Blumhouse to open horror exhbition in the hotel that inspired ‘The Shining’
The horror film production company Blumhouse are to open a new exhibit in Colorado at the hotel which was the original inspiration for the 1980 classic The Shining.
The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, will soon house the Stanley Film Center, a 10,000+ square-foot exhibit. The Colorado Office of Film, Television and Media, along with Blumhouse, will be running the site. Everyone involved claims that it will be “a true horror destination.”
Despite the site being the inspiration for The Shining, the exhibition will extend beyond the film. Instead, the site will be the home to several exhibits from Blumhouse’s extensive catalogue. There will be memorabilia and experiences from the different films, TV shows, and games for which the production company is responsible. Blumhouse has described the exhibit as “a mini-Academy Museum dedicated to horror.”
“Here’s Blumhouse!” said Jarod Polis, the Governor of Colorado. “This iconic Colorado hotel will now have a new element of fun and fright for Coloradans and visitors across the world to enjoy, driving tourism and strengthening our economy. I look forward to seeing the exhibit and am happy that our administration can help make this possible.”
Given the rich history of films that Blumhouse has in its catalogue, including Get Out, M3GAN, Five Nights at Freddy’s and The Purge, the exhibit will be rife with horror props that will wet the whistle of fans of scares everywhere.
“The Stanley Hotel is hallowed ground for horror fans,” said Blumhouse CEO Jason Blum, “and that makes this presence at The Stanley Film Center a natural extension for Blumhouse. Fans are going to get closer than ever before to their favourite films, though they may want to keep their distance with a few of the ‘items’ in our collection. We’re excited to get to work, but first we need to make it out of the hedge maze.”
John Cullen, the Grand Heritage Hotel Group head, is responsible for the site’s operation and voiced his excitement about the project. “We searched the world for the right partner to bring the Stanley Film Center exhibit space to life as a horror destination, and there’s no one better than Blumhouse.”
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