Does anyone remember Alien Terror?

TrollHammaren · 11-02-2011 1:01am #1

Way back in about '95 or '96, I was only about 6 or 7, there was a cool set-up in the Square in Tallaght called "Alien Terror". This is years back, so my memory is most likely flawed, but I remember my dad bringing me there where some guys in combat fatigues briefed us about the aliens inside an area next to (I think) the cinema; they then brought us down through these dark rooms where we would be periodically "attacked" by guys dressed as what I think were the aliens from the "Alien" movies (remember, I was very young!)

The only other details I remember about it was that he had a little blue plastic gun and a gadget that supposedly told him how close the aliens were. We'd run to an elevator, and a loud banging noise occurred, and this was supposed to be the aliens trying to get in.

Does anyone remember this? I can't find anything on google about it. I'd just like know whether it really was as cool as I remember it!

TrollHammaren · 11-02-2011 7:39pm

I'm going to bump this thread once for now, in the hope that more people will be reading at this time.

TrollHammaren · 21-02-2011 11:16pm

Last bump, then I'm giving up and asking the auld fella

How Soon Is Now · 22-02-2011 1:52am

I remember it man was only telling me girlfriend about it other day when we where sitting across from where cinema used to be.

They had more then one adventure type center in there used to love all that stuff as a kid all them places seem to of vanished off the face the earth ha.

TrollHammaren · 22-02-2011 12:33pm

It's a shame more people don't remember it; I'd love to know whether it really was as cool as I remembered it!

How Soon Is Now · 22-02-2011 12:42pm

Seems be no record of it anywhere online. What i always taught was funny that in the same section in the square where they had the kids adventure places was a family planning center :P

Dr Bob · 24-02-2011 5:00pm

I remember that , would have been mid nineties?
I think it was around the time I worked in Harry Moores in the square (94-96 I think)
Think It was an official 'Aliens' thing with space marines and the like.Never actually went though.And it didnt last that long.

pdbhp · 24-02-2011 5:27pm

I remember that place it was beside the cinema, I was a tad too old for it though I think I was about 17, I only looked into it once but it looked a laugh.

Praetorian Saighdiuir · 24-02-2011 7:33pm

I remember Fred Savage

Intox · 02-03-2011 2:36am

I remember it well, I only went once and it scared the bejaysus out of me! its almost exactly how it was described above^ think it was 5 pounds in and it last about 10 mins. seemed like robbery at the time. I have a mate who boasts going in over 20 times to this day

the other place before it was called captain ventures and the place after it was a snooker hall...something joes i think

Astro1996 · 02-03-2011 2:54am

I vaguely remember it

captain ventures.. now theres a blast from the past :eek:. man im starting to feel old now..

TrollHammaren · 02-03-2011 1:00pm

Intox wrote: »

I remember it well, I only went once and it scared the bejaysus out of me! its almost exactly how it was described above^ think it was 5 pounds in and it last about 10 mins. seemed like robbery at the time. I have a mate who boasts going in over 20 times to this day

the other place before it was called captain ventures and the place after it was a snooker hall...something joes i think

£5? My dad paid for 3 of us to go in and we were poor as fúck; I wonder where the fúck he got the money from!

rossc007 · 02-03-2011 1:09pm

Was only talking to my mate about this the other day... they had another scare attraction in the Parnell Center too, similar setup, different theme.

I remember Alien Terror being pretty scary

vangoz · 05-03-2011 12:04am

Haha classic, remember the alien eggs at first, then the alien at the end of a corridor, an alien arm tries grabbing through some kind of grate or bars, and of course the elevator part!

TrollHammaren · 05-03-2011 12:27am

vangoz wrote: »

Haha classic, remember the alien eggs at first, then the alien at the end of a corridor, an alien arm tries grabbing through some kind of grate or bars, and of course the elevator part!

I can't even remember what the aliens looked like, I just remember it being a really fun experience that scared me shítless!

Max_Damage · 08-03-2011 7:18pm

I vaguely remember it.

I do remember a kids 'fun area' type of thing beside the cinemas there. I remember it had a large vertical slide in it. This is going back to the early to mid 90's.

BrookieD · 11-03-2011 4:56pm

This was called "The Alien War Experience". I went to it in london, amazing did not do it justice, Marines dressed with machine guns and guys dressed as Aliens. Great fun...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_War

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-usCq8IgLJA

TrollHammaren · 11-03-2011 5:12pm

Thanks, Brookie! I could have sworn it was called "Alien Terror" in the Square in Tallaght, but in 1996 I was only 7. I really hope they open it in England or Scotland again, as I would gladly go to participate. The videos on youtube, cheesey as they may be, look like absolute great craic!

BrookieD · 11-03-2011 5:18pm

it was great, being young and very cocky i was pushed to the front of the group with my mate, we went down a tunnel exactly like the Aliens set, the marine forced me down a dead end to check it out, half way down i triggered a contact point, this in turn set a strobe off, at the end of the hallway a egg started to open, and then a bloody face hugger started to get out, on top of that an Alien popped out from a dark corner.

I tripped my mate fell on top of me and we both started screaming like girls to get the hell out of there..... LOL

I never ran so fast in my life, in those few mins they had you in the film 100%

TrollHammaren · 11-03-2011 5:44pm

BrookieD wrote: »

it was great, being young and very cocky i was pushed to the front of the group with my mate, we went down a tunnel exactly like the Aliens set, the marine forced me down a dead end to check it out, half way down i triggered a contact point, this in turn set a strobe off, at the end of the hallway a egg started to open, and then a bloody face hugger started to get out, on top of that an Alien popped out from a dark corner.

I tripped my mate fell on top of me and we both started screaming like girls to get the hell out of there..... LOL

I never ran so fast in my life, in those few mins they had you in the film 100%

That sounds absolutely amazing! I'd love to get a group of my mates together and go for it. I'd have really suspend my disbelief so that it could properly put the shíts in me!

BrookieD · 11-03-2011 5:48pm

The thing was, in the queue every few mins a group of people came out of this screaming and running, we all stood saying "whats the deal, sure its all fake, ejits..etc..." When you got in there and the Marine started the speech, again it was " yeah , yeah dude, its a job, its a fake gun, get over your self,"

then the first fright got ya and you were in, the whole group bought it hook line and sinker. I remember near the end, they droped and extra into the group, as we all panicked to get into a lift, the Alien headbutt the lift door, took the "plant" out and we all started saying we should go back for him......LOL Brilliant times....

TrollHammaren · 11-03-2011 6:04pm

BrookieD wrote: »

I remember near the end, then drop and extra into the group, as we all panicked to get into a lift, the Alien headbutt the lift door, took the "plant" out anda wee all started saying we should go back for him......LOL Brilliant times....

I genuinely laughed out loud at that part!

I imagine it's no different from playing a really scary video game - it's an immersive experience. I remember being scared shítless when I was a kid, and even my dad, who was in his 30s at the time, said it scared the bejaysis out of him!

iMax · 24-03-2011 9:42pm

The one in Parnell St. Was a "Haunted House" attraction.

In Disney Orlando, there used to be a similiar thing called "Alien Encounter", done in true disney style. I remember coming out of it with a pain across the back of my head because I was grinning from ear to ear.

They dripped "blood" on you in the dark & the "alien" came right behind you breathing (warm & moist with sounds) on your neck.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2XkRn_pAQI

rossc007 · 25-03-2011 12:29pm

iMax wrote: »

The one in Parnell St. Was a "Haunted House" attraction.

In Disney Orlando, there used to be a similiar thing called "Alien Encounter", done in true disney style. I remember coming out of it with a pain across the back of my head because I was grinning from ear to ear.

They dripped "blood" on you in the dark & the "alien" came right behind you breathing (warm & moist with sounds) on your neck.

Every September\October in Universal Studios Orlando they open the parks at night filled with these "Scare Attractions". Its an amazing setup, I've been there the last 2 years running

http://www.halloweenhorrornights.com/

still no comparison to Alien Terror though

Does anyone remember Alien Terror?

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