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    Halloween Horror Nights Orlando 29 Discussion Thread

    in Halloween Horror Nights 29

    Posted · Edited by ultimateforce

    Night two for America's Sweetheart (me).

     

    Ghostbusters was amazing. Worth the 50 minute wait, maybe the best house of all time even better than Poltergeist. The effects, the settings, the actors were beyond what I could even imagine. Live actors doing lines and improve, a certain 'buster gave me a high five at the end.

    Killer Klowns is already showing wear and tear (I noticed a key prop was broken tonight) and I missed a lot of scares I remember from the first night. After seeing it again, if you aren't a fan of the movie already I don't see a new comer understanding anything about this house.  

     

    House of a 1000 Corpses was way better than I thought it was going to be. The scares are the end were fast and the group I was with was getting blasted. The facade was worth admission to see once.

     

    Universal Movie Monsters was much better on the second night with the Mummy room's actors in perfect sync. Made my group pinball around the room perfectly.

     

    Blood Pit is my sleeper hit of the year. I felt trapped in a complete nightmare. The houses don't scare me at all but towards the end I was feeling dread like I needed to escape. Something about how tight the maze is. A must-go house so far.

     

    Depth of Fear was terrible. Lots and lots of empty boo holes. I actually saw a group of (what appeared to be) managers in the house in a group looking very angry. The group I was with was very disappointed.  

     

    Graveyard Games is a such a simple concept they nailed. The creative team knows how to make a graveyard and zombies so this is an easy home run house that just works.

     

    Marathon of Mayhem is excellent, watch it once if you can make it to the proper area. 

     

    I walked through Zombieland with a group of new people tonight and they didn't even realize it was a scare zone.

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    Halloween Horror Nights Orlando 29 Discussion Thread

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    10 minutes ago, itsabee said:

    Jesus. What did you think about Klowns? Please I need someone else to talk to about this because it just felt so uncomfortable.

    Did you have on super bring pink eye shadow and was on the left side of the gates on opening night?

     

    Anyway, Killer Klowns might have been the biggest missed opportunity of any house I've seen so far. Let me preface by saying I really enjoyed this house, but let me explain. The buzz about the Klowns was really huge this year. People were lining up to take photos with them outside the house, and the middle-aged guy behind me in line talked about how much he enjoyed the movie having recently seen it for the first time.  I listened to the Killer Klowns song by the Dickies twice on the way to HHN, I was pumped.

     

    SPOILERS FOR THE REST OF THIS POST.

     

    The opening scene was spot on. We are outside in the city with the projection of Shorty and the "knock your block off" scene in shadow. The moving trash cans with with no Klown as a good scare and it looked realistic. The next couple gags were quick hits from the movie, with the puppet sheriff being particularly good. None of them were scary or surprising. Just lots of "hey I remember that part from the movie, pretty cool" then on to the next one. Once we got in the ship I think it just felt like they ran out of time. I thought the plywood floors and walls were true to how the real movie sets were made but a lot of scares involved the actors stomping on plywood floors to make noise. Compared to Graveyard Games this wasn't even on the same level. The Klowns aren't scary they are funny in my opinion and the hallway with the GATs should have been the whole rest of the house. The ending scene with all the Klowns in a twisting line was fun but went by so fast. Why the hell didn't the song loop properly? It just cuts off in the middle of a verse and repeats!

     

    If they iron out some of these bugs and do some changes I think this house could be fantastic it just didn't work for me without my nostalgia and desire to enjoy it. I was talking to a couple in line behind me and they thought it was supposed to be based on IT!

    Vanity Ball

    in Scare Zones & Shows

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    Some of the costumes in this zone were great. The music selection was fun, I wish they played the whole songs. A scare actor putting a mirror in my face trying to scare me with my own reflection is very rude, thank you. :(

    Anarch-Cade

    in Scare Zones & Shows

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    I really hope they improve this zone like they did the one in this area last year (remember the walking hay bales that got replaced?). 

     

    The digital cloud effect was cool. Zero potential to be scary as it is now. 

    Zombieland Double Tap

    in Scare Zones & Shows

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    1 hour ago, itsabee said:

    Out of curiosity, what did you find bad about the zone? I think the voice acting is ATROCIOUS but that’s my main problem with it.

     

    I will compare it to the scare zone in the area last year as example.

     

    Vamp 85 had a great soundtrack, with a high energy cast of characters. There was the MC on the mic constantly reminding everyone something is about to happen so be ready. The reporter was interacting with the visitors and scare actors so I personally felt like I was included in the story to an extent. The attacked stage didn't really do much other than serve as a place to rally around but it was still visually interesting with the lighting and smoke effects. The vampires themselves were interesting and different and the party going victims seemed to have a unique personality. 

     

    All that being said, Zombieland had none of that. The music, if there was any, was so boring and generic I can only remember The Reaper playing once and I don't consider that to be nearly as fun of a song as We Bite or How Soon is Now?.  The only zombies I can remember was the jogger, and the Bill Murray. I can think of, at least, 10 specific characters from Vamp 85 a year later. The horn sound that plays that calls the zombies to the game booth wasn't exciting and the zombie actors never seemed to be ready for it and had to run to booth. Not scary, not entertaining. The stage show was interesting, I guess, but hardly gave off an energetic vibe like the dancing and music of Vamp.

     

    I am willing to bet my ticket the HHN team was paid a to do this zone as advertisement for the upcoming movie. 

     

    Halloween Horror Nights 29 Speculation

    in Halloween Horror Nights 29

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    1 hour ago, zombieman said:

    HHN themed Cinematic Celebration....that would be interesting.  

    I have not seen the new show yet - do they still have the giant floating golf balls?  I remember how they had horror themed lagoon shows for HHN back in the day.

     

    Robosaurus (which screams 80's) is not scheduled to appear anywhere during HHN.  Just sayin... 

     

    Is there any sign of a stage being built for the yet to be announced show?  Seems to me the old stage used for AOV would have been constructed by now.

    If that looks unlikely, then there's always a "Death Drums" type show; otherwise, the lagoon seems pretty likely due to the limited remaining time.

    Hard to believe there was a time when HHN was not too crowded for a parade, eh?

     

    Last year was my first ever HHN and the idea of it not being a sea of people seems so wild to me. 

    Graveyard Games

    in Haunted Houses

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    On 8/9/2019 at 3:58 AM, LilPetts said:

    I am so excited for this house, it's gone high up on my anticipation list!

    KKfoS was my peak house to be excited for but this one sounds so strange I'm all in. It might be my first house on opening night. 

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