Sword and the Stone Master swordmaker Tony Swatton takes us on a tour of his shop and gives us a closeup look at some of the weapons he's forged for blockbusters like Hook, Zorro, Conan and more!

Todd McIntosh We hung out on the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer to see how they come up with new hideous creatures for Buffy to kill week after week.

DPI Part 2 of our interview with 20 year veteran modelmaker Don Pennington outlines his incredible body of work, including four James Cameron films.

The Blade Sword prop In the movie, Blade's sword rarely fell into the wrong hands... for long. We wondered how that nifty security device works. Check it out!

Vampire makeup lesson We're tired of people showing up at Halloween parties with poorly applied vampire makeup. So the good folks at Makeup Designory decided to show you how it's done...THE RIGHT WAY!

XFX auction What do you do when you're a veteran FX artist with a warehouse overflowing with old costumes and props? You call eBay, fast! We attended Steve Johnson's kickoff party to his new year-long online auction.

Spider-man Extra! Extra! Here's some footage of the first press conference for Sam Raimi's version of Spidey. Sam, Toby Maguire, Willem Dafoe...the gang's all here!