* Titans of Terror
I love how the maze starts: with an uber-horror fan's room decorated with all things Freddy, Jason, and Leatherface complete with a horror host on the TV. Each villain gets their own section of the maze, separated by rooms lit by different colored, high placed lights and fog, effectivley blinding the viewer. First is Freddy Krueger, introduced by his creepy nursery rhyme sung by children. Walking into his boiler room was like stepping into one of my favorite movies. The kill where his claw goes through a victim was so unexpected. The missing signs with skull superimposed over the children's faces with light is an incredible effect for a maze. The giant bone stroller gives the right amount of weird and cheesy that Freddy embodies. The sound effects of Freddy eating a child are absolutely disgusting even if the placement of the Freddy snake thing made it look super phallic.
The last two sections are much shorter than Freddy's. Second is Jason Voorhees, introduced with his whispers and by his mother. The maze starts when Camp Crystal Lake is defunct, which is accurate to the movies since Jason as villain doesn't show until the second film. It delves into his mommy issues as his mother plays a lullaby for him and compliments him while viewers are struggling through his waterlogged victims. This section seemed less detailed. I wanted to see his shrine to his mother with her mummified head. Last but not least is Leatherface, introduced by that chilling, flatly delivered news report at the beginning of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The very next scene is taken from the second movie, which disappointed me since Chop Top is so annoying. We get a glimpse into the Sawyer's grotesque kitchen with skinned and groundup people plus Leatherface working on a living victims, sawing them in half and cutting off their faces. I love the last three rooms, which are three rapidfire jumpscares with all 3 villains. Very effective if you go through with the right timing. This was my favorite maze of all because it was like stepping into two of my favorite movies. (Sorry Jason, your films aren't great.)
* Titans of Terror Tram hosted by Chucky
Chucky hosts the Terror Tram this year with his signature humor and bloodlust. He states the stats of all three killers. Jason is the most prolific with 146 kills over 12 movies. Freddy has only killed 35 people in 8 movies while Leatherface is only responsible for 23 kills. Of course Chucky markets his new movie Cult of Chucky (or he will kill the audience and the driver). At the end of the tram ride, he vows to kill as many of us as possible to catch up with the other villains. A crowd of Chucky's come at us with chainsaw as we leave the maze. It's a good effect and gives a clue to the twist in the new movie, but grown people look pretty ridiculous in Chucky costumes.
Jason is first here with the Camp Crystal Lake Motel. Most of the kills are so much better than the maze: a girl being in the back with a paddle, another's whole body being bent backwards by a folding bed, Jason shoving a girl's face into a circular blade sharpener, putting counselors in front of archery targets, and closing a vise on a victims head. Leatherface is next, starting with Chop Top and a corpse attacked to the front of his body right out of Texas Chainsaw 2. We enter the Sawyer Meat Plant where we are the food, attacked by various Sawyer family members with the uncomfortable sounds of squealing pigs.
The Freddy costumes for the plane crash set are inspired: Freddy is a grandma, a policeman, an EMT, a pilot, a teen athlete, and so many others. The sounds of his glove scraping by the metal dividers and his nursery rhyme accompanies the scene. Then comes the Sawyer Rendering Plant and that same flatly delivered new report. Unfortunately, the scenes that follow are exactly the same as the Titans of Terror maze. All the other villains got different scenes, but not Leatherface. Unfair and poor decision making.
More to come!
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