Jamie Clayton's Pinhead movie costume from 2022's Hellraiser on display...

In Director David Bruckner's 2022 supernatural horror fantasy entry in the Hellraiser film franchise, Jamie Clayton stars as the "Hell Priest" and leader of the otherworldly Cenobites, a sadomasochistic group of humanoid beings who thrive on pain being pleasure. Streamer Hulu's reboot follows a young woman struggling with addiction named 'Riley McKendry' (Odessa A'zion) who comes into possession of an ancient, shape-changing puzzle box, named the Lament Configuration, that opens a portal to another dimension and summons the Cenobites who crave blood, torture and pain. When Riley's life crosses the path of a long-missing hedonistic millionaire and art collector, her friends and family soon start becoming victims of the sadistic Cenobites.

Pinhead movie costume worn by Jamie Clayton

in Hellraiser

This screen-used costume was photographed on display as part of The Horror Show exhibition currently running at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on October 4, 2026.

Keith Thompson was Lead Concept Designer on the movie, especially on the Cenobites costumes, with Special Effects by Josh Russell and Sierra Spence for Russell FX.

The iconic Pinhead character first appears in Clive Barker's 1987 cult classic Hellraiser as a nameless Hell Priest among the Cenobites. For the original look of the extra-dimensional beings, the film's Writer/Director was influenced by the queer fetish and body modification subcultures of the era like New York City hard S&M clubs, all black leather, piercings and chains.

The 2022 reimagining of pinhead is a more fleshy look of sinew, skin and bone, with pearls added to the horror icon's signature pin-pierced scalp look.

Be sure to compare this new look to Pinhead's costume from Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth previously on display at the Planet Hollywood Cafe in Las Vegas.

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John Cameron Mitchell's Hedwig and the Angry Inch movie costume on display...

In 2001 John Cameron Mitchell wrote, directed and starred in the big screen adaptation of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. The rock musical comedy-drama is based on Mitchell and Stephen Trask's 1998 stage musical of the same name and tells the story of a gender-queer punk-rock singer from East Berlin named 'Hedwig Robinson' who tours the U.S. with her band, the Angry Inch, as she recounts her life story and follows her former lover/band-mate, 'Tommy Gnosis', who stole her songs and became a rockstar. Hedwig was once a teenage gay boy named 'Hansel Schmidt' who fell in love with an American soldier and was forced to undergo sex reassignment surgery in order to leave Communist East Germany for the West as his wife, unfortunately the surgery went wrong. Abandoned in a Kansas trailer park by her husband on their first anniversary, she creates a new persona for herself with wigs and clothes and returns to her first love of music.

Hedwig Robinson movie costume

worn by John Cameron Mitchell

in Hedwig and the Angry Inch

This glam rock screen-worn costume made with synthetic and human platinum blonde hair, satin, vinyl and rhinestones was photographed on display at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles on October 4, 2026 (the exhibit features a non-original wig and microphone).

Arianne Phillips is Costume Designer on the film adaptation and Mike Potter is responsible for Hair Design and Wig Styling.

For more of the Costume Designer's work you can also check out these A Complete Unknown movie costumes, these Don't Worry Darling movie costumes, these Once Upon a Time in Hollywood movie costumes, these Nocturnal Animals movie costumes and these screen-used costumes from the Kingsman movies.

Meanwhile fans of John Cameron Mitchell can also enjoy his Joe Exotic costume from TV's Joe vs. Carole series on display.

I'm a huge fan of this now cult classic film, so to see this costume on display at the museum was a real treat.

Hedwig and the Angry Inch movie poster

Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt's movie costumes from Interview with the Vampire on display...

In Director Neil Jordan's 1994 horror film, Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice writes the screenplay based on her 1876 novel of the same name. The vampiric story is recounted when in 1991 a San Francisco journalist named 'Daniel Molloy' (Christian Slater) interviews Brad Pitt's 'Louis de Pointe du Lac' who claims he is a vampire. Formerly a wealthy 18th-century plantation owner, following the death of his pregnant wife Louis becomes a drunkard and is turned into a vampire by the French vampire 'Lestat de Lioncourt' in 1791 New Orleans. Louis soon regrets being turned into a blood-sucking vampire, whilst Lestat revels in the killing. The film chronicles their time together including the turning of a young child named 'Claudia' (Kirsten Dunst).

Lestat de Lioncourt movie costume worn by Tom Cruise

and Louis de Pointe du Lac movie costume worn by Brad Pitt

in Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles

This duo of iconic screen-worn costumes were captured on display at The Horror Show exhibition at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles on October 4, 2026.

Sandy Powell is Costume Designer on the gothic horror that required a wardrobe that spanned the 18th and 19th centuries. Louis was styled in warm neutrals, floral vests and tailored tailcoats, whilst Lestat embraced elaborate Victorian suits befitting his aristocratic 18-century roots.

You can see more of her design work with these Oscar-nominated Cinderella movie costumes, these Oscar-nominated Carol movie costumes and these Oscar-nominated Mary Poppins Returns movie costumes on display.

Tom Cruise fans can also check out his Oblivion movie costume, his Jack Reacher movie costume and car and his Top Gun: Maverick movie costumes.

Meanwhile Brad Pitt admirers can take a closer look at his Ad Astra movie costume and vehicle, his Allied film costumes and his Once Upon a Time in Hollywood movie costumes on display.

Interview with the Vampire movie poster

Florence Pugh's May Queen movie costume from Midsommar on display...

In Writer/Director Ari Aster's 2019 folk horror, Midsommar, a young couple travel to Northern Europe to enjoy a friend's hometown's fabled Swedish mid-summer festival. What starts as an idyllic rural retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly bizarre and violent competition at the hands of a pagan cult. Florence Pugh plays 'Dani', an American student recently traumatized by the death of her family and already in a strained relationship with her distant, toxic boyfriend, 'Christian' (Jack Reynor). When Dani wins a maypole dancing contest she is crowned the 'May Queen', and when she sees her boyfriend participating in a sex ritual (after consuming hallucinogenic tea) she must choose to kill him or a commune member as part of the festival's final sacrifice.

May Queen movie costume worn by Florence Pugh

as Dani in Midsommar

This spectacular screen-used costume, which is more like a floral art installation, was photographed on display as part of The Horror Show exhibition at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on October 4, 2026.

Andrea Flesch is Costume Designer on this folk horror movie and Dani's costumes in the film become more elaborate as the story progresses, culminating in this ritual piece adorned with 10,000 silk flowers.

You can see more of her work with these screen-worn Colette movie costumes.

Meanwhile fans of Florence Pugh can also check out her Yelena Belova movie costume from Thunderbolts, one of her Don't Worry Darling film costumes, her Outlaw King movie costume and her Amy March costume from Little Women on display. 

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Wesley Snipes Blade movie costume on display...

Wesley Snipes may have reprised his role as the antihero vampire hunter 'Blade' in the recent Deadpool & Wolverine movie, but he first brought the Marvel character to life on the big screen in 1998, well before the X-Men, Spider-Man, Hulk and Iron Man graced cinema screens. In Director Stephen Norrington's action horror film, Blade is a half-human, half-immortal vampire out to avenge his mother's death and protect humanity from evil vampires like Stephen Dorff's 'Deacon Frost'.

Blade movie costume worn by Wesley Snipes

This screen-worn costume was photographed as part of The Horror Show exhibition at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on October 4, 2026 (images are photographed with a compact camera and iPhone, hence the slight lighting variations).

Blade's modernized jian sword also on display was created by master blacksmith and sword maker Tony Swatton.

Sanja Milkovic Hays is Costume Designer on this comic book-inspired movie and responsible for the Daywalker's black leather trench coat, tactical gear and dark sunglasses look.

The Costume Designer is no stranger to Marvel comic book movies and her work can also be seen with these Thunderbolts movie costumes and these Captain Marvel movie costumes, plus she was also the designer on these Star Trek: Beyond movie costumes and these screen-worn costumes from The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.

It was great to see Wesley Snipes bring the fan favourite into the MCU fighting alongside Deadpool, Wolverine, Elektra and X23, and it's such a shame that Marvel Studios messed up with the previously planned reboot of Blade starring Oscar winner Mahershala Ali.

Blade movie poster

Gary Oldman's Vlad the Impaler armour from Bram Stoker's Dracula on display...

In Director Francis Ford Coppola's 1992 gothic horror movie, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Gary Oldman stars as the immortal vampire 'Count Dracula', who was formerly the Wallachian ruler 'Vlad the Impaler'. In the prologue of the film we see the prince return from victory in his campaign against the Ottoman Empire in 1462 to find this beloved wife 'Elisabeta' has committed suicide, thinking him dead from false enemy reports. Enraged he renounces God, desecrates a chapel and vows revenge, transformed into a vampire. Centuries later in the Victorian Era he sees the picture of his solicitor's fiancée, 'Mina Murray', and believes she is Elisabeta reincarnated and travels from Transylvania to England to be reunited with his love. The acclaimed film is based on the 1897 novel by Bram Stoker.

Vlad the Impaler armour worn by Gary Oldman

in Bram Stoker's Dracula

Gary Oldman wears this muscular-textured crimson armour in the flashback scenes at the beginning of the movie when he is still a human warlord.

The late Japanese art director and graphic designer Eiko Ishioka was Costume Designer on the movie, a field she had no prior experience in, who won an Academy Award for her designs.

The ribbed crimson armour has sinewy look, like the skin has been peeled off muscle, and is inspired by man and wolf. You can also the Japanese samurai influence in the armour's horned helmet.

This striking blood red screen-worn armour was photographed on display at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures as part of their temporary exhibition, The Horror Show, on October 4, 2026 (and for movie and costume lovers is worth seeing up close in person).

For another take on Vlad the Impaler's armour, be sure to check out Luke Evans movie costume from Dracula Untold on display.

Plus fans of the 1992 gothic horror movie can also take a look at Gary Oldman's Oscar-winning vampire make-up prosthetics and Transylvanian Castle model from Bram Stoker's Dracula on display.

Bram Stoker's Dracula movie poster