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Dr Borgo	Spook-A-Rama ride	Lead	[-]
Jun 9 08 9:18 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Has anyone ever been through the Spook A Rama ride featured in this article? I would love to see this in person. In fact I would love to ride through any old fashioned funhouse. Thought some might enjoy this read. http://www.laffinthedark.com/articles/spook/spook1.htm
ShockDoc		#1	[-]
Jun 9 08 10:16 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Wow! How very cool! Makes me want to decorate my home with vintage dark ride memorabilia! Oh wifey...?
MyDarkSide		#2	[-]
Jun 11 08 4:08 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Cool find and very interesting read!
Koukol 5		#3	[-]
Jun 11 08 8:13 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'd love a book with Carnival photos like this...horror themed of course.
Rakshasa		#4	[-]
Jun 12 08 9:21 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Never been on that exact ride, but I went on similar ones as a kid. That's a great website. I've visited it many times before. Links To All The Classic Monster Stills I've Posted: http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/30758
Don Glut		#5	[-]
Jun 12 08 10:22 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yes, I've been on the Spook-a-Rama ride ... back in the late 1950s and early 1970s, and have to say it's the best of the old-time dark rides -- at least the best I'd ever ridden. Let's hope it remains running. And yes, that Laff in the Dark website is great. Way back when Chicago's Riverview Park ("70 acres of thrills!" ... "the World's Largest Amusement Park," as ol' Two-Ton Baker used to say on the localt TV commercials) was still around, there were quite a few of those spooky dark rides ... with names like Hades, Spook Town, Ghost Train, Safari and Alladin's Castle. I miss them all! But in my opinion Spook-a-Rama was still the best of the lot. Don
DonM435		#6	[-]
Jun 14 08 1:40 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	They don't make 'em like that anymore. Maybe 20 years ago, when my son was little, I took him on one of these rides at a local carnival. It was so poorly set up with light leaking in everywhere that nothing was a surprise. Except that hardly any of the gags worked.
The Maskahuna		#7	[-]
Jun 15 08 12:07 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	During a visit to Coney Island many years ago I rode Spook-a-rama and enjoyed it immensely. Some of the spookers inside are of recent vintage (I recognized the Electric chair by Distortions Ind) but many others are genuine mid-century antiques. Even the sound of the ride car itself reminded me of the dark rides of my youth, particularly "The Haunted Castle" at Beverly Park L.A.
Dr Borgo		#8	[-]
Jun 16 08 9:06 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	There should be a book on this subject.
Don Glut		#9	[-]
Jun 16 08 9:56 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	There should also be a DVD documentary.
BijouBob8mm		#10	[-]
Jun 17 08 9:14 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	As a kid in a small Midwestern town in the late Sixties/early Seventies, one of the most anticipated events was the annual Fall Festival, when the carnival came to town. (Glad I had not yet read Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes, at that age.) There was usually at least one "funhouse," sometimes two. Some of these were walk-throughs, others had the little cars that you rode. I recall one year the carnival company had given one of the funhouses a complete overhaul, turning it into a "drug house." Can't recall, any more, what they actually called the new attraction (it was only there the one year), but the monsters had been replaced by the horrors of drug-addicted fiends.
timothymayer		#11	[-]
Jul 13 08 10:51 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I took my son on one of these at a theme park in Wichita, Ks. He's 22 now and still hasn't forgiven me. "Dad, you said it was going to be a FUN house!" "It's alive!" Z7 Headquarters
Rakshasa		#12	[-]
Jul 14 08 6:49 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Don Glut wrote: There should also be a DVD documentary. I would buy such a DVD in a heartbeat. Links To All The Classic Monster Stills I've Posted: http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/30758
bipolarber		#13	[-]
Jul 19 08 5:00 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Actually, Discovery had a series some years ago on Thrillrides. I remember this sort of ride being one of the ones they covered. Essentially, these "ghost train" type rides were conducted in a large empty room, and lights would go on and off, revealing various horror displays as the little electric car trumbled on by, following a metal track on the floor. If you have one of the electric car systems, this is actually a great way to conduct a haunted house. You spend very little time in building unneeded connecting hallways, and instead just concentrate on your dioramas. Very low upkeep, and also very easy to get in and repair stuff that gets broken. Disney, of course, took it to a whole 'nother level with "The Haunted Mansion" where he recycled a system called the "Omni-mover" in the now famous "Doombuggies."
laffinthedark		#14	[-]
Jul 23 08 11:26 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Laff In The Dark recently released a behind-the-scenes DVD on Knoebels Haunted House dark ride: https://www.laffinthedark.com/mysticraft/Knoebels/khd.html
Rakshasa		#15	[-]
Jul 23 08 8:36 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	laffinthedark wrote: Laff In The Dark recently released a behind-the-scenes DVD on Knoebels Haunted House dark ride: https://www.laffinthedark.com/mysticraft/Knoebels/khd.html Just bought a copy off your link. Thanks. BYW ~ I see this is your first post. Welcome to the boards! Links To All The Classic Monster Stills I've Posted: http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/30758
Tom Powers		#16	[-]
Jul 25 08 8:49 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I remember going on a fairly innocuous ride at Adventurers' Playland in Queens, NY. Most of it was glow-in-the-dark painted faces and scenes on the walls, fake cobwebs, and a few manikins and parts in horror tableaux. But with real cunning, right at the end was a articulated gorilla prop with red light bulb eyes that popped out at you. This ensured that almost everyone hit the exit giving a big scream, enticing the crowds.
Rakshasa		#17	[-]
Aug 6 08 6:24 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	laffinthedark wrote: Laff In The Dark recently released a behind-the-scenes DVD on Knoebels Haunted House dark ride: https://www.laffinthedark.com/mysticraft/Knoebels/khd.html Got my copy in the mail and watched it twice already. Great fun seeing the behind the scenes of the dark ride. So glad I bought this, as I know I'll be watching it often. Any more of these types of DVD's planned or available? Great stuff. Links To All The Classic Monster Stills I've Posted: http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/30758
laffinthedark		#18	[-]
Aug 8 08 9:36 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thanks for the kind comments. We're delighted that you enjoy our DVD which was our first production. We haven't chosen our next subject yet as we have many locations to consider.
Rakshasa		#19	[-]
Aug 11 08 2:44 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Not sure if I'm talking to George or Bill, but regardless, great DVD guys. Something I've always wished would be produced. Even as a kid, I used to dream I could step off a dark ride car, turn the lights on, and explore the secrets of a spook house. This DVD is the closest thing to a fulfillment of that childhood dream. I can't thank you guys enough for taking the time to realize this project. Here's To More In The Future ~ Doug Kennedy Links To All The Classic Monster Stills I've Posted: http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/30758
laffinthedark		#20	[-]
Aug 17 08 7:49 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	This is George. Bill and I are thrilled that you enjoy the DVD. We hope to work on another one next year. We haven't selected a location yet.

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