Show Experience
The show will last approximately 6 minutes 40 seconds. There will be 5 show segments that last approximately 1 minute; 4 of these segments will be from the eight B-Movie show scenes, meanwhile, the fifth scene will be a chaotic finale scene that will be exclusive to each theater. Additionally, there will be short transition periods between show scenes that will last approximately 20 seconds. With all this considered, the estimated hourly ride capacity would be around 2,400 guests per hour.
After the guests are seated and buckled up, the sound of an old movie projector will be heard in the back as a countdown from 3 to 1 is played on the fake screen in front of the guests. A 15 seconds introductory sequence, followed by the title sequence will be played before the fake screen is raised up to reveal the animatronic scene designed to represent the scene.
Up next, a synopsis for each of the 8 B-Movies, as well as a description of the scenes and the guest experience, will be presented.​
The local science fair has got out of hand and unleashed an overgrown, blobby amoeba! Make sure to pack your belongings as the amoeba tries to search for a new home in the neighborhood...and it could be yours.
The introductory sequin on the screen shows the logo for about five seconds and then the science fair scene for about 10 seconds until the screen raises and reveals a large, amoeba animatronic. The amoeba looks like a more blobby, green version of Starro from the upcoming The Suicide Squad movie. Its goopy arms move side to side and every time he steps the theater shakes.
The amoeba fills up a good amount of the stage. Its blobbiness is slightly opaque-looking, so the audience thinks it can see inside a little. Mechanisms inside the amoeba allow sections of the blobbiness around it to move in and out.
The screens both on the wall and behind the animatronic show the neighborhood with people screaming, taking videos, and more, the set around the amoeba has foliage, bushes, and rocks that fill up the show area to make it look more full. Another feature in this scene is that in some moments, water will squirt out from the walls onto guests to make it seem like the amoeba is leaking its gloop everywhere. The movie ends when the amoeba turns its head slightly to the screen where it finds a home.
The Mercurials, small blue aliens with big eyes and tiny heads from the planet Mercury, are invading planet Earth in their pursuit of the most precious good in the galaxy, or at least that’s what they claim, toilet paper. And they’ll stop at nothing to achieve their goals, that’s why they’re threatening humans with unleashing the ultimate weapon of mass destruction: a cat.
In the introductory sequence, a flying saucer will be shown crashing onto Earth, the motion platform will emulate the ground shaking as a result of the crash. Afterward, the show scene will feature a crashed flying saucer, two animatronic humans tied with a rope, an animatronic of a cat in a cage, and four animatronic Mercurials; meanwhile, in the screen in the back, the guests will be able to see a city being attacked by flying saucers.
The leader Mercurial and cat in a cage are situated on a crate. The Leader appears full-bodied but is attached to a rig hidden in the box (like a small Hondo Ohnaka) so he can turn around and be dragged by the cat. The cat’s back half is relatively fixed in place, while the front half is more mobile and reaching through the cage opening. Its paw extends in front of the leader and slightly hooks inward. Mixed with the rig, it looks like the cat has grabbed and is dragging the leader into the cage. Two Mercurials with weapons are placed near the downstage rim and have similar, albeit less dynamic, rigs as the leader. The tied-up humans seem to be sitting on the ground tied together. Their upper halves move around as they struggle with the intergalactic rope. A fourth Mercurial holds onto the rope and has some head and arm movement.
During the scene, one of the Mercurials, who’s standing in front of the cage is threatening the tied-up humans to take him with their leader, so they can arrange the acquisition of Earth’s toilet paper, or else he’ll unleash the vilest creature on Earth upon them. However, when the Mercurial realizes that the guests are sitting in front of him, he tells the other Mercurials to use their weapons attraction ray on them, which results in the motion platform simulating the movement of being picked up and tilting as if you were floating. The scene quickly ends as the cat reaches to the leader of the Mercurial and drags him into the cage.​
Don't Open the Closet Door follows a young boy who gets a surprise visit from his closet that would surprise every kid around the world.
The screen shows the logo and the beginning of the movie where the young boy hears noises coming from his closet. When his closet door is about to open, the screen rises to reveal a quartet of singing monsters. Dressed in Dapper Dan's outfit, 4 monsters sing The Attack of the B-Movie theme song.
There's simply no mistaking
That those four walls are breaking
They're here and making themselves known
No longer bound in shackles
The air is filled with crackles
Their creepy cackles make you moan
The fates are rearranging
With manner so estranging
Their sizes ranging short to tall
Your life is now becoming
So very unbecoming
They will be coming for you all
Rising, falling
Hear them calling
So enthralling
No use stalling
First they're stomping
Then they're romping
And then chomping
What a whomping
The fates are rearranging
With manner so estranging
Their sizes ranging short to tall
Your life is now becoming
So very unbecoming
They will be coming for you all
The monsters—consisting of a feathery walrus man, a slimy reptilian goblin, a small hairy incubus resembling the one from Henry Fuseli’s painting “The Nightmare,” and three-eyed humanoid—have articulated mouths and can bob up and down a little with the music. Their arms are also choreographed.
The screen on the walls and behind the singing monsters show some of the objects moving around while the stage has the monsters and the boy in his bed dancing along. The theater twists and turns and dips forward and backward to make it feel like they are dancing along. The scene ends when the monsters finish the song with a harmonized note.
Beware! Bigfoot is real and is hungry for some delicious food that could be found at a nearby trailer camp.
The scene begins with the logo and a scene where bigfoot is emerging from the woods to a trailer camp where families are cooking together. They all looked shocked at first, but when Bigfoot asks for food politely, the family agrees to give him some. The screen raises to show a Bigfoot animatronic, a family of three in animatronic form, trees, bushes, and dining set pieces. Bigfoot and the family are all having a nice meal together as they eat some hamburgers.
The four characters sit at a campground table; they are positioned in a bit of a staggered way so that the upstage ones can still be visible. The mother and father sit on the downstage side with their backs to the audience. On the other side are the child and Bigfoot, who towers over the family. The family holds their hamburgers with both hands, Bigfoot with one, occasionally raising it up to their mouth to take a simulated bite. Each hamburger has at least a couple of bites taken out of it already. Each character’s mouth, particularly Bigfoot and the child, sport never-before-done chewing animation. They are still able to open and laugh like a standard animatronic mouth for the end of the scene.
The screen behind the group shows the woods, the trailer, and the campfire while the screens on the wall show other families enjoying their meals near their trailers. The family is playing music on the radio which causes the theater to rotate side to side while the slight scent of hamburgers spreads out into the crowd. The scene ends on a high note where everyone is laughing and having fun.​
Her mother always told her to never watch Channel X alone at night, but now that Lucy was a grown-up, she knew better, or at least, that’s what she thought. However, what she didn’t know that on Channel X lives the soul of a frustrated director who’ll turn anyone who’s watching his channel into the star of a movie that is to die for.
In the introductory sequence, Lucy is seen on her sofa surfing through the TV, until she reaches Channel X when a ghost can be seen coming out of the TV; as the ghost comes out of the TV, the sides screens are glitching into static, while the motion platform is doing a very slow spin. Afterward, the show scene will feature a sofa, a TV playing static, an animatronic for Lucy, and an animatronic for the ghost director; meanwhile, in the screen in the back, the guests will be able to see a living room, however, it will change in the vein of WandaVision as the ghost director comes up with ideas for his newest movie starring Lucy and the guests!
The director is attached to a pole (the connecting point is attached to what would be the back of his shirt and is covered by his long coat) that moves from side to side, making it look like he’s floating slightly above the stage. Lucy is relatively simple: a head and maybe shoulders behind the sofa that moves up and down and tilts a little.
During the scene, Lucy is hiding behind her sofa as the ghost director is mentioning ideas for the movie he’s planning to direct, the motion platform spins every time the director comes up with a new idea, and the screens in the back, as well as the ones in the sides of the theater, change to represent the environment the ghost director is imagining, such as a forest or a castle. The moment the director realizes that Lucy isn’t the only human in the room, he decides to make an epic superhero movie and the room is transformed into a battlefield with funny-looking monsters all around, thankfully, the movie ends before the monsters come any closer.
Every full moon, the Were-Sheep shall hunt for the juiciest and most delicious apples, laying waste and destruction on their path, so what happens when said apple is in the hands of a kid? Well, little Raphaela is about to find out.
In the introductory sequence, a shot of the full moon is seen, followed by a group of humans transforming into... Were-Sheep! Afterward, the show scene will feature an animatronic version of one Were-Sheep, and one of Raphaela, who’s holding an apple; meanwhile, on the screen in the back, the plaza of a small town is portrayed.
The Were-Sheep, 8 feet tall, stands in place downstage. Her movements and mouth articulation are very lifelike. Raphaela stands to the side and slightly upstage. To better hide the illusion, and to add to the Were-Sheep’s apparent height, Raphaela is sunk a little below the audience’s view. Her feet aren’t visible when she ultimately shuffles forward, but enough of her legs can be seen to convincingly communicate that she’s walking. Her apple is attached to one hand, but for most of the scene that hand rests on and is cupped by her other hand. When she offers the apple, the other hand/arm moves down while the one with the apple extends outward.
During the scene, the Were-Sheep is seen having a philosophical debate with herself, about whether or not she should attack the child for the apple: on one side, the apple looks delicious and she wants it, on the other, the child is innocent and there are more apples she could find, but she really really wants that apple. When the Were-Sheep noticed the audience, she’s disappointed by the lack of apples, so she ignores them and continues her inner debate, which wouldn’t last long, as little Raphaela approaches the Were-Sheep and offers her the apple. Throughout the scene, the motion platform will simulate the movement of a shaky camera.
Humans have anxiety, but who’s to say that spiders don’t have anxiety as well? Meet Arnold, a giant rainbow-colored spider, who’s more worried about what humans might think of him than he is about crushing them to their deaths.
In the introductory sequence, a scientist is seen experimenting on a group of spiders, and then, they begin growing out of control. Afterward, the show scene will feature an animatronic version of Arnold’s legs (which will be stored on the roof of the theater), and two animatronic humans trapped in Arnold’s web; meanwhile, in the screen in the back, the guests will feature a city being invaded by giant spiders.
Arnold’s legs, about 7 feet long, come down through holes in the roof a la Flik or Teddi Barra. They bend at the joints and move in a way that allows Arnold to effectively emote despite being so hidden. Naturally, they straighten when it’s time to go in or out of the holes. The web with the two humans is attached to a wall. The humans, being webbed, have enough movement to be considered “limited” but not unexpressive; their fingers and feet twitch and their heads move around as they struggle.
During the scene, the terrified humans are listening to Arnold complain about his colorful appearance, and how he wishes he was more like the other spiders. Then, he proceeds to tell them about the time the other spider laughed at him during his brother's birthday for being a vegetarian, which results in one of the humans pleading to be killed instead of keep listening to him. When Arnold realizes that more humans were watching him, he freaks out and calls his therapist. Throughout the scene, the motion platform will simulate the bouncing movement as if a giant was walking nearby.
On the depths of the ocean lives the mighty Bubbles, a giant talking pufferfish. Meanwhile, above the surface, a crew of young engineers on a boat are looking for a place to build the first-ever underwater research center. Unfortunately, their presence has been noted by Bubbles, and he isn’t very keen on strangers. Oh, and did we mention that he can also breathe air and loves the taste of human flesh. Spoiler alert: this isn’t ending well for the human crew.
In the introductory sequence, the shape of something swimming is seen approaching a boat in the middle of the ocean; as the guests see Bubbles swimming under the ocean, the motion platform will simulate the movement of being hit by something. Afterward, the show scene will feature an animatronic version of Bubbles, and two animatronic humans in a smaller boat; meanwhile, on the screen in the back, the bigger boat is seen sinking in the ocean with bite marks all over it.
Bubbles is about 9 feet tall. He has expressive eyes, a partially articulated mouth, and moving fins. The bottom part of him is slightly hidden and attached to a system that moves him from one part of the stage to another; he has a very slight back-and-forth side-to-side rotation as he moves forward to further the illusion and look less stagnant. The humans in the boat only have top halves visible. The one closer to the edge of the stage holds a paddle and is rowing hard. The other holds tightly onto the edge of the boat.
During the scene, the two surviving humans are seen trying to flee from Bubbles, begging for mercy. However, Bubbles is taunting them, approaching them slowly and telling them how delicious the other humans tasted. As Bubbles reaches the boat, he realizes that there are more humans in front of him, which leads him to ignore the two survivors and begin swimming in the direction of the guests, he’s excited about how delicious they’ll be. Luckily for the guests, the movie ends before Bubbles gets too close. Throughout the scene, the motion platform will simulate the movement of the waves, and dispersers will be used to simulate the breeze.
FINALES
After the fourth B-Movie scene has concluded, the guests will hear Cecilia yell that the projector is overheating and smoke will be coming from the back. Following that, guests will be spun around with the help of the motion platform that’s underneath them, this will result in the guests facing the back of the theater instead of the front, however, the guests will be lead to believe they’re actually facing the front, as the finale scene begins playing ahead of them.
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The first possible finale is a romantic comedy starring Bubbles and the Amoeba, a match made in Heaven, or rather Hell. The show scene features an animatronic of Bubbles wearing a hat and a bow tie and an animatronic of the Amoeba. The scene is set in a High School and it’s about Bubbles asking the Amoeba to prom with a cluster of humans in flower costume.
The set resembles a row of high school lockers. Bubbles and the Amoeba are similar to their previous figures but on a smaller scale. Bubbles can rotate a little. Attached to Bubbles’s fin is the human flower cluster. The humans are only a few feet tall to match the rescaled creatures. They writhe a little.
The second possible finale is a superhero movie titled the adventures of Mercurial-Spider, Arnold was a regular giant spider until he was bitten by a radioactive Mercurial, and now he travels the galaxy in the search of toilet paper, and fight against his mortal enemy, Mr. Mittens. The show scene features a couple of animatronic legs for Arnold wearing a costume reminiscent of Spider-Man, and an animatronic of Mr. Mittens, a cat over a mountain of toilet paper. The scene is set on Mars and it’s about Arnold trying to battle Mr. Mittens, however, it ends with Mr. Mittens scratching Arnold’s leg and Arnold giving up.
Arnold’s legs come in from above and to the side; when he gives up, they shift offstage. A small part of one his legs has hidden little strips of light that turn red to resemble scratch marks from the cat. The cat is positioned atop the toilet paper mountain in fighting mode. It wields its arms in Arnold’s direction. After scratching him, it moves back down into a defensive sitting position.
The third possible finale is a period piece starring the ghost director and the monster quartet. The show scene features an animatronic of the ghost director wearing a jester outfit and animatronics of the monster quartet wearing noblemen outfits. The scene is set in a castle, the noblemen sit and laugh as the jester performs some tricks.
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The noblemen are sitting on thrones set up on platforms while the director performs in front of a black curtain. He is again attached to a pole—black to blend in with the curtain—that can spin him around so he appears to do cartwheels or stand on one hand.
The last possible finale is a buddy cop comedy starring Bigfoot and the Were-Sheep, it’s gonna be baa-aaaadass. The show scene features a car, an animatronic of Bigfoot, and one of the Were-Sheep, both are wearing black sunglasses. The scene is set in the road, and the Were-Sheep is seen driving while Bigfoot screams, when the Were-Sheep sees an apple tree, she crashed the car.​
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Bigfoot and the Were-Sheep sit in a car set-piece that moves around like a Minion Mayhem-esque motion simulator; the car’s roof appears to have been ripped off so the creatures’ heads aren’t hitting it. A spinning siren light is strapped to Bigfoot’s head. Were-Sheep is turning the wheel from side to side. Their bodies move in sync with the car’s motion and the footage on-screen.
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Once guests complete the finale, they exit the theater as Cecilia apologizes through the speaker. Guests are guided through a hallway and into the ride-exit gift shop.
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It Came From the Gift Shop!​
After the show, guests exit out into a room dedicated to the one thing even scarier than all of the terrifying monsters you just encountered - incredibly tempting, overpriced merchandise! It Came From the Gift Shop! is filled to the brim with souvenirs for you to take home. The shop's decor brings to mind a movie theater concession stand. Posters for (fake) B-Movies and science fiction films hang on the walls. You can find DVDs of iconic B-Movies like Plan 9 From Outer Space and The Blob, t-shirts, Were-Sheep plushes, and all sorts of sci-fi gadgets and gizmos.
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But that's not all - the shop also doubles as a confectionary! Shelves are stocked with box upon box of beloved movie theater treats like Junior Mints, Twizzlers, M&Ms, Milk Duds, Mike and Ikes, and Raisinets. Popcorn is freshly popped in a large machine and served in red and white-striped boxes and buckets. Thirsty? No movie theater concession stand is complete without sodas, dispensed in a Coca-Cola-colored soda fountain. Or, you could help yourself to a frothy slushy, available in six different flavors - including a Green Apple-flavored "Amoeba Slime" edition. Stepping foot into It Came From the Gift Shop! should bring back fond memories of grabbing a snack in the brightly lit lobby before ducking into the darkened movie theater to catch a flick. It's a perfect way to cap off the show.
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