Gortraits Liven Up Halloween Decor

Updated October 3, 2016, originally posted on October 22, 2007

One of the hottest Halloween decorations this year is the Goretrait. No, it's not a portrait of Nobel Prize winner Al Gore.

A Gortrait is an ancestor portrait which turns into something horrific when you move the photo or look at it sideways. It's a hologram. So, that painting rebels a shocking side of of Great Uncle Cyrus: apparently he was a vampire. Or a werewolf. Or any number of odd things. Talk about your skeletons in the closet.

For example, The Admiral Howl Gortrait goes from Admiral to Werewolf. While out on the high seas heading for Cape Horn, the Admiral made the acquaintance of a werewolf during a full moon. He made it back to port intact, but a bit hairier. Other Gortraits include figures that transform into evil clowns, skull faced ghouls and demons.

This Halloween decor line appears to have been discontinued but you can still find Gortraits on Frigteners Entertainment. They display all the Gortraits on one page and you can see the creepy transformation when you hover over them.


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