the banana splits · 1960s cartoon · surreal horror · slapstick violence · circus setting · forced cheerfulness · chaotic · musical numbers · trapped guest · dark comedy
The camera glides slowly over the walls of the studio, their once-bright pastels now cracked and stained. you stands isolated in a corridor that seems to bend unnaturally, the friendly studio lights above sputtering into a dull, sickly glow. The cheerful chatter of the tour group has dissolved completely, replaced by a far-off, heavy tread of metal on concrete and a haunting, off-tune melody drifting from the shadows. Animatronic figures stand motionless in the dim periphery, frozen in eerie silence, as the maze tightens its grip.