Maila Nurmi Tapestries

Celebrate your favorite B-movie actress with this simple design!

Tattoo Art

Digital Illustration part of a series called Goth Queens, check the other designs. MY ORIGINAL DESIGN!!! you'll get great image quality because this is my own and original work! (Check my socials!)

Vampira: The Glamour Ghoul

Vampira, the godmother of Goth !

"Screaming relaxes me so..." (The Vampira Show, 1954)

My portrait of legendary horror host Vampira (Maila Nurmi) in her natural habitat.

Vampira was everywhere for about 15 minutes in the 1950s. Then she challenged the might of ABC television and was crushed under corporate foot. A statuesque, blond Teutonic goddess, Vampira (born Maila Nurmi) preferred to run with the weirdos, turning horror costuming into fashion and setting the stage for goth. Nurmi would have turned 100 years old on Dec. 11, 2022. Her birthday was marked with events around Los Angeles, including a gathering at Hollywood Forever and screenings of Plan 9 from Outer Space and Ed Wood at the American Cinematheque. This is the poster I created to promote the various birthday events.

Embrace the night in vintage style with this exclusive Vampira design, featuring the iconic original queen of scream in her classic horror hostess allure!

Plan 9 from Outer Space is still a better love story than Twilight. (Are we still making those jokes?)

Tor Johnson, was a Swedish professional wrestler and actor. As an actor, Johnson appeared in many B-movies, including some famously directed by low budget icon Ed Wood. In professional wrestling, Johnson was billed as Thor Johnson and Super Swedish Angel.

The Amazing Criswell predicts your future! Criswell was an American psychic known for wildly inaccurate predictions. He appeared in two films directed by cult cinema icon Ed Wood—Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) and Night of the Ghouls (1959)—and also appeared in Orgy of the Dead (1965), which was written by Wood.

Plan 9 from Outer Space is a 1957 American independent science fiction-horror film produced, written, directed, and edited by cult cinema icon Ed Wood. The film was shot in black-and-white in November 1956 (under the shooting title Grave Robbers from Outer Space) and premiered on March 15, 1957 at the Carlton Theatre in Los Angeles. Re-titled Plan 9 from Outer Space, it went into general release in April 1959 in Texas and several other Southern states before being sold to television in 1961. Plan 9 From Outer Space is generally considered to be "the worst movie ever made".

Maila Elizabeth Syrjäniemi, mother of goth aestethic

Criswell, the celebrated mentalist and confidant of Edward D Wood Jr. with his opening line to Plan 9 From Outer Space.

Vampira, Maila Nurmi.

Vampira was the creation of actress Maila Nurmi. She was the host of a horror show in the 1950s and this is my tribute to her.

This design is inspired by the countess of darkness "Vampira"