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I love Elvira, so I have to get that shirt before the season is over! Fun aside: her memoir is a must read. Cassandra Peterson led a fascinating and eventful life even before she became the "Mistress of the Dark." Elvis makes an appearance and there's a story about a house she once lived in and its pool, which embellished or not, is creepier than any of movies she showed on her program. Assuming Cinema Slasher was indeed an unused maze concept, I wonder if it would've went in the KI Theater? The concept is right up my alley, so what a bummer we don't have a maze like that. I mean, who wouldn't want to be chased by a murderous bucket of popcorn welding a knife?

I shared a similar sentiment a while back. Haunt's maze aren't always too shabby when viewed as free with admission. But once you attach a dollar value specifically to them as-is, well, there's plenty of competition in the area that frankly does it better. KI really has to bring the heat when it comes to uncharging the mazes. Even on its best days, Haunt doesn't compare. I mean, I haven't stopped thinking about Brimstone's hay ride after I first rode it a couple years ago. It had the headless horsemen, a chase with a massive piece of farm machinery and at one point, a monster takes over. My wife and I usually go to Haunt at least once, but often twice every weekend. But to tell you the truth, we were already talking about doing Land of Illusion and Cincinnati Fear Fest this year before the upcharge had even been rumored. If we're gonna pay extra anyway, might as well go where the price matches the implied value of experience.

I never rode King Cobra. Had every opportunity, but never did. As for current, still haven't ridden Sol Spin. I've been in line for it twice, but loading was very slow and it's just not the ride I feel like waiting for.

The Beast station would be where it's at.

They are keeping their film and television studio divisions and IP while Discovery is taking their TV-channel properties, such as The Food Network, Cartoon Network and the Turner stations. WB should still have the rights to the Looney Tunes and HB libraries of characters and shows. However, while Warner Archives will continue releasing Blu-ray compilations from these properties, any new endeavor featuring Bugs Bunny or Scooby Doo will most likely be a licensed-out affair. The current WB regimen has little to no interest in producing new content with these characters. The nearly-completed Scoob: Holiday Haunt was dumped for a tax write off while The Day the Earth Blew Up and Coyote vs. Acme were rescued from the fate thanks to a smaller distribution named Ketchup Entertainment, who purchased the distribution rights. Weird thing is, both Scooby Doo and the first Space Jam are still popular with children today.

I'll take the Paramount era for one simple reason: it was impossible for them to save money by "commissioning" AI-generated images.

I only enjoy FunTV during Haunt. Those clips from Night of the Living Dead and Carnival of Souls really hit the spot while waiting for The Beast.

Mergers make me anxious. I can't think of very many examples of it working out for the better. The many Warner Bros. mergers can be cited, including the recent Discovery disaster. But even the Fox/Disney merger was only a good thing if you dreamed about Wolverine and Captain America starring in a movie together. For anyone else, it's largely been bad, particularly on Fox's end, as it's now a studio in name only. Avatar: Fire and Ash may have a Fox logo in front of it, but make no mistake, it's a Disney movie. Meanwhile, I can't rent, watch, stream or purchase physically a number of my favorite go-to movies (including Cocoon and Airheadz) unless I'm willing to drop some dough an old DVD from some eBay reseller who's seeing money signs because the title is out of print. The people responsible for corroding the value of these companies, like David Zaslav, never seem to walk away with shame. They only toot their own horn for "disrupting the industry" and go on failing upwards. At this point, we're just watching major entities swallow each other up like it's a big game of corporate Pac-Man while the establishments, entertainment and brands we enjoy rot from the inside out.

Ha, I forgot about that Mach 3 ad. IIRC, the little theater at Americana/Lesourdsville was also presented by Sherwin Williams. Tbh, I think most people won't pay the Snickers thing any mind. It isn't all that invasive compared to other ad experiences. Every time I go see a movie.. well, let's just say, I'll take AMC slapping a Snickers logo on something over ever seeing that dancing Coke commercial ever again...

I believe it's revolving.

I'd be happy with a corn dog stand with those giant ones you used to (still can?) get at the carnival.

IMO, mergers are a blight. They almost always bring the rot.

The Core was released in March 2003 while Delirium debuted in April. EDIT: Mr. 3000 is odd because it's a different studio. Might be why that one never materialized.

Me and my wife enjoy the mazes, however in their current form, I don't see us paying extra for them. The sell was mazes came with the gold pass, which pushed Haunt ahead of the competition. But if we're gonna pay anyway, we'll probably go to Brimstone Haunt, Land of Illusion or Cincinnati Fearfest. I mean, your hayride being chased by a giant piece of farming equipment and a headless horseman actually riding a horse? Haunt can't compete against that.

That's a Fox film. The other volcano film that year, Dante's Peak, was Universal. Could you be thinking of Deep Impact, which was both a Paramount/Dreamworks collaboration and a disaster movie, or The Core, which came out around the time Delirium was built?