History NightmareFuel / TheTwilightZoneTowerOfTerror

* Eventually, you hit the pre-show where a society member plays the last phonogram recording of Harrison when he was alive with a mural window featuring him and an African idol, dubbed Shiriki Utundu, sitting nearby. The recording is that of a press conference Harrison held while showing off the idol. One of the reporters asks about a supposed curse affiliated with it, but Harrison and some of the other reporters laugh it off. Suddenly, the mural changes to show the faithful night that Harrison took it up to his quarters with him, now speaking directly to the guests, claiming that the curse is indeed real as he tries to warn the guests to leave while they can. The mural changes again to show Harrison entering the elevator holding Shiriki and riding it up to the top before a flash of green light turns out all the lights in the hotel, sending the elevator plummeting down the shaft. The real life Shiriki Utundu ''comes to life, looks over the guests and gives a malicious grin'' before the room blacks out and it suddenly vanishes, giving you the sense that ''it's'' the one telling the story and looking forward to having fun with its new victims.
** Some extra material explains the backstory in more detail. For one, the curse affiliated with it was accidental, a African tribesman made the idol to keep a rival one away but ended up imbuing it with a malicious taint that worked too well. When he realized what was happening, he tried to get rid of it, only for Shiriki to teleport him into a jungle where he barely survived the night making it back to his people. After which they did their best to appease the idol... till Harrison came along. Harrison tried to buy the Shiriki from the tribe but they refused. So he ultimately resorted to stealing it. However the tribe oddly never tried to stop him, just stood there as he left with the idol like they were letting him. When the other tribes saw Harrison with it, they were suddenly very accommodating and even gave his expedition gifts. Eventually, Harrison showed Shiriki off at his hotel with a party and retired for the night. His assistant tried to warn him not to disrespect the idol, but Harrison wouldn't listen and even put out his cigar on it before taking the elevator to his penthouse. The events as described above happened, but when the elevator was searched, Harrison's body was nowhere to be found. All that was left was the adventurer's fez and Shiriki on the floor.

What do you get when you combine [[Series/TheTwilightZone1959 a show]] [[NightmareFuel/TheTwilightZone1959 known for its dark imagery and plots]] and [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks a theme park]] [[NightmareFuel/DisneyThemeParks that's not afraid to frighten parkgoers]]? Well, let's just say it's not called Ride/TheTwilightZoneTowerOfTerror for nothing.

** One that gets even creepier ''with'' context: the telephone previously seen in the Anaheim lobby, with a card saying, "Perfect for the children's room and those late night calls from Grandma". Sounds perfectly innocuous...unless you're an [[Series/TheTwilightZone1959 original series]] fan, in which case you may recognize it as a reference to "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E58LongDistanceCall Long Distance Call]]", where a boy's dead grandmother calls him on a toy telephone, urging him to commit suicide so they can be together again.

* Eventually, you hit the pre-show where a society member plays the last phonogram recording of Harrison when he was alive with a mural window featuring him and an African idol, dubbed Shiriki Utundu, sitting nearby. The recording is that of a press conference Harrison held while showing off the idol . One of the reporters asks about a supposed curse affiliated with it, but Harrison and some of the other reporters laugh off. Suddenly, the mural changes to show the faithful night that Harrison took it up to his quarters, with him, now speaking directly to the guests, claiming that the curse is indeed real as he tries to warn the guests to leave while they can. The mural changes again to show Harrison entering the elevator holding Shiriki and riding it up to the top before a flash of green light turns out all the lights in the hotel, sending the elevator plummeting down the shaft. The real life Shiriki Utundu ''comes to life, looks over the guests and gives a malicious grin'' before the room blacks out and it suddenly vanishes, giving you the sense that ''it's'' the one telling the story and looking forward to having fun with its new victims.
** Some extra material explains the backstory in more detail. For one, the curse affiliated with it was accidental, a African tribesman made the idol to keep a rival one away but ended up imbuing it with a malicious taint that worked too well. When he realized what was happening, he tried to get rid of it, only for Shiriki to teleport him into a jungle where he barely survived the night making it back to his people. After which they did their best to appease the idol... till Harrison came along. Harrison tried to buy the Shiriki from the tribe but they refused. So he ultimately resorted to stealing it. However the tribe oddly never tried to stop him, just stood there as he left with the idol like they were letting him. When the other tribes saw Harrison with it, they were suddenly very accommodating and even gave his expedition gifts. Eventually, Harrison showed Shiriki off at his hotel with a party and retired for the night. His assistant tried to warn him not to disrespect the idol, but Harrison wouldn't listen and even put out his cigar on it before taking the elevator to his penthouse. The events as described above happened, but when the elevator was searched, but Harrison's body was nowhere to be found. All that was left was the adventurer's fez and Shiriki on the floor.

* Eventually, you hit the pre-show where a society member plays the last phonogram recording of Harrison when he was alive with a mural window featuring him and an African idol, dubbed Shiriki Utundu, sitting nearby. The recording is that of a press conference Harrison held showing off the idol while. One of the reporters asks about a supposed curse affiliated with it, but Harrison and some of the other reporters laugh off. Suddenly, the mural changes to show the faithful night that Harrison took it up to his quarters, with him, now speaking directly to the guests, claiming that the curse is indeed real as he tries to warn the guests to leave while they can. The mural changes again to show Harrison entering the elevator holding Shiriki and riding it up to the top before a flash of green light turns out all the lights in the hotel, sending the elevator plummeting down the shaft. The real life Shiriki Utundu ''comes to life, looks over the guests and gives a malicious grin'' before the room blacks out and it suddenly vanishes, giving you the sense that ''it's'' the one telling the story and looking forward to having fun with its new victims.

* In Paris, they revamped the attraction as "A New Dimension of Chills", [[CreepyChild the little girl]] is now the host of the attraction, warning the riders not to go into the elevator shaft, then chastising them when they do. While she does try to rescue them, with help from the other guests, it's too late. In the end she then once again chastises the guests before skipping off and disappearing while ominously homing the theme song to the Twilight Zone.

!! Tokyo [=DisneySea=] version
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[SchmuckBait Come on in, it's completely safe. Don't mind the idol there, it's just a silly harmless trinket]].]]

* You're taken to the ride and pass through the boiler room where Harrison's ill-gotten gains are stored. If you pay close attention you can actually see green eyes poking out from some of the structures, showing the idol is watching you. On the ride itself, we see an image of Harrison trying to reach the Shiriki only for it to ''zap him into a nearby elevator and dropped him down the shaft''. It then turns its attention to the guests. Just the way the room turns dark amongst its glowing eyes as it does gives a great sense of terror.
* After which the elevator goes to the next floor and stops on a room with a mirror showing the guests on the ride (similar to the California version). Harrison tells the guests to "wave goodbye" before the mirror turns the guests into ghostly images and then morphs into Shiriki, which flies at them and starts the drop sequence proper, Shiriki cackling all the way.