3D/4D/5D
LONDON DUNGEON’S VENGEANCE G
uests are taken back to a séance held in a haunted Victorian house at the London Dungeon’s new 5D
laser ride Vengeance. Set at 50 Berkeley Square, London, UK,
in the 1800s, the house is reputed to be the one of London’s most haunted proper- ties at the time. A high-defi nition 3D fi lm, created by Threshold Animation Studio, will see spirits come to life amid special
4D effects, such as rotating movements. Alterface provided the ride system and the effects, which include a laser shoot-out, enabling guests to fi re at the spirits using a Victorian-style revolver. The London Dungeon is operated by
Merlin Entertainments Group and all of its experiences are based on real historical events. Guests are met by a butler or maid, who explains the background of the house and its inhabitants, three of which are documented in history as having died mys-
teriously or been driven mad in the house. Guests are taken through to the ride, set in a heavily themed Victorian parlour, which seats 25 people and runs for fi ve minutes. They meet one of the most famous mediums of the age, Florence Cook, who starts the séance, but things go wrong and the spirits are released and want to wreck revenge. Using their themed laser guns, riders shoot at the spirits while the seats spin around to disorient them. The 4D effects include smoke, strobe lights, wind, leg ticklers representing an infestation of rats and water spraying when ecto- plasm shoots out of the medium’s mouth. Eventually Florence manages to get the spirits back into the vortex and riders exit the tour and go straight into the next expe- rience at the Dungeons. Vengeance opened in May and is one of
only three of this type of ride in the world – the others being in Holland and Texas. “Our designers liked the ride system and
Guests use Victorian-style revolvers to shoot at spirits in this séance set in the1800s
wanted to incorporate a heavily custom- ised version into the Dungeon,” explains the London Dungeon’s marketing and communications executive Matthew Clarkson. “The fi lm is a combination of live action and CGI. The aim was to ensure the fi lm’s not too polished to create the illusion that visitors really are involved in a séance in the 1800s. The fi lm integrates guests, so shooting the guns triggers effects, vibra- tions or a reaction on screen.”
ASYLUM 5D
haunting experience with paranormal activities that produces an eerie jour- ney, aimed to chill viewers to the core. Distributed by The Juice, work- ing on behalf of Virtual Magic and Budgast SC, the fi lm portrays a spooky walk through an old Victorian asylum. Gradually, the abandoned institution comes to life with ghostly people in pyjamas, graveyards, tombstones and skeletons. A variety of 4D special effects have been incorporated to play tricks on visitors’ minds. The POV production comes in two versions – as a 15-minute
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attraction or a seven-minute ride experience. Launched at the end of 2010, Asylum is already installed at a number of attractions and has proved popular in Eastern Europe
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reated to fi ll a gap in the mar- ket for quality horror/thriller experiences, Asylum 5D is a
Viewers will be
“chilled to the core” by Asylum 5D
and Asia. It is playing in House of Kathmandu in Majorca and will be shown at Babbacombe Model Village in the UK as part of the Halloween event. Licences are available on an annual or seasonal basis or as part of a corporate package. ●
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