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I have a feeling this year's marketing is going to look a lot like The Number 23 with Jim Carrey. ^Unwishful thinking.

What's up everybody? I'm back on the boards for the year! (Sorry it took so long.) It's great to see all the wishful thinking for this year already. I'm a little behind on reading over the pages, and I tried to go back a few, but here are some of my responses: MAIN ICON - I think this is legitimate wishful thinking, but it will remain that way. I, too, enjoyed the days of through-line stories for all the houses with a main icon driving the story. Unfortunately, I think those days are since passed, and we will see more scattered and varied houses and SZs. THE WALKING DEAD - I could certainly see this happening again, considering there has been a whole season and a half in the show where they're in a jail and Woodbury, completely different scenarios from the hospital, store, road and ranch house that were featured in this past years event. Again, there are definite logistics that come with doing another year of TWD, considering that was the main focus of the year before. It might not be the star of the year again, but I could see a sequel house happening. ALTERNATE REALITY - Heather, your ideas were fantastic. The idea of an alternate reality theme could be amazing. What would happen if the website took you through the original story line (i.e. with your example of the election theme - the politicians campaign spots). For instance, you can explore the politician's home or offices in one reality (website), then you would be able to see the same exact building and scenarios, only in the alternate reality (in park). This, however, requires a decent amount of research on the website to get a full experience, and I think HHN has figured out that the majority of people who use their site get on for tickets, and then get off so they can just be scared at the event. Ultimately, it's very cut and dry recently. There's a lot of ideas and wishful thinking that would be a great change of pace, but unmarketable to the generic public that comes through the gates. For my own wishful thinking, of course some AMH: Asylum would be my ultimate horror house, but I fell in love with Dead Space 3 after its release, and would love to experience Issac Clarke's world first-hand. http://www.viddler.com/embed/3355ec72/?f=1&offset=0&autoplay=0&secret=105073814&disablebranding=0&view_secret=105073814

Just tripped balls.

So there's a couple things I want to touch on since I'm just catching up with a few pages of posts. One of my biggest pet peeves with HHN is all the picture taking. 7 was a great way to offer pictures and scares, if the people taking the pictures were courteous and stepped off to the side. Not only do all these picture takers ruin the mood of the SZ, they create one hell of a traffic problem. And it's funny, the pictures seem to be something that has only really been a problem in the past few years. Maybe it was just me, but I never noticed any problems with it back in the original Jack and Eddie days. At least, not taking pictures of/with the actors. Secondly, I MISS the icon houses and welcome shows. Every year they had a new way to off an audience member, which in my opinion, was creepy and funny all at the same time. From the Caretaker ripping out someone's heart to Jack throwing someone in a giant blender. As for the Icon houses, Scream House was easily one my favorite of all of them. (excluding the leather face, Freddy, jason houses which were epic IMO) I miss the days of going INSIDE your icon's realm. The Director's movies, the Storyteller's books, even the Usher's movie theatre. They, along with the welcome show, extended on this icon that youve been hearig about for almost two months. Why have one if you're just going to stick her in a back alley somewhere in the park?

I agree with you to an extent. I think Uni is kind of under a microscope this year with the anniversary and everything. They won't get great press if HHN is seen as a cop out, which means there probably won't be any rehashes. I could see them doing a Universal Anniversary house that'll take you through some eras of the business, and I could stand a return of Bloodngutz to host it haha. But as for an anniversary theme for the entire event, I can't see Uni doing that, taking the easy way out...

Wooow, I'm glad I hopped on randomly to check on some 2012 updates! Wishful thinking... Hmmmm.... I'd love to see something new on the interactive front. Along the lines of LT, but something brand new, different and in depth. I miss the days of searching houses for clues and getting small updates via FB and the HHN website. I know it was something that took a lot of effort and that the majority of HHN patrons missed out on it. But I would like something new for the hardcore fans to interact with and make the 12th visit just as interesting as the first. Note: this isn't a "bring LT back" post. Stressing the NEW on this one.

We waited in two express lines last night with a 20-30 minute wait (saws and steam and the in between). Now to be honest, it didn't really seem that they had the most compitent people scanning expresses last night, so this could have been the cause....

Sitting in front of men in black now, quite a few drinks in and all the houses down. This is my second night and I gotta say, this is one of the better years I've seen in a long time. The houses were lacking overall tonight in scare factor, but going with a group that has never been before, it was interesting hearin their opinion on the night. Tonight, the ops were more obvious than they were on the night I went before (OCT 9th) and it was upsetting to see. I saw the nightingales scare with the body ripping though. Which is happy for me, I paused in that section to show the group I was with. But all in all, I want other opinion on this: was it just me or did it seem like SA were kind of "tired" and out of it tonight? No offense to anyone that worked, because you managed to scare my group well enough. But as a vet, I was hoping to be caught off guard by the majority of the night. Maybe it's my drunkenness talking. I dont know.....

I'm coming tonight (30th) with my two best friends, and we'll be making the best of our first Halloween horror nights being 21! (within reason, of course ) PM me if you want to grab a drink with us in the park! Come have a drink with us if you see us, too. We'll be at Chez Alcatraz a couple of times throughout the night! Picture of us in the "Let The Scaracters know..." thread, but I'll put it here too. http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/312672_10150382376598578_739353577_8512583_1593132500_n.jpg

My two best friends and I are coming tonight! (30th) Come scare us! http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/312672_10150382376598578_739353577_8512583_1593132500_n.jpg (I'm in the back seat XD)

Sounds like you got a cast change... that is why I always do a house 4-5 times. Because one shot could be terrible and the other be the best house ever. This house is my favorite of the year. I think they left out Halloween because the whole event is Halloween. As for the spoiler it is simply: [spoiler] your spoiler here [/spoiler] Thanks JW for the spoiler explanation. And no, I didn't see either of those, so I can only assume I missed both scares or it was a cast change. I saw the big opening where the FB should have been, but I wasnt sure if he was hiding back or just not there. We only had time last night for once through this one, so I'm excited to go back on the 30th and give it another shot. And I can understand not having Halloween, I guess I was just looking for the cliche' Halloween room, almost poking fun at the holiday. I mean, I think that'd be Uni's chance to almost "laugh at themselves", if you will.

Apparently I'm the minority here, but the sets were a little upsetting for me. I guess only because I really wanted to see more levels used. It's a soundstage, I would have loved to see the sets built up a little more. As for detail, yes. The momentos left at tombs were insanely cool. The scares were good, and the cold!!!! I guess I went in at the right time, I was freezing and yes, could see my breath. The lighting was just right for me, because I could see the detail. Not my favorite, but a really nice house. And end scene with cloaked actors and dummies. Got me both times. Great job!

POES! you were all fantastic! I can agree slightly with the rooms not being lit too well, it was hard for me to make out too much detail as I could in the others. This house ranked low for me on my list only because of the ending. The scares were fine, but no offense to anyone working the ending, but it just seemed too forced for me. Hearing General Specifics explanation, I can see where it's coming from, and it's a great justification for the end scene. But in the moment, I would have much rather seen Poe going mad in his writing space or something like that than stacks of books with all his characters. The sound of paper flying around, an overturned desk, Poe freaking the fuck out, etc. Overall it was a good house, just not necessarily my favorite of the year.

I agree with pretty much everything that has been said, I can't say much else. Scaractors seemed to just hide I'm shadows. Which is great if you come out to scare... Stilt walkers, gotta hand it to ya, there was a group in front of me and so much fog that I looked up and saw this creepy ass winged bat (with perfect wing movements, by the way) and would have sworn there was something flying over everyone. Took me a few seconds before I actually saw the stilts. But as far as atmosphere goes, a much welcomed change of pace from the pumpkin-lined road, in my opinion. Something new and eerie looking. I will say this: there could have been a little more street props in the center of the road, giving the scaractors more "hiding places" to work with. Trees, shrubbery, etc.

Only went through once throughout the night, and I'm extremely upset. I had NO IDEA they changed like that! I can't wait to go back and see that! But yes, to add on to some of these comments, great scares! The casts are AMAZING here! But please people, if you want to take pictures of the girls MOVE TO THE SIDES OF THE STAGES SO PEOPLE CAN WALK!!! it was a trainwreck watching everyone and there mother trying to take pictures, clumping the middle of the streets. Great job though, cast! Best scarezone cast of the night for me!

All I can say about this zone is this: the little minion guys are sick, and reminiscent of Body Collectors to me, which is amazing. That an somebody please cast the girls tonight playing Lady Luck on th commercial next time! Luck be MY lady tonight?!

My vote for the best house, no question! You Foresaken have me going! Went through twice, loved every effing second of this house! I know it's been mentioned about the eyes, and I partially agree. Out of all the houses I've been through in 14 years, this would easily be my favorite I've been in if the actors could turn their eyes on and off easily without being a nuisance for them. HOWEVER, you guys make that shit work, regardless! And I just have to say, in the Cathedral, whoever is standing completely still in the wind, center of the room is A-MAZING! So damn still, the second time through after being scared shitless the first time, I completely forgot to watch out for them, and they were so still, I didn't give it a second thought, and they got me just as bad. And the sideways floor? What can I say that hasn't already been said? Fucking EPIC house! Keep it up!!!

For me, this house was ten times better than the first Thing house we had. Having said that, I agree that the masks looked way too similar in different parts of the house. The scares were great though and the overall atmosphere for me, especially the facade, was amazing. The one thing I truly HATED about this house though was the ending hallway, with the strobes and such. That belonged at the beginning, or something like that. The last scene with the Thing coming through the ceiling was an amazing way to climax the house. The fact there was a 30 ft hallway of nothing but strobes after that made me feel very anticlimactic. In my opinion, the house should have ended with that scene. Otherwise, the cast was awesome, given the repetitive costumes they had, they still got some great scares. With the repetitive mask you're speaking of, was it just me, or were they all having to hold onto it because it was so big on their face? It was extremely distracting that they had to hold their masks in order to keep it on and make a scare. Once the "boo" factor was gone, it was kinda sad to see.

Favorite house of the night. Went through twice and scared the shit out of me twice. The sets as it's been said were fantastic. It seemed like Uni might have reused Wolfman walls and just put wood up in front (rock walls, I mean) but it worked, and I loved it. Great job to whichever cast I had! HOWEVER. My brother was lucky enough to see this "rip scene" and he was right behind me. The problem with this effect is that it's at the end of a corridor. If it was placed differently in the house, to where the entire line of people in the room could see the effect it would be appreciated by a lot more people. When my brother told me what happened outside the house, I was so frustrated I didn't see it. Then, second tome through in the night, there was no body even there (assuming they just got done doing the effect). That one complaint aside, I loved this house. Top of the list for me!

I was upset with the majority of this house. For the 30 seconds I saw of the opening video (using Express passes, I didnt get to see much) I loved HR. and I loved the videos in between each room. However, please help me understand what holiday was with I was so lost in that one room, I had no clue what was going on. (Ps, if I need to start hiding spoiler stuff on my own, someone PM me and tell me. Or explain on here how to do that) I enjoyed the house, but it wasn't nearly as good as I was hoping it would be. The scares were weak when we went through. Nothing against the actors, it just didn't seem like it was designed very well for the scares. And with that, I would have liked to see every room have a comedy to it. I never saw a Halloween room, which if done right could have been amazing. I never saw an Easter Bunny, which would have made half the house for me. (maybe I was walking through on a cast shift? Is there normally one?) and the rooms weren't long enough for me. The Christmas room was 2x as long as all the others. The TV sections took up a lot of space and had a lot of downtime in between rooms. Yet, I enjoyed the little TV bits. I don't know, it's half and half for me on this house.

Extremely disappointed with this. Had nothing to do with actors or anything, since the entire night there were none. I walked through three times throughout the night, at different times, to see if they had added the scaractors for the night. They were never there. Every other scarezone had actors in it, even in the "mist" rain. I don't know who makes the call as to when to pull scaractors from the streets, but whoever made the decision to not put anyone in this zone all night made a horrible call. I'm extremely disappointed that I couldn't experience this zone, when all the other zones were just fine having actors on the streets. If it were a safety issue with wet streets, I guess I could understand that. But then again, isn't teenage girls running from chainsaws on wet roads a hazard too?

The sign youre speaking of is kind of like the wall used for the ghost behind the wall in the LT house last year. As for my thoughts, some great moments in this house. The industrial feel is insane. The goriness is outstanding, it didn't really look like they had any filter on how gory they wanted to go. One of my favorite scenes was: (spoiler) the cutting of the calf muscle. What a gruesome scene, it was fantastic. If you want gore in a house, this is the way to go. As for the Jaws queue discussion, I agree Friday the 13th takes it, and this was definitely a close second. But I loved Ship of Screams too :/

Well, let me say this about the In-Between. The 3D effect was used to it's extent, unlike Clown-O-Vision. The sure the scaracters might not have been completely terrifying, but there were moments where I was so disoriented, the fact that people were even there was scary. I thoroughly enjoyed just enjoying the trippy feeling of the house. I'd walk through it as a funhouse and be happy with just that, minus any scares. Great effect work for the house.

Definitely deserves zone of the week! The only reason it didnt get my vote for best of the night (OCT. 9) was just the sheer effects of Acid that blew me away. I do agree it was a little too short for me. If there was an extra 5 feet on either side extended out, to make it feel a little mor enclosed, it would get my vote for zone of the year. The ominous feeling of the cloaks were insanely creepy. Great job to the scaractors tonight!

Overall effects were astounding. Crumbling buildings and costuming, street props, etc. The only thing I can complain about is the rain, which washed away some of the street designs in the barricades before I could see them. Other than that, one of the coolest scarezones I've seen in a long time. Scarator wise, everyone was so into it, it felt amazing. Great job everyone!