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Looks so sinnister...

plastic sheets... creeeepy....

Yep, this was the video game arcade. The bumper car structure was an open structure which was burned down at the end of the 1990's.

never pictured cupid with a compund bow... but loving the subject... you're brilliant

The HOUSE OF HORRORS, this was a rare darkride. They don't make them like this one anymore. Infact the darkrides they make these days rather suck to put it bluntly. House Of Horrors was awsome, I loved this old ride. This was a "GHOST TRAIN" type darkride. That means you ride through two levels in a car on a track.

The exterior was a piece of art sculpture. Made of gunited concrete the house looked like a spooky old castle growing out of a cliff. Originally there was a giant Viking and Dragon on the exterior facade. When you stand back and look at this ride the castle tower on the left looks like a giant skull, this was creepy to me when I was a little kid. They used black lights and flourecent painted diaramas inside. This really was an awsome darkride. One of my favorite parts is the unexpected CRASH each time your car crashes through wooden double doors between scenes. The ride had great tricks (stunts) inside. Way back in the day there was a big foam rubber hand that would hit you in the face. Unfortunately our sue happy culture caused that great stunt to be removed from the ride. Other creepy diaramas included: A huge six foot spider overhead starring you down, A headless family in a living roon setting, A saw mill grinding a body, A cemetary with pop-up animitronics, A King Cobra snake, A hangman in the gallows, A bat's cave, Wall of fire (Cool flames painted on a wall where it looks like your car drives through it). This was an awsome old ride.

Rocky Point Park was a huge piece of Americana. This was one of the first amusement parks in the U.S. The park was built in 1847 and originally was a place for the rich folks. Not far from the park is Newport, where America's only true Giulded Age Mansions are. This was true high society in the day.

Rocky Point went through two horrible hurricanes, one in the 1930's and the other in the 1950's. The sad thing is those hurricanes destroyed alot of the original structures and rides that would otherwise still be there. They lost a mammoth wooden roller coaster and some really cool Victorian structures. So the park was rebuilt twice. The original Shore Dinner Hall was on stilts at the water front, it was beautiful. The hurricanew ate that building and the new Shore Dinner Hall was built of brick on land in the 50's.

New owners in the 80's and 90's mismanaged the park. They basically ran the park into the ground with thier poor management. The park closed in the red in 1995 and was auctioned in 1996. It still leaves a tear in my eye. This wonderful little park is part of history and all of my childhood. Under better management this park would still be alive.

Rhode Island also lost a few other great parks. Crescent Park was another great old park in Riverside, Rhode Island. Now boring and overpriced condominiums sit on that site. Atleast the condo developer restored and kept the Crescent Park Carousel on site.

Rhode Island is a beautiful place in the Summertime. This park was on the water, so it was really wonderful during the Summer.

The building was shaped like an Airplane Hanger. They used that type of structural system because it would allow them to have a large open area inside. The Palladium was a Ball Room back in it's early days during the Big Band era.

The next big building not seen in this photo was the Penny Arcade. This has the video arcade games inside. The next large scale structure, also nt seen. It the Shore Dinner Hall. BEST CLAM CAKES in the world! I miss Rocky Point Clam Cakes! This really was a great park in the day.

This structure housed one of the little Kiddie Rides. I think they were the little boats that went around and round. The park also has a very collectable ride we called the Catapiller, because it was shaped like a Catapiller. I can't remember the exact name, but a plaque said this ride was an original and one of only a few left. It was built at the turn of the last century.

The Carousel House is one of the original structures from 1847. Originally this building has big wooden doors that sealed off the carousel during the harsh Winters in Rhode Island. I am amazed that this, one of the original structures is still standing. All through the 1970's and 80's we visited this great park.

The Carousel was preserved as it was an original ride, hand carved and very collectable. They removed the carousel and stored it. Later it was restored and set up in a park in Westerly, Rhode Island. The Log Flume ride was sold to Enchanted Kingdom Theme Park, Laguna, Luzon, Philippines. The Corkscrew Coaster I think went to a park in Ohio. The only rides that didn't sell during the auction was the House of Horrors and the SkyLiner.

These photos have a dramatic impact on our family, all us kids grew up at Rocky Point. We spent every Summer visiting the park.

Perhaps she is looking for all the people that treated her wrong during her stay at the asylum? Maybe she is seeking retribution?

She(or it) appears ready to pounce, fly across the room with feet only inches from the floor and do harm to anything she(or it) finds distasteful.

Mr. Motts,
Now be honest, if you were exploring the halls of Northampton alone at night, rounded a corner and there she was standing there looking exactly like that?
Could your UR heart stand that jolt? I'd more than likely leave a deposit in the skiffies, run like a true madman and never enter one of these places again-----at least voluntarily!

Hope your happy, I will not sleep tonight after seeing that image! Keep up the good work Motts!

That's sucks that they weren't allowed to do that! It would have been cool to read what they would have inscribed!