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'I like making people scared': Former child actor's museum showcases Hollywood's horror, sci-fi

LOS ANGELES — Hollywood's next attraction meant to lure millions of annual visitors is a feast of movie monsters and science fiction villains gathered by a former child actor turned director whose collecting hobby escalated to blockbuster proportions.

Rich Correll, who made his bones as a regular on legendary boomer sitcom "Leave It To Beaver," amassed a $15 million collection of props, costumes and other memorabilia that he has plumbed for Icons of Darkness, a new pop-up attraction at the Hollywood & Highland center that he hopes to turn into one of the country's top-drawing entertainment museums. Correll's vision: a destination for horror, sci-fi and fantasy fans on par with the venerated Rock

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