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This just in! Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett is unabashedly a Horrorhead!
Hammett recently appeared on The Metallica Report Podcast and disclosed his love for horror films. However, his passion knows no bounds--as he also revealed that he owned valuable pieces of 20th century horror movie memorabilia.
"I have a lot of props covering a large amount of time. From the '30s to the present, I have a large amount of the original Frankenstein lab and I'm very happy to say that because the equipment got distributed all over the country, all over the world and it's been kind of my thing to get all the parts back into one spot. I've got a lot of the major parts back, especially the nebularia, which is the round mirror you see in the first three Frankenstein movies. Parts of the lab are very important to me as well," Hammett enthusiastically shared.
Hammett goes on to reveal other highlights of his collection:
"My newest acquisition, and it's unbelievable that I was able to acquire this, but I have Bela Lugusoi's Dracula cape from Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. The cape he wore in that film I managed to attain in the last year... ..Another thing I've got that really means a lot to me is the axe from The Shining that Jack Nicholson was carrying around. I was really happy to be able to get that. It's a very important piece from a very important film."
"I have a love for these movies. I think these movies are historically and culturally relevant. I feel like I'm a protector of this stuff. I feel like I'm a curator of this stuff. And I feel that it's important that this stuff is together cause together it works ergonomically. It's a part of our world culture and because of that I feel compelled to share it with other people too. I feel that there are people out there who feel this stuff is just as important as I do."
It seems like film archivist and film memorabilia collector Gregg Turkington has some competition with Hammett's flashy collection. Listen to the Metallica Report with the link below:
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