Nightcrawler

I'm currently watching 'Psych.' When that ends @ 11, I'll have a Pepsi so I can get a fresh burst of caffeine, do a little Bible reading, and just generally find other stuff to keep me busy until all Hell breaks loose.

So, is tonight the "Big Night" or something?

Was there an audio hint of Bloody Mary? I remembered hearing audio hints of the Director and the Storyteller, but I don't recall hearing any for Mary.

It's HHN's 20th anniversary, so of course it's going to be a reunion- esque year.

I'll definitely be getting a FFP again this year, like I have the last 3 years. Such a good deal, and I can really get my money's worth on it (Last year, thanks to my FFP, I went to HHN 10 times, for roughly the price of 2 one- night passes). Does anyone know if Ticketmaster and its connected stores (i.e. fye, Spencer Gifts) will be selling tickets to HHN again this year?

Similar things have been put up, I believe. As the for your second question, definitely. I'd imagine the teaser site is no more than a week or two away, this is just to show us that they haven't forgotten us.

Indeed. In order for Audrey Geisel (Dr. Seuss' widow) to give Universal permission to build Seuss Landing, they had to promise her that, when HHN came around, Seuss Landing would not be used for anything scary. That's why, in the past, all they've done with Seuss Landing was have some odd lights and play its normal music backwards.

Brilliant idea! Maybe the videos could then be sold to them as souvenirs as they leave the House! It would beat the hell out of the "Photo of yourself on the roller coaster" souvenir idea! Maybe in the queue line video or as you're passing through the theater, the Usher says things like, "Oh, I can't wait to see this movie, it's the biggest event this old theater has seen in decades!"

It's not much, but at least it shows that they're getting ready.

As you wish! House 1: Evil Dead; The Curse of the Necronomicon. Concept: In the mood for a relaxing weekend in the woods, you find yourself staying at an isolated cabin in the heart of the wilderness. Unfortunately, someone read from the Necronomicon, and now the woods are crawling with Deadites! Ash could help you, but in the heat of battle, he may have a hard time differentiating between Deadites and regular humans! Queue line entertainment: Video clips from the Evil Dead Series. House 2: Psychoscareapy: Fun in the Sun. Concept: The lovely beachside town of Starfish Bay has long been a popular destination for college students on Spring Break, eager to cut loose and have fun. However, it's about to get some particularly rowdy tourists: The escaped inmates of Shadybrook Mental Hospital! Now, you'll have a lot more to worry about than just running out of sunblock, as the homicidal lunatics decide to show everyone their own idea of partying! Queue line entertainment: Similar to the queue line entertainment for the previous PS House, "Home for the Holidays," rather than a video, a radio broadcast will be played of tropical/ Spring Break type music, interspersed with fake news reports relating to Starfish Bay and Shadybrook Mental Hospital. House 3: Scary Tales: World of Pure Mutilation. Concept: You've won a Golden Ticket to tour Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory, but upon entering the facility, you'll soon wish you hadn't. Each room of the nightmarish candy factory reveals new horrors too grisly for a kids' book, and if you're not careful, YOU may end up becoming the secret ingredient in one of Wonka's confections! "Oompa Loompa doopity do, a gruesome fate is waiting for you!" Queue line entertainment: Clips from both Wonka movies, as well as the trailer for the fake movie 'Gobstopper' (For those who haven't seen it, go to Youtube and enter the words "Gobstopper Trailer" as search terms). House 4: S.S. Frightanic: Welcome Aboard! Concept: The ghostly vessel has returned, and is taking new passengers on a cruise. It isn't staying afloat for long however, and in order to escape this rapidly- sinking ship, you'll have to face both undersea creatures that think you look delicious, and the spirits of the ship's former crew and passengers who are eager to have you join them, permanently! It will take all your cunning to keep from ending up in a watery grave. Queue line entertainment: The Travel Agent talks in a video about the ship's history, while deliberately avoiding or glossing over the more disturbing details of it. As she does this, you see brief but unmistakeable glimpses of the ghosts in the background. House 5: Joy Ride: End of the Line. Concept: A cross- country road trip turns deadly in a hurry as, while you're at a secluded rest stop, you unwittingly run afoul of the deranged truck driver known only as "Rusty Nail." He has a real bad temper, a love of carnage and bloodshed, and a truck powerful enough to reduce anyone it hits to a greasy red smear on the Interstate. This will be a road trip to remember, if you can make it out alive. Queue line entertainment: Clips from the two "Joy Ride" movies (With a special focus on the far superior first film, of course). House 6: Voodoo Nightmare (Lame title, I know, and I promise I didn't steal the concept from the member who proposed a voodoo- themed event). Concept: On a lush tropical island, you can spend the day exploring the fascinating jungles or soaking up the sun on its many beaches. However, at night, you find yourself more interested in fleeing for your life. You are pursued throughout the island by both predatory jungle beasts, and by voodoo cultists looking for human sacrifices. Queue line entertainment: Similar to "S.S. Frightanic: Welcome Aboard!", we see a video of the Travel Agent speaking quite fondly of the island, though the video still contains clear hints as to the terrors that await. House 7: Castle Vampyr: Resurrection. Concept: Your travels take you to an isolated European castle rumored to have once been the home to a clan of bloodthirsty vampires. Upon entering the castle, you soon find that such rumors are NOT exaggerated. The vampires are real, and eager to feast upon your blood to nourish themselves. Queue line entertainment: I'm not sure what entertainment (If any) they offered for the first istallment of "Castle Vampyr," but for this one, I'm thinking a video of clips from a "Ghost Hunters"- esque fake reality show, ending abruptly as the vampires get them. House 8: Cinematic Slaughterfest. Concept: You've been invited to tour the set for an upcoming horror film. The animatronic monsters and prop weapons all look so real, and you soon find out that's because they ARE! You find yourself being chased through the set by monsters and maniacs, all while a familiar filmmaker from Horror Nights past records your struggles as part of his own horror film. Queue line entertainment: A video of the Travel Agent talking about the horror movie and its set, at one point being interrupted by a special message from the Director. So, what do you think?

Bits of a few of them are on Youtube, in varying levels of quality. I'd love to see the ones for 'Leave it to Cleaver' and 'Nightmare on Elm Street: Dreamwalkers.'

In the Vault, I had a whole event put up (All it was missing were scarezones, I couldn't figure out those). The event would be subtitled "Travels in Terror," as the Houses each involve some kind of trip or vacation which turns into a holiday from Hell. The Icon that I and a couple other vaulters helped me come up with was a travel agent. Unlike past Icons like Bloody Mary or the Caretaker, she was not going to be a big, immersive icon, just someone seen in the commercials and a few of the queue line videos, and unlike those Icons, she's not intentionally evil; She just unwittingly sends people to these locales that end up being VERY hazardous to their health, and doesn't understand why they tend to come back insane or near death, if they come back at all. I came up with House descriptions (A total of 8 Houses) and the queue line entertainment for each one. Want me to post them here?

2007. Up until then, I had long wanted to go, but between the fact that I lived in Naples and the fact that my parents were never big fans of horror, the closest I could usually come was just gazing longingly at the website. However, that changed in 2007, when I was accepted to Asbury Seminary in Orlando. So, that year was my first HHN, and I loved it! I continued loving it more and more each year, and this year may be my last year (Since it'll be my senior year @ Asbury), but I'll see if I can pull some strings to go at least 1 or 2 nights next year!

Although you only actually SEE Jack, the Caretaker, and the Usher, the scarezone featured audio clues for the Director and the Storyteller.

We've had at least some kind of weird visual House each year for the last three HHN's (2007- Jack's Funhouse, 2008- Dead Exposure, 2009- Chucky), so we'll probably get something along those lines this year. The Hallow was certainly an awesome House. And, now that you mention it, I'm fairly certain we saw one of those Pumpkinhead guys from it in the preview Scarezone last year! We also saw one of the Body Collectors there, too, so I'm sure they are going to appear this year in some form or other.

Yeah. To paraphrase Dr. Evil, "Throw us a frickin' bone here, Universal!" Though, there is one bit of good news relating to the release of the permits: It confirms that they'll be using the Parade Building again this year! I consider this good news because for the past 2 years, the Houses located in the Parade Building have been widely considered to be the best/ most popular Houses of those respective years (Scary Tales 3 in '08, and Silver Screams last year). The Parade Building is quite spacious, seems to accomodate special effects easily (Unlike the Jaws Queue, which only works well for Houses which require little or no special effects), and is good at presenting multiple different, rapidly changing environments/ sets. I wonder what they'll use it for this year, maybe Jack's House or Silver Screams 2?

That's a distinct possibility. Never would have thought of that.

I voted to have fun, though there is another reason not listed here: Peronal fulfillment/ enrichment. See, those who know me personally know that I tend to be a rather nervous, jittery person, and I've frequently had to put up with people calling me 'wuss' for one reason or another. HHN gives me the opportunity to prove to myself that I am NOT a coward, that I'm capable of being brave, of going into places that I know will scare the crap out of me, yet doing it anyway and facing my fears. That provides me with a good deal of personal satisfaction for a long time afterwards, not to mention the nice adrenaline rush nocturas describes, especially right after leaving a House. That can then inspire me to be braver in other aspects of my regular life. In that sense, going to Halloween Horror Nights helps personally enrich me.

I wonder when they'll have the new site up? Shouldn't they at least have the Archival version of it (The drawers with videos, papers, etc., pertaining to each year) up by now?

I'd agree that a John Carpenter's 'Halloween' House would be cool. However, there is another movie I would gladly pay extra to see made into a House, which nobody here seems to have brought up: 'Trick 'r Treat.' It truly is the epitome of a Halloween film. It was cool and scary, it's already getting a nice fan following, and the environments in it (The overly decorated lawn of the house in the beginning, Mr. Wilkins' house and basement, the forest clearing, and ESPECIALLY the abandoned quarry and Mr. Kreeg's dark house) would be perfect for a House.