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HEY GUYS! Remember that there are several members here with opinions that may not be as familiar with the event or how things work as some others. We're getting pretty tired of hiding posts because some can't stop acting like assholes to others with the witty remarks and sarcasm. This is a theme park event held for entertainment purposes. You are not some Norse god of Halloween Horror Nights. I'm going to start adding warning points leading to suspensions and bans when I have to remove a post because someone has to whip their e-peen out. Grow up and act your age.

Thank you, thank you so much. We are all here to have fun not to fight over technical details. However, I am actually a Norse God of Halloween Horror Nights. But you don't have to worship me unless you want to.

^weekdays, 4am on DisneyXD In regards to "Photograph", the house was never started/partially built. It was to be a replacement for AWIL, but was replaced by SH which had to be fast-tracked. But yes... if it indeed has become reality, UPT facade would be epic. Nothing will be known about scarezones until later this month when whatever scarezone themeing they do appears. Other than that, don't expect SZ info until the full website reveal & then whatever details leak out from rehearsals next month. First of all, the original Scareapy was in 2003. Secondly, 2006's Scareapy was the best Scareapy out of the 4. How you thought it was an insult to the cast (some of who had worked the original)/designers (you do realize that the same people who designed the original, designed all 3 sequel houses?) The house finally got a proper facade. And it had one of the most successful (yet simple) effects- a blackout every 15 minutes. You'd hear Jack's "pop goes the weasel" song and then the entire asylum would "power down" into blackness which would send the scareactors into a frenzy. If you were lucky enough to witness the blackout when entering the soundstage, you'd see that the lighted windows of the facade also went out. 2006's house had the balance of scares & comedy. Something 2007 & 2010's Scareapy lacked.

Ah I loved the original film! Very suspenseful and naturally creepy. The new film also looks great. The whole setting of Silent Hill is just very ominous. I hope I can go this year because I feel like it can be translated so well into a house.

Yeah, see, for me, it's being put into the middle of a movie scene that I find the most unappealing. If the story has been told right, then I should have felt that when I watched the movie. When I walk through a house, I want to see and experience something new. A house shouldn't need a tie-in to make it memorable, imo. If it does, then the creative force behind the house, I feel, has failed. And I'm not coming down on all IP houses as bad, or saying that people who like them are wrong. Just do something unique with them. If you're going to do Walking Dead, give me original characters and settings. Put it in a different city, for example. And as on the fence as I am about the Alice Cooper house, I commend the fact that it's using the IP as inspiration, but then doing its own thing. I hope that Silent Hill follows suit. Honestly, I think that's the best way to utilize IP's in a setting like this. It gives you the ability to capitalize on marketing (as was mentioned earlier) and bring in some familiar iconography, while also giving attendees something new. And it doesn't tie A&D's hands in what they can create. It's also something that the parks already do with their normal attractions. Jurassic Park, MiB, The Simpsons, Spider-Man, and the others all throw you into their respective worlds, but then give you a new adventure. You're not just living an episode of The Simpsons you saw on Fox last week, or riding along with J and K while they fight Edgar. Jurassic Park, while loosely following the same story beats, puts you in a setting that wasn't in the film and then branches from there. If IP's are going to be used in HHN, then that's what I want. It's a way to be original within the confines of an established universe.

LOL...hard to tell which I'm leaning with old Mcdouchebag Shane huh? That somewhat redeems Carl for me then, he shot Shane in the comic book and on the show...that makes up for him being an annoying little kid otherwise...LOL Then have other characters telling Lori "See, this is what happens when you don't keep an eye on your kid during the zombie apocolypse".

I put this together in about 10 min. Granted it's rough but its better than what we got. Anyway my idea of what they somewhat should be teasing us with for SH. Note: if the music starts before the images, just reload the page. I didn't bother to put in a page buffer as it was something I did quick. click

I claimed HHN goddess on the Vault. Any possible clues coming our way soon, good doctor? I want to know if I should begin mourning the "photograph" house.

Victorian house could have some literary references to it. There are many Gothic Fiction horror stories from that time period.

I'm a Vegas nut so I am pumped for P&T... I really like the facade a lot... I am just wondering what would be inside... like a jacked up carrot top, freaky ass cirque du solei things running around, maybe see Donnie and Marie Osmond as being eatin by an Elvis zombie... No i'm not serious but I would looooove it

For me, Jason, Freddy, Saw, etc, are overused in general when it comes to Halloween/horror related events. I think because each of them have such huge franchises in general, for me at least, seeing that an event like HHN is just oversaturation. Again, that's just me. I can very easily understand how you can enjoy the IP houses so very much, it's great to be put into the middle of a scene that replicates one of your favorite movies. Which is probably why I'm looking forward to The Walking Dead so much this year. It's my favorite show and I'm really looking forward to seeing how it feels to be engulfed into that environment!

You would think so, but the album the house is built off of is a concept album. From Wikipedia:

How are "3 of the 4" houses post-apocalyptic? Silent Hill isn't post-apocalyptic, as the city is a place where evil has come to be born. Alice Cooper isn't post-apocalyptic as it's literally a journey into Steven's nightmare. The Walking Dead, while technically a zombie apocalypse, is marketed and recognizable more as a standard zombie haunt. The closest to a true "post-apocalyptic" house is Penn and Teller, and that could simply be a single nuclear explosion and not necessary "apocalypse." At best, 2 of the four known IP houses could be loosely tied a "post-apocalyptic." The other two possible houses we know of, Gargoyles and the Mansion have no known apocalyptic aspect to them. And we know nothing about the Parade building. At this point, an over-arching theme, and especially an icon, are exceedingly doubtful. Trying to shoehorn a clue into everything doesn't work.

Its like my Fallout: New Vegas dreams have come true! Btw this is a joke before any of you attack me.

From Screamscape