Ghost Cinema

After the final screening, spirits stir

By day, Edward Ghoston sells tickets; after dark, the cinema has a different story to tell. Cursed projectionist Aaron Stone opens a ghostly gateway on the screen using his projector. The Alley Mystery crew arrives to investigate what is haunting the building. You build a narrow, twentieth-century-style street cinema, complete with arched windows, a ticket booth and a vertical marquee. Broken panes, hidden ghosts and a shadowy palette hint that this is no ordinary night at the movies. Switch on the lights and violet-lit windows and a red arch cast an eerie glow across the frontage.

The 2,441-piece build creates a two-storey modular building with a foyer, auditorium, toilets and projection room. Hinged side walls and a removable upper floor let you reach the furnished rooms and their features. Among the ghost effects are a swaying spirit at the entrance, a pop-up ghost in the auditorium, an eyeball candy dispenser and a lowering mechanism at the monster altar. Twelve built-in LEDs offer steady, pulsing and flashing light, with wiring concealed inside the structure and power supplied via USB-C. As you build, detailed architecture gives way to interior scenes, moving mechanisms and carefully routed cables.

For experienced builders and horror fans, the finished cinema works as both an illuminated display and an interactive scene. Connections at the sides let you place it alongside other Pantasy modular buildings. Five minifigures bring the story to life: Aaron Stone, Edward Ghoston, and Alley Mystery's Lena Cross, Marco Steele and Tommy Reed. Printed details, gold-finished elements and glow-in-the-dark pieces reward a closer look long after the build is done.