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Well, wouldn't change much from her first appearance--she wasn't even on the marketing in her own year! Completely agree with the last part of your statement; it's why I'm so against another anniversary house.

Updated list: Houses -Stranger Things -Ghostbusters: Afterlife -5 other IPs, none of them scary -Anniversary house that just retreads Monsters and Mayhem/throws in a whole bunch of past originals, some of which would be much better served with sequels instead -Lunatic’s Playground 4-D: You Still Won’t Stand A Chance (see what I did there?) -Scarecrow: The Repeat (again, see what I did there?) -Some comedy original

Do you have an idea of IP/original ratio? Right now doesn’t sound like there’s a house or zone we can be confident in. I...sort of love it?

I'm skeptical on Conjuring--from a marketing standpoint, the two most recognizable characters from the franchise are from the spinoffs. And rumor is that that they're just focusing on the main movies. Would marketing feel that it would be worthwhile without those two characters, especially in terms of selling merch? The most profitable thing at the event might be a lagoon show--how weird would that be?! Once again, I wish they had waited to do Monsters this year. (I'm assuming that IT doesn't happen. IDK how much power King has over it getting licensed out. If IT does then consider everything I just wrote null and void lol.)

Please oh please oh please let this happen (even with Eilish this sounds too good to be true).

I would happily take this. Marketing would be happy, newcomers would be happy, and fans would be happy. Everyone wins.

She isn't "taking over Universal," that's for sure. But I see no reason they can't give us a house-zone combo, the zone being Iron Bone Gorge (in NY this time).

Yeah, Legacy said as much.

Everyone talked about how bad Nightingales smelled--which it did, and it was glorious.

Uh...we JUST had a house that some people complained smelled terrible.

Billie Eilish is supposedly getting her very own lagoon show.

I wish they had committed to it with the originals, especially at 28. DE2 could've been about a Soviet spy releasing biowarfare...imagine Holiday in the Sun by Sex Pistols and 99 Luftballoons playing in the facade. @zombieman: How bout a Vamp house across generations? One room per generation...

They hadn’t even picked out a house location according to Legacy.

I would agree, but it's kinda hard to say because when thinking about spec the last couple years I'm remembering ~March-April. And it's January. So the event could be quite clear by April. But I wouldn't be surprised if you're correct--I had a feeling this year could be hard to figure out when they announced ST was both 2 and 3. I do not want a 30 year anniversary house, unless it's purely focused on the icons. I would much rather see just a few houses get fully fleshed out sequels than a whole bunch of houses thrown together in one anniversary house without any new story/elements. Why 25 didn't look very appealing to me.

Even 25 was a little more original slanted than 24. It makes sense that they would want to get IPs out of the way and save their best original concepts for the next year.

Yeah, that was mentioned. Feel ya. Could be Candyman for similarities.

This is a really great thread idea. Off the top of my head... Stranger Things (mashup) Ghostbusters: Afterlife Dr. Who Beetlejuice Black Christmas 2019

The REAL reason they never made another album.

Wyandot Estate was a fan favorite? I've heard differently.

My idea is pretty similar. Would be in SS25. This is because a zone similar to Iron Bone Gorge would be in NY. In order: Terra Throne Demon Cantina The Skool Cemetery Mines Body Collectors Blood Ruins Terror Mines Terra Throne Roughly how the cycle works. You would exit through the same room you enter. "Terra Cruentus: Cycle of Blood"

Disney ain't budging folks. As mentioned on the IU thread, they're running dry on IPs.

Give him a more fleshed (heheh) out story and sure.

I really hope GB3 doesn't happen.

I'm as big a Potter fan as you'll come across (strongly prefer it to Star Wars) and I still miss Lost Continent. (The Hobbit trilogy was still seven years away--I'd like to pretend it never happened though.) Anyway, I'm envisioning Iron Bone Gorge in New York, and a house in SS25, that would basically go clockwise through the world map covering the cycle of the blade, ending with the Throne.

I do think it would have served them well to save the appearance of the monster for the finale (and I wish the waterfall effect had worked), but once again the subject matter of Depths scares me very, very much. I squirm just thinking about the eel coming down from the ceiling. Short, narrow hallways with tight turns combined with the countdown created panic. And yeah, Helix crying was so chilling.