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Looks like a great year for Rob Zombie fans. I like some of his music and that's about it. His stuff is just too derivative and not clever enough to feel like a homage to the time period Mr. Zombie clearly wishes he was living in. I mean, he actually seems like an ok guy and a total geek, so I can't "hate" him, but I love 70's horror and just can't get into his vanity projects. I think the Corpses house could be good though. Seems like it will make a much better haunted house than film for me. Just not excited at all about the Zone though. Being gross and unpleasant isn't scary or interesting enough. I envision it being like the Bone zone from 2017. The rest of the Zones could be good or awful. Will just have to see where the creative direction flows. Hoping Anarch-ade is video game related. Pretty excited about all the houses this year.

Tough to choose. I am very excited for Ghostbusters and am intrigued by how they will do it. After Poltergeist last year, I'm pretty sure they can make it a fun house. Universal Monsters is tied for first and I'm also super interested to see what the underwater house will be like.

I'm weirdly obsessed with the idea of a house spilling out into the streets as a zone. I thought the Invasion idea would have worked for that. Maybe have an interstellar zoo gone wrong type house and accompanying zone. Maybe that would impact the overall variety of the event though and it would have to be a can't miss idea to pull off successfully, but I think it's possible. Could work for Klowns.

Yeah, it was awesome. I liked it as much as the icon zone

I hope at least one of them is as fun as the Chucky zone from last year. That might be my favorite since the icon zone at 25.

Maybe they will be Children Of The Corn type kids.

Sorry. Watchin' Endgame. Yup. That's what I was talking about. And how I'd describe it. And imploded, not exploded. Could be re-inflated. Also, I don't think anyone chose Creepshow as the announcement, so no Butterbeer was won. I picked Classic Monsters and wasn't correct. Shocker. I'm wrong a lot.

weeelll, looks like Creep Show likely imploded.

We need a Thrones house and a Westworld house and a Deadwood house and an Oz house and a Barry house

Dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!

I can't believe I forgot Dr. Frankenstein.

Oh, my nickname for this year is Doctors Without Borders. Dr.'s Stantz, Venkman, and Spengler, Dr. Satan, Tooth Fairies, Nightingales, Dr. Paul Reiser Edit- Mustn't forget Frankenstein

Ok, fine. Final Fantasy house confirmed. Yeah, yeah, it's Biblical, yeah, yeah

Ifrit's clue 2 is about Hellraiser, I think. Leviathan is a dark god in that mythology.

Meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow I have no idea what anyone is talking about. I got nothin' but meow mix song.

No. Stop this. I can't get excited for this two years in a row before proof. Who would Murdy be meeting with that he was a huge fan of growing up? Unless he's having tea with Mr. King, I'm not sure who that would be. I'd like this too much to be true. It's probably The Mule. Meeting with Eastwood about The Mule.

Hi! I'm Pumpkin, this is Pin, and this is our jerk cousin, Dick.

I don't think we're concrete on anything other than at least one Stranger Things house at this point. And probably AoV. EDIT I think maybe "Freaks" is Hellraiser after all. Could work for either, but Freaks may be too obvious? Also, Mystique made a comment and it could have been either further clue or herring.

Yup. Tod Browning's Freaks The Clerks are reacting to circus-type pinheads and has a "one of us" reference as well.

If Freaks is really coming, I'm glad I'm going back this year. That could be absurdly great.

I could see this as Hellraiser for sure. Other things too, but with a character named Dante... could be hell related. Hell adjacent? Nevermind. Seeing it in context, gotta actually say Freaks.

They really needed a Barney in the doorway going to Seeds. He wouldn't even have to break contractual obligation. He could just be Barney. It would have been hilarious and possibly terrifying. also, here is my brief event review: Had to fly back to Vermont today and I had one of the best times of my life at the event. I can say I liked Poltergeist and Dead Exposure the best, but there is a 7-way tie for third. Everything was great. My girlfriend and I went through Seeds all by ourselves which was kind of magical and Blumhouse as well. I would have loved any 80's property instead of another Blumhouse, but the scareactors were outstanding and I had a ton of fun. I was in a long conga for Halloween, but it was like the house was out to get me. I got everything both times I did it. I loved it. Stranger Things was an excellent re-creation of the show with great actor likenesses and I went through enough to see all of them. Scary Tales was so yummy in my tummy! Carnival was super cool and extra fun to see behind the screams, Slaughter Sinema was a ton of fun and is now well represented in my wardrobe, Trick r Treat is maybe last because it felt short to me, but I still quite enjoyed it. Vamp and Chucky were my favorite zones and the Klowns were crazy entertaining. Tradition had the Pumpkins had foggy lighting I so enjoy and Harvest wasn't much to write webpage about, but I liked the big puppet arm guys. On Horror Nights days, I walked 10 miles a day and loved every minute of it. I've only been to 2007 and 2008 in Hollywood and 25, 27 and 28 in Florida, but this is by far my favorite year. I feel very stupid for any disappointment I had that the original list of properties were wrong. I think I'm going to need to find a way to go every year from here on in

Who let all those cats outta all those bags? Well, thank you. Those cats hated those bags.

Great strategy. I travel from Vermont so also like to go in knowing what I'm doing.