Spooky, Nostalgic, and Wonderfully Weird

Welcome to The Merry and Macabre, a vibrant community where spooky souls find a safe haven to revel in nostalgia and eerie delights. Join our welcoming space to share your love for the strange, sentimental, and delightfully macabre.

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What a Wonderful Day for an Exorcism: Reflection on the 1973 Masterpiece

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The Cat with a Key Around Its Neck

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Sewn Together, Torn Apart

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Happy Birthday to the woman behind one of cinema’s most haunting designs, The Creature from the Black Lagoon. Long before monster making was celebrated, Millicent Patrick was quietly breaking barriers at Universal, sketching what would become o
Picked up the Sectavorian Xenoglow Spidor Berserker, and Morderius Mammoth Mothman from @thegodbeast and @funkatello — the first thing that hit me when I opened them was that good ol’ new toy smell. I used to love anything that glowed/lit
Finally got to meet two of my favorite creators — @thegodbeast and @funkatello — at Legions Con 2025. Picked up their newest drops (figure pics coming soon!), but the real highlight was talking with them about their creative journeys. Hea
Welcome to Tales by The Hearth — a brand new corner of our world where our mom will be sharing her original stories. Heartfelt, eerie, nostalgic, and strange in all the best ways. This is the first of many to come. 🗝️ It begins with a cat on
Tonight for Halloween, we’re rewinding to the moment horror crossed a line it could never uncross. William Friedkin’s The Exorcist (1973) wasn’t just terrifying, it felt forbidden. Cee’s latest reflection unpacks the fear, fa
Picked up two new hats from @noblenorthco that instantly hit that Halloween nostalgia nerve. Sasquatch is mid-stomp with an axe in one hand and a lantern in the other — like he’s about to tell a ghost story deep in the woods. Scarecrow&
Had the recent privilege of working with the amazing @jimmiesjorts on two vests just in time for spooky season. After spotting his work on instagram, I knew I had to team up with him on something eye-catching and he absolutely delivered. Both vests f
Our piece on @losttoysandcomicsli goes up tomorrow. It’s about more than toys — it’s about memory, collecting, and that feeling of stepping back into the best Saturday of your childhood. #losttoysandcomics #themerryandmacabre #nosta
🎃 Coming Soon: Halloween Rewind Launch 🎃 The Merry and the Macabre officially goes live this Tuesday, October 8th — just in time to rewind your Halloween. Our debut story features an interview with puppet artist and podcast co-host Frootbats,
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Interested in working together? Have a spooky story a share? A favorite Holiday Memory? Some old photos filled with Nostalgia? We’d love to hear from you!