Photo By Emily Shur Courtesy of the Academy Museum
Just in time for Halloween, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is getting seriously spooky with two new exhibitions exploring the movies, monsters, and movie magic behind one of cinema’s most enduring genres.
Opening September 26, 2026, The Horror Show takes visitors on an immersive journey through horror’s many forms, from Gothic castles and psychological terror to science fiction, slashers, religion, and ghosts. The exhibition begins with a sound installation before leading visitors down “The Hallway”— a setting familiar to anyone who has ever watched a horror movie and thought, I definitely should not go down there.
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Knight Horrors looks like some sort of surreal still life extracted from a child’s fever dream — and the longer you look, the stranger it gets. A tiny armored knight on horseback occupies the center of the scene, surrounded by an outrageous assortment of creatures and characters: a grinning finger puppet-style monster perched on the helmet of a Roman soldier, a grimacing gremlin, a colorful parrot, a rat, a flamingo, a skull and assorted other fantastical beings. It’s part cabinet of curiosities, part nightmare, and part seriously weird family portrait.
Painted in 1985 by American artist Aaron Bohrod, Knight Horrors is an oil painting on gesso panel measuring just 12 by 16 inches. The title itself seems to contain a little visual joke: Knight Horrors sounds suspiciously like “night terrors,” which makes the painting feel like a parade of creatures that have escaped from somebody’s particularly bizarre dream. Continue reading Modern Art Monday Presents: Knight Horrors by Aaron Bohrod →
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