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    Halloween Horror Nights 31 Speculation

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    It’s a weird year for sure. The event was downgraded massively in 2020 for obvious reasons, and made a grand return last year. I’m guessing most aren’t impressed because they wanted certain IP’s like the fourth season of Stranger Things (which I do think it’ll come back next year along with the fifth), and certain Slasher classics that either didn’t came back regularly as Halloween and Texas Chainsaw Massacre like Nightmare on Elm Street and Saw or never had a chance to be at the event at all like Candyman and Scream.

     

    If it’s four IP’s per year as a new trend, then we might heading back to the originals in the future sort of like the old days with the inclusion of the icons, unless they have any backups. Both old and new. Universal have a long and great success during it’s early years at the Orlando parks with HHN that stood everything out before the IP’s officially came to the event. 
     

    Seems like there are less to work with. Disney ridiculously owns so much and with the recent inclusion of Fox, they’re not gonna let their biggest theme park competitor to bring in anything for HHN like American Horror Story. WB owns a lot of great horror properties that we had gotten, but they’re hard to negotiate too, unless that changes next year by bringing back the Exorcist as a 50th anniversary celebration with a new scene or two to promote the upcoming sequel trilogy.

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    Halloween Horror Nights 31 Speculation

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    14 hours ago, MGregorio594 said:

    This 1000% percent. It is extremely disappointing the way that people are viewing the addition of this house to the event. I fully respect that people have different tastes in music and The Weeknd doesn't produce their preferred flavor. On a personal level, I'm just a casual listener of his music. I think he has some good music and I've got a few of his mainstream songs in my Apple Music library, but that's the extent to it. I have yet to dig into his music videos, but I gather that he implements a lot of horror themes into them. That being said, I don't know what to expect going into this house, but I trust that Universal will provide casual guests, diehard HHN fans, and The Weeknd fans with a great house, as they usually do.

     

    The issue I have with the people who are so against this is that they clearly don't trust the creative team. I can't stand to see all the whining and bitching about something that they haven't even seen yet. Like you said, assuming it's widely revered, this house may usher in a new era of music related houses based off artists that die hard fans are more fond of. This house is going to bring in A LOT of people who have never come to the event, likely Stranger Things level of new attendees, so the house is going to have to deliver. I have full faith in Universal that they will come up with an excellent house that will surprise a lot of people. The event is only being "ruined" by a mere 10% on a house level. There will be nine other houses to enjoy (or hate based on the comments I've seen, since no one can enjoy anything it seems) plus five scare zones, two shows, and six rides that people can go on to avoid this one house. The hilarious thing to me is the people who are saying they're appalled that Universal would implement this into the event and are going to boycott this year are NO DOUBT still going to come and walk through this house. Bringing a little bit of change to the ever evolving event that is HHN every year is only good both for Universal and us as consumers. This has to be looked at with a business perspective. More people at the event means more money in Universal's pocket. More money in their pocket means more detailed houses, scare zones, shows, etc. in future years to invest in. More detailed houses, scare zones, shows, etc. means happier fans like us. What's so hard to comprehend about this? Universal is a business and they're going to rake in A LOT of cash because of this house. Why wouldn't they collaborate with this mega icon? 

     

    In regards to your comment on The Weeknd's popularity and value, I looked at two posts from yesterday. The Weeknd house announcement post on HHN Orlando's Instagram sits at a little under 40K likes. The Weeknd's Instagram post of the house announcement sits at 1.6M likes. Does anything more need to be said about how HUGE this is for Universal, and, again, how it will only bring good to the event in upcoming years? The attitude people have towards this house is not warranted or necessary. The same team who are working on this house worked on Wicked Growth, Scarecrow, and *insert your favorite house here*. Quit the moaning and complaining, have some faith, and give The Weeknd house a chance before you completely dismiss it, y'all who are enraged over this.  


     

    As someone who loves HHN like you and have my own collective taste in music, this is a very well and beautifully done rant that made me shed a tear and smile. The heavy use of gatekeeping caused a negative impact in rock and metal so horribly that it’s everywhere unlike pop, R&B, country and Rap/Hip-Hop. The reason the cliché “Rock Is Dead” statement is so overused for years is because of the labels, the media, the current state of commercial radio; the dividedness over politics, values, and class, and the snobby douchebag fans themselves who don’t know how to behave and be politically neutral - NOT the bands.

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    Halloween Horror Nights 31 Speculation

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    American Dad episodes referenced to the houses.

     

    The Witches of Langley is Spirits of the Coven, Man In The Moonbouce is the Prison (Hellgate?), Adventures In Haleysitting is Halloween, Stanny Get Your Gun is Fiesta De Chupacabras, Dancin’ A-With My Cell is Dead Man’s Wharf, Bullocks To Stan/ Rough Trade is Blumhouse, Windowmaker is Bugs Eaten Alive, Game Night is Descendants of Destruction, A Starboy Is Born is The Weeknd, and Mine Struggle/Poltergasm/Fianeces With Wolves is Legends Collide. 
     

    Putting all the puzzle pieces together.

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    Halloween Horror Nights 31 Speculation

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    As of now, I’m hoping for HNN to update the Speculation Map for just one more time before a full dump reveal.

     

    Here something I could say regarding The Weeknd: Some people view pop music as reductive and artless, which Is an old take as the genre itself. When was the last time we had a lot of names in rock music that were everywhere such as the FM radio, television, and music magazines? Pretty much the 2000’s, but none of them will never be on par with The Weeknd or even outsell him commercially, unless you’re Linkin Park or Coldplay. The Weeknd is one of the current faces of youth in music, and let’s not forget about the music video of Michael Jackson’s Thriller who should get his own house as a tribute to him. 
     

    I think he was the kind of surprise that would make you stroke your chin at first, and later realize that he makes more sense than you think if you watch his music videos from After Hours. Will they admit they’re wrong? Probably not, but maybe the best among us do. 
     

    With that said, all the naysaying on all the Twitters and Facebooks are posting for public embarrassments and moral punishments, and these types of behaviors to me are disappointing. If his house turns out to be good and well received critically as the catalyst, then we should be getting more music houses once per year for each act. Can you imagine if we get Slipknot, MJ, Iron Maiden, and Lady Gaga while thanking The Weeknd a few years from now? 

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    Halloween Horror Nights 31 Speculation

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    What I’m expecting this month other than The Weeknd being dropped this month is also potentially the Frequent Fear too before a full dump of original houses, scarezones, and shows in the next week or two on August. They could do it on August 2nd, which is 31 days away from opening night as a pun. Halloween is on the 31st, and this will be the 31st HHN year at Orlando. 

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    Halloween Horror Nights 31 Speculation

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    Wanna revisit the house bounce clue. Does anyone on this site followed Legacy’s American Dad clues? I want you guys to watch an episode from the fifth season of that show called “Man In The Moonbounce.” 
     

    It has the Smiths having fun in a house bounce for Steve’s birthday that made Stan feel like a kid again, and later threw toilet paper all over a bully’s house, which Stan got arrested for and went to prison, turning himself into a man child. He gets in trouble with a warden, attempts to pull a prank on him with help of the other inmates, decides not to, and was finally released after his stay in jail. 
     

    Sounds a lot like Hellgate. We had one room from that house in (S)cary last year as the closing scene and it seems weird to bring it back as a sequel right now, but It’s my shot in a dark kind of guess. 

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    Halloween Horror Nights 31 Speculation

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    Hey, I’d be down for a house bounce with scareactors lol. 
     

    But jokes aside, I’ll look at the clue in one angle or two. The background has a western-looking shack, which instantly made me think of Ghost Town. Maybe it’ll fill in for Evil Dead as a last-minute replacement. A traditional themed Halloween scarezone is also rumored, and I’m still hoping for the Pumpkin Lord to make some sort of return over there. 

     

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    Halloween Horror Nights 31 Speculation

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    It’s possible we may get only four IP houses again like last year, and we shouldn’t be surprised at all about it. Insiders have been saying for sometime that a replacement for Evil Dead will likely be an original concept in a matter of time. We’re about less than two months from the beginning of HHN, and less than a month from rehearsals. They must’ve lost it a few weeks ago, which gives them a couple of months or less to change over the house. If the marketing team/A&D doesn’t think there’s an IP worth losing two or three weeks of negotiations to procure, then it should be worth the time to retheme it into an original concept. 
     

    Nope is a Universal property, so if that comes to the event, then they’ve already built the relationships to have it included from the start than a last minute replacement. I may not to be an insider, but I do know it takes time negotiate for IP houses. Even the Universal Parks has to get approval from the Universal film division on using the Monsters and Chucky. 

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    Halloween Horror Nights 31 Speculation

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    Here’s something I wanna ask y’all: If Evil Dead does not return in some form again this year, then how would you guys feel if they went with Nope instead? If that turns out to be true, then It should get a release calendar, so Jordan Peele could plan on including whatever he has coming out that season yearly to save the event’s creative team members some headaches or extra work. A last minute replacement isn’t too far off right now.

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    Halloween Horror Nights 31 Speculation

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    Another Easter Egg was recently added at the Tribute Store that is possibly as reference to Cruse of Dracula based on the dates mentioned. 1885 was the year Harker traveled to Dracula in the 1958 Christopher Lee version, and it sounds like he purchased a theater too. 1979 is the Frank Langella version, and 82 is the Vincent Price version respectively. 
     

     

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    It’s kinda weird that we’re not getting another Chucky house this year. There were a lot of talks about it as a rumor cause the TV series is getting a second season, it’s a Universal property, and we also had a Chucky photo-op last year. Now, it’s been discontinued unless it’s a last minute replacement for Evil Dead or comes back next year. 

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