Halloween holds a special place in my heart. A night where, as the great Barney Stinson says, every girl out there seizes the opportunity to flaunt their sexuality a little. And I know I appreciate that. But back to Halloween in the Land Downunder. So where scores of American children are out trick-or-treating while their older siblings bump and grind in their sluttiest outfits, Aussies seem content to make a token effort. And it was the opportunity to really celebrate Halloween that drew me to Fright Night at Movie World.
The s themed streets of Movie World are transformed by clouds of dry ice drifting out from windows and up from the sewers below. A slew of more adult entertainment options take over the usually family friendly theme park. A racy vampire themed burlesque show; a demon fueled bit of acrobatic theatre; and a night club complete with cage dancers and snakes lure in the adults.
I was fresh off an exhaustingly fun day at Dreamworld read about that real soon when I stepped off the bus out front of Movie World. A mother in full skank attire with her three equally skankily dressed daughters in tow. Demons and ghouls. Ghosts and monsters. Temissa, dressed as a female Edward Scissorhands, issued us with our tickets and soon we were on our way. We fought our way through the crowd and were immediately struck with our first tough decision.
Roller coaster or haunted maze? The most scary part of the ride, for me, was a mid forties woman trying to seduce me. Thankfully she was literally too big to ride with her. I felt pretty bad for her when they had to inform her she was too large to ride. I should know β I was denied my chance to parasail in China because I weighed too much. My heart racing and my libido terminated, it was time to indulge in another American tradition β the haunted house.
Movie World boasted four spooky mazes this year. An Arkham Asylum themed one, a zombie outbreak, Psycho 3-D, and a maze based on the movies of the Saw franchise.
