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“[The Kreep is]…a Gothic poet and illustrator in the tradition of Edward Gorey.”
-Rob Elder, Chicago Tribune

“The Kreep combines the macabre wit of a Charles Addams’ cartoon with a slice of Tim Burton’s cinematic Gothic tomfoolery.”
-Static Multimedia

“The Kreep is a dark poet warrior that conjures up thoughts of Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft.”
-100 Percent of Nothing

“We admire your dedication to The Kreep. Please keep up the super work. We’ll be reading.”
-The Coraline Team, Laika films

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Oscar Nominated Coraline Team Honors The Kreep

A while back, Gothic poet and illustrator The Kreep  (created by R. O’Donnell) received an entirely handmade box of treasures collected specifically for him by the CORALINE team at Laika films. Inside the box, numbered 46/50, are highly decorated secret compartments that contain relics from the film including a bat/dog model, a bat body mold, authentic skeleton key with secret password, and a wing skeleton prototype #3. An old envelop with a wax seal with inlaid black button (as used for the eyes of the witch) and a hand-typed note explained the curious gift:

DEAR R.,

INSIDE THIS OLD BOX IS A ONE-OF-A-KIND COLLECTION WE’VE AMASSED AND CATALOGUED WITH YOU AND YOU ALONE IN MIND…THE PLAIN TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, WE ARE PRETTY OBSESSED WITH DARK STORIES. LIKE YOU. WE ADMIRE YOUR DEDICATION TO THE KREEP. PLEASE KEEP UP THE SUPER WORK. WE’LL BE READING.

SINCERELY,

THE CORALINE TEAM

351 of the world’s oddest and most talented animators, artisans, and puppet fabricators have hand-made CORALINE. Led by Henry Selick, the director of THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS and JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH, this team has created the first stop-motion feature shot entirely in 3D. Based on the beloved best-selling children’s classic by Neil Gaiman, CORALINE is a fairy-tale nightmare steeped in classic storytelling, craftsmanship, and the old-fashioned art of moviemaking magic.

CORALINE is nominated for an Academy Award for best Animated Feature,  to be televised by ABC on March 7, 2010.

Still NO. 93. BAT/DOGS

Skeleton key with password: armpithair

NO. 46/50

Letter with Wax Button seal

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The Kreep kreeps-out Cupid with “My Bloody Valentine – 3D”

“All around him couples were clinging to one another, shrieking n’ shivering from the horrors director Patrick Lussier (Scream I, II & III) persistently threw in all their faces. And they loved it. Every last adolescent one of them was in cheesy splatter heaven. Holding onto one another as if they were dropping off the face of a way too complicated world, My Bloody Valentine –3D delivered such gratuitous ultra-violence to make their little hearts explode.”

Cupid is right outside a suburban window. An old angel with dirty wings, he stands there peek-a-booing through the frosty glass of someone’s living room. He takes a withered hand and wipes away the chill, wonders why the roses and the paper hearts aren’t hung around the living room akin to the holly and blinking lights that the Christmas angels all adore. He thinks his lovely celebration is dwindling. Cupid deems our hearts are growing bitter. So our wee-sized cherub with a duffle bag filled with dusty arrows and a bow shakes his head, walks away bewildered.

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