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Transylvania Has An Underground Amusement Park

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9 years ago

August 23, 2015

The Transylvania region of Romania has a lot of history behind it, including being the birthplace of the fictional vampire king Dracula. But something that isn’t fictional about this area is that there is a large salt mine that began in the year 1075 and was used until 1932. Since 1992, that salt mine has been home to Salina Turda, a museum of sorts that is also a large tourist attraction, thanks in part to the fact that it houses an amusement park that is 120 meters (that’s nearly 400 feet) below the surface.

According to AWOL, to get to the park tourists must first, “…enter the park via an elevator built into centuries-old vertical shafts that used to transport miners… On the trip down, they can admire the eerie beauty of the mine itself – the shimmering, marbled texture of the cavern walls, stark lighting and futuristic design give the Salina Turda the space-age look of a colony built inside an asteroid.”

The amusement park itself features a Ferris wheel, mini-golf, a carousel, and bowling. It’s also in the middle of an underground lake, which tourists can appreciate with small row boats.

For some reason, this seems absolutely like something that Dracula would have in his castle. He’s that charming, sophisticated guy who still appreciates such pleasantries. Having it underground simply means that he doesn’t have to worry about the sun bothering him at any point.

JonathanBarkan

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‘Dead Mail’ Exclusive Images: SXSW Horror Movie Begins With a Blood-Stained Postal Box Delivery

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2 months ago

March 6, 2024

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One of the genre films we’re looking forward to checking out at SXSW this year is Dead Mail, written and directed by Joe DeBoer and Kyle McConaghy and premiering on March 9.

Meagan Navarro will be reviewing Dead Mail for Bloody Disgusting as part of her SXSW coverage, and she writes in her preview for the upcoming fest: “Dead Mail leans heavily into the ’80s analog aesthetic, delivering a unique crime thriller unafraid to get offbeat with its dark narrative. Expect its characters to be as atypical as Dead Mail‘s sense of style.”

In the SXSW 2024 horror film…

“On a desolate, Midwestern county road, a bound man crawls towards a remote postal box, managing to slide a blood-stained plea-for-help message into the slot before a panicking figure closes in behind him. The note makes its way to the county post office and onto the desk of Jasper, a seasoned and skilled “dead letter” investigator, responsible for investigating lost mail and returning it to its sender. As he investigates further, Jasper meets Trent, a strange yet unassuming man who has taken up residence at the men’s home where Jasper lives.

“When Trent unexpectedly shows up at Jasper’s office, it becomes clear he has a vested interest in the note, and will stop at nothing to retrieve it…”

Sterling Macer, Jr., John Fleck, Susan Priver, Micki Jackson, Tomas Boykin, and Nick Heyman star in Dead Mail. Preview the film with an exclusive image gallery below.

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