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Top Horror Masterminds Creating “The Hollywood Horror Museum”
A new Kickstarter has launched that aims to open the first ever museum dedicated solely to horror! With founding board members like Clive Barker, Sean S. Cunningham, Joe Dante, Mick Garris, Tom Holland, Victoria Price, and Sara Karloff (as well as others), the Hollywood Horror Museum aims to be an “enormous” building with a wide collection of props and displays.
Per the Kickstarter: The purpose of this Kickstarter is to raise the initial funds to develop The Hollywood Horror Museum, to obtain a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational status in California and present our first Walk Through Exhibit at Stan Lee’s Comikaze in Los Angeles Oct 30-Nov 1.
Their mission reads:
The mission of The Hollywood Horror Museum is to educate, enlighten and inspire people of all ages about the artistic, technical, psychological, historical and creative aspects of horror in films, media, art, literature, and pop-culture.
The museum will present horror in a fun, historical and informative environment through interactive exhibits and programs, while teaching all aspects of filmmaking from makeup, costumes and special effects, to model making and computer graphics.
For more information, you can follow them on Facebook or go to the official website.
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
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