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Since it has been debated for a while here, I figured I'd give my perspective on my scene, namely the one people at times refer to as either "The Cask of Amontillado" or "The Black Cat." I find that this room works best if you imagine it as a point in which Poe is on the verge of insanity and metaphorically (represented literally) is walling in his insanity, leading to both of the aforementioned stories that deal with sealing something away to blend togerther for him. So in short, both stories are used in the room. While portraying Poe here, I like to imagine that his actions in the protrait chamber have left him insane, but he retains a forced lucidity with hints of his soon to be full madness (seen in the finale where everything blends together) coming out in short bursts.

This was actually a detail that wasn't picked up on last year, but 20 Years of Fear actually had precisely 20 cast members to match its name. 2 Chainsaws, 2 Stiltwalkers, Frankenstein, Wolfman, Cryptkeeper, Mary Shaw, Orc, Body Collector, Body Collector Minon, Queen of Hearts, Alice, Chucky, Pumkinhead, Scarecrow, Pigman, Dracula, Dracula's Bride, and the Ice Queen. Anyway, I REALLY like 7.

I think I can take credit for scaring your friend in the wheelchair when you came through Nevermore.

I'd bet a lot of people would go for a HHN themed deck of cards, with the face cards displaying icons as such: Hearts: Ringmaster Jack (J), Chance (Q), The Usher (K) Clubs: Psychoscareapy Jack (J), Cindy (Q), The Caretaker (K) Diamonds: Clown Jack (J), The Storyteller (Q), Eddie (K) Spades: Fear Revived Jack (J), Lady Luck (Q), Fear (K)

I think this house is probably the most underrated, even if there are issues with real chainsaws, some big mechanical setpieces and good old fashioned intensity could make it great. In addition, I'd hope for this to be a REALLY LOUD house.

I don't think I've ever been in an area that had this level of pre-event hype, so i'm excited to try and make Nevermore everything it's expected to be and more.

1. Nightmaze 2. 7 3. Canyon of Dark Souls 4. Grown Evil 5. Your Luck Has Run Out 6. Acid Assault

I'm biased, but naturally I have to go with Nevermore, The Madness of Poe. The Forsaken and Saws'n'Steam: Into the Machine join it as my top tier most anticipated. Edited to add Rankings: 1. Nevermore, The Madness of Poe 2. The Forsaken 3. Saws'n'Steam: Into the Machine 4. The In-Between 5. H.R. Bloodenguts Presents: Holidays of Horror 6. The Thing 7. Nightengales: Blood Prey 8. Winter's Night: The Haunting of Hawthorn Cemetery

Since we were on the topic of scareactor appeciaton there, I'd like to let people know to be mindful of scareactors with gimmicks that you don't find scary. In my first year, with the Headless Horseman role, it didn't take much from me to clear a street, but the year after, Mr. Nose certainly took more effort to pay off. Some characters are there to thematically enhance the event, and you've got a scareactor inside there doing what they can to add to the event in the way they were chosen to, so avoid being critical to any of the performers that you come across.

This is what I was leaning towards. It would be an interesting idea to use a maze-style pathway through a zone to corral the guests driectly to scareactor locations, rather than let the guests walk at their leisure. The best way to do this without affecting daytime park flow would be, as we see right now, walls that can be moved without having to be set up from scratch each night.

Could someone post the "completed" (as of now) version of the house?

So, I've done 6 of the games, but with my computer, "The Machine" is at the 20 second mark before letting me make my 2nd choice, and "Loose Cannon" is an automatic loss of 60 tokens.

I'd LOVE an Avatar sig image combo of the Headless Horseman, either from my costume or a generic image, the only other preference i'd have is to make sure that it's not "plus-sized." After all, I intend to keep scaring ya'll for quite some time and want to make sure there's room for Scaracting credits and accolades.

With Mardi Gras over, and general knowlege of dates, it's time for the excitement to start building!

I have a feeling that, for the third straight year, I'll be in a scarezone that has a higher ranking after the event than before it.

So, can we expect a section for indivual discussion topics for each House/Scarezone soon?

Sweeping a less than stellar House under the rug is one thing, but Bloody Mary was tied into each House and Scarezone of 2008. I would personally like to see her again and not be left with her as the prodigal icon.

I'm not sure if anyone has noticed, but the full reveal has continued the trend of Bloody Mary's exclusion, with the 20 years of fear section having the other 5 icons in flame and the fear revealed scarezone/show? mentioning the spirits of Chaos (Jack), Death (Caretaker), Sacrifice (Director), Mythos (Stroyteller), and Vengeance (Usher), but nothing that could be tied to Mary Agana or her possesed form.

With the flames, #2, #3, and #5, are obvious (Being The Driector, Jack, and The Usher, Respectively). #1 bears a strong resmblance to The Storyteller, it's just not as clear as the others. I personally thought #4 looked like Bloody Mary, but after what's been said, I could definitely see that image interpreted as The Caretaker.

First, I'd like to say that I'm thrilled to be back, and wish everyone who has yet to audition good luck. I'm also pleased with my role, and suffice it to say, It should let me get some good scares. As with anything else pertaining to the event, it won't grave my signature until it's officially been released to the guests (usually I put the role up after I see a picture of myself online in it), and I would recommend the new folks to share said policy.