Welcome to the Nightmare Museum

 
Hello, boys and ghouls!

This blog offers
a thrilling look inside
Wim Dekens’ very own museum.
 

Meet Dracula and Frankenstein,
vampires and werewolves,
mad scientists and
flesh-eating zombies...
Wim Dekens has it all!

Do you dare to unlock
the chambers of horror?

Come and take a look inside! But beware!

Once you enter,

you can’t look away!

Detail from the movie poster for

William Castle's House On Haunted Hill (1959).

Photograph: The Wim Dekens Collection.

  

 

The Nightmare Museum^TM is the exclusive trademark of Wim Dekens Entertainment.

The Addams Family Haunted House

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item name: The Addams Family Haunted House.

As seen in the famous TV show The Addams Family (1964-1966).

Description: plastic assembly kit… complete with ghosts.

Size: the house has not yet been assembled.

Made by Aurora Plastic Corp., Long Island, USA.

Released in 1965.

Photograph: The Wim Dekens Collection.

Masters Of Make-Up Effects

Item name: Masters Of Make-Up Effects – A Century Of Practical Magic. Written by Howard Berger & Marshall Julius.

Description: illustrated book that dives into the world of movie make-up effects.

Size: 23,5 x 28,5 cm I 320 pages (lightly glossed paper) & hardcover.

Published in 2022 by Welbeck Publishing Group, London, United Kingdom.

Photograph: The Wim Dekens Collection.

Vampire Cinema – The First One Hundred Years

 

 

 

 

Item name: Vampire Cinema – The First One Hundred Years. Written by Christopher Frayling.

Description: illustrated book that takes a look at the history of the vampire film.

Size: 23,5 x 28 cm I 272 pages (lightly glossed paper) & hardcover.

Published in 2022 by Reel Art Press, London, United Kingdom

 

Photographs: The Wim Dekens Collection.

Metamorphosis – The Art Of Rick Baker

 

 

 

 

Item name: Metamorphosis – The Art Of Rick Baker. Written by J.W. Rinzler. 

Description: slipcased two-volume book that chronicles the career of special make-up effects artist Rick Baker, from his early days as a young monster maker to his groundbreaking creature effects and prosthetics in The Wolfman (2010), illustrated with more than 1800 color images and sketches.

 

Size slipcase: 28,5 x 35,5 x 9 cm I 736 pages (glossed paper) & hardcover.

Published in 2020 by Cameron + Company, California, USA (a division of Abrams Books).

 

 Photography by Wim Dekens