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“It was a mistake to think of houses, old houses, as being empty. They were filled with memories, with the faded echoes of voices. Drops of tears, drops of blood, the ring of laughter, the edge of tempers that had ebbed and flowed between the walls, into the walls, over the years. […] And there were houses,  that breathed. They carried in their wood and stone, their brick and mortar a kind of ego that was nearly, very nearly, human.” ― Nora Roberts, Key of Knowledge

Houses in horror movies

The Conjuring (2013) dir James Wan

A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984) dir Wes Craven

Poltergeist (1982) dir Tobe Hooper

The Amityville Horror (1979) dir Stuart Rosenberg

The Addams Family (1991) dir Barry Sonnenfeld

Psycho (1960) dir Alfred Hitchcock

Beetlejuice (1988) dir Tim Burton

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) dir Jim Sharman

Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) dir Francis Ford Coppola

Halloween (1978) dir John Carpenter

Crimson Peak (2015) dir Guillermo del Toro

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Last year we discovered the gigantic sea creature-themed snow sculptures made by Austin, Connor and Trevor Bartz, aka the Bartz Brothers (previous featured here), in the front yard of their family home in New Brighton, Minnesota. Previously they’ve made a massive shark, an enormous walrus and a huge, spiny puffer fish. The brothers are back in action this winter with an awesome awesome sea turtle measuring 12 feet tall and 37 feet wide.

"Last year some kids screamed at the shark," said Connor of their 2014 sculpture, so this year they said they wanted to build a sculpture that was distinct but friendly looking. "It takes up our whole front yard," said Austin. "It couldn’t be bigger."

The trio spent over 300 hours working on this colossal chelonian, which required gathering the snow from not just their own yard, but from the yards of 11 neighbors and a nearby tennis court. The snow is transported via sled and the sculpture was built entirely by hand.

Click here for a behind-the-scenes video showing the construction of this giant snow sea turtle.

Head over to the Bartz Snow Sculptures Facebook page to check out more photos of their wonderful winter sculptures. We can’t wait to see what the brothers come up with next year.

Top photo via Bartz Snow Sculptures, second photo by Jean Pieri.

[via Twisted Sifter and TwinCities]

Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen on the set of Anna Karenina (2012).

after dark, it felt like anything could happen…