Flight 2022 — Darkfield

Overview

Not content with terrifying southeast Queenslanders with just one unsettling shipping container installation at a time, the folks at Realscape Productions have brought two of their disquieting Darkfield experiences to Movie World in the lead up to Halloween. The first, Séance, spells out how and why it gets eerie in its name. As for the second? The fact that it's called Flight also says plenty.

Like its sibling, this immersive favourite involves stepping inside a 40-foot steel box, sitting in pitch darkness and listening to a particularly immersive soundscape while the production plays with your sense of reality.

If you're not fond of flying or don't cope well with the possibility of things going awry in the air, you might want to stay away. If your nerves and stomach can handle all of the above, step onboard. You won't actually be jetting anywhere, of course; however you will be strapping yourself into a section of a real commercial airliner, then pondering the many possible outcomes if the cabin suddenly happened to lose pressure. Created by Glen Neath and David Rosenberg, Flight draws upon the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics while taking attendees on a multi-sensory journey.

If you're keen, Flight forms part of the theme park's October Fright Nights on Friday and Saturday evenings. That means that you do need to buy a ticket to the whole shindig, then nab a ticket to this on top; however, you will get to enjoy this particular experience, plus everything else that's on the Fright Nights agenda. On that list: spooky entertainment, creepy precincts, themed mazes (some of which also cost extra) and, of course, Movie World's rides.

Buckle up, and prepare to have your head completely messed with — unless you're claustrophobic, pregnant, or suffer heart or back conditions, in which case you'll have to firmly stay on the ground.

by Alex Purcell

Image: Mihaela Bodlovic.