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Nowadays, everyone fromJimmy Fallonto Janelle Monae to Shaq has a haunt.
It fully delivers where FallonsTonightmaresfalls flat.
That maze promises a peek inside the mind of Fallon, but gives us only generic alien/werewolf/murderous-hill-folk scenarios.
Its well done but could be anyones fears.
The WeekndsNightmare Trilogycould only come from The Weeknd.
And there are Easter eggs abouthis upcoming (final?)
album, all the better.
For instance, there is a scene in which hes being sawed in half.
Scare spoilers forThe Weeknd: Nightmare Trilogyfollow.
Yet another Weeknd greets you there and serves as DJ.
He likes Weeknd songs go figure.
Ordering them feels like a twisted version of the affirmations of Cafe Gratitude.
to get their version of an Adios, Motherfucker.
It comes with a gummy eyeball that bursts like a Gusher with sweet, vitreous fluid.
Old-Man Weeknd first appeared in the Out of Time video.
We see the Weeknds whole life and possibly even rebirth.
It feels as though Tesfaye is really ready to abandon the Weeknd persona.
This guy has already done it all.
Standing With Chappell
Tesfaye clearly finds fame monstrous.
Then the scare actors come out and you find that these paparazzi are literal leeches.
Surveillance and spectacle are themes that run throughout theNightmare Trilogy.
Youve got the paparazzi as well as aBody Doubleesque room with a telescope.
Were in a high-rise apartment with glass on all sides.
We can look out, but people can also look in at us.
Also, there are sexyBeholderbabes that pop out to scare you.
The chance to be perceived is thus a double-edged sword.
Tired of Sex
TheAfter Hoursmaze had a lot of scary plastic-surgery victims and extremely fuck-y energy.
The babes are gone, consigned toThe Idoland its gratuitous sex scenes.
Instead, everywhere you turn theres at least one Weeknd watching you watch him.
Evil Dentists
There was also a Weeknd who seemed to be addicted to nitrous oxide.
Could this be aKanye allusion?
The nitrous scene takes place in a room with dollar-bill wallpaper.
You become a business and a resource to exploit.
Evil dentists andketamine queenslurk in the shadows, ready to jump-scare you.
Sam Levinson?
As previously mentioned, theres a scene in which a Weeknd gets sawed in half.
Is this Sam Levinson?
Maybe if you shaved him.
Being trapped in your own oversexualized gimmick would be a fun, ironic punishment.
After the guy on the X-cross is a Super Bowl Weeknd being disemboweled.
We then walk through curtains made of his entrails.
We are guided by Carrey toward bright lights to accept our death.
These lights are extremely effective in ruining ones low-light vision, thus making the scares even more startling.
But thecatharsis promised by Carreys narrationnever comes.
There is no Heaven or hell, just death and purgatory, over and over again.
Maybe hell finally escape the karmic wheel afterHurry Up Tomorrows world tour.
