Creative Juices Needed - Finale Room for an "unReality" haunt

[Chad Portenga]

I'm running into a creative dead end and could use some ideas - simple or complex.

I'm looking for an idea for a finale room in a haunt where the theme is, in a nutshell, illusions & things not being what they seem. We've got the standard 3D chroma rooms and hall, a black & white shrinking room (think Willy Wonka style), a tilted room (ever been to the Mystery Spot?) and even a "BIG" room (everything is oversized). But I'm drawing a blank on how to finish the haunt with a good scare.

Keep in mind that the other part of our haunt (2 haunts in 1 location) is Phobia based (snakes, coffins, etc.) so we're trying to keep the story lines separate.

Anyone, anyone, Bueller???

[Reverend Colt]

Ill give you a room that Tony Cooke came up with and we did 10 years ago. The Gift Shop

Regular room, not scary, normal florescent lighting.

Patrons come in and there is a lady there to take their glasses. Hang your t shirts and such up for ombiance. Sign and your lady say to sign the guest book for a free drink. When the first one heads for the refrigerator out pops your character from it. In your case I see a jester with a ski saw, but then I've never seen your haunt so that detail can be suit to fit. THIS ROOM WORKED AWSOME!

[Allen H]

You ever see an ames room? I think it fits your theme perfectly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ttd0YjXF0no

[Jim Warfield]

Here that are not so much scary as just very unusual and thereby entertaining(memorable?) Of course I built them and it was a lot of work, the whip marks are still festering(I'm such a tough guy to work for!)
One such room is a 40 foot high pointy tower that customers walk under, then look up and see the infinity straight above them, I lie, tell them it's done with mirrors, then later they are outside and see the tall pointy tower!
"It was Real!?"

[WeAreTheUnion]

You ever see an ames room? I think it fits your theme perfectly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ttd0YjXF0no

This would be awesome, especially if the actor in the room was on stilts and could start seated to exaggerate the "growth" even further.

[Chad Portenga]

You ever see an ames room? I think it fits your theme perfectly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ttd0YjXF0no

That's cool, however, since I just built a tilted room (I'll post pictures soon), this will have to wait until next year. Pretty cool effect - combines our shrinking room and my tilted room into one with a different effect!

[Chad Portenga]

Any more suggestions? Any twists to the above ideas? I like the ones above, but I'm thinking that they may need more than just a week or so to put together.

I was toying with the idea of a "little person" room as I know many people who are scared of little people (as in those with Dwarfism). Only one problem - finding some little people in the West Michigan area (Muskegon, Holland, Grand Rapids) who would be willing to volunteer. There's a "Rent-a-Dwarf" company in Lansing, but that's quite a drive and I doubt they'd be up for a donated service.

Any other ideas???

[Boni]

An upside down room

A mirrored effect on the ground so it looks like you are crossing a bridge over a huge hole