The Public Enemy (1931)

he was cute in this

brad dourif fanarts by humanpincushion

When I was first scrounging around for Bradthirst material, I came across these pieces by @anonmarleighdourif (humanpincushion on DeviantArt). They have an incredible talent for capturing his likeness, especially the eyes.

So lush, these are a huge inspiration for me. I just want to stare at them all day long.

too, too gorgeous.

Brad Dourif and Marya Small on set for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, 1975.

succinct summary of Gideon the Ninth (wonderful audio by @knife-lore)

Bahahahaha

...I put the protagonist guy in and it's so much better.

Ouf, I had to actually draw someone I'm not attracted to... is this what they meant about suffering for one's art 😔

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when bae is so beautiful you have to immediately TKO them on the pool table 🥵

slimeball bbgirl (rotoscope gif)

Still wringing every drop of creative energy from this Dourif fixation 💞

Tried my hand at rotoscoping this mesmerizing Miami Vice gif (from this set by @exdeputysonso):

The scornful, slouchy staredown here really gets me thinking some special thoughts. And he's doing the thing where he gets all up in someone's face, eyes drilling into theirs from inches away — which by all reports is very truly menacing, but even so...

Then there's that beautifully sleazy little outfit with the shirt and chains... I'm so weak for a well-formed neck and décolletage. (The clothes they put him in really are second to none, including ridiculous loungewear and an iconic courtroom ensemble; see this other gifset for more)

There's an added air of threat from the tiny pupils, which really brings out the cold blue in his eyes, amped up by the matching shirt.

Dropping a few individual frames below the cut...

(He looks a bit cross-eyed because he's focusing on the guy's face like 6 inches away)

Brad Dourif movie bingo! For your thirstwatch Halloween marathon.

Don't remember whether I came up with "Dourisms" or saw it somewhere else, but there are SO MANY and so few squares on a bingo board! Reducing them to tiny phrases is another challenge; I might do some follow-up posts with gifs illustrating each column. (Surely not an excuse to dig through the media pile again...)

What are your favorite little Brad flourishes?

** Updated: Now with more bondage!

dear tumblr, please stop trying to figure out which broadly popular thing to saturate my dash with. i am on this account for one thing and one thing only: fiending over big tragic eyed boys

...ok and big tragic eyed girls. two things

Take The Quiz!!! and find out 🐔

THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG (2013) dir. Peter Jackson

Tim Curry with his GameBoy on the set of The Three Musketeers (1993)