NJ's Action Park Center Stage In New Documentary: WATCH

VERNON, NJ — You can't go back and relive the past, and in the case of New Jersey's infamous Action Park, you might not want to. But you can take a look back, thanks to a new documentary focusing on the known-for-injuries amusement park.

Titled "Class Action Park," the documentary tells "the legend of the world's most dangerous amusement park."

"It was known as a lawless land, ruled by drunk teenage employees and frequented by even drunker teenage guests. The rides were experimental and illogical, and seemed to ignore even the most basic notions of physics or common sense—not to mention safety," the makers say on the film's website. "Let’s put it this way: There was an enclosed tube waterslide that went in a complete loop—and that wasn’t even close to the most dangerous ride at the park."

Action Park, located in Vernon, was open from 1978 to 1996. During that time, six people died and countless others suffered fractures, cuts, and other injuries. One ride, the Cannonball Loop, was so unsafe the Advisory Board on Carnival Amusement Ride Safety stepped in and shut it down.

"We would try to die for fun," comedian Chris Gebhardt jokes in the documentary trailer.

The documentary doesn't just look at the fun side of the park, though; it says it takes a look at alleged crimes and fraud committed at the park.

There is no release date set, but the website says its "coming soon." You can watch a full trailer before.

This isn't the first time in recent years the theme park has gotten the big screen treatment. "Action Point," starring Johnny Knoxville of Jackass fame, was set at a fictionalized version of the amusement park that becomes increasingly dangerous as it ramps up the intensity of its rides.

Why did people love the park so much if it was so dangerous? Here's what the History Channel has to say about it:

It wasn't just the thrill of the dangerous rides that kept kids coming back, summer after summer. It was also the park's "anything goes," choose-your-own-adventure mentality. Then-underage visitors remember being able to drink beer freely and run through the park without a care—or much in the way of adult supervision. In fact, doctors who treated the many injuries incurred at the park noted most people were intoxicated, regardless of their age. The employees (including Mulvihill's own five children) were often teenagers themselves, having as good of a time as the patrons.

It re-opened in 2014 under the Mountain Creek Waterpark moniker, and uses its safety measures as a selling point.