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Smile or laugh, then give the scareactor a thumbs up. I love it!

That scream was actually my triggered sound effect when I was The Thing: Assimilation in 2007.

Looking forward to meeting some of you this year too! I'm a veteran? Jeez, this'll be my fifth year. Feeeeeeeeeeeeel sooooooo ooooooolllld....

As a former Thing: Assimilation cast member, I'm happy to hear that many of you have fond memories of it.

Did they ever specifically say no more movie houses? I don't remember that from last year. Even if A&D or Universal PR said it, it seems kinda silly to assume they'd NEVER do film tie-ins.

Good luck, potential scareactors!

Also, Rocky Horror isn't that good of a musical. Yeah, I said it.

Speaking as a former Thing: Assimilation cast member, yes, we had issues with drunks messing with the actors operating the monsters. There was a night where the dog puppet actor did get a pretty serious arm injury (some idiot slammed both fists RIGHT DOWN on the puppet), but he luckily didn't have anything broken. One effect didn't even make it past employee preview night. In the hallway before the rec room, one of the windows on the right had a Thing face that would pop out. It ended up getting torn down by someone, and I don't think it got replaced.

Unrelated, but I didn't even have look at the username from the above post and could tell from the sentences that it was the true voice of Invader_butters.

RELOCATE HHN UNDER CIRCUS MCGURKUS!

Hott.

I know Universal has been impressing upon us that this will be a farewell year for many icons and traditions, and I really do hope that they stick to their guns on it. I'm all for starting fresh and wouldn't mind if Jack, the Caretaker, the Usher, the Storyteller, and the Director were put into storage for a good while. Even under-utilized icons like Mary, Eddie, Cindy, Darkness, Terra Queen, etc. should probably ake a break for now. Again, love'em all, but seeing new characters will be more exciting. Old franchises and houses need to be concluded too. No more Psychoscareapy, Body Collectors, All Nite Die-In, Treaks, Chainsaw Drill Team, etc. Don't bring back Midway of the Bizarre, Deadtropolis, or whatever favorites fans may have. Looking at HHNXX, there are some interesting ideas that could develop more in future years. The most obvious new franchise would most likely be the continuing story of Z-Day from Zombiegeddon and Zombie Gras. I don't immediately recall HHN having a reaccuring zombie franchise, and it seems you could imagine some good houses or zones from seeing how Z-Day has affected various parts of the country. I'd love to see Havoc's Dogs of War take it to the streets. Give'em a scarezone! The New Yorkshire setting from Saws 'n Steam seems like a ripe idea too. I'm not really a fan of steampunk, but making a house out of that theme could be cool. Legendary Truth could be a neat franchise too. Not saying there will be constant haunted houses, but maybe the houses can take place in different investigations exploring bizarre phenomenon (UFOs, cryptozoology, etc.) Very X-Files like.

I think this might be the version used in the zone: http://new.music.yahoo.com/irma-thomas/tracks/second-line-medley-i-done-got-over-iko-iko-hey-pocky-away--175362683 "Iko Iko" starts somewhere in the middle of the medley.

Give it up to the Dogs for House of the Year!

Congrats on Street of the Year!

I did two nights as a Puritan and had a lot of fun. Ad-libbing and guest interaction was a nice change of pace from aggressive scaring. I believe the actors who were Puritans later became ugly witches and hags. It seemed like changes were made to some zones as the month went on to make them scarier (cloaked scareactors and shaker props in Muerte, the disappearance of the infected human on the float in Gras, etc.)

That was me! Glad you enjoyed it!

It's like FEAR gave you an ironic punishment.

This. Oh well, they paid around $80 to not have a good time. Their loss!

That was me! I think I did the same thing to you in Zombiegeddon (final mechanics room) one night.

I actually quite liked the flame effect. Yeah, it's not a huge wall of fire, but when you feel the intense heat halfway through the house and look outside, it's a nice, subtle surprise.

Personally speaking, if someone does appear to be having a good time and laughing from enjoyment, I'm fine with it. However, you do deal with a lot of jerks trying to point and laugh to defuse your scare, which can be REAL annoying. It can be hard to tell sometimes with a conga line of people.

HAHAHAHAHAHA..... no

Fourth year too!

Just to add to what Invader_Butters said, make sure you really want the job of scaring people. I mean, REALLY want the job. Think of it like your favorite food. Great every now and then, but will you still love it after a few straight weeks? Factor in how much time and sweat (A LOT of sweat) will go into it, and ask if you're truly ready to commit to it. Believe me, it's one of the most fun things you'll ever do. Just make sure you're tough enough for it.