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| Dead Silence: The Curse of Mary Shaw | |
| Attraction type | Haunted House |
| Event | Halloween Horror Nights: Carnival of Carnage |
| Park | Universal Studios Florida |
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| Year | 2007 |
| Housed on | Soundstage 22 |
| Based on | Dead Silence (2007) |
Dead Silence: The Curse of Mary Shaw was one of the eight haunted houses that were featured during Halloween Horror Nights: Carnival of Carnage. Based on the Universal horror film Dead Silence, the house featured various scenes from the film. It was located in Soundstage 22.
History and Location[]
In 2007, Universal made a deal with New Line Cinema to bring three of their most famous horror movie monsters to their Halloween Horror Nights event. Along with these three monsters, Universal also got the rights to feature a haunted house based on New Line Cinema's most recent horror movie, Dead Silence. The house would be directly based on scenes from the movie and would be named Dead Silence: The Curse of Mary Shaw.
The house would be located in Soundstage 22, one of the smaller soundstage facilities designed to be used as filming locations for movies and television shows.
Description[]
The vengeful ghost of the ventriloquist searches a decrepit theatre for fresh tongues to rip out.
The tortured ghost of the demented ventriloquist searches a decrepit theatre for fresh victims. But when you see her, do not scream, or she'll rip your tongue out at the seam.
Website[]
On the Halloween Horror Nights: Carnival of Carnage website, guests could click on the attraction page for this haunted house. There, Jack would occasionally pop up where the description of the house should be. After clicking on an entry ticket, guests would be taken to the backstory page for the house.
On the backstory page, guests would see a desk with a large mirror on it and multiple photos and newspaper clips scattered around. Clicking on the clock would slow the sound down to a stop. After sitting in silence for a few seconds, a screaming Mary Shaw would appear on the screen and transport guests to the same desk. The desk was a little different, as the lights were now turned on. Visitors could now click on three photos on the mirror to see some of Mary Shaw's victims, and a newspaper discussing the finding of the corpse of Mary Shaw.
On the Carnival page, guests could click on a Theater tent to see a group of building blocks with letters on them. Guests were tasked to enter the correct combination of letters to form a word at the bottom of the screen. If they entered the correct combination, they would be rewarded with a preview video of the house. A clue was featured in Jack's bus in the form of a picture of a boy. The answer to the puzzle was the boy's name, which was Michael. Visitors could also see Raven's Fair, Ontario circled on a map in Jack's Bus.
Website Article[]
The horribly mutilated body of Mary Shaw was found last night by Sheriff John Wade. "Evidence at the scene shows she was killed by a mob. Her tongue had been ripped out, and her throat was slit," said the Sheriff. "Her eyes were open wide in a scream. I think she recognized her attackers. But I'm not surprised this happened after all the calls for her arrest In the Ashen case."
Michael "Mikey" R. Ashen, the ten-year-old heir to the Ashen Family Fortune, was reported missing two weeks ago by his father, Edward James Ashen. Michael was last seen at the ventriloquist show "Mary Shaw and Her 101 Dolls" at the Guignol Theatre on Lost Lake. Michael caused quite a stir while attending the performance, then disappeared after the show.
"Most of Ravens Fair saw what happened," says Sheriff John Wade, "I was there myself. Little Mikey piped up to Miss Shaw that he could see her lips moving. She didn't seem too happy about it."
Sheriff Wade questioned Miss Shaw as to her whereabouts at the time of the disappearance. "She said she finished the show, then spent the night with her children- referring to her ventriloquist dummies," Sheriff Wade said, "No one can vouch for her. But no one saw her after the show, either." A search of the theater turned up nothing.
There were no other suspects, however, and members of the Ashen family called for Mary Shaw's immediate arrest and trial.
"We are a very wealthy family," said Edward Ashen, "but no ransom has been asked for. It had to be her. Mary Shaw didn't want money: She wanted to get back at my boy. She was not right, living alone with all those dolls. I don't know who killed her, but I believe justice has been served. I think many of the citizens of Ravens Fair would agree with me."
There are no leads at this time as to who killed Shaw or as to the whereabouts of Michael Ashen. The sheriff is looking for anyone with any information. Michael Ashen is ten years old with red hair and blue eyes. Edward Ashen has offered a five thousand dollar reward for information leading to the return of his son. There is no reward for information on the killers of Mary Shaw.
Website Pictures[]
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Website Videos[]
Website Audio[]
Music that played on the description page:
Audio that played occasionally on the description page when Jack popped up:
Audio that played occasionally on the description page when Jack popped up:
Audio that played on the backstory page before clicking on the clock:
Audio that played on the backstory page after clicking on the clock:
Music that played on the backstory page after the clock was clicked on: Dead Silence Theme (0:00-0:20)
Audio that played when the photos or newspaper was clicked on:
Audio that played on the Carnival page:
Audio that played when the correct answer was entered on the Carnival Page:
Settings[]
- Raven's Fair Signage
- Raven's Fair Cemetery
- Walker Funeral Home
- Underground Cellar
- The Guignol Theater
- Catwalk
- Sitting Room
- Hallway
Experience[]
Queue and Facade[]
Guests would enter the queue of the house to the left of The Boneyard, right in front of Soundstage 18. The queue would make its way to the right, towards Soundstage 22 which was where the house was located.
Guests would be immediately hit with a blast of cold air as they entered Raven's Fair Cemetery. Detective Lipton is on the other side of a wrought iron fence with a flashlight and shovel, asking if the guests knew about Mary Shaw.
Haunted House[]
From there they would enter the Walker Funeral Home. Mary Shaw's coffin is on the ground, her corpse spilled out on the ground. The smell of formaldehyde was strong. Suddenly, Mary Shaw bursts from behind a curtain, chasing guests into an attic. Several of Mary's victims, their tongues ripped out and jaws broken, burst from the shadows, gurgling and murmuring cries for help.
Guests then moved on to the Guignol Theater, passing by endless rows of Mary Shaw's dolls that turned their heads to stare at guests. The next hallway used mirrors to make it appear that guests were on a catwalk high above the stage. Mary Shaw stood below, hands raised in an angry posture. Suddenly, the catwalk begins to shake and shudder, and guests ran into the next room, which is Jamie's home. Jamie's father sat still in his wheelchair, apparently dead, before he suddenly stomps his feet on the ground as people pass by. Guests passed by a mirror, Mary's face occasionally flashing in it.
Guests would go down a short hallway of portraits that, through holograms, transformed to reveal the victims dead by Mary Shaw's hand. One of the portraits was a fake, and the person in the portrait would lean out and grab at the guests.
The next hallway was long, with portraits along the right wall and windows with blowing curtains on the left. Mary Shaw glided past the window, leering at guests. They would then enter the theatre again, with Mary Shaw hiding in the shadows of the rafters.
The next room in the theatre had a massive red curtain above the doorway. Every so often the sound of a jack-in-the-box would play, and a clown puppet would burst out with the sound of a clown nose honking.
After one final hallway of sheer curtains, guests would enter the final room: Mary Shaw's dressing room. Mary appeared to be standing at the other end of the room. As she began to lunge at the guests, they would find her directly next to them, holding Billy and screaming, as they were looking at her reflection in a mirror. A clown puppet would jump down from above for one final scare.
Scareactors[]
- Mary Shaw
- Tongueless Victims
- Edward Ashen
- Detective Lipton
- Clown Puppet
- Henry Walker
- Marion Walker
- Stage Manager
- Michael Ashen
Quotes[]
- "Beware the stare of Mary Shaw. She had no children only dolls and if you see her in your dream, be sure to never ever scream." - Children voices
- "Young Michael here thinks you're not a real person." - Mary Shaw
Pictures[]
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Soundtrack[]
Trivia[]
- The main title of the film would be played throughout the entire house. Every 5 minutes or so, the sound would be heard slowing down until it disappeared. After several moments of total silence, lightning would flash and every scareactor would simultaneously attack the guests.
- Most of the Mary Shaw scareactors were males.
- According to this, a Raven was perched on top of a bust in this house. This was a reference to Edgar Allen Poe's poem, The Raven.
- The Storyteller and Cindy Caine appeared on paintings in this house.
- A bust previously seen from The Skool in 2005 could be seen on a desk in this house.
- A statue from Screamhouse: The Resurrection appeared in this house.
- Also, there was a plaque on the wall of the morgue that was an actual prop from the movie Casper.
- Originally Ella Ashen's corpse scare was in the Theater Room.
- The Doll Showcase room was originally featured where life-sized versions of the dolls would attack but was scrapped.
| Halloween Horror Nights: Carnival of Carnage |
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| Characters: Jack the Clown (Event Icon) • Freddy Krueger • Jason Voorhees • Leatherface (Sub Icons) • Chance • Mary Shaw • The Inmates of Shadybrook Asylum |
| Haunted Houses: A Nightmare on Elm Street: Dreamwalkers • Dead Silence: The Curse of Mary Shaw • Friday the 13th: Camp Blood • Jack's Funhouse in Clown-O-Vision • Psychoscareapy: Home for the Holidays • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Flesh Wounds • The Thing: Assimilation • Vampyr: Blood Bath |
| Scarezone: Midway of the Bizarre |
| Unofficial Scarezones: Troupe Macabre • Motormaniacs • Treaks and Foons • Chainsaw Drill Team • Killer Carnies |
| Shows: Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure • Freak Show • Jack's Carnival of Carnage • The Rocky Horror Picture Show Tribute |