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peculia last won the day on January 22 2016

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  1. I don't think it was his criticism of the event that got him banned, annoying as many of us found it. I think it was his criticism of attendees and forum members. Remember last year's "Why do you all have such terrible ideas that will hurt the event? No really, I honestly want to know, I'm not just being a needlessly provocative ass"? Not to mention his passionate plea to raise ticket prices to keep the riffraff out of the event. Yeah, good times.
  2. I was partly right-- there was indeed a SyFy series based on the film Legion. It just wasn't the same name. The TV show was called Dominion, and ran for a couple of seasons a couple of years back.
  3. Dang, no classic horror fans here? What about White Zombie and I Walked With a Zombie? Both are amazing, but Dead Waters will look NOTHING like them, I'm pretty sure.
  4. Wasn't there also a Legion TV series on SyFy, or am I confusing it with something else? Anyway, my top pick for angel battle movies would be The Prophecy with Christopher Walken, which also features Viggo Mortensen as Satan (!). However, that movie has zero gothic aesthetic. The pics from the Fallen house look more like Hellraiser than any actual angels & demons stuff I've seen.
  5. I think the gold standard for scarecrow horror is supposed to be an 80's movie called Scarecrows, which I haven't seen but plan to watch before I go. I also really like Husk.
  6. Jesus, how do corporate types have the time to follow the forums at work? When I'm at work, I'm busy, you know, WORKING. And I'm sure you all get paid far better than I do... Anyway, I'm sure this came up on the general horror thread, but RIP Tobe Hooper. We've already lost Romero this year; I'm starting to feel absolutely bruised. But the reason I'm bringing it up is the recent rise in "mash-up" houses, with the Blumhouse announcement and the AHS megahouses. I know it's never gonna happen, but I wish they would consider doing mash-up houses based on one director's work. That way, you could pay tribute to a lot of lesser-known films by masters in the genre. I would LOVE to see a Hooper house with Fun House, Eaten Alive, and Poltergeist. Or, let another year go by to rid us of residual zombie fatigue, and do a George Romero house with scenes from ALL the Dead movies. Or, a Carpenter house with Prince of Darkness, They Live, In the Mouth of Madness, etc. I know in most cases it would be a rights nightmare to try to incorporate different properties, which might not have the same rights holders. I just love the idea of using a mash-up to showcase properties that have some great material, but not enough to sustain a house, or not enough stand-alone awareness with the GP.
  7. OMG, if they did that I hope they would play the Fall's "Hip Priest" in the basement scenes. That track has a shambling menace that helped cement my obsessive love for Silence of the Lambs AND the Fall. That said, I would rather see a maze based on Hannibal, but I don't see that happening.
  8. Fright Rags is my hands-down favorite, but I agree that Redbubble is pretty great. I can also recommend TeePublic (nice shirts, TERRIBLE search engine). For more horror-specific sites, I also like November Fire and Rotten Cotton, and for general Halloween images, Sinister Visions. Yes, I own a LOT of t-shirts. Happy shopping!
  9. Well, I'm pretty much steeped in horror entertainment year 'round; I read Rue Morgue, listen to spooky music (dark roots/gothic country, horror punk, psychobilly, etc.), see every horror movie I think has a chance of not being garbage, attend horror-centric film festivals, theater, conventions, and so on. But the one thing that really scratches my itch for HHN, whether it's February and there's nothin' out there or it's August and time for the countdown to haunt season, is watching documentaries on haunts. I have a whole collection I watch at least once a year. The Art of the Scare is the first one I watch, of course, but Season of Screams (about Knott's Scary Farm) and Halloween: the Happy Haunting of America are essentials as well. There's a great one on the Witch's Dungeon classic monster museum, and a number of cheap but entertaining docs about home haunters (the best one, American Scream, was sadly dropped from Netflix but is still on Amazon, I think). Also, I loved Travel Channel's Making Monsters series about the Distortions prop & animatronics business, and there's a web series about a famous Chicagoland haunt co-run by John La Flamboy ( I think the series might be called Days of the Dead?) that's run into numerous seasons (haven't watched all of them). Nothing else eases the pain OR gets me amped for the season like watching a good behind-the scenes haunt doc.
  10. This grown-ass woman CRIED with joy over this announcement. If I had the money and living space, I would decorate an entire room in my house as a tribute to Texas Chainsaw, bone furniture and all. No live chicken, though. Looks like I may have to try and book the UTH tour this year... See y'all there, BITCH HOGS!
  11. Regarding Bone Tomahawk: Personally, I thought it was a great movie. However, it's a Western (albeit a bloody one) for the first hour and 45 minutes, and a horror film for the last 30 minutes. Not great material for a house. Also, Zahn McClarnon's character is basically a distraction to justify wiping out an entire Native tribe, soooo... kinda racist, too. Still, I could see them cherry-picking some elements to fit into an original Western concept (if this happens I will WEEP with joy).
  12. Okay, full disclosure-- I thought OTHER people might get tired of classic monsters if we see them too often, and I don't want to hear the whining. We can have 'em every year as far as I'm concerned, and I would LOVE for them to have a stronger presence in the park year-round (especially now that Beetlejuice is leaving). Please forgive me! I even have a Bride of Frankenstein tattoo!
  13. Though I agree to a certain extent with others who feel we had an awful lot of the classic Universal monsters this year and that it might be best not to see them again so soon, there's one thing I would love to see: Phantom of the Opera should get his own house. I imagine that many don't find him all that frightening, but in the book and the Chaney film, he kills a LOT of people-- drowning, strangling, dropping a massive chandelier during a performance-- and ends with trapping the heroes in a mirrored torture chamber and nearly blowing up the opera house. Also, he could appear masked, unmasked, and in his Red Death masquerade costume, so it wouldn't get monotonous. The sets would be stunning, reminiscent of Nevermore and Gothic, and I could imagine many great theatrical effects suggested by the Phantom's skill with illusions and secret passages. Ideally, they would bring back the Usher as the event icon and really utilize him properly, and this house, based on his favorite movie, would be a "feature presentation". Maybe someday...
  14. I would love to see Bloodengutz and Nightingales come back, but my number one wish would be Ghost Town. 2004 was my first year attending, and that may have been the first house I went in, so it made quite an impression. Besides, the "weird Western" genre is a favorite of mine, and very underutilized east of the Mississippi (though I believe quite a few haunts in the Western and Southwestern regions feature Western horror).
  15. Personally, I'm not so much offended by serial killers as I am doubtful of their entertainment value. Generally speaking, they are average-looking people who commit crimes in banal settings. A scarezone themed to Gacy's stomping grounds? Believe me, I look at suburban Chicagoland every day and it is NOT visually compelling. Nor would either rural or urban Wisconsin, as far as I can recall, be any more exciting. I love historically-based houses, don't get me wrong, but it's best when history is just a jumping-off point. Too much realism would spoil the magic, I think.
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