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Hahaha, yeah, the sad part is that the room got shut down NOT that somebody had a heart attack.... Sorry, I just found it so funny. It sounds so... innocently self-absorbed. Haha

The one that got your girlfriend horrified me on my second trip through (despite having seen it the first time!) because I was walking through alone the second time and I was so scared to be one on one with each scare that I couldn't even focus and remember where each scare was. I actually had to stop afterward and was laughing at myself with one of the attendants inside the house because it was so funny

This is a topic of much contemplation for me. I'm not trying to sound like a prick, but, she CHOSE to go to the event and she has to live with the consequences. To me, if there's a chance you're going to have that happen, it's unfair to everyone involved: the worker now has (to try) to help, your whole group has to deal with your panic attack and try to calm you down after leaving, the people behind you are now going to get held up as your situation is handled, the scare actor who did this to you probably feels QUITE guilty, and most of all, it's unfair to yourself! to put yourself through a massive panic attack isn't ok, your body does not need that stress, so to put yourself through that just so you can go with your friends is a terrible idea. This is coming from somebody who often has panic attacks and, from time to time, they are quite extreme (physical scares don't cause them, it's more of a mental thing for me.) BUT, there IS one group of people who should feel horrible for her having this panic attack and that group of people is her (neglecting) friend(s) that talked her into going to hhn, because I guarantee it wasn't her idea in the first place. All I'm saying is, if I were you, I wouldn't feel bad at all (though I understand why you do.) I would simply have been very judgmental of the people she chose as friends? I for one can say that if my friends brought somewhere, knowing that it was likely I'd have panic, they wouldn't be my friends much longer. Sorry for the rant, but this is a common thing that happens at hhn and it aggravates me.

Before I get called crazy, let me point out that I said "PARTIAL disappointments." I stress that because EVERY house looked amazing this year (best ever in my opinion) but the houses that let me down was due to the scares. First of all, TWD , I knew we would have and I'm not a fan and I've never been excited for a TWD but this one being the longest house EVER and having so many scareactors, I was like a little school girl thinking about it. However, by the time I got through that house, I was in a terrible mood because they had wasted the biggest house ever and all that money on an IP for the same uncreative, monotonous scares as the previous two years (so many walkers that by the time I got to terminus, I was on autopilot and didn't even realize we were surrounded by survivors, temporarily. I didn't get scared once and neither did any one I knew in front of me or behind me so it wasn't just my timing and the house was packed with scareactors so it wasn't a cast change. From Dusk Til Dawn had great sets and some ok scares, but I didn't get a single one of them, that's why this one disappointed. Just a matter of timing, I think. Not worried, I plan on going through several more times before I give up hope on it. Halloween, I know this is blasphemy around here, but all the scares seemed kinda predictable (if you know the movie really well) and none of them got me. Whether or not most of them are predictable, if my timing had been better, I'm sure at least a couple of them could've gotten me still because I was busy staring at the amazingly accurate sets. So I will continue going through Halloween until the event is over (whether or not I get a single scare) because of my obsession with the film and everybody else apparently loves the house.

Like many others are saying, go through Roanoke multiple times if possible. On opening night, my first time was alright but I could sense the potential. I went back right before they shut down the line and it was my favorite run through any house of the night, possibly ever. That's because I got to walk through by myself, it was just me versus the cannibals and it was perfect.

Yes, I got a couple of the big scares and the ones that didn't get me, got my friend behind me, so I I was able to appreciate the scares that didn't quite get me. Dracula was pretty high up for me, 3rd or 4th. All the houses below Dracula were at least partial disappointments for one reason or another.

A friend and I were trying to remember what year Fear Factor was just the other day. Could you please remind of the year it was done?

I've been going since 2000 and I can't remember a time they played Slayer. Just wishful thinking. I'm surprised very much by the music this year, the metal in purge and face/off has glitch mob (which I'm not really a fan but I just like having REAL music in the zones.) Before the event, as my friend and I were walking around discussing how they could make the scarezones best, we got on the topic of music for them and were saying it would be AMAZING if they played older music like Frank and/or Nancy Sinatra (and similar music) in the purge.

Yeah Cody, I agree that we definitely have some of the best puppets money can buy. I'm especially glad to hear that you feel they just needed practice and that they were moving better Saturday, as I hoped/assumed, since you worked the puppets last year. That was my biggest problem with the house. Now, Clash and I just need them to add a scare to the egg room and figure out a way to amp up the energy/intensity in the beginning of the house. And, Clash, I'm just saying that I'd enjoy purge a lot more if they played Slayer and some Iron Maiden (plus it would be a lot more recognizable to people that aren't huge metal heads) or they can just put enough chainsaws around me that it drowns out the music. BUT, I'm very glad to hear that is the only thing we don't agree on.

First time through was opening night and I did every once house once, Roanoke a second time, and watched both shows (reviews will get shorter after this first trip, I just wanna give a full opinion on the first go) HOUSES Roanoke: Cannibal Colony 1. (10 minutes) (Early/cast change) Sets looked amazing, scareactors were great but scarce, great potential Scare Rating - 6 Areas of Improvement - Too few scares 2. (Walk-on) Last people through, after our first trip through and we could tell it was in the middle of cast change, we couldn't pass up the "10 minute" line and we turned out to be the only people in the entire house. So we split up (putting roughly 1.5 rooms between each other) and the result was arguably the best run through of a house I have EVER had. That being said, I can't fairly compare this to other houses because this was truly a solo trip through and it was horrifying even if we all had already done it. This house will probably forever carry the best experience ever for my group. (it may not be the best house though, but it's up there). Scare Rating - 10 AOI - Flawless Favorite Moment/Features (FMF) - Scareactors, Façade scares, Wendigo, Roof scare, Wendigo at the end, SETS!!!!, solo trip, burning man room Dollhouse of the Damned 1. (10 minutes) I can barely remember anything about the scares in this house because the sets are SO disturbing and twisted, I loved it. The scares were still great, everybody in my group got awesome scares multiple times because we were so distracted by the sets. Good façade (reminds me of Monster House) and it's a great change of pace from all the other houses. Scare Rating - 7 AOI - No problems FMF - Façade, Use of smell, Ballerinas, Truly disturbing sets and design Halloween 1. (60 minutes) I'm a Halloween/John Carpenter fanatic, so seeing the façade and the projections was surreal for me and the actual house was just one big piece of eye candy for me. That being said, I did not even get kind of scared once and that broke my heart, I saw some potential though, I looked back and saw something with the mirrors that seemed really cool and the room that had like six Michaels in it got my friend really good. Hopefully I just got a bad spot, I'll be giving this house several more chances before I give up on it. Scare Rating - 4 AOI - Scares lacked and uncreative FMF - Façade/projections, Car scene (horn should be louder), Loomis AVP 1. (30 minutes) All around a great house, the scares weren't the most amazing (for me), but they were good, being into the movies makes this house much better(or even just watching the original film for each) The predators were huge (especially to me because I'm only 5'6") and the face huggers were great, Except for the one in the egg room, it needs to fire more often AND I think they need another scare in there (still cool to look at) the house was good the entire way through but once the marines come in to play, it takes the pace and intensity of the house and turns it up to ten, those gunshots and them yelling to "go, go, go!!" Just got my heart racing and got me distracted so that the predator and alien scares got me better. They should try to create that same sense of urgency from the very beginning. Also, the alien puppets are unbeatable; however, they move very slowly and they don't have a large range of motion. I'm not sure if this is because of how they're designed or if it's just because the scareactors aren't quite comfortable enough yet to get in people's' faces with them. Either way hope it changes. Scare Rating - 7 AOI - Egg room face hugger, Puppet attacks, Beginning was slow FMF - Predator laser targeting, Window face hugger, Finale (crawlspace), Set/makeup/everything aesthetic Dracula Untold 1. (25 minutes) Surprised by how much I liked it. Façade and set was amazing, seemed kinda low on scares (only bad thing) but it could've been cast change. The burning village was great , the FINAL scare of the entire house got the single best scare on me of the night. As I looked back to see if what I thought was the final scare got my friends, out of the corner of my eye, I saw a figure attack from a crouched position and I got so scared I couldn't jump or yell or run, it made me freeze and shiver/shake from my feet all the way up my body until I finally got control and ran ten feet until I KNEW I was out of the house. Also, Vlad attacking the Scareactor was awesome. Scare Rating - 6 AOI - More scares, get in your face more FMF - Design, Final (unexpected) scare, Vlad attacks scareactor The Walking DRead 1. (75 minutes) I don't like the series, I haven't liked the houses, and I want it banned from hhn. My problems with the house are the conveyer belt for zombies, the fact that basically every scare is a zombie except two rooms, and it lacks creativity. The only things that are good about this house is that it's REALLY long (though, it didn't seem that long compared to the others)and The Façade is huge (because it's also the exit) and really good and , for fans of the show, you get to see the sets in person. The finale would probably be good if I wasn't so pissed by the time I got to the end from seeing so many zombies already. Sorry, that's as unbiased as I can be about the house. Scare Rating - 3 AOI - Remove it and don't renew the contract FMF - Façade, Seeing Big Spot (only episode I've ever seen), Finale, Leaving the house Giggles & Gore 1. (45 minutes) Surprised by how long it was and SO happy. Great house, very gory, feels like a classic hhn house. In case, the Scareactor is on the forum, the clown at the beginning who is pulling on the girl's brains stared at me the entire time I waled through his room and right before I walked out, I stuck my hand out to fist bump him and he obliged and it was one of my favorite things I've had happen because I remember doing the same thing with a clown back in 2001 in a scarezone (my second year) and it made me feel like a little kid again. Anyway, all the clowns looked great and I loved how gruesome it was with one clown pulling on brains and the other pulling out intestines and so on. This Finale (I believe it's the room with the strobe and a bunch of clowns on each side of you, "Clown Disco" if you will) is arguably the best this year. Scare Rating - 7 AOI - Keep it up FMF - Fist bump, Finale, GAT, Easter eggs From Dusk 'Til Dawn 1. (30 minutes) house was alright first time, seems very repetitive until you get close to the end. The Greeter was hilarious with his talk about "pie" and "beating piñatas", awesome to see the Geko brothers (probably the closest I'll ever come to meeting Tarantino and Clooney) Sets were just like the movie, makeup was spot on, the scares just didn't get to me I guess. All this being said, I'm a huge fan of the movie so it was cool to walk in their footsteps. Scare Rating - 5 AOI - Scare intensity needs to sky-rocket FMF - Geko Brothers, Greeter, Satanico, Finale SCARE ZONES I will say I can't give a fair break down of each one at the moment, but I went through them all multiple times, I just was rushing to houses instead of enjoying the zones. Soon, however, I'll take a day to appreciate the zones and give a thorough break down on them. All first round opinions about number of scareactors could certainly be due to the rain that plagued us. Purge 1. Huge, I like the auction, needs more scareactors on the side streets, stop playing metal please (or at least play GOOD metal, not this shizzz), got the only great SZ scare on me the entire night Scare Rating - 7 Face/Off: In the Flesh 1. Not a scarezone, it's a photo-op. Potential though for easy scares by the minions on those taking pics and focusing on the main characters (hopefully this improves), it's cool that they play Glitch Mob in there Scare Rating - 2 Bayou of Blood 1. I love Mamba, tons of props but few scareactors, nobody in the back trails of Central Park (broke my heart because that was one of my most anticipated things about the entire event), it should include that circular are last year right after CP where the tent and RV were. Scare Rating - 4 Maskerade 1. No stilts, I think they shut down part of the night, loved how they all moved through the crowd still carrying their steps to dance to the music (danced with one of the girls), AND my favorite music of all the zones this year, surprised me in a great way. Scare Rating - 5.5 Thanks to anybody who takes the time to read this and a special thanks to anyone who checks back in to catch it each time I update! See y'all at Horror Nights!

I only went yesterday, did it fill really quick or was there time in the beginning that it wasn't too bad? Also, did the lines wind down at the end of the night as usual?

Yep, now I am having a panic attack thinking about the AWiL shirt, haha. I'm gonna try to make a day trip to Uni tomorrow and if I'm not able to, I'll order on the phone.

I believe you just use the map they tweet to accomplish missions and post the pics on Instagram/twitter and then they will let people know after this weekend who will be invited to the meet up that is next Saturday (a week from today). The meetup is a surprise for some of those who participate

The guy at the front was cracking me up with his talk about "pieeeee" and then "piñatas." House was alright, it was great to get to feel like you're in the movie but I think I just had a bad spot in the line and missed the scares cause I saw a few goods ones get my friends.

I'm gonna take a guess and say that that the "pirate captain" is probably Davey Jones, just an assumption though.

Thank you

Reminds me of that cartoon movie "Monster House" when the house comes to life

What is the "interactive" stuff everyone is talking about? Are there big red buttons or is just the scenes in the house having the scareactors interact with the attendees?

Ahhhh, I see now! Haha, My bad, total misunderstanding, it's just the extremely obvious reference to a Fight Club that has me excited for that shirt, the blood splatter with font and the nearly identical phrase makes me drool... Not as much as the Halloween and AWiL shirts (because, as I already said, I'm not too into TWD)

It's ALLLL good, but I'm not sure why you couldn't find fight club. It's a 1996 novel by Chuck Palahniuk. I haven't read anything else by him but just last year he said that he plans on releasing a series that will go together to create a graphic novel that will act as the sequel to Fight Club. Which I'm sure won't be nearly as good, due the fact the we already know Tyler exists somewhere in his head so it's not like he can pull out some huge, shocking ending. I regret to inform you, I read very little modern literature; so, many of the authors/books I'd suggest are considered classics and you probably know them already. Hopefully I'll put a book out one day and I'll be able to suggest that one!!

Saw that as well and immediately had to watch it

I am gonna do my best not to go broke but I'm definitely buying the Halloween shirt and I really want the AWiL shirt so I'll probably get that as well. And despite how much I want the "Fright Club" shirt because that's one of my favorite films/books, I should probably hold off since I'm already gonna get the other two. P.S. They should've done the fright club thing in '06 or '07, either of those years would've been really cool to have that for. Or even if they just used it for the three main houses this year instead of JUST TWD because they've made me despise pretty much anything TWD except this shirt and I'm not still not sure about the shirt

I went yesterday and the gates were the same. Even just having the banners up got me soooo excited, if they fully decorate the gate I don't know if I'll be able to control my excitement walking up to the gate.

Hopefully that's just the "giggles" part of the house!!!

I can't tell if they're saying they may not be quite finished with a house (or something like that, which doesn't make sense) or if there's something special that we don't know about. Like, will it be great like every other time I've gone to hhn or will this trip be especially great... I'm on the verge of a panic attack just thinking!! Why are they doing this to me!?!?!