TheUsherette

Having finally caught up on this year's B&T, I gotta say that I too was quite disappointed. I understand and appreciate the purpose of having a Bill and Ted style show at haunt events. It's good to relieve some tension of constantly being scared and get off your feet for a while. I'm not opposed to the concept of the show, but this year was lackluster at best. That being said, I'm positively baffled about the fanbase for this show. I just don't understand how of all the things at Horror Nights, there are people who come year after year just to see this show. That actress playing Hillary is trying her best to save it, and I quite enjoyed the Kylo Ren stuff, but the boat is still sinking. I would love to see some new talent be put on these scripts. Half of the references were out of the zeitgesit by the time opening night of HHN rolled around!

As the event closes tonight, I just thought I'd drop a little note saying thank for all the wonderful, funny, insightful, and interesting conversation throughout this year! Here's to another year of speculation and mayhem!

My wishlist would be as follows: -Trick r Treat. Krampus has ranked pretty high on many lists and works well as a comedy house. Trick R Treat would also bring some good ole fashioned Halloween spirit to the event, something I feel was somewhat missing this year. -Nightingales. These characters are so awesome and could easily fit into so many different eras and aesthetics. -I don't know if it will ever happen, but I'm sure HR would see a triumphant return amongst the fan community. -I think HP Lovecraft could and/or should happen soon. Honestly my very favorite idea for icons would be a dual Caretaker and Cindy year. Don't think it'll ever happen but I think it would be awesome. As far as predictions, everybody has pretty much nailed those already, although I would be surprised if Amityville actually comes. That seemed like kind of a click bait article (Sorry Chris!). Most of all, I would love to see a good balance of knockout houses and scarezones and a main event icon. If we can have that, I'll be prefectly content.

As someone watching from home, I would definitely say that I feel like this year's house lineup is stronger than 25. There's some really knock out IPs and the original content is all interesting. That being said, I feel like we have two standout scarezones in Dead Man's and Vamp and the rest are kind eh. I also felt last year's shows really elevated the event too. I love Academy, and think it's creatively very well done, I just have trouble matching it to the HHN spirit and all. (Again, not there personally this year, this is all based on what footage I can get my hands on). Jack's show was so standout that it would be hard to follow up any way that you slice it tho. Not a huge Bill and Ted fan, so I can't really comment on drops in quality and such, but fan reaction definitely has been mostly negative. Not to mention all the various things happening with Chance as the icon, dropping the ball and picking it back up again. I feel like they're definitely waffling on having an icon again, and don't quite know what to do with her. It's hard to live up to a really stand out year like 25, and 26 definitely feels a little uneven in that regard. If this year had taken place right after 22-24 tho? We'd be praising it to high heavens as a return to form. And again, I'm not actually there this year, so feel free to let me know if any of this seems a little off. '

Yeah, as far as instant accessibility and on-site "reporting" if you will, Twitter and Facebook are just easier to post to. I still think there's a decent amount of discussion here. I'm presuming most people are enjoying themselves at the event instead of posting!

Here is the full queue video! Obviously I'm not there in person, but from seeing footage and such, I like a lot of the concepts that are in the house, but definitely would have loved a less....3-D take on it, if that makes any sense. You can have a colorful house and not use the 3-D gimmick. Although it is interesting that zombieman brings up that quite a few of the icon houses have been less than well received. With the few notable exceptions, they really do seem to get the short end of the budget and such. I wonder why that is.

A friend told me it's a bad year to be a short scareactor (i.e. a Reagen or an elf in Krampus). They're taking quite a bit of abuse. The scareactors are so amazing, it's always such a shame to see them treated this way

There are two of Sam's lollipops from Trick R Treat in Krampus. Dr. Jimmy posted them on his tumblr I believe, let me see if I can go dig those up. (this made me super happy, Trick R Treat is one of my absolute favorites). Edit: Here is one.

As someone who also is just watching from the internet this year, I agree that some of the music choices in this zone seem weird. I remember hearing Dream is Collapsing and it really took me out of the "moment". Could be due to popularity, that songs was oft used for things when Inception was pretty new. It did seem strange though.

That just might be the MOST fun fact.

I love the House Shirt this year! And I actually think the IP stuff looks pretty cool, so that's neat. Granted I like the IPs this year, lol.

Not gonna lie, I laughed at CHANCE of a thunderstorm. Bring extra socks, and stay safe out there! I can't wait to hear about all the shenanigans this year.

Whoops! Sorry, I meant this! (That's what I get for doing homework while looking on Facebook)

So I was over on Facebook when one of my dancer friends shared this If AoV does something like this for the show, I think it could be pretty awesome. Like many others, of course I wish Chance had a big show, but hey, this probably isn't the worst thing they could do.

Oh my God, that is amazing! So glad I called it, and way too excited to see Bill and Ted take a shot (lololololololol) at it.

This is like... such a reach, but could there possibly be some Hamilton? I feel like it'd be pretty easy to incorporate that into a song and dance bit of the show.

Oh my God, thank you! I couldn't put my finger on what these reminded me of, and you finally said it. I've spent way too long playing those games, haha.

The only big thing I have with this particular image of Chance is the mouth. It just looks strange with the rest of the artwork, although I love a lot of the other aspects. Curious as to how Chance-y the rest of the merch will be since they've covered a lot of their bases with this one image. That being said, I'm probably gonna wait for the house shirt, but I might be getting those socks (I love socks more than I love myself, my Halloween sock collection alone is worryingly large) and probably the lanyard.

Have y'all been checking out the little Chance clips on the facebook? They're pretty neat. Definitely feels a little old school (coming from someone who wasn't around for the old school lol). It's nice to see more Chance out there for the public.

This is pretty neat! I didn't think about it that way but that is a good way to go about it. I haven't finished Hotel but some of the scariest and most visually engaging moments of the seasons that will be used take place during their Halloween episodes (especially Freak Show, their two part-er is the best of that season). It might help reign in that vast amount of content and give the house a concise focus. Even if it doesn't happen though, I'm sure we'll see Halloween episodes well represented.

Agreed on both counts. That's what's got me so excited about this house, there are so many visually amazing moments that could be translated in different ways!

I don't know how it would be possible but I would really love the facade or first scene to be entering the snowglobe.

Finally gonna buy a house shirt this year because no blood letters! Definitely loving the lanyards too. Not sure how those backpacks will pan out.

Oh same lol, but I thought it would be good to get confirmation for those wondering. You'd think Jack woulda been there last year, but hey, as far as I know he didn't show. As for whether or not it will be Erin in the role is another question, probably a topic unto itself.

So it look like Horror Nights may have just deleted a post saying that Chance will be a part of scareactor dining this year. Maybe somebody let it slip?