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Just finished watching Child’s Play for the first time, and it far exceeded my expectations. I honestly had just expected it to be a goofy gore movie in the vein of the NoES sequels, but it actually had quite a bit of creepiness in both the cinematography and the fantastic design and effects of the Chucky doll and its voice. It was quite goofy in a few places, but not too much. Honestly a new favorite 80s flick, with a ton of fun scenes. Doesn’t change my excitement for this zone too much, but I suppose this makes me happier that he’s the most prominent figure on the zone shirt.

Yeah, the overuse of his true face in advertising ruins the reveal, same with the tagline for The Strangers.

You’ve seen ‘em? If so, that’s fantastic, thanks.

Yeah, that was what I was trying to parody. Sarcasm isn’t very well expressed over text.

I am 100% getting that zone shirt and character shirt if the writing on the back isn't too obnoxious.

Haha I was joking. We're probably not getting IT, Conjuring, NoES, or any other IP WB has for quite a while. The Thing was a bit of a joke as to how heavily it was speculated to be here this year, and AHS was poking fun at the Disney Fox aquisition.

IT, NoES, The Conjuring...uhh...definitely The Thing, definitely AHS.

Comes in through that side entrance into Hollywood.

So...you're okay with no linear story then?

I completely agree that I would have rathered literally any other property than The Purge, but that wasn’t my point. My point was that this is gonna be the first house that has always intended to feature the IP I’m a huge fan of this change, the entrance to Both AHS houses have felt cluttered and awkward due to the close proximity to the entrance zone. (What does “on the walls will be the ship” mean?)

Uh...I'm a huge Evil Dead fan but...AvED was bad. Maybe not terrible, but IMO it was quite a bit worse than HoB. I mean - I had never seen a Saw film when I went through the house last year but I adored that house. It was #3 on my list. I agree that Purge is overdone, but this is literally the first time the Purge has had a house at the event that was specifically designed for the IP. Not sure about you, but that's at least a little exciting to me. From what I've seen, TFP's costumes are pretty sick looking.

(Credit: @Returning-The-Reaction on IU) For some reason the title "Show" makes me giggle.

I mean, HoB wasn't the worst last year imo. I thought it was "The Past Will Haunt You."

Jeez, just because the properties aren't great doesn't mean the house will blow. Give it a chance.

The recent announcement of the inclusion of Humpty Dumpty and The Three Little Pigs in ST: DEA bumps it up all the way up to above SoE. Still haven't seen Poltergeist.

Imperius on IU would lose his fucking mind.

This deserves all the likes Wasn't very excited for ST before, but the announced stories they'll be tackling (Three Little Pigs, Humpty Dumpty) bumps this one up a few spots on my hype list. Very excited to see how they pull those off with either animatronics, costumes, or static models.

That's a bit silly. You can't judge a house on previous entries in the series, especially if its a dang mash-up series! I agree but only barely. Honest to god, I wouldn't care if we got HDD or Unfriended, they're equal in terms of design potential IMO. One has fun ideas with repeated rooms, and the other can get very abstract and trippy. I only prefer Purge over Truth or Dare due to costume design, as the possibilities and designs with TFP are vastly more interesting than ToD's.

Yeah I've stated elsewhere but HDD has interesting design potential and TFP actually being designed for The Purge shouldn't hurt. Not at the bottom of my hype list, but definitely not near the top.

I prefer the more reserved designs as well, but I don’t want to feel like I’m rubbing my annual pass in my friends’ faces.

Yeah, after a quick google image search I agree. I just hate that AP sleeve logo, it feels so pretentious. Probably will just stick with the house shirt.

Looking back at posts from the beginning of this thread is hilarious.

Isn't their last exclusive still unannounced

As someone who was active in the off-season this year, the occasional announcements throughout the year keeps the speculation going, and keeps the community active. (I’m getting excited too!)

I'm actually starting to get excited for this one, if only because I realized that it'll probably have the most creative costume design out of all the zones.