Disney World’s Terrifying Attraction ‘Alien Encounter’ Is Being Resurrected as a Bloody Play
variety.comJenelle Riley Deputy Awards and Features Editor Unless you’re a hardcore Disney fan, you probably don’t remember the short-lived attraction “The ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter.” A theatrical experience that ran briefly in the 1990s in Florida’s Magic Kingdom, it garnered many complaints from crowds about its intensity.
Browsing message boards and YouTube comments, many people still talk about how traumatizing the show was. Of course, it might seem quaint today, but at the time, its use of binaural sound and 4D effects (spraying the audience with fluid, making them feel hot breath on the backs of their necks) was revolutionary.
Luckily, audiences will have a chance to see for themselves — sort of — with Trepany House’s parody production of “Alien Encounter,” created by Adam Franklin and Amit Itelman and sponsored by Titmouse, now running every weekend in October at the Titmouse Warehouse in Hollywood.
But there will be blood. In fact, the press release comes with a warning — or a promise, if you’re into that kind of thing — stating: “AUDIENCES WILL BE COVERED IN BLOOD, DRESS ACCORDINGLY.” As for what audiences can expect, Itelman says, “They will experience 25 minutes of being face to face with a ferocious flesh-eating extra-terrestrial whose only instinct is to release carnage upon this planet Earth.”If you’re familiar with Trepany or Itelman, you know you can count on some impressive special effects and creature work.
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