Duel – The Haunted House Strikes Back! (2003–2022)
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| By 2002, the Haunted House's visitor numbers had dropped and many effects had since ceased operation or become unreliable. It was decided that a re-theme was needed to promote the ride and keep it fresh in visitor's minds. After the success of Tomb Blaster, a similar dark ride at Chessington World of Adventures, Alton Towers settled on the idea of adding laser guns to the ride to increase popularity. Towards the end of the 2002 season, a poster was placed outside the Haunted House, advertising the new name and opening date, along with the slogan: "Whatever you do, don't miss! Duel - The Haunted House Strikes Back".[24] | By 2002, the Haunted House's visitor numbers had dropped and many effects had since ceased operation or become unreliable. It was decided that a re-theme was needed to promote the ride and keep it fresh in visitor's minds. After the success of Tomb Blaster, a similar dark ride at Chessington World of Adventures, Alton Towers settled on the idea of adding laser guns to the ride to increase popularity. Towards the end of the 2002 season, a poster was placed outside the Haunted House, advertising the new name and opening date, along with the slogan: "Whatever you do, don't miss! Duel - The Haunted House Strikes Back".[24] |
| A loose pre-show video was added to create a back story for the new ride. The video starts with a mock news report on the disappearance of "Dr Nicholas Roydoon", a genetic surgeon who supposedly lived in the house and experimented on the dead. This then changes to a video depicting zombies emerging from a cemetery and walking into the house, in the style of Michael Jackson's Thriller music video. A new theme tune was composed by David Buckley, to be played on a loop throughout the ride, replacing the eight different pieces composed for the Haunted House by Graham Smart. The new music is more upbeat than the previous themes, consisting of instruments such as electric guitars, harps and synthesized sound effects. | A loose pre-show video was added to create a back story for the new ride. The video starts with a mock news report on the disappearance of "Dr Nicholas Roydoon", a genetic surgeon who supposedly lived in the house and experimented on the dead. This then changes to a video depicting zombies emerging from a cemetery and walking into the house, in the style of Michael Jackson's Thriller music video. A new theme tune was composed by David Buckley, to be played on a loop throughout the ride, replacing the eight different pieces composed for the Haunted House by Graham Smart. The new music is more upbeat than the previous themes, consisting of instruments such as electric guitars, harps and synthesized sound effects. The new music also has instruments panned to two different channels, the differences being most obvious as the rider went from one scene to another. |
| Changes to the ride included the removal of many effects from the Skeleton Corridor scene and the overhaul of the finale. The Swamp scene was almost totally scraped for the new zombie ending. Furthermore, the ghostly paintings displayed in the Entrance Hall and Drawing Room were all replaced with new versions. This was due to copyright issues involving the artists who originally painted them, as they had been used without permission. The replacement pictures were created by partly altering and painting over the features of existing images that were bought at an online ghost prop shop. | Changes to the ride included the removal of many effects from the Skeleton Corridor scene and the overhaul of the finale. The Swamp scene was almost totally scraped for the new zombie ending. Furthermore, the ghostly paintings displayed in the Entrance Hall and Drawing Room were all replaced with new versions. This was due to copyright issues involving the artists who originally painted them, as they had been used without permission. The replacement pictures were created by partly altering and painting over the features of existing images that were bought at an online ghost prop shop. |
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