Contrary to a story in today's Hartford Courant, Cortlandt Hull's wonderful little horror museum on Chippens Hill is not "defunct" and did not close permanently in 2005.
It is, in fact, thriving.
The Witch's Dungeon, which Hull started at age 13, celebrated its 40th annniversary last year -- and is heading happily toward the next landmark in 2016 when it'll have half a century of chills and thrills behind it.
The museum at 90 Battle St. is part of the Silver Screen Movie Museum and Archive, a nonprofit that people should recognize as a potentially lucrative tourism draw because of its extensive collection of movies and memorabalia that include everything from the original E.T. to reels of Bela Lugosi's "Dracula."
So let's not declare the museum dead, as the Courant mistakenly did today. Instead, let's see what could be done to make it bigger and better.
It could become a true year-round landmark if the community had more vision.
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Contact Steve Collins at scollins@bristolpress.com
4 comments:
thanks for the correction Steve!
The Dungeon is incredible. Even if you don't like horror films, the artistry is amazing, very lifelike. It's definitely a treasure that has gone largely unappreciated in Bristol. I try to get there each Halloween season, and there are always people in line who come from far away to see it.
heard that there's a section there that's particularly frighenting - it shows City Hall with Mayor Ward, Craig Minor, Kevin McCauley, and all the other Democrats controlling council. Honorary Mayor Emeritus Couture was there, along with City Attorney Diamantis. There was a big fire with a pot over it - only it wasn't made with wood, it was made with our tax dollars.
Reserve a place for BIll Hamzy and Ron Burns, they are just as guilty as Couture and Kosta and all the others council people.
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