It all began with a 13 year old, CORTLANDT HULL. Being ill most of his life, he occupied some of his time, by building the Aurora monster model kits, inspired by the vivid color artwork of James Bama on the box covers. Cortlandt was fascinated with the art of movie makeup, and how an actor could be transformed into a fearsome creature. After visiting several wax museums, he was disappointed by their "Chamber Of Horrors" lacking the classic movie monsters. Suddenly, Hull's 8" monster models were not enough! He began creating his own life-size character, "ZENOBIA THE GYPSY WITCH", to host this tribute to the classic chillers. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f25VKnXUCyo
Hull always had respect for the movie making arts, which was the inspiration for the creation of the museum. Many people he knew in the film industry had given him original props or makeup appliances from various films, which he has preserved. These pieces are not only a part of movie history, but are fine art, and American cinema icons. Like the film itself, it is important to preserve them in a new museum for future generations. The not-for-profit museum hopes to expand into a much larger venue, “THE SILVER SCREEN MOVIE MUSEUM & ARCHIVE". "The Witch's Dungeon" would also be greatly expanded, as a portion of this new museum. written by John Bartucca (please see our “Silver Screen Movie Museum & Archive” page) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ooNKXallSY&feature=channel_page
THE WITCH’S DUNGEON CLASSIC MOVIE MUSEUM 90 battle street - bristol, CT. 06010 no advance reserve tickets - no special group showings not recommended for children under 7 years old e-mail: witchsdungeon@sbcglobal.net mailto:witchsdungeon@sbcglobal.net?subject=Dungeon%20Datesshapeimage_28_link_0

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logos copyright/tm 2010 - CORTLANDT HULL

all photos: Cortlandt Hull/“Witch’s Dungeon” Collection


"WITCH'S DUNGEON" & "ZENOBIA THE GYPSY WITCH"

name, image & logos - copyright/tm: 2010 Cortlandt Hull

"CLASSIC MOVIE MONSTERS" - copyright/tm 2010 Universal Studios

Karloff Enterprises,  Chaney Entertainment,  Lugosi Enterprises

“Oscar” statuette - copyright AMPAS

WITCH’S DUNGEON TOUR (click photo)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyJXoqOdecA
WITCH’S DUNGEON HISTORY (click photo)
DIRECTIONS TO THE WITCH’S DUNGEON (click photo)http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=90+Battle+Street,Bristol,CT&daddr=&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=43.528905,67.587891&layer=&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=16&iwloc=addr