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Art Show Pays Tribute to Horror’s Awesome Year in 1987
Several really great horror movies turn 30 this year.
What was the very best year for the horror genre? That’s up for debate, but 1987 was damn sure a good one. In a single calendar year, we saw the releases of Hellraiser, Predator, Evil Dead 2, The Monster Squad, A Nightmare on Elm Street: Dream Warriors and The Lost Boys!
Other horror favorites released in 1987 include Near Dark, Creepshow 2, The Gate, Peter Jackson’s Bad Taste and John Carpenter’s Prince of Darkness.
So yeah, it was one hell of a year. And Los Angeles’ Gallery 1988 is paying tribute to the films of 1987 with new exhibit “30 Years Later,” which had its opening reception this past weekend. The featured pieces are now up for viewing and purchase on the gallery’s website, and they include tributes to many of the aforementioned horror classics.
Check out our favorite highlights below!
“30 Years Later” will be on display through August 12 at Gallery 1988. You’ll find the gallery on 7308 Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, Calfornia.
Augie Pagan
Beau Berkley
Chet Phillips
Dan Mumford
Danny Haas
Steve Mardo
Dustin Lincoln
Elisa Wikey
Jason Chalker
Laz Marquez
Mark Pingitore
Matthew Skiff
Taylor Blue
Steven Holliday
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‘Abigail’ on Track for a Better Opening Weekend Than Universal’s Previous Two Vampire Attempts
In the wake of Leigh Whannell’s Invisible Man back in 2020, Universal has been struggling to achieve further box office success with their Universal Monsters brand. Even in the early days of the pandemic, Invisible Man scared up $144 million at the worldwide box office, while last year’s Universal Monsters: Dracula movies The Last Voyage of the Demeter and Renfield didn’t even approach that number when you COMBINE their individual box office hauls.
The horror-comedy Renfield came along first in April 2023, ending its run with just $26 million. The period piece Last Voyage of the Demeter ended its own run with a mere $21 million.
But Universal is trying again with their ballerina vampire movie Abigail this weekend, the latest bloodbath directed by the filmmakers known as Radio Silence (Ready or Not, Scream).
Unlike Demeter and Renfield, the early reviews for Abigail are incredibly strong, with our own Meagan Navarro calling the film “savagely inventive in terms of its vampiric gore,” ultimately “offering a thrill ride with sharp, pointy teeth.” Read her full review here.
That early buzz – coupled with some excellent trailers – should drive Abigail to moderate box office success, the film already scaring up $1 million in Thursday previews last night. Variety notes that Abigail is currently on track to enjoy a $12 million – $15 million opening weekend, which would smash Renfield ($8 million) and Demeter’s ($6 million) opening weekends.
Working to Abigail‘s advantage is the film’s reported $28 million production budget, making it a more affordable box office bet for Universal than the two aforementioned movies.
Stay tuned for more box office reporting in the coming days.
In Abigail, “After a group of would-be criminals kidnap the 12-year-old ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, all they have to do to collect a $50 million ransom is watch the girl overnight. In an isolated mansion, the captors start to dwindle, one by one, and they discover, to their mounting horror, that they’re locked inside with no normal little girl.”
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