NO LONGER ON DISPLAY

The Hollywood Museum Proudly Presents

30 Years of Make-Up, Monsters, and Magic

from Academy Award® winning

Special Creature and Character Studio Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc.

The public has been fascinated with monster stories and the mayhem they offer since before “Frankenstein” premiered in 1931 and the original “King Kong” release in 1933.  One the most successful genres in the movie industry, horror and monster movie fans continue to be thrilled with current releases such as “The Predator,” “The Nun” and “Jurassic Kingdom.”

The Hollywood Museum (Formerly the Max Factor Make Up Studio) in association with Amalgamated Dynamics, is offering a pre-Halloween treat, opening their latest exhibit entitled “30 Years of Make-up. Monsters, and Magic.” The exhibit will premiere to a VIP guest preview on the evening of Tuesday, October 2nd, with opening day to the public on Wednesday, October 3rd.  The exhibit will run through Dec 31st. 2018.

“We are thrilled to be paying tribute to a genre in entertainment that has not only withstood the test of time but grown more popular with every generation.  And it is particularly  poignant for this exhibit to feature  these creatures and characters at the Hollywood Museum, where make-up and the magic of make believe began with Hollywood’s make-up king – Max Factor!”, said Donelle Dadigan, President and Founder of The Hollywood Museum.

Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc. is the premiere Creature and Character studio in Hollywood today. Co-founders Tom Woodruff, Jr. and Alec Gillis are responsible for some of the most iconic monster and creature characters of the last 3 decades.  ADI’s credits range from TREMORS (1989) to THE PREDATOR 2018.  Among there the many awards are an Academy Award & BAFTA Award winner for “Death Becomes Her”, Academy Award nominee for Alien3″, and Academy Award nominee for “Starship Troopers”. Now, ADI is proud to be installing its entire Showroom at the Hollywood Museum in the historic Max Factor Building.

The “30 Years of Make-Up, Monsters, and Magic” exhibit will feature productions in theatres now, great iconic horror films of the past three decades, and films in currently in production.

Exhibit Highlights include “The Preditor”; “The Nun”; “IT,” which features a duplicate prosthetics for Bill Skarsgard’s Pennywise “Jurassic Kingdom: Fallen Kingdom”; one of the deadly dolls from “Annabelle: Creation”, the second chapter in the spin-off from Conjuring”; a finished bust of actor Joel Edgerton in full make-up as rookie cop Orc, Nick Jakoby, from “Bright”; the 9-foot tall ship’s Pilot Alien Creature removed from the final cut of this 2011 prequel for “The Thing”; a full size figure of the Predator from “Alien vs. Predator” from The Predator Franchise and the full size figures of the deadly xenomorphs from “Alien Resurrection” and “Alien vs. Predator” as well as a full scale replica of series star Sigourney Weaver (the 8-foot tall human/alien hybrid known as The Newborn from “Alien Resurrection”) from The Alien Franchise. The exhibit includes films currently in production such as “Godzilla: King of the Monsters,” âœellwood???,” “The Cleansing Hour,” “The Mortuary Collection” and even a sneak peak at “Godzilla vs. Kong,” that’s currently in development.

 

 

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