You Can Now Own Kurt Russell’s Iconic Hat From The Thing (For a Price)

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When toiling for months astatine a clip successful frozen Antarctica, there’s not a batch of accidental for idiosyncratic style—a large crushed wherefore the chapeau worn by helicopter aviator MacReady (Kurt Russell) successful John Carpenter‘s 1982 sci-fi fearfulness classical The Thing is truthful memorable. It instantly signals the character’s offbeat personality, and hints that possibly a feline unafraid to deterioration specified giant, floppy headgear volition besides beryllium formidable portion fighting, say, an alien that unexpectedly emerges from the ice.

MacReady’s chapeau is the showpiece point successful Propstore’s latest merchantability of amusement memorabilia. But if you’re a fearfulness instrumentality with a lot of other currency lying around, determination are respective much items to tempt your wallet. (Here’s wherever to go to registry and bid.) Here are the 10 we’d astir similar to own—or astatine slightest respect from a distance.

R.J. MacReady’s Hat From The Thing

The starting bid connected this atrocious lad is £20,000 (around $26,000); the Propstore catalogue says it “originated from a credited unit subordinate to whom it was talented by Russell pursuing production.” It comes with “both brownish leather and yellowish and grey woven cord chapeau bands, a brownish leather sweatband with a size tag speechmaking “7 1/8,” and a brownish leather chin strap.” It has immoderate wear, but that’s to beryllium expected: it survived a fierce alien brawl implicit 40 years ago!

Freddy Krueger’s Hat and Sweater

Ok, these are technically from antithetic films: the chapeau is from 2003’s Freddy vs. Jason, and the sweater is from 1994’s Wes Craven’s New Nightmare. But some were worn by Robert Englund arsenic 1 of horror’s astir notorious villains. The items are being sold separately, truthful to implicit the outfit you’ll request an estimated £10,000 to £20,000 ($13,000 to $26,000) for the hat—as good arsenic that magnitude for the sweater, which is estimated to spell for the aforesaid price.

Shaun’s Blood-Splattered Shirt From Shaun of the Dead

“You’ve got reddish connected you!” Unfortunately, Shaun’s Foree Electric sanction tag is missing here, but you could whip up your ain recreation to spell with this screen-matched treasure from the Simon Pegg character’s wardrobe. The estimated terms is £6,000-£12,000 ($7,800-$15,600), which means you mightiness not person capable near implicit to bargain a bouquet of flowers for your ma (which you past determine to springiness to your woman instead… without swapping the paper first, of course).

Lord Summerisle’s Jacket From The Wicker Man

Christopher Lee wore this distinctive checked overgarment with suede elbow patches successful respective of his scenes successful 1973 folk-horror classical The Wicker Man; including, according to Propstore, astatine the film’s fiery climax. As a bonus, “this garment was 1 of Lee’s favourite jackets. He wore it successful respective different films, including The Skull (1965), arsenic good arsenic for publicity photos and interviews from the 1960s until his decease successful 2015.” Few volition ever beryllium arsenic dapper arsenic Lee was, but for £10,000-£20,000 (estimated) you tin springiness it a try.

Lament Configuration Puzzle Box From Hellraiser

Of each the items successful the auction, this is the 1 we’d beryllium the astir nervous to bring home—much little permission it sitting astir for immoderate random passer-by to fiddle with. Instantly recognizable to fans of Clive Barker’s 1987 film, this is the cardinal if you privation to invitation a clump of suffering-obsessed Cenobites into your dimension. So beryllium careful! According to Propstore, this is prop was “one of 8 crafted for usage successful Hellraiser; it’s “made of coagulated oak and has ornate brass-etched panels adhered to each side. A furniture of varnish is applied each implicit to nutrient a flimsy shine. There are immoderate signs of airy scratching and the brass etchings person breached successful immoderate places.” All joking aside, this would beryllium chill arsenic hellhole to own—and is estimated to fetch £7,000-£14,000 ($9,100-$18,000).

Pumpkin Mask From Halloween III: Season of the Witch

Infused with the acheronian magic of Stonehenge, and capable to marque the wearer’s caput detonate with creepy-crawlies erstwhile decently activated, this grinning jack o’ lantern is 1 of 3 designs proffered by Silver Shamrock Novelties successful the cult-beloved 1982 threequel. It’s estimated to spell for £3,000-£6,000 ($3,900-$9,600), which is simply a batch of tricks and treats.

Chucky Doll From Cult of Chucky

Sure, helium has resting cute look here. But we each cognize the evil that lurks within! This prop was utilized successful the 2017 seventh installment successful the Child’s Play series, the past from archetypal creator Don Mancini earlier Chucky took to the tiny surface for his TV show. While we hold for Chucky portion 8 (and possibly weave a fewer achromatic magic spells to velocity things along), you tin get your mitts connected this screen-matched Good Guy doll for an estimated £15,000-£30,000 ($19,500-$39,000).

William Shatner Mask (Same Style Used for Halloween)

We each cognize a William Shatner mask, painted white, served arsenic the expressionless visage of Michael Myers—first enactment to usage erstwhile helium acceptable retired connected his Haddonfield execution spree successful John Carpenter’s 1978 Halloween. But person you ever seen the disguise pre-transformation? A 1975 Don Post Studios Captain Kirk disguise would beryllium a chill happening to ain nether immoderate circumstance, but its relation with Halloween makes it adjacent much special.

Propstore notes “Carpenter utilized a Captain Kirk disguise for some Halloween and Halloween II, altering the plan by coating it white, adding faux hairsbreadth astatine the backmost of the scalp, and cutting retired larger oculus holes successful the look …This circumstantial disguise was not utilized connected the movie and arsenic specified it maintains each of its Captain Kirk features, arsenic it has not undergone the alteration process to go a Michael Myers mask.” It’s been foam-filled to marque it easier to display, which unluckily means you can’t really effort it connected and spook your neighbors. The estimate for this rarity is £15,000-£30,000.

Costume and Chainsaw From Ash vs. Evil Dead

You’ll request a groovy £8,000-£16,000 ($10,400-$21,000 estimated) to tame this afloat outfit and chainsaw rocked by Bruce Campbell successful the archetypal play of Ash’s small-screen adventures. The chainsaw, alas, is not functional; it’s “made of resin and metallic pieces with a fabric twine propulsion cord and a moveable flipswitch connected the outside.” It besides has “a foam insert for wherever the chainsaw attached to Ash’s prosthesis.”

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