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Get Ready to Scream: The Academy Museum Goes All-In on Horror

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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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Modern Art Monday Presents: Knight Horrors by Aaron Bohrod

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Photo By Gail

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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Eye On Design: HR Giger’s Necronom 2005 (Alien 3 Model)

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giger alien model 1 at new museum photo by gail worley
All Photos By Gail 

In France in 1975, screenwriter Dan O’Bannon was collaborating with Director Alejandro Jodorowsky  on an adaptation of Frank Herbert‘s 1965 novel, Dune, when he met the artist HR Giger. Jodorowsky had been introduced to Giger’s work by Salvador Dali, and had brought him on to create designs for the film.

While the feature ultimately fell through, O’Bannon couldn’t get Giger’s drawings out of his head. The screenwriter recalled “ending up writing a script about a Giger monster,” which would eventually become the influential franchise Alien.
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Monster Faces Mural By Phetus in Freeman Alley

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All Photos By Gail

In the heart of New York City’s vibrant Lower East Side, Freeman Alley has once again served as a canvas for the prolific street artist Phetus. This latest mural, first spotted by me on a Sunday morning in mid-October, bursts with a riot of color and quirky charm, showcasing rows of tightly stacked faces. Each one is an exaggerated, monster-like character — signature Phetus style —wildly expressive and almost cartoonish in their otherworldly features.

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Pink Thing of The Day: Pink Godzilla!

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pink godzilla by heartbat studio photo by gail worley
Photo By Gail

I don’t know what is it about a Godzilla action figure that makes me want to pick it up, make growling noises, and then pretend to have it destroy a city. I’m sure you can imagine then, that I went  little nuts when I spotted this giant Pink Godzilla designed by Heartbat Studio while roaming the aisles at Five Points Festival. Please note that he even has a row of jagged, rainbow-colored spikes going up his fearsome spine, so perhaps he is also celebrating Pride Month. Stranger things have happened.