Monday, October 23, 2017

Terror Tram: Ghost Town

Backstory: The town of Lighting Gulch was founded during the hay days of the gold rush era in 1847. When a group of settlers had struck at rich when they found gold in near by cave. Despite the warnings of the native tribes people that the gold is cursed corrupts the souls by the influence of dark spirits. The town prospered for many years, the people were never content and they still wanted more gold. They became desperate and turned on each other, through a series of lynch mobs, riots and shoot outs it nearly destroyed the town itself. Until a fierce thunderstorm in 1884 obliterated the entire town and the citizens with it. After 130 latter Universal Studios constructed a ghost town that bared a resemble to Lighting Gulch. Once the town was completed, they were reports of people in old western clothes stalking the streets after dark and fatal accidents to security and actors. It was rumors that the souls of Lighting Gulch had found a new town and will guard the gold from trespasers.

Once guests board the tram, a faux documentary of the history behind the set buildings from the back lot that is based on a gold rush town that drove the townsfolk into their own destruction. Near the end, the tram stops as ghostly bandits hold the tram and tells the guests to get out.

Guests will be dropped off at the Six Points Texas area. It is pitch black with only occasional strobe lights that flash accompanied by lighting sound effects. Ghosts in Old Western clothing all deathly pale with bullet holes to corpse like will jump out from building and scare guests. Some triggers are used so that every 20 seconds a gunshot goes off scaring people. Guests will then enter through a series of mini mazes.

Entering the funeral parlor, guests will walk down the aisles were mourners can be be seen sitting on both sides. Some are mannequins others are actors that will lung at guests. Near the end, a percher will forewarn guests of their inventible fates as a not so dead body in an open casket comes to life. They will reach a corridor filled with caskets and coffins of every shape and size, voices cry for help as they bang on lids, while reanimated corpses will emerge from their caskets. An elderly undertaker will chase guests away with a shovel.

Guests will then enter a saloon, where honkey tonk music can be heard playing by invisible fingers on the piano. Saloon girls will tempt guests as the bar tender reaches out from behind the bar. Men playing a game of poker, until they turn against each other and shoot towards the guests. In one of the rooms, a lady of the night takes her revenge on one of her clients through means of sadistic pleasure. Another female actor will jump out behind a changing screen.

In the schoolhouse, children in vintage halloween masks will emerge from under their desks as an elderly school marm brandishes a ruler in an attempt to strike at the guests. 

Before guests venturer through the mines, an elderly prospector heckles and taught guests of their doomed fates. Descending into subterranean caverns with the sounds of dripping water, ghosts of miners will attack guests with pick axes.      

Guests will then find themselves in Mexico Town where a Day of the Dead once took place with candles, memorabilia's and photographs. Ghosts dressed in traditional Mexican dress are seen stalking guests as the figure of Santa Muerte looms over them.

Casts
 Ghost: People in old west style clothing with deathly pale skin, ranging from cowboys to pioneers. 
Undertaker: Similar to The Caretaker from Halloween Horror Nights Orlando. 
Saloon Girls: Women in brusque style clothing.
School Children: Children in 19th century clothing with vintage halloween masks. 
School Marm: An elderly woman in a black dress 
Miners: Men in work attire 
Townsfolk: People dressed in traditional Mexican clothing
Santa Muerte: A stilt walking actor

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