Legacy

Indeed. The idiots seemed to be out in droves Saturday night.

Finally got through it last night. House is alright, though it suffers from the need to be timed precisely in order to get the full effect of the house. Props to the statues, who were doing a great job, and the chair is one of the most amazing scares I have ever seen. Period. Nice to see the surprise character, too, though she is bit random. Went through it, enjoyed it, but it's not a house I'm itching to revisit. Ghost Town had better looking ghosts.

I'm one of the three in the first "hall of three" towards the end, right before the "excavation room." That set our room was on a roll, so yeah, we probably did get you good.

The only buttons in Catacombs are on our coats.

Just run through during B Cast shouting "Caw" the entire time and watch what happens.

That's our goal. We want to be the first tent to win it.

Um... the parade building IS a warehouse. The facade doesn't get much more accurate than that. EDIT - And just a thought. Who are the icons people are seeing in the finale?

I can't say for sure. Might've you, might not have been. So many people.

Actually, it's a girl in B Cast. We'll send her the kind thoughts though.

I really hope this is it for the icons this year. Let's get rid of them and force A&D to develop new characters and stories. And on a side note - I think I kept getting in your face in Catacombs. I'm not sure if it was you (because my eyesight gets really blurry about twenty minutes into the set), but you look really familiar from your pictures to someone I kept seeing going through the house.

If it was in a room towards the end of the house, you're welcome.

The one who is kicking it old school? I'm so glad he's there.

:shrug: Different interpretations, I guess. If that's the canon they're telling on the tour then I guess the official story. I prefer to think (other than being undead) that they don't have 'special powers' because I personally feel they are unnecessary. The Director sure doesn't have one, unless we are going to say its his supernatural charisma that convinces people to die for his art. I always 'read' the Storyteller's stories (intentional pun, sorry) as simply a visual representation of them; not them actually coming to life. The grandpa reading 'The Princess Bride' doesn't mean the Dread Pirate Roberts is real. It just gives us the visualization of the story. C'est la. It's not a huge thing.

There was some rumor that Edgar Allen Poe, or possibly Dr. Oddfellow, would be in the house. Obviously, neither are nor need to be.

Not quite. The Caretaker 'teleports' the same way Jason and Michael Myers 'teleport.' It's not really an ability, just effective for scares. I never viewed it as a special ability. The Storyteller never alluded to 'drawing you into a story.' She never did it in any marketing materials, and didn't do it for the Dungeon of Terror in 2006. Julian, granted, could have called down the lightening and sent the Wolfman, but I perceived him as more of a representative of the Palace Theater which was the mystical entity. The Director and Jack were simply serial killers.

We'll take it. We would rather be 'creepy' than 'cool.'

I take it you didn't catch the new words that had been bolded in what I quoted.

That's a big one, especially for Catacombs this year. The masks make breathing extremely difficult, and we have to take a step back in order to get some air every so often.

It works with the 'official' canon, but the original concept for Cindy had her escaping into the woods with the porcelain mask on her face. I just have a personal preference for that version of the story.

I don't like that story. I prefer to think that Cindy was taken to Good Harvest after running into the woods to escape the burning of her family and house. Giving her psychokinetic powers is unnecessary, considering no other icon has an "ability."

I'm curious about what time you went through the house, because once it's dark outside we can barely see as Scaractors in the house.

Fear looks way to similar to the Sentinels from HHN 13 for my taste.

Agreed. It's all good though. I'm excited for Saturday afternoon when there a ton of, "Catacombs was amazing!!!1!!!" posts filling the site.

If I remember correctly, they charge full price on event nights, which is $15.