Author: Bert Ehrmann
Original Batmobile sold for $4.2m at US auction
The Batmobile used by actor Adam West in the original TV series of Batman has sold for $4.2m (£2.6m) at a US auction.
The car was bought by Rick Champagne, a logistics company owner from Phoenix, Arizona.
The 56-year-old, who was just 10 when the high-camp TV series began in 1966, said it “was a dream come true”.
Helpful Hints for Household Horror
TELEVISION, long the home of monstrous behavior, has never seemed like the ideal medium for actual monsters. TV has tried to generate chills over the years, but for every occasional success like “The Twilight Zone” or “The X-Files,” there’s a “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” or “666 Park Avenue” that was quickly killed off. If you’re looking for legitimate, jump-from-your-chair scares, the conventional wisdom goes, you’re usually better off in a theater.
Lately, though, horror has stormed the small screen, winning over viewers in large numbers by rewriting the rules specifically for the medium.
American Horror Story: Asylum Creature Designs
Here’s a better look at the aliens of American Horror Story: Asylum and Bloody Face. Click here to for more including the things in the woods.