With this site coming back from the grave, it is time to bring its most popular running feature. And, that of course would be the induction of more ladies into the Horror Crush section of this site. And, with the horror world abuzz with the Evil Dead thanks to fucking awesome latest entry Evil Dead: Burn. Any who, let us take a beauty from this beloved franchise to induct: Elizabeth Blackmore!
Elizabeth Blackmore was born in Perth, Australia. She is about 39 years old and is a graduate of Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. She got married in August 2024 and has a three year old daughter.
While, she has been acting since 2008, her first foray into horror came in the amazing and ultra-gory 2013 reboot Evil Dead. Director/ co-writer Fede Alvarez gave us a fucking ass kicker that became one of my favorite movies of the past decade, especially in terms of revisiting it.
I've talked several times in this site about how good it is. The plot is classic Evil Dead: a group of young friends stay in a cabin in the woods. This time cuz they wanna help their friend Mia (fellow Horror Crush inductee, Jane Levy). One of the friends reads from the book and all hell is literally set loose.
Blackmore plays Natalie, the beautiful girlfriend of Mia's brother. Her character is a sweet girl, and we feel bad for her when her arm get possessed. She has to hack it off in a gruesome scene, that is even more bloody in the unrated cut. Somehow even as a deadite, she is still pretty hot.
She returned to the genre in 2015 to 2016, with her role as Valerie Tulie in The Vampire Dairies. As I have said many time before I have never watched so much as a minute of this show. So, I have no clue how she was in it, though I am sure she was great. She certainly looked great, of course!
Fans of this show, please chime in with your thoughts on her and her role in it, in the comments section below.
She did her final role in horror in 2016, with a recurring role in one of my favorite TV shows of all time, Supernatural (which was also on the CW). That ome was of the villainous Lady Toni Bevell. It lasted two seasons till the following year in 2017.
Sher was deliciously evil in this role and really gave this great cold and cruel performance. It was also subtly sexy Or maybe I just found it hot. The business look, with her hair up, and playing a bad girl made it easy crush material for me.
Look this blonde baddie can tie me and hold me prisoner any day she wants to. I might enjoy it more than I am supposed to though. Just being honest!
So far that is all the work in our genre she has done. But her beauty, talent, and memorable roles helped her leave a mark on the genre quickly. I hope she eventually comes back to horror, but either way we are happy to add Elizabeth Blackmore to our Horror Crushes!
Packaging- The packaging of this figure looks awesome! The front (right) has very cool looking artwork. I love the shading and limited use of colors The right lens on his glasses has this cool reflective color, which is a nice addition. In all, he looks very much as it does in the movie.
The left side of the box has artwork of the Arc of the Covenant. While the right side also has artwork, but only showing part of it as well as a spirit, all in a horizontal manner. Both look awesome!
The top of it has the Indy logo and artwork of Toht's face beginning to melt. I get a kick out of seeing this bloody image now associated with Disney!
The bottom, of course, has the legal and copyright info.
The back showcases the figure and his accessories. Below it is a cross-cell with glamour shots of him, all of which are super cool!
As with most of these releases, the contents are split into three compartments of packaging. This is unlike the Indy figure which was split into two. Anyways, I can already tell that this is gonna be a truly awesome figure!
First Impressions & Articulation- I really like the way that he looks right out of the box. The likeness to the actor who played him, Ronald Lacey, is uncanny. He is packaged with a regular face, an open right hand, and curled left fingers on the other hand.
His suit looks and feels great. The stripes are a nice detail. I love the shirt and tie, too, as well as the handkerchief.
Arm and elbow articulation are definitely limited by the suit. It doesn't seem removable, nor am I gonna try to do so. Wrist movement is excellent though.
Legs have better mobility but are still limited by his pants.
His shoes have some detail, while his ankles have nice articulation.
He comes with the same stand as Indy did. Although, he stands well enough on his own, I will be using this stand from here on in.
Accessories- There are a couple of pieces that this character always wears, so let's put those on now.
First up, we have his coat, which he wears over his shoulders. It looks pretty damn good and stays on well enough on the figure.
There are four sets of glasses. We'll use the regular set for now, as the others are for the various stages of him melting.
The glasses slide on easily and feel nice and tight on him. They stay on perfectly. With the glasses on, I said to myself, this is definitely Toht!
The left hand he comes packaged with has the burnt in marks from the medallion!
We get 3 1/2 sets of extra hands. The first one we'll look at from these is the one that can hold the the head of the staff of Ra.
It has a real nice grip on the medallion, which has some awesome detail, by the way. I gave him the screaming head to show that he is in pain!
We get trigger hands, which hold on really nicely and securely to the Luger pistol.
Let's move use the pair of non-gloved hands for him to grip the fire poker. It looks real good, especially the glowing tip. You can now recreate the scene with him threatening Indy that he will melt Miriam's eye! Will except we don't have Miriam. But, you get my drift, and it's another awesome accessory.
Let's move on to the Arc of the Covenant. First off, we have a ghost and a display stand with a base. The ghost looks really cool, and I love the fact that the stand is translucent.
The Ark of the Covenant, itself, comes with batteries and is in four pieces, the body, top cover, and the two side, carrying handles. The color and detail on it is awesome.
The three batteries go underneath the body of the Arc. The screw on mine was screwed in too tightly was a bitch to unscrew and open. But, eventually, I did get the batteries in. And, let me tell it looks awesome lit up. You will be using the on/ off switch also located at the bottom of the Ark.
On a side note, the lighting from the Ark makes for a cool effect and look on the ghost, who looks extra eerie now!
Recreating Toht melting is the most fun aspect of this figure. We will be using the various heads and the set of bloody hands for this part.
The bloody hands look particularly cool and truly fucking awesome!
Each head has its own pair of glasses that go with it, as we see the progression of his face melting. This is so fucking cool!
Until we get to the final stage head, which is a bloody skull of melted flesh. This is my preferred look for him, and I how I chose to display him.
I absolutely love that something that Disney owns has this much gore. And, save for the more adult side of the MCU and obviously the horror 20th Century Fox releases, I don't see them going down this route themselves. I mean their Indy had no graphic violence, and I also had zero interest in seeing it. And, no it's not cuz Indy needs splatter, it's just I didn't give a flying fuck for anything post the third flick.
Final Thoughts- Holy fuck! This figure rules! The level of detail and the accessories fit perfectly with Major Toht. The welcome addition of gore makes for a fun display and play piece. This is bwithout a shadow of a doubt not just one of the best figures of the year, but one of the best One:12 Collective figures ever!
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