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Zombies!
Family-friendly look at how filmmakers create movie zombies, set in a playful pretend cemetery with an interactive animatronic puppet by Spectral Motion.
You walk into a pretend cemetery on level 4, all eerie visuals and sound, and the centrepiece is an interactive animatronic puppet that Spectral Motion built especially for the museum. The museum's own line is that there's nothing to fear, because it's all movie magic.
The show is about how filmmakers make the undead and where the stories come from. Behind-the-scenes footage from 28 Days Later (2002) shows how a screen zombie is made, and a run of posters, from White Zombie (1932) to Night of the Living Dead (1968), traces how Hollywood turned zombie stories into a classic horror monster. On a floor otherwise given over to horror, the zombies are on babysitting duty.
It's the family-friendly companion to The Horror Show, and Fangoria called it "tame (and interactive) enough for children", though the museum still suggests parental guidance. It's in the Warner Bros. Gallery, included in museum admission ($25 adults, free for 17 and under). The museum is closed Tuesdays.
Look for
The Spectral Motion puppet
An animatronic puppet made for the museum by Spectral Motion sits in the pretend cemetery, and it is built to be interacted with.
28 Days Later behind the scenes
Footage from the making of the 2002 film shows how its zombies were created for the screen.
The poster history
Posters for White Zombie (1932) and Night of the Living Dead (1968) chart how Hollywood adapted zombie stories into a horror staple.
Good for
- Small Kids
- Teenagers
Skip if
You want real scares: Fangoria calls it tame enough for children, so see The Horror Show instead.
With kids
Designed for all ages, with an interactive animatronic puppet, though the museum suggests parental guidance. Under-18s get in free.
Free in the same building
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Image credits
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- Zombies!Courtesy of Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
- Made in AmericaCourtesy of Petersen Automotive Museum
- Legends of the DirtCourtesy of Petersen Automotive Museum
- Performance & Prestige: A History of Aston MartinCourtesy of Petersen Automotive Museum
- Academy Museum of Motion PicturesDowntowngal / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Petersen Automotive MuseumDavid Zaitz / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)ArchEyes Magazine / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
- Craft ContemporaryPaul Esposito / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain