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On 2/22/2019 at 6:14 PM, DocNiktMarr said:
The Tragic Kingdom
Dreamerland, USA is a fairly popular theme park, where Ringmaster Dreamer and his fantasy friends entertain kids. And to be fair, it's a pretty amazing theme park. The creators of the park strive for an authentic feeling - but there is a big difference between "lifelike" and "real". An angry spirit has taken the form of the Demon Queen, and has laid a curse upon the park. Enter, if you dare, the deadliest park on Earth.
The Tragic Kingdom is a scarezone parody of Disney theme parks, without trying to be too malicious or copyright-infringing. Like, from what you can see of main street, it seems pretty cool, posters for neat rides, the scent of food stands (that they actually pipe in from below-ground - it's a marketing tool and a clever one at that), and ads for live shows. But that was before. Now, the park is only a shell of what it once was, and the company is trying to shut it down, so it looks like a Disney park that's gone to hell through no fault of its own. And that's not even going into the damage that the cursed characters have caused.
SCARACTERS:
- Ringmaster Dorian Dreamer and Daffodil Dreamer (Mickey and Minnie Mouse): The park mascots, they're dressed as a ringmaster and a hostess, respectively. But unlike their inspiration, they are not cute mice. The posters around the scarezone indicate that they were once humans, but due to the curse, they've turned into feral were-rats.
- Demon Queen (Maleficent): A mix between the scorned fairy and The Horned King, the Demon Queen stands above the street, cursing things and delivering ominous speeches.
- Empress Snowflake (Elsa): A frostbitten queen with cold, dead eyes. She wanders the streets, threatening to slaughter whomever and turn them into her minions. She carries an icicle as a dagger.
- Little Snowflake (Anna): The Empress's younger sister, accidentally slaughtered at a young age. In desperation, Snowflake tried to bring her back, only to reanimate the corpse as a twisted form of its former self. Now, the body decays, many of the sores and injuries have been turned to ice, and her teeth have fallen out, replaced with blood-stained icicles in a blood-covered mouth. She carries a pickaxe.
- Mermaid (Ariel): The little mermaid asked to be human, so she could have a soul. She was given legs, but never found a man. As the sea hag tried to turn her back into a mermaid, the soulless shell attacked and killed her. Now, the Mermaid is a hideous freak of nature, a gill-man-like feral creature that can only think about violence.
- The Beastess (Belle): Once, a witch punished a young princess by turning her into a hideous monster, a spell that only true love could break. On her 16th birthday, a prince happened upon her castle prison, and... it had to be true love. Alas, it was not to be - the townsfolk stormed the castle, and killed the prince in the chaos. In a rage, the Beastess slaughtered the villagers. The Beastess is a different take on a Chimera - feline face, goat horns, batwing-like hands with falcon-like talons, and wolf feet - wearing the tattered remains of a fancy dress. She carries the skeleton of the prince, and attacks anyone who dares get close.
- The Lost Leader (Peter Pan): When a child dies, their soul is guided to Heaven by the Lost Leader. It's a sad, tragic job, but he's been keeping his head held high - but you can only take so much. The Lost Leader looks like a mix between a bard and Papa Emeritus, and carries a blued steel dagger. He carries a little lantern, claiming it to hold a fairy he considers his friend.
- The Pirate King (Jack Sparrow): The Pirate King once found a cursed treasure, that turned him undead. And no matter what he tried, he cannot get rid of it. Now, he wanders the streets, a rotting corpse, attacking with his rapier due to his age-clouded mind.
- Stitchdoll (...Loosely based off of Toy Story): Stitchdoll was a little doll made from a burlap sack that loved his owner very much. It was a heartwarming movie, perhaps you saw it. But sadly, the curse has gotten to Stitchdoll. He's falling apart, and he hasn't seen his owner it, what, 25 years? The loneliness is driving Stitchdoll to kill. Now, he roams the street, armed with a knife, hoping that the attention he's bringing will get his owner to notice him.
- Von Bone (Hatbox Ghost): Von Bone was once an affluent figure, in life. Sadly, his life was also in France during the revolution, so it ended with the guillotine. Now Von Bone wanders the streets, headless, though still fairly jovial. He carries a box - and the box can drop his decayed head, something of a bungee gag.
- The Galactic Tyrant (Darth Vader): Galactic Tyrant has it rough. He was told he could be a legendary hero, but the other knights scoffed. As he worked his way up the ranks, he made a deal with a vizier to ensure the safety of the galaxy - only for the vizier to kill the king, destroy the other knights, take over the galaxy with an iron fist, and turn Galactic Tyrant into the slave and political figurehead he is today. Tyrant takes a lot of Vader's scarier traits, and takes them to an extreme - you can see his rotten flesh in the tears of the costume, his goggles, respirator, and picklehaub are fused to his flesh, his limbs are robotic, and he carries a rusted chainsaw sword. Also, his breathing is grosser, like someone with a lot of mucus in their respirator.
- Yeti (Matterhorn Yeti): It's a yeti. I'm only including the Yeti due to the stories that the old Yeti animatronic at the Matterhorn ride actually DAMAGED the ride while it was running. As such, the Yeti carries a piece of steel from a roller coaster's supports.
YES!!! I've always wanted a Disneyland parody at Horror Nights! Thank you for this!
Also, it was the Yeti at Expedition Everest at Disney World that was damaging the ride, not the Matterhorn.
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On 2/2/2018 at 9:13 AM, DocNiktMarr said:
- Apocalypse in Wonderland: You're sick of zombies. You're sick of Lewis Carol corrupted into horror. WELL TOO BAD. Your acid trip gets even more nightmarish when a strange plague breaks out in wonderland. And when logic gets thrown out of the window, it's either a blessing when dealing with the undead or another layer on the nightmare. Probably the latter.
I love that description. So blunt.
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Dang, this is creepy, especially with that woman at the beginning.
However, it seems you've placed this in the wrong section of the site. This section is for sharing your own works of horror, not ones made by other people.
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23 hours ago, Pandry said:
Has anyone noticed a marked reduction in the amount of gore shown in the houses? Not just this year but now going back multiple years. I watched HHNH's Saw house walk through and wondered why Orlando's couldn't be like that. Or is it just me?
I don't find gore all that scary, so I don't mind
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2 minutes ago, clash said:
I can understand why they were afraid of backlash or drama,
But why even greenlit the house idea?
I don't know, but I do know that the person that greenlit it probably had his paycheck cut.
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3 minutes ago, criticalanalysis said:
Also, Murdy said he's talking about new properties for next year. Welp, HHN Orlando getting more IPs
At least it's early enough that rights issues shouldn't get in the way of announcements.
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I would just like to point out that Orlando's event is currently the only event that hasn't announced it's full line-up yet.
If someone hasn't been fired yet, then they're on very thin ice.
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9 hours ago, duh1011 said:
Personally never liked any of the Purge scarezones, nor the house. It's feeling like TWD to me with all this repetition. I do wonder if they'll do anything to make this one feel different than the previous ones, aside from just including more from the new movie?
At least it isn't a house this year.
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Can we just take a moment to appreciate the fact that the marketing is so messed up that the commercial came out before the full reveal?
I'm not even mad at this point. I just find this hilarious.
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Excited for the new show! But then again, they could have announced that it's the exact same show as last year and I still would be hyped as hell.
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6 hours ago, QueenoftheBunnies said:
Ok so, looks like IP vs. Original for house of the year comes out with Originals having more (in case anyone was wondering). I know this has been said before, as much as I love the original houses it would seem weird for Universal to NOT have houses based on IPs. Other theme parks can get away with 100% originals, but for a theme park that is already completely based around IPs, it would only make sense to have their Halloween event include IPs.
Umm... some of those years didn't even have IPs, so just judging from all the past Houses of the Year is a bit unfair.
I think that a fairer assessment would be to only look at the years that emphasized the IPs (2007, 2009, 2012-16), since they're what started this discussion in the first place.
2007 - IP
2009 - IP (could make the argument that it's an original)
2012 - Original
2013 - IP
2014 - Tie
2015 - Original
2016 - IP
Counting it up, we've got 5-3 in favor of IPs (4-4 if you count Dracula: LoB as an original). Admittedly, the IPs did have a numbers advantage for these years, but my point still stands: IPs can and have put out amazing houses.
Also, overall house rankings might actually be better in this case. Do we have those for the listed year?
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12 minutes ago, ScottEdmondson41 said:
Varies some but mid-to-late August for sure.
So, we should not expect any new announcement until the full reveal?
At least we don't have to wait too long for that.
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So, when does the full reveal typically happen?
(Also, I've been staying away from this thread due to lack of anything to talk about, if anyone was wondering where I've been.)
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2 minutes ago, criticalanalysis said:
If that's the case I seriously have zero hope for this event anymore. How fucking embarrassing.
At least it's a scare zone instead of a house.
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Just now, Arsik_22 said:
Quick question about the Unmasking the Horror Tour, I know last year they said no photography but ended up changing it to select mazes. I know the same warning is on the website now, so do you guys have a guess as to how it'll be this year? Are the original mazes the only ones we can take pictures in?
Most likely.
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9 hours ago, wow said:
It's fine. The Ifrit stated that this house will "be more steamy than baroque and dreamy" so maybe a steampunk Angels vs Demons? Idk, this house and the vampire one are the only things that we know little to nothing about
Maybe they mean sexy-er than normal?
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7 minutes ago, criticalanalysis said:
I was, should've been more clear
Though they've also made some weird decisions - and there's one particular person who works there that I seriously have no idea why they still do because they've brought disappointment constantly to the table.
Asking for names might be a bit rude, so what can we blame this person for?
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55 minutes ago, wow said:
Vampire's Collector: Vampire Clowns
Dude, the vampire clown thing was just random guessing. We have no idea what the vampire house will be like.
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Yeah, this discussion's become very tangential. I though it was because Universal was giving us nothing to work with, but even with the Soul Reaper stuff, we got side-tracked very quickly. Were past speculation threads like this?
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6 hours ago, TheLadyGator said:
Discussion has died quite a bit with lack of announcements so I'll quote this from HHNU:
" As reported this week by HHNU Universal needs more scareactors, so they have released a list of body types to fill unspecified scareactor roles, they include:
- 5′ 1” and under females with petite and youthful (childlike) appearance.
- 5′ 6” to 5′ 10” African American females of athletic build.
- 5′ 10” or taller females with a slim build.
- 5′ 10” to 6′ 2” slender build males with ‘facial features’ (?) able to appear 30-39.
- White males of age range 40 to 50.
- 5′ 11′ to 6′ 5” slender build males.
- 5′ 11′ or taller African American males of athletic build and must be tattoo free on chest, arms, abdomen, hands and neck.
- Male and female Stilt Walkers Maximum up to weight 190lbs.
- Seeking male stilt walkers 6’ – 6’ 8” in height . Must have previous BigFoot Stilt Walking Experience.
Anyone have any thoughts? I'm thinking the first bullet is the twins from the Shining, the African American males that need to be free of tattoos I'm assuming is the Coven aspect of AHS. Not sure about any of the others.
Don't really have any ideas about this, but can I just say that I'm glad that we have something to work with after all this dead air from Universal.
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1 hour ago, Alice said:
Not to be that guy, but you've been talking to a multiply disabled and mentally ill person this whole time, and they REALLY need to drop the 'asylum' crap.
'Psychopaths' as you call them don't represent us because they are from the violent past, when you didn't see us in public because our families shut us away in places like that. Still happens today, just not so much anymore. So....yeah. If you aren't mentally ill, I would understand why you aren't offended, but don't go around saying it ISN'T a shitty trope that needs to die.
I have mental disability too, and I don't mind the "asylum" stuff. The truth is that the mental disabled crowd is so diverse that you can't really just look at a few representatives and get a actuate summery of all of them.
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23 hours ago, zombieman said:
Contrary to what John Murdy is saying, Hollywood is not having AHS Asylum this year because SJWs attacked haunts last year that used any theme having to do with mental disabilities. So Hollywood will lay off AHS Asylum theme for a couple of years.
Really. They think psychopaths are offensive to people with mental disabilities. News flash, SJWs: most people with mental disabilities are aware that psychopaths aren't meant to be stand-in for them. In fact, censoring psychopaths because of people with mental disabilities is even more offensive than just having psychopaths.
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25 minutes ago, criticalanalysis said:
Speculation is so sparse because marketing sucks so bad we're now talking about other parks and traveling in general lmao.
I hope the people in charge of marketing this year are going to get fired before next year, which is looking very likely right now.
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On 6/23/2017 at 4:22 PM, zombieman said:
Answering in the style of criticalanalysis: Worst ideas ever. Complete waste of time. Horrible.
With that out of the way, #9 was briefly tried to some extent at Knotts in 2010. The end of Fallout Shelter was an area where you were exposed to "radiation". In one very dark room they had a bubble machine with UV sensitive bubble solution. The bubbles were undetectable other than the occasional wet pop on your arm - which is itself a creepy feeling in total darkness. The final room was UV lit and the marks left on your skin by the bursting bubbles looked like radiation poisoning. It was a totally cool idea - instead of seeing people affected by the maze, YOU were physically affected by it.
The effect was pulled the first weekend because people were complaining that their clothes were being ruined. Of course, the "stain" was only visible under UV and would wash out but that didn't stop people from trying to get refunds. People suck.
That sounds so cool. Shame about the complains, though.
Though they've also made some weird decisions - and there's one particular person who works there that I seriously have no idea why they still do because they've brought disappointment constantly to the table.
Halloween Horror Nights 29 Speculation
in Halloween Horror Nights 29
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Hey, let's check in Horror Nights. ...Huh, House of 1000 Corpses. Meh, seen it before, and means we're getting less original houses this year, but it might be interesting to see Orlando's take on wait a minute.
All the houses and scarezones have been announced...and none of them are The Purge!
WE'RE FREE! THE CURSE HAS BEEN LIFTED!