jorgito2001

So I'm in a FB Universal group and someone mentioned the house was "toned down" some as the event went on...I guess due to the severity of the strobes and its effect on people with some mild form of epilipsy (why they'd be walking through this anyway given the risk!? whatever) Can anyone confirm?

Several of you mentioned Strangers and Shaun of the Dead...YES PLEASE!!!! I personally LOVED Strangers: Prey at Night, the wonderful 80s vibe. It made for a very fun night when we watched it and would LOVE to see a house! It can even be one of the "loosely based on the movie" haunted houses like Freddy vs Jason..I just wanna see some Strangers action

Is it too late to get MY speculation in? I'd like to come back and see if I throw the dart anywhere near the bullseye..lol Stranger Things 2 (duh..this alone probably made them expand the calendar) Haunting of Hill House (be good to strike with this while the iron is hot) Stephen King's IT (based on the first movie..Aiello was asked this at the Q&A and he neither confirmed nor denied it for HHN29. 2nd will be out around the time HHN starts & IT was used at WB studios last year, hence why they likely couldn't use it) Blumhouse: either they bring over Unfriended/Truth or Dare combo OR Happy Death Day 2U & another Blumhouse franchise The Thing (this needs a REAL movie house..and its a Uni property) Nightmare On Elm Street (again, like Thing, based on the actual movie) Hellraiser (never cared for the 1st film, but seems to be a fan favorite) Re-Animator OR Return of the Living Dead OR Creepshow (I can only hope..fat chance on any of these..but let's see) I didn't realize I didn't leave much room for originals...but I predict at least ONE come back from the classic years...NIghtingales? Catacombs? The rest will be originals.

I'm with Rikku (but maybe not call that section of the house GARBAGE), I made sure to watch First Purge theatrically having a strong feeling it was gonna be at HHN28 whether in house or scarezone form...sure enough, its HALF a house. They really tried given the film's material (the exploding stuffed doll scene was cool as was the finale with the gov't employees), but it was too little to work with IMO. Also agree with many of you that HDD could've worked as a FULL house. Not sure why they insist on doing Blumhouse anthology houses...can't it just be 'Blumhosue presents' and 1 featured title? Last note: I noticed in the HHN Headquarters store, Blu-Rays of both Unfriended and Truth or Dare are being sold...makes me think they'll bring the Hollywood House over next year for HHN29...kinda hoping NOT as I didn't care for Unfriended nor do I have ANY interest in Truth or Dare!

Clash and Zombieman hit the nail on the head! As Clash said, the playfulness from years past (most memorable being HHN 26) didn't translate and I didn't get instantly "energized" when wtching the show the way me & my teens did the first year...we stopped and watched it 3 times I remember and obsessed over downloading most of the songs from the show. Like zombieman, I went 4 times this year (Rush of Fear), saw it our 2nd visit & when returning the 3rd & 4th times took a consensus with my kids...should we watch AOV again? We all agreed...naaah! That said, the show isn't HORRIBLE by any means, loved the screen/anime style fight & the laser light fingers was awesome...but was definitely a one & done.

For those ragging on Poltergeist the movie...its definitely one of those that you have to grow up watching & appreciating. I was about 8 when this came out and the face peeling scene and giant monster face scared the bejeezuz outta me as a kid! Now so many years later to see these come to life in a house...its quite the experience! Interesting tidbit, despite Tobe Hooper's name attached as director, its been determined this is Steven Spielberg's baby and its quite obvious when watching said film. This is arguably my fav house of HHN28...hard to pick a favorite though, its like picking a favorite child. lol.

Rush of Fear...and it JUST expired yesterday too. All good, we went more then enough times and seen each house pretty thoroughly!

If its either of those IPs, it would be WISE of Uni to announce them earliest possible (March). They are hugely followed and would definitely bring a lot of guests this year.

I'm super late to this party, but Billy (from the Dead Silence James Wan movie & HHN house from 2007) is sitting face down on a lower shelf in the Blumhouse Insidious "demon" red room. We love looking for Billy, he's Easter Egg'd quite a few HHN Houses.

Might be a year too late, but would LOVE to see David S. Pumpkins (Google the SNL skit) show up with his skeleton dancers...just doing his "own thaaang!" If we're lucky SNL will do another skit and make it relevant again. I attended several Halloween Parties that had at minimum two David S. Pumpkins! UPDATE: Looks like he's BACK! Look up Rap Song SNL on Youtube! I'm confident we'll see him at Bill & Ted this year!

Agree on Director or Usher. ALWAYS been a fan of the Director's houses and I happened to MISS the year Usher was the icon! My ONLY gap in 22 years of attending this event (I still hang my head in shame).

Return of the Living Dead! Woohooo!!! lol

My wishlist is pretty simple: Trick 'R Treat - Krampus was done this year...TrT's turn. Evil Dead - based on either the old movies or the new Ash vs Evil Dead show (or BOTH...even MORE epic!) Return of the Living Dead - Long shot, but there was already mention of "punk zombies"...why not based on THIS IP? Retruning house, Nightingales would be great...someone mentioned Catacombs, LOVED LOVED that house and recall that being my FAVORITE house that year. Felt like I was in the middle of an italian Gore flick set like Burial Ground or similar! Must've done it 3 or 4 times the one night I went that year. My "out there/probably NEVER EVER happen" wishlist: Dead Alive aka Braindead (Peter Jackson New Zealand Gorefest) - My kids and are were watching this the other night (they were watching for the first time) and THEY actually came up with the idea...scene after scene they were like "imagine this basement set at HHN?"....mannnnnn! Shaun of the Dead - Be GREAT for this movie to get its own house. Universal has the rights...but is it popular enough?

The vote results so far SURPRISE me, thought for sure I'd be with the majority when its quite clear I'm NOT! lol As soon as EXORCIST was announced, I told Universal "take my money!". Its been my top horror movie of all time since forever & I'm a huge horror fan. happy to say, it did NOT dissapoint, the one house in the whole place I came out of huffing & puffing..I guess the house gets to me every bit as much as the movie still does. My top 3 anticipated: 1. Exorcist 2. Texas Chainsaw 3. Halloween II My bottom 3 (least to LEASTEST..haha): 7. Walking Dead (I knew to expect recycled scenes from the house I've seen every year for 5 years). 8. Tomb of the Ancients (not fond of Egyptian/Ancient Tomb haunts...its a ME thing. 9. Lunatics Asylum 3D (I love 3D movies, but 3D houses are getting lame).

I guess I'm in the minority in that this was indeed my LEAST favorite scarezone (just finished Universal's HHN Survey and mentioned this too...sowwy). The whole '55 timeframe and H.S. geeks, jocks, cheerleaders and such attempting to scare. On paper sounds AWESOME but didn't work when executed. The other scarezones were MUCH scarier and atmospheric.

My kids LOVED this show as did I! So much that they wished it lasted LONGER! Those dancers are an energetic bunch and it transfers directly to the audience! On Saturday me & my kids sat FRONT & CENTER 50 whole minutes prior to showtime (we wanted to rest anyway...lol) and glad we did! Just as good the 2nd time around! My daughter made a perfect video of the dream machine sequence up close and posted it on YT (I'm at work, otherwise I'd paste a direct link here).

This is the house we did the most in our 3 visits (if I had to guess, about 6 times). I'd say Halloween II & TCM are neck-in-neck for my 2nd fav house of HHN26 (Exorcist being my fav).

Saw B&T twice the 3 times I attended...enjoyed it MORE the 2nd time (had a better seat almost dead center which enhanced the show IMO). I have to admit, probably since 2010 or so the show has become more like that HORRIBLE flick "Disaster Movie" then a full on show with a plot...gonna date myself, but LOVED the B&T show when it was STRICTLY movies...now celebrities (Kim K...argh!) and even internet stars are showing up...riiiiiight. Thank goodness I have 2 kids (one a teen & one a pre-teen) that keep up with all this stuff and share it with me throughout the year, otherwise I'd be LOST! Funniest bid was indeed Hillary pouring hot sauce on herself & dancing in sync with Beyonce (I LOL'd, I'll fess up) & Kylo Ren's whining. Its an entertaining show and a good 25+ mins of getting off my exhausted feet! For the record, Academy of Villians we absolutely LOVED! My daughter is in dance and after the show was over BOTH my kids wished the show was longer! Needless to say, we saw it again the next night, this time at the very front (my daughter posted the shadow scene on YT).

I was there for the gathering in the center TWICE...was SO awesome when they started chasing everyone around them! Really upped the enjoyment part of this scarezone!

haha..yeah, I saw him. This past weekend one the scareactor in that very outside spot even POINTED him out in an eerie way...which was really cool!

Anyone see the Billy doll from Dead Silence this year? I was saddened we didn't catch him this year..and we did all the houses move then once! Sadly, out of all the Easter Eggs listed in this thread so far, the only one my DAUGHTER caught was AHS's Jack bag. Almost wish I can go again this upcoming weekend JUST to search for the other Easter Eggs. lol.

If I had to pick a "least favorite", Unfortunately, I'll have to give that DIShonor to Lunatics Playground...it wasn't a HORRIBLE house, but barely scary and the neon green "glowy" 3D aspect is getting old. Howl-O-Scream shoves this in our face year after year and this plays out as one of the weaker HOS houses in the past. Granted Chance's prescence in the house is awesome and LOVED seeing her in there, but it is what it is. I'd almost root for Universal to do away with 3D houses altogether, its kind of a lame concept. The chatter about In-Between, I have to admit that was indeed a 3D house done RIGHT! Very memorable!

hands down my FAVORITE house of HHN 26! Every time we couldn't decide what house to do..BACK to Exorcist we went (lol). I must've done this house 4 times and EACh tmie I exited I was breathing hard....the movie is still as intense as the day I watched it and apparently, the house had the SAME effect....mission accomplished Universal creative. if I had one complaint...all 4 times I did the house: Since I don't plan on returning I'll have to wait on YT video to pop showing how the effect works.

I did this house about 4 times since last weekend. The sets were PHENOMENAL and did feel like I was walking through the actual movie sets! My only complaint is it also helped it was one of the shorter waits at the front of the park!

I gotta tell ya, I went Saturday Sept 20th...with a positive attitude that perhaps, since Halloween is a whole 40+ days away, maybe the crowds would be lighter....WRONG! And even WITH AP early entry, I managed to eek out all 8 houses & B&T (no way could do Rocky Horror), but it wasn't the funnest experience considering at one point I had to run across the park to do the 10pm B&T, then walk back to the front of the park to do the last 2 houses, Walking Dead and AVP (AVP had gone "down" earlier in the night and we literally WASTED 45 minutes on line smack in the middle of the event....really ruined the mood for my party that night). I'm heavily considering doing an express pass next year, if I can upgrade to Premier passes and get the HHN tix for free...I buy for 4, so can't flat out afford 4 tickets AND 4 express passes....but if you can do it, DO IT!!!