Count Orlok's Nightmare Gallery — halloween_event in Salem, MA
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Count Orlok's Nightmare Gallery

Halloween Event · Salem, MA

4.6Google· 1032 Reviews

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Open year round · Hours vary

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Self-guided tour. No children admitted without an adult.

Location

217 Essex St, Salem, MA 1970

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About Count Orlok's Nightmare Gallery

A monster museum featuring over 60 life-sized, hyper-realistic reproductions of characters from horror, fantasy, and sci-fi cinema, created by Hollywood special effects artists.

What visitors are saying

★ 4.6 on Google · 1032 reviews · A selection of reviews provided by Google

Charlene Allfrey

2 months ago

No photos allowed in the museum but we'll worth the money for the self guided tour. You can take photos in the gift shop which was very cool as well. Great friendly staff too.

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Lydia Burris

2 months ago

This was a spectacular and very professional walkthrough gallery of lifesize figures featuring monsters and characters from movies. (I was delighted to see some I wouldn't expect!) I am told the display gets updated, with 2-3 additions each year. Staff was friendly and I met the owner who is clearly extremely dedicated and passionate about sharing his growing collection. I absolutely plan to return. No pictures, which keeps it special for newcomers. Believe me, its worth seeing. I visited about every museum and walkthrough in Salem, and this is the best, with the most professional looking displays. There is also a small gift shop.

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Cliff Carrillo

3 months ago

For horror or even movie buffs this place has everything for you. From classic horror, to B rated movie monsters to box office displays of some of your favorite monsters. Only drawback is they dont let you take pictures. I was bummed about it, but I understood why. I would pay to do this gallery again. Pictures I'm posting are outside the gallery in the merch area.

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Michael Savage

10 months ago

Okay so this was my favorite experience in our trip to Salem. It just felt good. The price of admission was entirely reasonable for the experience that you got and still we able to spend some money in the gift shop. Like I think that places sometimes lose that thought when they start raising the price of their tickets and then you spent so much on the ticket you can't afford to buy something while you're there. But that's not this totally reasonable in price. The gentleman that was setting up out front with the signs and everything is the one that sold us on the experience and we booked the ticket right there they had lots of availability at that time but from what I understand but later in the day we're completely sold out. All of the figurines are really well done and eerily watch you with their eyes in a really creepy way. I love the original universal monsters those were some of my favorites as well as the giant ghostbuster I would give anything to have that slimer in my house as part of my Ghostbusters collection. The only negative that's I had with isn't really much of a negative at all is that you can't take any pictures in the exhibit, but I totally understand why. For those people who don't know count orlok is the old black and white dracula real name, but I made up an alternative story the count orlok was Vlad's brother and is just trying to get by in a modern world by running a wax museum. He's also gone super politically correct so he says things like " I want to suck your blood, with consent" and "look into my eyes... Respectfully" imagine a dracula that needs you to invite them in, but also asks for you to sign a consent form... That's hilarious. Anyway go to count orloks, if you only do entertainment activity-thing in town. This would be my pick.

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hjoseph23

10 months ago

Best place to go check out in Salem if you are a movie buff!!! Very well curated and maintained exhibit. Lots of life-size horror icons on display! Photo or video recordings are not allowed while walking the exhibit for reason, though they do let you take photos at the store where they showcase a movie production quality Spike from Gremlins 2. Can't wait to check it out again.

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