Images of Dutch fantasy-themed amusement park, Efteling. These are mainly postcards from the 1980s, when I visited it; the park is much bigger now. In fact, it’s huge.

The dragon (last image) became livid when you came near its chest of gold, breathing smoke into your little kid face and readying itself to pounce you. I was genuinely frightened. The Haunted Castle’s storytelling demon (image 7) was another true horror, it just casually sat there in the waiting room, sharing a tale of blood and death. One of the tombs in the graveyard read, “Puella Innocenta”—“innocent girl”. They weren’t kidding around.

The beauty of Star Wars matte paintings. For years, I had no clue I was looking at paintings.