Tag Archives: bav-o-rama

Deconstructing Halloween

Posted on December 10, 2025 by Reverend

I spent an hour yesterday afternoon dismantling the Halloween diorama. This is the first one I’ve been pretty surgical about, not too many emotions. Leading up to it there was a two week burst of work, then the Halloween Haunted … Continue reading →

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Silent Night, Deadly Night Diorama

Posted on December 3, 2025 by Reverend

Back in December of 2008 (almost 17 god-damned years ago!) I wrote a post on this blog, “A Very Bava Xmas”, about the 1984 holiday exploitation film Silent Night, Deadly Night. In particular, I focused on the early scene where … Continue reading →

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Halloween Diorama Wrap-up

Posted on December 3, 2025 by Reverend

It’s been over a month since the Halloween diorama went live, and I’m ready to take it down this week as preparations for a Christmas diorama begin in earnest. That makes this the shortest-lived of the three dioramas thus far. … Continue reading →

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Halloween Haunted Arcade

Posted on October 18, 2025 by Reverend

It’s been a crazy month, and now it’s time to race to the finish line trying to get the bava.studio’s Halloween Haunted Arcade up and running by Friday the 31st, just in time for Halloween. The diorama has come in … Continue reading →

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Halloween Diorama

Posted on October 5, 2025 by Reverend

It’s literally gonna be a Halloween (1978) diorama, in particular the scene when Michael Meyers briefly appears from behind the hedge. The bav-o-rama has had the Grady sisters of The Shining fame gracing its presence for the last 4 months, … Continue reading →

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The Shining Stage Curtains

Posted on July 11, 2025 by Reverend

Quick update from bavastudio, I’ve had some custom curtains made for the diorama window, and I think they’re pretty awesome. I got the idea from the fact that the carpet in the Grady Twins hallway scene is actually not the … Continue reading →

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Tasso and Erminia

Posted on June 25, 2025 by Reverend

Tasso the Stuffed European Badger I’m happy to introduce the latest additions to bavastudio, even if a pivot from 80s aesthetic. While walking though a flea market in Trento last weekend I spotted a couple of stuffed animals (in the … Continue reading →

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The Ice is Gonna Break!

Posted on June 12, 2025 by Reverend

I mentioned already that after The Shining diorama I was planning on re-creating a scene from yet another Stephen King film adaptation, this time David Cronenberg’s Dead Zone (1984). I was wavering between Johnny’s vision of the young hockey players … Continue reading →

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Come and Play with Us Diorama Trailers

Posted on June 5, 2025 by Reverend

I’ve said it already on this blog, but the “Come and Play with Us” diorama was inspired by something I saw 15 years ago in a pizza parlor in Springfield, Virginia. Namely a print out of the Grady sisters stuck … Continue reading →

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Shining a Light on Diorama Costs

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Reverend

Did you like my cheap pun in the title? Good, because being cheap is what this post is all about. I mentioned trying to keep costs down in my “Making of The Shining Diorama” post, and I wanted to spell … Continue reading →

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