Shining Hotel Planning World’s First Horror Museum
The Stanley Hotel, also known as the insanely creepy inspiration for the Overlook Hotel in Stephen King’s The Shining, is looking for a huge wad of cash to create what could be the world’s very first horror museum. In addition to creating a wonderful tribute to the genre, the hotel is also looking to create a film studio and a film archive. The estimated price tag: $24 million. Chump change!
According to io9, the Stanley Hotel will get a cool $11.5 million from the State of Colorado’s Regional Tourism Act. In order to generate the rest of the cash, the museum will need a few investors with some very deep pockets. So if you’re a horror obsessive with a lot of money to throw around, consider giving them a call. I’m sure they’ll be more than happy to accept a check.
The museum itself is described as follows:
Multiple indoor and outdoor entertainment venues, including a 500-seat auditorium; a 30,000-square-foot interactive museum and discovery center that would feature rotating exhibits; a 3,000 square-foot soundstage; classrooms and workshop spaces; and post-production and editing suites.
Variety reports that the Stanley Film Center counts horror veterans Simon Pegg and Elijah Woods as founding board members, so it’s safe to say that the project is in good hands. Although the Stanley Hotel is also known for its ghost tours and the Stanley Film Festival, the folks behind the horror museum are hoping to make it a destination for genre lovers all year long.
To say that I’m excited about a horror museum is a hell of an understatement. As Jack Torrance would say, “There’s nothing I look forward to with greater pleasure, Mr. Grady.”
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