Well he was involved with the design of the Crimson Peak maze at Universal Hollywood for Horror Nights. It's why it looked exactly like the film. Attention to detail was incredible.nadroJ said:I just finished watching Crimson Peak by Guillermo del Toro and can't stop thinking how amazing a haunted house designed by this guy would be. And it got me thinking about if other directors were to design rides. what would they be. Go!
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice!peep said:As for a new thing, hmm, I'd love to see Tim Burton create something really gothic and cool, like a whole land to explore.
I know someone who worked on that attraction in the design field and Guillermo didn't have as much input as you'd think - he had creative sway when it come to certain bits and bobs, but not a lot.peep said:Well he was involved with the design of the Crimson Peak maze at Universal Hollywood for Horror Nights. It's why it looked exactly like the film. Attention to detail was incredible.nadroJ said:I just finished watching Crimson Peak by Guillermo del Toro and can't stop thinking how amazing a haunted house designed by this guy would be. And it got me thinking about if other directors were to design rides. what would they be. Go!
Howie said:Ridley Scott to do an Alien themed dark ride.
Nuff said.
Sandman said:On the other hand, an Alfred Hitchcock scare attraction would be second to none.
furie said:Howie said:Ridley Scott to do an Alien themed dark ride.
Nuff said.
This got me really thinking about this topic, and the below clinched it for me...
Sandman said:On the other hand, an Alfred Hitchcock scare attraction would be second to none.
The problem is that I think so few directors actually have that much input into what happens.
Let's take Alien for example. It's my favourite film and a blinding piece of suspense horror. However, the entire look of the film is down to H.R. Giger. Scott's brilliant pacing, gorgeous camera pans, etc. wouldn't translate into a ride without the assistance of a H.R. Giger there.
Hitchcock is another prime example. Psycho was absolutely panned on first viewing. It needed heavy editing to make it work. It was a dismal mess and the success of the film was all down to the final edit - which was a desperate stab (haha) at trying to get anything resembling even a mediocre film out of the footage.
What I'm saying is that there is so much more to a film's creation than the director. They tend to rely on so many other people to actually create their vision. There are definitely exceptions - and Del Toro and Burton are very heavily involved in the nitty gritty creation of the actual worlds they want to go on screen - they're not overly common though.
It's kind of like saying that because John Wardley produced a couple of amazing ghost trains and Nemesis, he should be put in charge of directing a film. The disciplines are similar, but in reality far apart.
Anyone remember Nightbreed? The film directed by the fantastic author Clive Barker and starring the brilliant director David Cronenberg? No? That's because it was **** - don't mix disciplines![]()
Sandman said:On the other hand, an Alfred Hitchcock scare attraction would be second to none.
CanobieFan said:Sandman said:On the other hand, an Alfred Hitchcock scare attraction would be second to none.
Alfred Hitchcock had an attraction at Universal Studios Florida in the 90's (was removed for Sherk) it was a 3D movie / live actor show.. thing. A quick Google search pulled up this - http://www.moviemassacre.com/blog/the-e ... ida-part-1 we went as a family back in 1995 and I remember it being there... but not much else.
I did that back in '94, it was similar to disaster, in that they grabbed the public to be involved. My friends dad ended up being Norman Bates.CanobieFan said:Sandman said:On the other hand, an Alfred Hitchcock scare attraction would be second to none.
Alfred Hitchcock had an attraction at Universal Studios Florida in the 90's (was removed for Sherk) it was a 3D movie / live actor show.. thing. A quick Google search pulled up this - http://www.moviemassacre.com/blog/the-e ... ida-part-1 we went as a family back in 1995 and I remember it being there... but not much else.