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Just as the tram reaches the midpoint of the bridge, it creaks and massive timbers fall away, causing the bridge to "drop" the tram a short distance. The tram drives on and guests can see the bridge rebuild itself for the next tram. Jaws (1976)As the tram drives into the peaceful Amity seaside town. The shark has been caught, and George, a police driver makes sure there are no problems. The tram thens moves onto a dock where the dock has tilted, nearly plunging the tram guests into the water.
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What was originally thought to be too inappropriate for film went on to be a widely recognized classic much appreciated throughout generations of movie-lovers. The first iteration of the attraction were the pink-and-white Glamour Trams, which carried about 38,200 riders in the first year. Passengers paid $2.50 for a two-and-a-half hour tour that included stops to see a stunt show and a movie makeup exhibition. In reality, Hopper was inspired by a real homein Haverstraw, New York. The house was built in 1885 and still stands today, surrounded on one side by a railroad as in 1925.
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The tram tour got its start in 1964 when Universal Studios executives noticed that food sales at the studio commissary shot up after local tour buses were allowed past the studio gates to let fans get a glimpse of the back lot movie sets and props. The original 'Bates House' still stands on the Universal lot in Los Angeles, as you'll know if you've taken the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park tour, but it’s been moved from its original location. For this film, a new – and slightly updated – house was built on the lot. It may just be the Universal Studios tram tour, which dates to the silent film era. Once primarily a behind-the-scenes tour, the trek has evolved to define the modern theme park. Parting of the Red Sea (1973–2016)The guide leads the tram to a body of water.
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In it, Q is forced to halt the tour by pulling the emergency brake cord at several lots which ends with him being taken away by a security guard. The parkgoers who were on the trams that day received an extra free tour and front line passes after filming concluded. The scene of Marion Crane (Anne Heche) being woken in her car by the traffic cop was filmed at exactly the same spot at Gorman, north of Los Angeles, as the original. The swamp scene was also filmed at Gorman, in a break from the original Hitchcock locations. The 1960 film used the Falls Lake on the Universal backlot, which was now deemed a mite too familiar to moviegoers.
In 1943, MCA (Music Corporation of America) founded Revue Productions to broadcast radio programmes for troops overseas during WWII. When Revue branched out into television in the 1950s, the outfit needed its own production facilities and, in 1958, MCA bought the Universal Studios film lot in North Hollywood and renamed it Revue Studios. Nathan Solis is a Metro reporter covering breaking news at the Los Angeles Times. He previously worked for Courthouse News Service, where he wrote both breaking news and enterprise stories ranging from criminal justice to homelessness and politics. Before that, Solis was at the Redding Record Searchlight as a multimedia journalist, where he anchored coverage of the destructive 2017 fires in Northern California.
This is because Owen Shaw and his gang are after a high-valued witness on the tram. However, the tram and the V. Rex end up falling into the spider pit. The V. Rex, who is on top of the last tram car attempts to eat the guests from the tram by biting down multiple times as the tram swings between it and some Arachno-Claws.
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The Bates’ Mansion from the 1960 horror classic Psychois one such iconic image, but the work behind it is obscured- tucked away in the folds of history. In 2020, during the COVID-19 closure of Universal Studios Hollywood, the Whoville Sets were demolished and replaced with picture cars seen in Universal films and in the theme park. A Second Unit filmed the opening shot of Phoenix, Arizona, where Marion supposedly lives. The shot was filmed at the beginning of December, but Christmas doesn’t get mentioned and the weather seems surprisingly hot. To cover this glitch, the time and date are added over the shot (‘Friday, December the Eleventh...’), but the season is never referred to again. Being a risky production, Psycho was shot on a tiny budget at Revue Studios, where the Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV series was filmed, using a television crew.
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The guide eventually leads the tram out of the sandstorm, and Imhotep is defeated. But if you’re an Angelena like me, you will likely be less impressed by the piece — since we can go see the actual “Psycho” house any time we like on the studio tour at Universal. Even better, we get to watch Norman Bates put a body in the trunk of a car as we gaze upon it. The house was completely refurbished in 1998; much like it is being refurbished today. It was this same year that Gus Van Sant announced he would be remaking Psycho.
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The tour guide demonstrates a movie “rain” effect involving rain bars which direct a spray of water upwards which then falls looking like rain. The tour guide then demonstrates a thunderstorm effect using powerful strobe lighting and thunder sound effects. A wall of water rushes down the hill and threatens to engulf the tram. A wooden cart swings perilously close to the tram and a signpost is thrown over by the force of the flood water. Then, just as the tram drives off, the water drains off the set and is pumped back to the dump tanks ready for the next tram to pass.
Near the end of the experience, the last V. Rex ends up pulling the last car (which is part of the filming segment) from the tram, and drags the tram down the cliff into a spider pit. In 1982 the Psycho House appeared in ‘Coming Soon’ with Jamie Lee Curtis, directed by John Landis, looking back at 50 years of Universal horror movies. The house set appeared to be setup outside the Studio Mill building (above). The house set has been moved three times since it was originally built. In 1986, a park employee was run over by the tram during a special Halloween “Fright Nights” show.
The downhill flood effect has appeared in many films, including Big Fat Liar and Fletch Lives. The lake is named for the artificial falls built in the studio’s early days and you can still see it on the tour. Widely considered the most iconic and important film set of all time, the Psycho House was left permanently on the Universal Studios backlot since the release of the film in 1960. Over the years, the set has been used in numerous (awful) sequels, music videos, photo shoots, and more, and can still be seen by the people who ride on the theme park backlot tour. A well-known actor while shooting a big movie on the Universal lot back in 1999 dressed up as “mother” and leapt out from behind the Psycho house with an axe scaring the bejeesus out of everyone on the tram, including the guides.
Details of the accident that took place Saturday night — amid the 60th anniversary of the attraction — remain sketchy, but the CHP said the agency has determined that drugs and alcohol were not a factor in the crash that injured 15 park visitors. Ten years after Norman Bates' death, a local entrepreneur has rebuilt the Bates Motel in Fairvale as a tourist attraction. Amy Haines travels to the infamous "Psycho House" to write a book about Bates when mysterious murders begin to occur. Haines faces resistance from the community when she enlists the help of a group to investigate the murders. We’ve traveled around Los Angeles to find the scariest places to visit when you’re high, whether for Halloween or a day of exploring the city. So if you’re looking for a novel way to get in the Halloween mood, kick the candy and costumes to the curb.
Also inside is a very expensive projector that is used on Universal’s world famous Studio Tour. The projector is used for the night tour, projecting an image on the windows and door of the house. At the start of each month, get a roundup of upcoming plant-related activities and events in Southern California, along with links to tips and articles you may have missed.
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