Wednesday, 8 July 2015

GET BEHIND THE SCREAMS!



Welcome to Behind the Screams, the brand-new Monster High blog detailing the unlife and times of the Monster High student bodies. This scary-cool blog will cover everything that’s happening in the school’s hallways, classrooms, Creepateria, casketball court and beyond. Monsters of all kinds—from vampires and werewolves to sea monsters and ghosts--will be contributing creeperific posts, so come back soon to see what’s materialized on Behind the Screams.

Monday, 6 July 2015

MONSTER HIGH MEET FRANKIE


MONSTER HIGH MEET CLAWDEEN


MONSTER HIGH MEET GHOULIA


MONSTER HIGH MEET LAGOONA


MONSTER HIGH MEET DRACULAURA


MONSTER HIGH MEET CLEO


THE NEW MOVIE OF MONSTER HIGH


GET TO KNOW SOMEONE COOL

DAUGHTER OF THE RAT KING
AGE: 15
I may come from Boo York royalty, but I’m no Upper Beast Side snob. Yes, I’m a rabid shopper with a talent for finding all the best sales, but what really gets my tail tapping is a beat I can dance to and furrrocious friends by my side.

FREAKY FLAW

I’m a rat ghoul who is lactose intolerant – which sounds like some kind of cheesy joke. I try not to be a pest, but I can’t help it if I need to order my extra-cream, extra-whip no-dairy latte: substitute soy, hold the cream and easy on the foam.

FAVORITE FOOD

A nice sharp cheddar rice cheese always hits the spot!

FAVORITE ACTIVITY

GET TO KNOW GIGI GRANT

DAUGHTER OF THE GENIE
AGE: DAD SAYS I’M 15, BUT HE LOST MY BIRTH CERTIFICATE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN DARIUS THE GREAT AND JULIUS CAESAR, SO I’M REALLY NOT SURE.
I’ve lived most of my unlife in a lantern, only coming out to grant wishes. But now that my shadow sister Djinni “Whisp” has taken over my wish-granting duties, I’m free to do as I wish, which means I can attend Monster High. It’s weird not having my powers, but now I know work hard is another way to make your wishes and screams come true.

FREAKY FLAW

It’s not a real stretch to guess that I’m claustrophobic. Being stuck in a lantern for millennia will do that to you.

FAVORITE FOOD

My father’s secret recipe: hummus and fresh-baked pita. Even after all this time, I have never grown tired of it.

GET TO KNOW A NEW CHARACTER

CharacterDAUGEHTR   OF THE WEREWOLF AGE19                 CLAWDIA WOLF
Before heading to Hauntlywood to pursue my career as a screamwriter, I studied drama in Londoom. I miss my pack at home, especially Clawd, Clawdeen and Howleen. While I don’t get to visit as often as I’d like, I’m a clawesome pen pal, especially to Howleen.

FREAKY FLAW

Whenever I think or get nervous I chew. Pencils, pens, paper clips, gum… the corner of my iCoffin. One year Clawdeen got me a manicure for my birthday but on the way home from the nail salon I got an idea for a story, and well, let’s just say little sis was not happy with what I chewed on that day.

FAVORITE FOOD

I love fangers and mash, roast beast and fish and crypts. I kind of like shep

HAUNTING HIGH-FASHION SKETCHES

The ghouls were dying when they saw their Gloom and Bloom dresses immortalized in these haunt couture drawings by Darko. Read for yourself what they had to say about these boo-tiful pics. 

“I don’t need to use my pollens of persuasion to convince any monster how drop-dead gore-geous this sketch is. I’ve always believed the brightest flower gets the most attention, but these soft greens and pinks make me look spooktacular.” –Venus McFlytrap
“I know it is très difficile to capture the chilling details of haunt couture in a sketch. After all, I’m an artist, too. But Darko has made my floral Gloom and Bloom dress as magnifique as it is in unlife.” –Catrine DeMew
“As a supermodel, I’ve posed for thousands of pictures and sketches over the years, and I’ve found it’s almost impossible to capture the depth of my beauty. This boo-tiful drawing does—well, almost.” –Amanita Nightshade
“I may be shy, but it would be impossible to be a wallflower in these fangtastically floral fashions. I’m literally blooming with style in this clawesome sketch.  Beast. Sketch. Ever.” –Jane Boolittle
GLOOM AND BLOOM PAPER DOLLS
Design your own scary-cool versions of the Bloom & Gloom dresses, then print these drop-dead gore-geous paper dolls and dress them in your own haunting fashions. 

PARTY-PLANNING WITH RIVER STYXX

As a RIP (Reaper in Preparation), it is my job to help escort ghosts, monsters, etc., between worlds. Nobody ever said that the voyage shouldn’t be fun, so I try to make each sail a bit of a party with food, decorations cut out with my dad’s scythe and maybe even entertainment (cue the confetti cannons).

HOW TO CLEO DE NILE NAIL TUTORAIL


HOW TO MAKE UP LIKE C.A.CUPID


HOW TO MAKE UP LIKE ABBEY


HOW TO MAKE UP LIKE TWYLA


HOW TO MAKE UP LIKE SPECTRA


HOW TO MAKE UP LIKE JINAFIRE LONG


HOW TO MAKE UP SKELITA


HOW TO MAKE UP LIKE TORELAI


HOW TO MAKE UP LIKE NEFERA DE NILE


HOW TO MAKE UP LIKE CATERINE DEMEW


HOW TO MAKE-UP LIKE HONEY SWAMP


HOW TO MAKE UP LIKE HOWLEEN WOLF


HOW TO MAKE-UP LIKE VENUS


MAKE-UP TUTORIAL OF SCARAH SCREAMS


HOW TO MAKE-UP LIKE ROCHELLE GOYLE


HOW TO MAKE-UP LIKE VIPERINE GORGON


SIRENA VON BOO MAKE UP


HOW TO MAKE-UP LIKE CATTY NOIR


HOW TO MAKE UP LIKE FRANKIE


HOW TO MAKE UP LIKE ROBECCA STEAM

HOW TO MAKE UP LIKE OPERETAA


HOW TO MAKE-UP LIKE LAGOONA BLUE


HOW TO MAKE-UP LIKE GHOULIA


HOW TO MAKE-UP LIKE CLEO DE NILE


HOW TO DO A CLAWDEEN MAKE-UP TUTORIAL


HOW TO DO A DRACULAURA MAKE-UP TUTORIAL


Sunday, 5 July 2015

GRAB YOUR PASSPORT

As the headmistress at Monster High, I encourage students to follow their passion--even when it might be outside their comfort zone. That's why I'm so supportive of the Monster Exchange program.  Spending a scaremester in a foreign country may seem scary, but seeing how other parts of the monster world live--and learn--will truly enrich your unlives. I'm very proud of Draculaura, who is preparing for her scaremester in Shibooya, Japan, and Lagoona Blue, who will be visiting Madread, Spain. I know these ghouls will be on their beast behavior and represent Monster High well during their scaremester abroad. My parting words of advice are:  Be Yourself. Be Unique. Be a Monster.

In addition to wishing these student bodies a bon voyage, I’d like to welcome two new Monster Exchange ghouls to Monster High this scaremester.  Lorna McNessie comes to us from the Highlands of Rotland, and Marisol Coxi, who also happens to be Abbey Bominable’s cousin, is visiting from Monster Picchu.  Please stop and say hello to these ghouls when you see them in the howlway, so they know everyone is welcome at Monster High.

MY UNLIFE AT MONSTER HIGH

Monster High is like a scary-cool new world for this sassy sasquatch, and I'm dying to explore. I come from the jungles of Monster Picchu, where I'm definitely a big sasquatch in a small village, but I wasn't worried about fitting in here.  I've got big hair, big shoes and a big attitude…and if that's not enough, my cousin Abbey Bominable is here to lo...

THE LASSIE FROM THE LAKE


I have been living underwater with my clan in Loch Ness my whole unlife, so arriving on the surface to attend Monster High seems strange—and terribly exciting. I don't have to stay out of sight from the normies, and I'm free to follow my interests. In fact, I just joined the Photography Club, where I plan to perfect the art of photobombing. I can't res.

STEAL THE PIRATE STYLE OF VANDALA DOUBLOONS

Every September, the world celebrates International Talk Like a Pirate Day, but boo me down, I think they should change it to Dress Like a Pirate Day. After all, my wardrobe is my prized loot. From my sea-sational hat to my haunting hoop earrings, I’m nautical Yo-Ho Bo-Ho chic through and through.

kiyomi's colorful personalities.


Blue—My spirits could use a little cheering up when I turn blue, which is easily accomplished by a quick float through the maul or coffee with friends like River and Vandala.

Purple—This is my shade for embarrassment. I’m pretty shy, so it’s often brought on by compliments or when a cute ghost like Porter appears.

Orange—When I’m excited or looking forward to something materializing, I turn a haunting tinge of orange.

Pink—A boo-tiful day, a freaky-fab song or a ghost puppy…anything that makes me happy turns me pink.

Gray—This spooky shade surfaces when I’m worrying about something. Hopefully it won’t last long! 

THE COLORFUL PERSONALITIES OF KIYOMI HAUNTERLY

WHO WORE IT BEST? WRITE YOUR COMMENTS


GREETINGS FROM MADREAD


HAUNTING STYLE


SEE PORTER GEISS’ ARTWORK…BEFORE IT DISAPPEARS


WE ARE MONSTERS VEDIO


MONSTER HIGH NEW SONG DIGITAL MONSTERS


MONSTER HIGH LEGACY


In response to the creation of these dolls, rival Hasbro announced the creation of the Equestria Girls toyline (which is based on Hasbro's My Little Pony franchise) in early 2013. Likewise, rival toy company MGA Entertainment released a witch-themed line of dolls known as Bratzillaz which were launched in 2012 and are a spin-off from MGA's Bratz toy line. Many other horror-themed fashion dolls, such as Playhut's Mystixx vampire dolls, WowWee's Once Upon a Zombie dolls and JAKKS Pacific's Zombie Girls dolls have been released (all with varying degrees of success) as a result of Monster High's success, in attempts to cash in on the trend.

MONSTER HIGH SPIN OFF


In July 2013, a new spin-off line launched as a companion line to Monster High, called Ever After High.[16] Ever After High is based on the children of fairytale characters. Monster High's C. A. Cupid is a main character in the Ever After High webisodes where she is an exchange student there.

MONSTER HIGH BOOK


The Monster High young adult novels are written by Lisi Harrison, who previously wrote the book series The Clique and The Alphas. The books take place in a different fictional universe than the webisodes and deal with the Regular Attribute Dodgers (RADs) and their struggles with love, social life, school and not be outed as monsters to humans. Mattel released the first Monster High novel on September 26, 2010. The book revolves around Frankie Stein and Melody Carver. The second book in the series, The Ghoul Next Door, was released at the end of March 2011 and features chapters on Cleo de Nile. The third book featuring Clawdeen Wolf is titled Where There's a Wolf, There's a Way and was released on September 29, 2011. The fourth novel titled Back And Deader Than Ever was released in early May 1, 2012 and features Draculaura. A Monster High book calledDrop Dead Diary was released on January 19, 2011; true to its title, it is in diary format. It is written by the alias Abaghoul Harris.
A book by Gitty Daneshvari, titled Ghoulfriends Forever, was released on September 5, 2012. The book is about Venus Mcflytrap, Robecca Steam, and Rochelle Goyle and their friendship at Monster High and a continuation/sequel titled Ghoulfriends Just Want To Have Fun was released April 2, 2013. The next book in the Ghoulfriends series is Who's That Ghoulfriend? and was released on September 10, 2013. Additionally, the fourth book Ghoulfriends 'Til the End was released in spring of 2014. The fifth book is an activity book with an exclusive story about Robbecca {if possible} to be face-to-face with her father. 

MONSTER HIGH VIDEO GAMES

Monster High has several video games based on the franchise. The first video game released was Monster High: Ghoul Spirit which was released on October 25, 2011. It is available for the Nintendo DS and the Nintendo Wii with special "Ghoulify" feature for Nintendo DSi. The game revolves around the player being the new 'ghoul' in school and must work their way through activities and social situations to finally be crowned 'Scream Queen'. Another video game for Nintendo DS and Wii titled Skultimate Roller Maze was released in November 2012. The third video game for Wii, Wii U, Nintendo DS, and Nintendo 3DS titled Monster High: 13 Wishes was released in October 2013. In this game players take on the role of Frankie Stein who must free her friends from a magical lantern by collecting thirteen shards of a magic mirror. A couple of apps titled Ghoul Box andSweet 1600 are available on iTunes for the iPad and iPhone devices. The Monster High website has also released a series of catacombs themed web games: "trick or trance", "phantom roller" and "scary sweet memories".

MONSTER HIGH FILMS AND TV SPECIAL

Films and TV specials

Main article: List of Monster High webisodes
Monster High has also had several TV specials on Nickelodeon, including "New Ghoul @ School", "Fright On!", "Why Do Ghouls Fall in Love","Escape from Skull Shores", "Ghouls Rule", "Scaris: City of Frights", "Friday Night Frights", "13 Wishes", "Frights, Camera, Action!", "Freaky Fusion", "Haunted" and "Boo York, Boo York".
A live-action, around-the-world adventure, ten chapter Monster High musical movie is listed as in development with Universal Pictures and scheduled to be released on October 7, 2016.