Witch's Dungeon Classic Movie Museum facts for kids

The Witch's Dungeon Classic Movie Museum in Plainville, Connecticut, USA, is a special place. It has an amazing collection of figures of classic movie monsters. Imagine seeing lifelike models of famous creatures from old horror and fantasy films!

About the Museum

The Witch's Dungeon Classic Movie Museum is owned by Cortlandt Hull. He is from Bristol, Connecticut. Cortlandt has some famous relatives! His great-uncle was Henry Hull, a well-known film actor. Also, Josephine Hull, famous for her role in the play Arsenic and Old Lace, is a relative.

How the Museum Started

The museum first opened in 1966. Cortlandt's father helped him build the museum building. It looks like a Swiss chalet! Cortlandt first made life-size figures of movie monsters. He used materials like wax, wire, papier-mache, and polymers. Later, these figures were replaced with even more detailed ones.

Visiting the Museum

The museum is open all year. You can visit on weekend evenings. The new address for "The Witch's Dungeon Classic Movie Museum" is 103 East Main St in Plainville, CT 06062. The museum is now much bigger. Each figure has its own special background and props. Also, the museum has professional lighting. This lighting was designed by Bill Diamond, who has won an Emmy award!

Amazing Movie Figures

The museum's figures are very realistic. Many of the heads are based on "life-casts" of the actual actors. This means they made a mold directly from the actor's face! The backgrounds and clothes are also very real. Some costumes or props were even used in the original movies!

Here are some of the famous characters you can see at the museum:

• Frankenstein's Monster (played by Boris Karloff)
• Erik, The Phantom Of The Opera (played by Lon Chaney Sr.)
• Zenobia, The Gypsy Witch (an original character voiced by June Foray)
• The Abominable Dr. Phibes (played by Vincent Price)
• The Creature from the Black Lagoon (played by Ricou Browning)
• Count Dracula (played by Béla Lugosi)
• The Mole People
• Kharis, The Mummy (played by Lon Chaney Jr.)
• Professor Henry Jarrod (from House Of Wax) (played by Vincent Price)
  • One figure wears the original suit worn by Vincent Price in the film!
• The Fly (played by David (Al) Hedison)
• Nosferatu, Count Orlok (played by Max Schreck)
• The Masque of the Red Death, from The Phantom of the Opera (played by Lon Chaney Sr.)
• Dr. Niemann (with Dracula's skeleton), from House of Frankenstein (played by Boris Karloff)
• The Beast from La Belle et la Bête (played by Jean Marais)
• Maleficent, from Disney's Sleeping Beauty
• Dr. Wilfred Glendon, The Werewolf of London (played by Henry Hull)

See also

• Universal Monsters