Oscar-nominated Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street movie costumes on display...

In 2007 Tim Burton adapted Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's stage musical, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, for the big screen. Johnny Depp played the titular 'Sweeney Todd', a barber falsely convicted and exiled to Australia by the corrupt 'Judge Turpin' (Alan Rickman), who coveted his wife 'Lucy', returns to London to exact his revenge. Reinstated in his old Fleet Street barber shop he is helped by the failing pie shop owner below him, 'Mrs. Nellie Lovett' (Helena Bonham Carter), who has an unrequited love for the barber. Sweeney Todd murders his customers and she processes the corpses into meat pies, causing her business to prosper. Their bloody good fortune ultimately ends in a grisly fate for the killer duo.

Sweeney Todd costume worn by Johnny Depp,

Mrs. Lovett costume worn by Helena Bonham Carter

and Judge Turpin costume worn by Alan Rickman

in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

This trio of costumes designed by Colleen Atwood for this Gothic musical slasher movie were photographed on display at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on October 13, 2025.

Sweeney Todd's coat is made from a modern laser-but leather and then aged, with a sheen to give an insect-like quality to convey how he'd been hardened by his past experiences.

Meanwhile for Mrs. Lovett's final dress the designer found a piece of original period fabric to reflect the character's rich taste and how her costumes evolved with her wealth as her pie business flourishes.

Despite his wealth, Judge Turpin's unkempt look was designed to covey his loose morals and decadent character, and his vest features embroidered monkeys to help convey his transgressive appetites for pleasure. 

These costume designs earned the regular Tim Burton and Johnny Depp collaborator an Academy Award nomination for the film, and you can see more of her work with these Alice in Wonderland movie costumes, these Alice Through the Looking Glass film costumes, these Dumbo movie costumes and these Into the Woods movie costumes to name a few.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street movie poster

Screen-worn Black Phone 2 movie costumes on display...

Today here's an early Halloween treat for supernatural horror fans with some screen-worn costumes from the recent Black Phone 2 movie on display. In this scary sequel Ethan Hawke's serial child killer, 'The Grabber', returns from the dead four years later to torment 'Finney Blake' (Mason Thames) who escaped and killed his abductor as a 13-year-old. Now his younger sister, 'Gwen' (Madeleine McGraw), is starting to have dreams of the ringing black phone and disturbing murders at Alpine Lake Camp, where 'Armando' (Demián Bichir) is supervisor.

The Grabber costume worn by Ethan Hawke,

Armando costume worn by Demián Bichir,

Finney Blake costume worn by Mason Thames and

Gwen Blake costume worn by Madeleine McGraw

in Black Phone 2

These movie costumes were photographed temporarily on display at Universal Cinema AMC at CityWalk Hollywood on October 28, 2025.

Amy Andrews is Costume Designer on this Blumhouse horror sequel directed by Scott Derrickson, and Ethan Hawke's original Grabber costume comes with VFX shoes.

For more costumes from this designer, make sure you also check out these Mercy Street TV costumes (credited as Amy Andrews Harrell) and horror fans can check out all these other screen-used costumes and props.

This costume exhibit reminded me of the early days of this blog all those years ago, when I tried my best to get the best photos of exhibits behind reflective cases. I have to say I much prefer seeing costumes and props from out behind the perspex.

Have a Happy Halloween!

Black Phone 2 movie billboard

Frank movie costume from Donnie Darko on display...

With Halloween just over a week away I couldn't help but share a look at another cool costume on display at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, James Duval's 'Frank' costume from the 2001 psychological sci-fi thriller, Donnie Darko. In the film Jake Gyllenhaal plays troubled teenager 'Donnie Darko' who narrowly escapes a freak accident and starts hallucinating a menacing man in a large bunny suit named Frank, that only he can see, who encourages him to commit crimes.

Frank costume worn by James Duval

in Donnie Darko

This screen-used costume from writer-director Richard Kelly's movie was photographed on display at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles on October 13, 2025.

This bunny costume is made from synthetic fur, rubber and paint and the suit was fabricated by Costume Designer April Ferry and Dale R. Brady and Rob Burman were responsible for the creepy mask.

Meanwhile fans of Jake Gyllenhaal and his films may also like to check out his Prince of Persia movie costumes on display.

Being only 5'4" myself, I'm not sure I'd want to be the only person to see a guy in a giant bunny suit that follows me everywhere I go.

Donnie Darko movie poster

Screen-used film props from Alien: Romulus on display...

Alien movie fans and film buffs alike should love today's blog entry as it features cool screen-used props and models from Alien: Romulus on display. Director Fede Alvarez's film is set between the events of 1979's Alien and the 1986 movie sequel, Aliens. At the start of the film the Xenomorph that 'Ellen Ripley' ejected into space in Alien is found floating in an organic meteorite mass in the wreckage of the USCSS Nostromo star freighter. When scientists laser cut the meteoroid in half the ruthless life form is revealed within.

Xenomorph meteorite prop from Alien: Romulus

This assortment of movie props were photographed temporarily on display at Hollywood's infamous El Capitan Theatre on August 19, 2024.

Also part of the movie exhibit were screen-worn costumes from Alien Romulus designed by Carlos Rosario.

Alien: Romulus movie poster

This is the filming miniature model of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation probe that scoops up the asteroid containing the Xenomorph and takes it to the scientific research station for study, dissection and cloning.

Weyland-Yutani Echo 203 probe miniature model

from Alien: Romulus

These cargo crates and computer monitor also featured in the film. To try and ward off the Xenomorphs on the derelict space station 'Rain' and 'Tyler' arm themselves with M56 self-aiming pulse rifles, even though they can't fire them for fear of rupturing the station's hull.

Movie props from Alien: Romulus

The station's synthetic science officer 'Rook' (who is given the likeness of Ian Holm who played the android 'Ash' in the original film via animatronics, CGI and deepfake AI technology) wants them to transport "Prometheus fire", a black gooey substance, that has been extracted from the aliens in a sample container to the mining colony on Jackson's Star to give to the Weyland-Yutani Corporation.

I hope you've enjoyed this assortment of screen-used props from the sci-fi horror film and be sure to check out more costumes from the Alien film franchise on display.

This is the last survivor of Hollywood Movie Costumes and Props Blog signing off, for now.

Alien: Romulus movie poster