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Tom Devlin’s Monster Museum is a Must-See For All Horror Fans!
Written by Patti Pauley
If the name Tom Devlin sounds familiar to you, the man of a literal thousand talents within the horror industry’s name has most likely run across your after- screen credits upon watching your favorite horror film. Special effects, makeup design, actor, producer, writer, the list goes on as Devlin has dabbled in it all from his work in numerous Full Moon movies such as the upcoming Puppet Master: Axis Termination, the Evil Bong films, and Killjoy as well serving up his makeup skills in a little film called Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield starring Kane Hodder. All of which are featured in the amazing Tom Devlin’s Monster Museum located just outside of Las Vegas in the small town of Boulder City.
Oh yeah, I took the rugrats with me.
Anywho, outside the walls of the building, realistic full-size figures of icons such as Captain Spaulding line the windows ominously both inviting and exciting you for what’s lurking inside. And holy shit snacks folks, this place is a horror fan’s wet dream. Alongside the fact that a good portion of the upcoming Puppet Master: Axis Termination was filmed on the premises, the actual puppets themselves used on screen are on beautiful display popping out of the infamous trunk of Andre Toulon. Fantastic folks.
Among Blade and friends, the museum is full of other screen used props not only from the Full Moon index of horror titles such as Gingerdead Man and Evil Bong, the museum takes great lengths to offer insight on each display you come across with trivia and maybe some little-known facts to horror fans. As you enter the museum, a motorized Cryptkeeper himself greets you in his perfect ghoulish ways and you’re immediately smacked in the face with so much horror infused glory it makes your head spin faster than a possessed Linda Blair.
Full-scale models of Evil Dead Ash, the Killer Klown gang, and Michael Myers perch the floors in immaculate detail, and a really neat photo opp area that features a little John Carpenter film is available inside that I just couldn’t resist taking advantage of given my attire for the day.
Among the viral sensation full-size Ridley Scott Alien punch fountain and Leatherface’s chainsaw are some really amazing face castings that feature a few of the biggest names in the horror kingdom. The haunting impressions of legends’ such as Vincent Price and Bela Lugosi sit along the walls as you enter the heart of the museum where all that initial slap in the face horror goodness becomes an overwhelming joyous moment for any fan in the horror community. Check out the gallery below!
If Tom Devlin’s passion for the genre wasn’t made clear given his extensive history in the business, this museum that is still growing and making horrifying additions to the floor is proof in the puddin’. So if you happen to be planning a trip to Sin City or are a Vegas/ Boulder City local, you’re going to want to add this destination to your list of activities as it truly is a genre gem in the middle of the hot desert. Located at 1310 Nevada Highway, check out Tom Devlin’s Monster Museum Facebook page by clicking here to keep up to date on the horror establishment’s announcements!
Also, just to remind you again that the upcoming Puppet Master installment Axis Termination was filmed partially there, here’s the trailer to get you excited for it! Release date TBH soon, so check back with us!
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‘Evil Dead’ Film Franchise Getting TWO New Installments
It was a risk for Fede Alvarez to reboot Sam Raimi’s horror classic The Evil Dead in 2013, but that risk paid off and so did its spiritual sequel Evil Dead Rise in 2023. Now Deadline is reporting that the series is getting, not one, but two fresh entries.
We already knew about the Sébastien Vaniček upcoming film that delves into the Deadite universe and should be a proper sequel to the latest film, but we are broadsided that Francis Galluppi and Ghost House Pictures are doing a one-off project set in Raimi’s universe based off of an idea that Galluppi pitched to Raimi himself. That concept is being kept under wraps.
“Francis Galluppi is a storyteller who knows when to keep us waiting in simmering tension and when to hit us with explosive violence,” Raimi told Deadline. “He is a director that shows uncommon control in his feature debut.”
That feature is titled The Last Stop In Yuma County which will release theatrically in the United States on May 4. It follows a traveling salesman, “stranded at a rural Arizona rest stop,” and “is thrust into a dire hostage situation by the arrival of two bank robbers with no qualms about using cruelty-or cold, hard steel-to protect their bloodstained fortune.”
Galluppi is an award-winning sci-fi/horror shorts director whose acclaimed works include High Desert Hell and The Gemini Project. You can view the full edit of High Desert Hell and the teaser for Gemini below:
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‘Invisible Man 2’ Is “Closer Than Its Ever Been” to Happening
Elisabeth Moss in a very well-thought-out statement said in an interview for Happy Sad Confused that even though there have been some logistical issues for doing Invisible Man 2 there is hope on the horizon.
Podcast host Josh Horowitz asked about the follow-up and if Moss and director Leigh Whannell were any closer to cracking a solution to getting it made. “We are closer than we have ever been to cracking it,” said Moss with a huge grin. You can see her reaction at the 35:52 mark in the below video.
Whannell is currently in New Zealand filming another monster movie for Universal, Wolf Man, which might be the spark that ignites Universal’s troubled Dark Universe concept which hasn’t gained any momentum since Tom Cruise’s failed attempt at resurrecting The Mummy.
Also, in the podcast video, Moss says she is not in the Wolf Man film so any speculation that it’s a crossover project is left in the air.
Meanwhile, Universal Studios is in the middle of constructing a year-round haunt house in Las Vegas which will showcase some of their classic cinematic monsters. Depending on attendance, this could be the boost the studio needs to get audiences interested in their creature IPs once more and to get more films made based on them.
The Las Vegas project is set to open in 2025, coinciding with their new proper theme park in Orlando called Epic Universe.
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Presumed Innocent is being produced by David E. Kelley, J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot, and Warner Bros. It is an adaptation of Scott Turow’s 1990 film in which Harrison Ford plays a lawyer doing double duty as an investigator looking for the murderer of his colleague.
These types of sexy thrillers were popular in the ’90s and usually contained twist endings. Here’s the trailer for the original:
According to Deadline, Presumed Innocent doesn’t stray far from the source material: “…the Presumed Innocent series will explore obsession, sex, politics and the power and limits of love as the accused fights to hold his family and marriage together.”
Up next for Gyllenhaal is the Guy Ritchie action movie titled In the Grey scheduled for release in January 2025.
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