#hauntlywood

[m0nsterartgarage]

most iconic duo in hauntlywood !!!

do u want to lurk the fangtastic process of this piece ? def consider creeping into the link below !!

[lovelyllamasblog]

Elissabat (Veronica Von Vamp) 🦇👑

Vampire Queen (Actress)

Birthday: January 21

Star Sign: Aquarius ♒

[monsterhighdiaries]

Viperine’s Hauntlywood Diary - October 7th 2pm

I made it onto the set by the scales of my teeth and quickly began to set up for Veronica's arrival. I finished and was sitting in Veronica's chair, texting with Deuce on my iCoffin (he was asking if I had picked up a casketball jersey from the Barcelgroana casketball team he had asked for) when Veronica came in and gave me quite the fright! I laughed and gave her a quick bite... um, hug... and we got to work on her make-up for the next scene. After we got all the details of my trip out of the way (Veronica loved the mini souvenir replica of La Feardrera!) I asked her to give me all the latest on the vampire queen. Veronica got that "look", which makes you feel like you need to curtsey and reduce your conversation to "ma'am", and said, "I can't be concerned with the vampire queen right now; there is too much going on with the film." This was a sudden change from her concern I had picked up on while I was in Barcelgroana. Muy confuso!

I went back to the stories the old monsters had been telling about the vampire queen and knew my BFF was holding back on me. But why?

"Are you sure, ghoulfriend?" I asked as I carefully applied Veronica's frightliner. "Positive," she firmly replied before a production goblin reminded us we had just a few minutes before the next scene. Veronica rose out of her chair and gave me another hug (no bites this time!), and said she was glad to have me back. I quickly checked her fangs for lipstick and smiled, "Good to be home too, ghoulfriend!"

I watched her walk on to set and shook my vipers. Between the stories at the old monsters' home and Veronica's sudden disinterest in the vampire queen, I'm starting to believe things on this film set are getting more interesting than the actual film itself!

[queensharotto]

Happy Draculaura :)

From Frights, Camera, Action!

[deuces-stone-cold-style]

So far MH says if your faves weren't introduced in the OG series, Fangvote, Scaris or 13 Wishes you ain't never seeing them again

[monsterhigharchive]

Frights, Camera, Action! – Hauntlywood Honey Swamp Doll (2013)

[michaelpyromaniacal]

ok i just saw a commercial for the monster high live action sequel, which naturally reminded me of the first live action monster high movie, and now i'm mad. because, like, they massacred my boy. and my girl. and my other girl. oh, and a couple more of my girls. and for what?

I'm mad about all of them, obviously. i'm mad that fashionista Clawdeen has a newly garbage sense of style. i'm mad that the zombies speak english now. i'm mad that cleo is an irredeemable bitch instead of a fundamentally kind girl with a lot of mummy issues, and i'm mad that Lagoona is a bitch along with her. speaking of, i'm mad that Lagoona isn't aussie anymore. i'm mad about a lot of things.

but lord god above. what did they do to my boy deuce.

for one. he was kind of a himbo, but an absolute angel, and it worked. why the fuck did they change his personality?

for another.

my guy. why did you invent monster racism to give him more angst. i can understand wanting him to have more obstacles to overcome for the sake of a deeper character. obstacles for your characters are a hallmark of great writing. that being said, you do not need to invent a new flavor of racism.

he's fucking Medusa's son.

there's so much you can do with that. the obvious daddy issues. even some issues with mom? clearly, she loves him and she's trying her best, but maybe on bad days she can't look at him because he reminds her of Poseidon. maybe Posea goes to school with them, and you can have drama with the two of them. there's so much you can do. and you don't even have to spell out for the kids what exactly led to these shitty circumstances. they don't have to know why his father isn't in the picture. but if you just say that he is, everyone who's read Medusa's story will know, and the younger audience just won't. I fail to see what the problem with such a storyline would be.

and guess what. you don't have to invent a new kind of monster racism.

which wouldn't even make since in the larger world, btw. deuce's cousin is a world-renowned make up artist. if the greater monster society were actually that freaked out about gorgons potentially going nuts and turning them to stone, why would Elissabat, her manager, directors, crew members, etc. all be okay with having Viperine around Hauntlywood?

and what are they so worried about, anyway? even if gorgons were going nuts and turning people to stone all the time, it'll just wear off in a few hours! and if it was your intention that it not wear off in this version, then say that for all of us who are used to g1 and g2!

ok. i promise i'm done now.

[60sgroove]

I'm a proper Southern ghoul from the swamps of Honey Island. My mama always taught me if you work hard and follow your screams, you can be anything you want to be. Well, I want to be a world-famous cinema-togre-pher in Hauntlywood.

[autumngh0st]

Hauntlywood Glam Wydowna Spider 🕷️🕸️

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Inspired by Hollywood Glam, Wydowna rocks a spooky cobweb dress with simple makeup and classy diamond jewelry.

Real talk, I saw a spooky custom of Wydowna when looking at dolls online, and the custom had cobwebs surrounding the bottom, which of course my next thought was “COBWEB DRESS.”

[theyareweird]

Monster High: Frights, Camera, Action; Elissabat's Vampire Queen —Aesthetic

Queen of the Vampires

Elissabat is a vampire who grew up among the nobility of Transylvania. When she was 1,201 years old, twelve-years-old in vampire years, she was chosen by fate as the next Vampire Queen. But Elissabat fled her responsibility and made a career as an actress in Hauntlywood for four centuries. Eventually, her identity is uncovered and she accepts the role of Vampire Queen, finding a way to combine it with her acting career.

[samskaterguy]

Have my half baked thoughts.

So I was reading my Monster High doll logs book and I got to in Invisi Billy's page and he's the son of The Invisible Man, obviously from his name.

Then, I remembered there's a teacher who looks like the Invisible Man, he's the drama teacher and he's shown up a few times and Billy also says his father is a special effects coordinator in Hauntlywood.

I started thinking "Wait a minute..does his dad teach at the school?"

NOPE. The drama teacher, Mr. Where, is not THE Invisible Man, he's A invisible man.

How did he get like that? How? Why and how did he become invisible? Also it's oddly suspicious THE invisible man is a special effects artist and Mr. Where is a drama teacher.

It says "My dad helps me out during the summer" not the school year.

I mean I know it's probably because they wanted to just add more monster references but still??? Are they the same person??? Are there just two invisible men with very similar jobs? One a starving drama teacher and the other a big shot in Hauntlywood???

Idk are they the same person? I just mean who would ever think this much about it? Other than me of course.

I think it would be funny if Mr. Where is constantly asked "Are you Invisi Billy's dad?"

"Oh, no, dear. You're thinking of the invisible man, I am a invisible man. There is a difference."

He needs to answer that question like five times a day at minimum.

[luna--dragon]

Am I the only one that kinda likes the Second Generation of Monster High?

Obviously the way they made the characters all cutesy and less scary was dumb as fuck, and some of the designs are absolutely atrocious.

But the lore is kinda cool? It's definitely more consistent than the world building in the first generation:

The first few movies had a monsters Vs humans angle with them all segregated. But then later movies drop humans entirely to make locations like Scaris, Hauntlywood, and Boo York work.

Meanwhile, Gen 2 has monsters constantly in hiding and they start the school to bring the community together. And they stick to that theme throughout the entire run.

I feel like my ideal version of the franchise would be a mashup of all three generations. The plot should be a mix of early Gen 1 and Gen 2, and the fashion and vibes should be a mix of Gen 1 and Gen 3.

Additionally, I'd probably make the whole thing a tad bit darker and draw a lot more inspiration from the original Frankenstein and Dracula books too. It would still definitely be a comedy though!

[mourningmoth]

im so close to restoring my hauntlywood operetta to complete hh

[monsterhighdiaries]

Operetta’s Hauntlywood Diary - October the Fifteenth

Remember how I mentioned Clawd and Draculaura a while back? Well, since she's become queen, they had to break up, and he's been the saddest hound you ever laid eyes on, the way he's just moped around lately. That was until some player from the ogre high school football team posted something on the MH team website mocking his pain. Now why they wanted to go and poke the wolf is a mystery to me because not only did the player who posted it get suspended for the game, but I've never seen Clawd that fired up, and he took all his considerable misery out on them. By the time the 4th quarter rolled around, the game was so far out of hand that the coach took Clawd out of the game. Not so much for Clawd's sake but for the ogre's.

[kosmicdream]

MORE NEW DOLLS! .. and actually some old ones that i just never took pictures of.

so, i have tried to buy some used old MH dolls in the past (before g3 came out) but i always kind of like.. ended up wishing i’d buy the dolls new instead.. and so i stopped, but then recently i just impulse bought the two freaky fusions (at the top) because i was very curious on how the dolls looked irl.. And yet again i kinda just wished i got them new LOL but i did get them very cheap. Freaky Fusion Avea Trotter: I love centaurs. I thought she looked weird. Mine didnt come with her wings and some of her accessories, and her face is a bit scuffed up and she has loose joints. But i also am like!!! A centaur doll is so cool!! At least mine still can stand on her own. Also she had pretty bad glue hair but i mostly cleaned it out. Freaky Fusion Bonita Femur I really seem to like the freaky fusion line apparently..??? Anyway i got her as another impulse buy because shes like?? A skeleton and a moth?? I liked her weird body mold. Mine came with clothes that didnt belong with her, so i took them off anyway bc the main thing i liked about the doll at all was her body mold. Mine had very tangled hair, but basically no glue seepage problems. I think her wings are ugly as shit. Freaky Fusion Frankie This doll is actually the 2nd MH doll i bought.. LOL.. i just really liked the design with yellow. Mine came with the absolute worst glue hair ever and missing accessories.. Someday i might.. Try to buy her new, i dont know whyi like it somuch. I often see people mock this dolls design. Photo Booth Ghouls Draculaura She actually came with the frankie in the same lot! And is my first draculaura doll. I think her dress actually belongs to Hauntlywood Operetta. Its badly ripped in the back. Ghoul’s Alive! Frankie Stein

She smells like Las Vegas.. And is my first monster high doll! Her dress was just given to me by a friend and not the one she was supposed to come with. I literally just wanted her cuz i thought the light up gimmick was cool??? But she feels terrible, smells terrible, cannot move at all. Mine can still light up tho and make noise, so there’s that. STINKY!   Ghouls Spirit G3 Draculaura I bought her too. Tbh i kinda am like, she is so boring and her dress is basically paper thin material, i hate her plastic giant pompoms. Why the fuck werent they just cloth. But i got her anyway... i guess!

[taybatwo2]

Playing around with G3’s Clawdeen to try and get used to her new design and character. Personal opinions under the cut, but TLDR: I like a lot of her new details, I don’t mind her glasses, her new design/character reminds me A TON of Howleen (like those cute freckles), they should have kept her siblings, and I’m not enjoying the idea of Clawdeen being “half human” when she is a werewolf, and I don’t mind Clawdeen being the main character (she was my original favorite, followed by Ghoulia and Cleo, and only usurped by Abbey). :)

I have only seen parts of the leaked live-action movie, but it is giving me Descendants/Lisi Harrison’s MH book series vibes, and neither were up my alley. Although, the songs are very catchy and it looks like the cast was having fun. :) I will miss her Brooklyn accent, but I am also curious to see how her new voice actress takes her character. :D

Starting out with things I like about her design, I like all of her gold earrings (and the several necklaces in the animated picture). I like her wolf nose, more detailed ears, and (hopefully) more textured hair (yes please), although I would have liked more of her dark brown hair instead of all purple/pink. I assume they’re keeping her claws and I hope they’ll keep G2’s molded fur. I hope they keep her doing several sports (the skateboarding is an interesting addition, but it also feels like something Howleen would also LOVE), love of fashion design (taking some art classes), and her drive (taking some business classes and already posting/gaining clout on social media for her fashion illustrations).

When looking at her leaked prototype, it almost looks like she might have some human ears tucked under her hair….I REALLY hope I’m just imagining that though (although, they would help keep her glasses up, haha). 

When it comes to her glasses, I did think it was an odd choice at first, but then again, her older sister has them, and Howleen was released with a pair (in G2….?). My gripe with her glasses are that they are too plain and don’t scream Clawdeen; I feel they needed to be a different lens shape, or in an animal print or a metallic gold. I feel like she would have saved up her money to buy several pairs to go with different outfits and she is meticulous in picking out their designs. It would also be a fun detail if they curved upwards to hook behind her wolf ears to keep them in place. 

I think G2 over did it when it came to her thousand and one younger brother siblings (in the animation), but they overcorrected for G3 by getting rid of all her siblings (Clawd and Howleen especially).

I don’t really like a werewolf being half human. I like Monster High’s werewolves are always in between both forms, and that get more wolf-like on the full moon- like with Clawdeen’s extra speed, strength, and fur/hair growth.  Maybe they could have used this idea to make her (and all werewolves) pass for normies during the New Moon?? I think that would be an interesting conundrum as it feels like she doesn’t fully belong to the monster or human world?? Maybe she can go full wolf mode on the full moon (like how they kinda did in G2). I mean, this would give Mattel the chance to release two/three different versions of Clawdeen.

Also on the topic of Monster vs Human world, I think they should have most of the Monster and Human world act like parallel dimensions -like Paris/Scaris, Hollywood/Hauntlywood- with some parts of the world overlapping/merging- such as New Salem/Salem. These merging points would be perfect for a school -such as Monster High- because they can more easily include some monsters that are usually only found in the “human” world, and monsters that are considered “too human”/used to be human -Hyde’s family, witches, mummies, some zombies and ghosts- to live in the Monster World??? This would make Monster High a school that attracts a ton of different monsters from around the world (lots of different dolls for Mattel to make), conflict with the human world and monster world “purists,” and a reason for it be a more unique school compared to the other schools in the monster high universe. 

Her outfit (what I’ve seen of the animated version), doesn’t look bad, but also looks more like pieces Howleen would wear (like they were a hand-me down from Clawdeen, but personalized with patches and fashionable rips). Honestly a lot of her personality (from what little I have seen) seems a lot closer to Howleen’s too (being new to a school, not knowing where she fits in, finding herself). Maybe Monster High should have had G3 follow Howleen, Twyla, and an aged up Alivia, Lagoona’s sister, and Fangelica…?

I know that this version is not for late twenty something me, but it feels like they are trying to attract REALLY young children (5-10) with this style of animation. It is giving me some Disney Jr. stylization with very bright colors and rounded shapes, instead of being its own thing. I feel like G1 attracted more of a pre-teen/teenager audience (it hooked me and my friends when we were in high school and none of us had been doll collectors previously). 

I mean I liked G1, but all of the different cannons were a mess (I actually prefer Ever After High’s animated series/movie/books a lot more than Monster High’s for this reason), the animation for the animated series and movies was meh, nothing ground breaking (honestly, the only great animation was used in the doll tv ads). However, it was stylized that you knew it was Monster High. It looked like it had its own style, not like it was trying hard to blend in with what was popular. 

G1 seemed to take clothing from the era and “monster-fy” it and heavily personalize it to that character (who all seemed to have their own color pallets and taste in fashion). So far G3 seems to have done a bit of this (Clawdeen’s moons/gold/animal print/fur/purple), but have not “monsterfied” it yet. It looks…too clean…or polished….or bright without any dark colors to offset it….I dunno it’s hard to explain the word for it…like they are all shopping on the same clothing rack at the same store…? Sort of too monogamous…?

I’m not against reboots/retooling, as it can greatly improve things (2017’s Ducktails), and explore different avenues for characters (like TMNT 2012/ROTTMNT, or any of the Batman series - Batman the Animated series/Batman the Brave and the Bold/Lego Batman). 

However, as long as their dolls are articulated, have killer shoes, have plenty of monster details on their bodies (I’m hoping that that Deuce has a few scale details on his body like his cousin Viperine), and their clothes (which I hope are a step up from what Mattel has been giving their current lines of dolls), I think I’ll be alright and will definitely get the core dolls.

Also, Mattel should canonize Clawdeen being a lesbian. She could date a few mansters, but not feel that spark, and find it with a lovely ghoul; bring in that representation!!

Sorry that was a bit ramble-y but I have no one else to talk to about this. Ha!