The Horror Show
The Horror Show
Edited by Jessica Niebel. Foreword by Amy Homma. Introduction by Jessica Niebel. Text by Nicholas Barlow, Willem Dafoe, Tananarive Due, Kier-La Janisse, Rebekah McKendry, Carmen Maria Machado, Lindsay Nelson, Osgood Perkins and Angela M. Smith. Section texts and captions by Bradford Nordeen.
The Horror Show honors horror’s enormous cultural impact and enduring popularity on screen.
Packed with behind-the-scenes snapshots, costume sketches, special effects designs, iconic props, and much more, The Horror Show honors horror as one of the most emotionally resonant and innovative types of filmmaking. With six themed sections—Gothic, Psychological, Science, Slasher, Religion and Ghosts—each chapter invites readers into its own setting and explores themes of representations, identity, sexuality, and ability.
Including a preface by actor Willem Dafoe and an afterword from filmmaker Osgood Perkins, The Horror Show encourages readers to recognize themselves within horror’s familiar tropes, challenge their assumptions, and understand the cultural power of horror. From Dracula (1931) and Frankenstein (1931) to The Substance (2024) and Sinners (2025), this catalogue offers a comprehensive and extensive look at horror movies.
The Horror Show is curated by Jessica Niebel, senior exhibitions curator, with Nicholas Barlow, assistant curator, and Alexandra James Salichs, curatorial assistant, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Additional support by THI Moving Image Lab Curatorial Fellow Bradford Nordeen.
Exhibition catalogue available in hardcover version and a limited-edition magazine version (only available at the Academy Museum Store)
This item is expected to ship out the first week of October 2026.
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The Horror Show
Edited by Jessica Niebel. Foreword by Amy Homma. Introduction by Jessica Niebel. Text by Nicholas Barlow, Willem Dafoe, Tananarive Due, Kier-La Janisse, Rebekah McKendry, Carmen Maria Machado, Lindsay Nelson, Osgood Perkins and Angela M. Smith. Section texts and captions by Bradford Nordeen.
The Horror Show honors horror’s enormous cultural impact and enduring popularity on screen.
Packed with behind-the-scenes snapshots, costume sketches, special effects designs, iconic props, and much more, The Horror Show honors horror as one of the most emotionally resonant and innovative types of filmmaking. With six themed sections—Gothic, Psychological, Science, Slasher, Religion and Ghosts—each chapter invites readers into its own setting and explores themes of representations, identity, sexuality, and ability.
Including a preface by actor Willem Dafoe and an afterword from filmmaker Osgood Perkins, The Horror Show encourages readers to recognize themselves within horror’s familiar tropes, challenge their assumptions, and understand the cultural power of horror. From Dracula (1931) and Frankenstein (1931) to The Substance (2024) and Sinners (2025), this catalogue offers a comprehensive and extensive look at horror movies.
The Horror Show is curated by Jessica Niebel, senior exhibitions curator, with Nicholas Barlow, assistant curator, and Alexandra James Salichs, curatorial assistant, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Additional support by THI Moving Image Lab Curatorial Fellow Bradford Nordeen.
Exhibition catalogue available in hardcover version and a limited-edition magazine version (only available at the Academy Museum Store)
This item is expected to ship out the first week of October 2026.
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The Horror Show
Edited by Jessica Niebel. Foreword by Amy Homma. Introduction by Jessica Niebel. Text by Nicholas Barlow, Willem Dafoe, Tananarive Due, Kier-La Janisse, Rebekah McKendry, Carmen Maria Machado, Lindsay Nelson, Osgood Perkins and Angela M. Smith. Section texts and captions by Bradford Nordeen.
The Horror Show honors horror’s enormous cultural impact and enduring popularity on screen.
Packed with behind-the-scenes snapshots, costume sketches, special effects designs, iconic props, and much more, The Horror Show honors horror as one of the most emotionally resonant and innovative types of filmmaking. With six themed sections—Gothic, Psychological, Science, Slasher, Religion and Ghosts—each chapter invites readers into its own setting and explores themes of representations, identity, sexuality, and ability.
Including a preface by actor Willem Dafoe and an afterword from filmmaker Osgood Perkins, The Horror Show encourages readers to recognize themselves within horror’s familiar tropes, challenge their assumptions, and understand the cultural power of horror. From Dracula (1931) and Frankenstein (1931) to The Substance (2024) and Sinners (2025), this catalogue offers a comprehensive and extensive look at horror movies.
The Horror Show is curated by Jessica Niebel, senior exhibitions curator, with Nicholas Barlow, assistant curator, and Alexandra James Salichs, curatorial assistant, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Additional support by THI Moving Image Lab Curatorial Fellow Bradford Nordeen.
Exhibition catalogue available in hardcover version and a limited-edition magazine version (only available at the Academy Museum Store)
This item is expected to ship out the first week of October 2026.
