Menagerie of Misery: At least the animal abuse part.Note that you generally must choose to visit the Park, whereas the Circus comes to you. Amusement Park of Doom: If the Circus were to permanently settle down somewhere, it would be an Amusement Park.But the Little Shop isn't expected to move around, and is always magical: the Circus of Fear need not be magical, though it usually is. The Little Shop That Wasn't There Yesterday: Like the Circus, the Little Shop is a liminal space between the fantastic and the mundane.Something Wicked This Way Comes, a novella written by Ray Bradbury and published in 1962 and turned into a movie in 1983, is a big inspiration for this trope, although the 1919 movie The Cabinet of Dr. If it's in a video game, expect a roller coaster that acts an awful lot like a mine cart. This trope is the brother to The Little Shop That Wasn't There Yesterday, and often used in context with freaks, providing instances of either Red Right Hand or The Grotesque.Ī common variation on the theme is a killer amusement park, with homicidal costumed mascots and a fun house that's anything but. well, the less said about the clowns the better.Īnd people are disappearing, either consumed by or turned into the circus denizens. The attractions (especially The Freakshow) seem off, the cotton candy is a sickly shade of green, the knife thrower doesn't miss, and the clowns. The ringmaster is abusing the animals and performers, and the circus music, which should be cheerful, seems menacing. Murray the Demonic Skull, Escape from Monkey Island
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