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‘Beetlejuice’ visual effects artist created ‘Terrordome’ haunted house in 1995

The unique horror-themed attraction included props from Hollywood movies.

‘Beetlejuice’ visual effects artist created ‘Terrordome’ haunted house in 1995

The unique horror-themed attraction included props from Hollywood movies.

The room we're in at the moment. Of course, is Zachariah Doom's room. He's conjured up demons and creatures from all times and dimensions. And they've been having *** great time down here until the terra dome people broke through and now they have *** new goal in life to rejoin the living and cause chaos and destruction. That's the premise for the Terror Dome. The Halloween haunted house with *** Hollywood twist courtesy of special effects wizard Bob Short. Once Halloween's over and Terror Dome is finished, then I go back to my normal everyday job of making monsters *** trip to the Terra Dome will also get you *** tour of Bob's movie memorabilia museum which is filled with familiar faces. It's from beetle juice. It's the shrimp hands that come out of the salad bowl. And short won an Academy Award for his special effects in beetle juice and created the pods for cocoon. He's brought props from dozens of films designed to add to the Terror Dome experience. It's going to be terrifying. Wouldn't be Terror Dome. If it wasn't terrifying, you'll certainly find demons dungeons, mad doctors, *** few crazed executioners, science fiction oriented critters were lurking. The hallways. Bob Short spent seven months designing and *** month creating the terra dome's 23 rooms. Each one designed to make this the most haunted of Halloweens. The idea is to give people *** good clean, safe scare as people for whatever reason, love to be scared.
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‘Beetlejuice’ visual effects artist created ‘Terrordome’ haunted house in 1995

The unique horror-themed attraction included props from Hollywood movies.

Would you visit a haunted house designed by someone whose job was creating monsters?That happened in 1995 when Robert Short helped create “Terrordome,” a haunted attraction beneath the Pittsburgh Penguin’s Civic Arena.Short was a visual effects artist who worked on dozens of Hollywood films, including “Beetlejuice.” The unique haunted house was filled with ghostly delights and movie memorabilia. He spent seven months designing and one month creating the terrifying 23 rooms. “People, for whatever reason, love to be scared,” he said.WATCH the video to see which “Beetlejuice” prop was featured in the “Terrordome.”If you enjoyed this story, here are a few more blasts from the past:

Would you visit a haunted house designed by someone whose job was creating monsters?

That happened in 1995 when Robert Short helped create “Terrordome,” a haunted attraction beneath the Pittsburgh Penguin’s Civic Arena.

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Short was a visual effects artist who worked on dozens of Hollywood films, including “Beetlejuice.” The unique haunted house was filled with ghostly delights and movie memorabilia.

He spent seven months designing and one month creating the terrifying 23 rooms. “People, for whatever reason, love to be scared,” he said.

WATCH the video to see which “Beetlejuice” prop was featured in the “Terrordome.”

If you enjoyed this story, here are a few more blasts from the past: