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From Sunday, 10/4:
Psychoscareapy (around 6:30): Shoutout to the guy with the chainsaw who I had a stare down with going back and forth until you eventually went up to me. You creeped me out, well done
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1. Body Collectors
2. Insidious
3. Monsters and Mayhem
4. Freddy vs Jason
5. Asylum in Wonderland
6. American Werewolf in London
7. Run
8. Purge
9. TWD
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Houses:
1. Body Collectors
2. Freddy vs Jason
3. Monsters and Mayhem
4. Asylum in Wonderland
5. Run
6. Insidious
7. AWIL
8. The Walking Dead
9. The Purge
Zones:
1. Psychoscareapy
2. Evil's Roots
3. Icons
4. Scary Tales
5. All Nite Die-In
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1. Body Collectors: My best scares of the night were in the finale.
2. Asylum in Wonderland: Had some good scares and the final cut was neat.
3. Monsters and Mayhem: A couple of the Jacks got me good.
4. American Werewolf: Good recreation of the movie.
5. The Walking Dead: Knife Party aside, the cast was aggressive enough to make this my #5 finale.
6. Freddy vs Jason: Seeing Jason hold Freddy's head was cool.
7. Run: Eh, nothing noteworthy.
8. Insidious: Nothing noteworthy either.
123456789. The Purge: Gave me an awful headache.
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Did every house once last night, no shows.
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Yeah posting kind of dries up around this time of year. Mainly because there's not much more to really talk about except personal experiences of the event and most people have already gone or still haven't gone yet so not much to talk about.
This. Even on the Orlando section posting is pretty dry.
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A very good point. Then my solution would be to increase the budget for scare zones and to drop a house. I would even say having a "Carnage Returns" show is not a worthwhile money spend. Having a better entrance to the park would do wonders.
Or don't do a megahouse.
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I'm sorry if someone mentioned this already, but has an official list of houses been released for the Unmasking The Horror tours? I booked a morning and an afternoon tour and I still don't know which houses I'm going to get to see.
Someone mentioned that there is a chance that they could use the same house for morning and afternoon tours. Please... someone tell me that isn't true. Why would they do that?
Your tour will have three of these:
M&M
FVJ
Body Collectors
Run
Asylum
TWD
If you book both tours for the same day you won't get a repeat from what I understand.
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What still needs work in the houses?
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Waits have been much better tonight looking at the app.
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that is the RIP tour. More expensive than the normal express, lasts ALL night, and is in limited supply. You even get right into the rides, and have reserved seating at any shows you choose to watch. I feel that if you have only one chance to go (like my group this year) and enough cash, this is the way to go!
Isn't the tour only once per house?
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I've heard what's claimed to be the story behind the sudden replacement of Scream with Purge, which also explains why the sets seem so generic.
Initially, MTV gave Universal the rights to make a house based on the new Scream TV show that just premiered this year. However, after Wes Craven's death Universal wanted to change some aspects of the house to reflect the original films as a tribute to him. MTV didn't like this idea and neither side could come to a good compromise, so MTV revoked the rights.
Since the Scream house was already far into construction by the time the decision was made, it was hastily redecorated for a last minute Purge conversion. The bare surfaces all got covered in graffiti and relatively limited set dressing from the film was added. Pretty much all of the audio was used last year or is the same set of stock sound effects their library has had for ages.
Incorrect for several reasons:
1. Wes Craven passed away after The Purge was announced.
2. There's a mannequin that looks a lot like Drew Barrymore in the house and it was likely the other way around.
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According to BehindTheThrills twitter it seems the houses on todays UTH tour were
Freddy vs Jason
Body Collectors - Recollections
RUN: Blood, Sweat, and Fears
The Walking Dead: The Living and the Dead
Asylum In Wonderland 3D
Jack Presents: 25 Years of Monsters and Mayhem
No Insidious? Wow.
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Watching walkthroughs of Hollywood's houses this year, our event is still much higher quality than their's.
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Sooooo glad I have express for tonight. Freddy vs Jason is saying 90 minutes right now. And Body Collectors is at 60.
Gonna start watching the shows in a little while. I caught a glimpse of the Jack show while walking to Asylum but I wanna see it from the beginning.
How has M&M's waits been?
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Thank God for 20% AP discounts.
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Haha, didn't even glance at who posted it
Well I go by a different name on OU lol
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Here is what someone posted on Orlando United's forum...
You're welcome
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Saw the video of This is the End, wow that looks awful.
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Absolutely. If you plan on being there for the night, try to do as many houses as you can when lines are not that long of a wait. Give yourself the best opportunity to do houses multiple times. I'll be there tomorrow as well. Between the weather and generally lower crowds for opening night, it's a good night to save the EP until lines are an hour plus.
Yeah, last year I made the mistake of using Express when lines weren't long on some houses. This year I plan on using it only when lines are over 30 minutes.
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It's a bit disappointing that the house shirt has Hollywood's Insidious subtitle and no Purge. Don't know if I'll get that or the regular 25 Year shirt.
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During the 2 months of HHN, Is the disaster rode closed throughout the normal hours of Universal?
In previous years it was open during the day but now it's permanently closed
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Good, GATs are back! I guess Run and Asylum would be the only places to put them.
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Doesn't TWD exit at the Purge entrance? If you were really going to try and minimize walking and get three houses done quickly, wouldn't you do TWD (Parade), Purge (T1), and then Insidious (T2) in that order? Or would the wait for Insidious build that quickly? This would be using the Diagon S&S area.
Correct. I doubt Insidious will get a big line until the first Bill and Ted is over and from that point it's swamped all night.
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Dead Inside's HHN25 Review (some spoilers)
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(Copied and pasted my review posted on Orlando United so the font might be a bit off):
Scarezones:
Loved the room with the red robed Collector. The finale had my best scares of the night with an inmate popping out on one side then a Collector on the other. This house was simply amazing.10/10
5. All Nite Die-In: I was able to see both the Black and White and Modern characters, and I use that term lightly as it was way too congested to see the characters. I guess I preferred B&W, but this zone wasn't anything special IMO. Maybe if it was less crowded my opinion would have been different.
4. Scary Tales: It's neat. That's pretty much it, the characters look nice but it's nothing to write home about.
3. Icons: Nice to see the past on display. Didn't see any of the kills unfortunately.
2. Evil's Roots: Loved this scarezone, that bush scareactor got me good.
1. Psychoscareapy Unleashed: This was the best scarezone IMO. A fun atmosphere and I actually got quite a few scares. Shoutout to the guy with the chainsaw who was staring at me and following me for 10 or 20 seconds straight until he finally attacked.
Houses:
9. The Purge
Screw this house. No seriously, screw this house. When I exited this house I was mad. This house could have been great as Scream, instead we get this. I'll admit I had one good jump with the airblast towards the middle, but otherwise I didn't get a lot of scares. The strobes in this house went too overboard at times, especially the finale. Holy crap did that give me a headache. I wouldn't mind seeing The Purge return properly and I can't put a lot of blame on A&D because of how late in the game this was added, but this is the worst house of the two years I've attended. 4/10
8. The Walking Dead: The Living and the Dead
Going in I had very low expectations. Considering some said it's one of the worst houses ever I was really anxious to see how bad it was. To my surprise, this house was actually pretty decent. The cast I had (around 7:30) was very aggressive, and while they didn't scare me, they definitely made me move back a bit. The best way to describe it is Scarezone: The House. If the cast wasn't giving their all I would have removed a point from my score. The opening scene in Terminus was pretty cool and the revolving door was neat, this house had a lot of neat moments. Yeah, the flooded food bank scene sucked and the Knife Party song in the finale was laughable, but this cast saved the house. Also, I'm starting to notice a trend in the Parade Building where the cast gives it their all but it's just not scary. It happened last year with Roanoke and it happened this year. If whatever house is in the Parade Building next year has this same problem, we can officially say it's a cursed location. 6.5/10
7. An American Werewolf in London
I didn't go in 2013 so I never got to experience this house before. I've heard a lot about how this year's pales compared to 2013's because of the removal of some scares. Like I said in the AWIL thread last night, the first half of the house was really good but after the transformation it loses a lot of steam. The wolves looked great but the first one was the only one I got scared by. When you can see them far in advance you know what's coming and it doesn't make it scary. I'm curious if the reception will make A&D rethink doing another repeat for a long time. 7/10
6. Insidious
This house was disappointing. I got a couple of scares from the demon after the lair, the first Man Who Can't Breath, and The Woman in White, but the biggest problem was quite a few scares could be seen from far away. I got hit by the first demon and the Bride in Black where WIW was in the living room, but the problem was they were too far away and by the time they got near me I wasn't scared. Overall, it's a decent house but nowhere near HOTY for me. 7/10
5. Run: Blood, Sweat, and Fears
Originally this was high on my anticipation list but after some less than stellar reactions I lowered expectations. The queue video was great, as was the soundtrack (Smooth Criminal! Sledgehammer!). When I entered the house, after the first room I thought to myself "This house won't be good." But then in the Japan room, I got a scare! Then another! And another! I loved the Gladiator and Candy rooms, the gladiator came out of nowhere and the second scareactor in the Candy/America room was still there as I was getting scared by the first scareactor. The only time I noticed Hellgate was in the Candy room. My only complaint is that this house felt a bit short and that's keeping me from putting this as #4. 9/10
4. Asylum in Wonderland 3D
I had very low expectations for this because of the track record for 3D houses. I really enjoyed this house and actually got a couple of scares! The room with the words, the Queen's room, and the finale had some good scares. Even when actors were standing in the open like the plants were creepy. The vortex tunnel wasn't as disorienting as I expecting but was still fun to go through. Loved the tea party scene. The 3D didn't really have much of an effect but made some things look neat. Overall, a great house 9/10
3. Jack Presents: 25 Years of Monsters and Mayhem
Now we're getting to the excellent stuff. This house is filled to the brim with details. Some of my best scares of the night were thanks to the bear, the first scareactor in The Forsaken room (not sure if there were more in there), and the Phantom of the Opera. The finale and the Jacks in the house had some good scares too. I was going to redo this one but I was too tired. 10/10
2. Freddy vs Jason
Man, what a great house. I got quite a few scares from this, especially the Jasons. I missed a lot of Freddy's scares but the demon and air blasts in the boiler room got me good. Hell, the entire boiler room was full of scares. The sets were great. Didn't see any of the screens. Jason won. This house felt a bit on the short side because of how quick I went through the Camp Crystal Lake parts, but overall an excellent house. 10/10
1. Body Collectors: Recollections
This was the clear winner of HOTY for me. Right when you enter the facade you know you're in for a treat. The very first scare with an inmate popping out then a Collector splitting her throat was awesome. The room with the dead patient on the operating table had a great scare from the Collector on the right of where you enter. And that spine rip. DAMN! I was looking back and forth between that and making sure the scareactor after it reset already