mike Warnke said so. I was a fan of Matt’s artwork from the start. I was really inspired by his talent. He’s a master of conceptual design. And he’s completely “self-taught.” To dream up a monster from his mind, transfer it to paper, then to clay, and finally to a beautiful latex three dimensional creation is beyond amazing. He’s also very humble about his talent which I found refreshing. Matt guided me through my first creature sculpture in his Austin Studio, and it is HARD WORK! Very time consuming, messy, and tedious. Patience is virtue in the FX field. Matt also participated in our “Joan of Art” Aether Artshow in 2009 bringing his eclectic dark flavor to the show. Complete with realistic Flesh Bags, demon babies in bottles, and full size rotted zombie politicians, Matt stirred up quite a buzz! He later went on to help us film our first full length horror-thriller docudrama “The Volando Muerte.” He was responsible for the FX makeup, creature design, and several other creepy props. He even starred in it! This DVD will be sold for the first time at Transworld for $17.00! $24.00 for one with his John Hancock! More recently he’s found himself a contestant on season two of Face Off, SyFy’s reality TV competition for movie makeup artists and costume creators. He’s good at keeping his mouth shut about how he did on the show, which I actually appreciate. I’d rather watch it unfold and ride the roller coaster of surprise! (I was never one to peek at my xmas gifts.) I’m really looking forward to promoting Global Fear Enterprises and tearing up the town with him and the GFE crew in St. Louis at Transword!
Matt Valetine - Face Off
The Volando Muerte
Checkout the Dubstep REMIX put together by Matt Valentine!
