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I actually wouldn’t mind Black Phone to come back as a full house at some point. Both Joe Hill and Scott Derrickson had some talks about a potential sequel.

Casper Gutman made an interesting thought on Inside Universal. Do you guys find it striking this year with a right-down amount and variety of slasher merchandises? Every park and/or haunt goer had a different shirt that is either brought at the Studios for HHN, custom made, elaborately made, or cleverly made. It’s possible that a lot of different outlets made a good chunk of money off of characters like Michael. There were only a few Weeknd shirts when I was there on opening night, and nearly all of those were in stock at their shops. I do find it interesting how most fans and vets always treat newer IP’s at the event as an element of something new and intriguing while all the rest that have been there more than once are old popular demands. The general public would argue Halloween was the biggest spark of the year cause they didn’t offer any other IP’s that appeals to them personally other than Abel and the Monsters. I do see a trend of one slasher house or maybe two if necessary to represent once per year like Chucky and maybe my wildcard for 32. Would the sub-genre ever get a bigger representation again like Carnival of Carnage at 17? I unfortunately don’t see it as well cause Universal doesn’t control the rights of those IP’s, some aren’t popular in today’s world, and some are horribly in a train wreck when it comes to ownership and handling the rights. *Coughs* Friday The 13th *Coughs* The biggest common grounds between slasher icons like Micheal, Leatherface, Jason, Chucky, Ghostface, and Freddy is how big they are in pop culture both historically and symbolically.

I can’t wait to see it! Will your spec map include the scarezones, or you’re just predicting the houses first? You could throw in some original concepts as wild picks other than as wishful thinkings.

I can take the Munsters (preferably the TV serious) and even the Addams Family. Both of them have potential and there’s a lot of fresh ideas you could with them that are very horror adjacent with dark humor. Casper on the other hand seems way too tricky to do a house.

Been wondering how they could pull off an Invisible Man house in case the next Universal Monster isn’t what I’m expecting the most. They could do it entirely in black lights to have him to do jump scares be guys in black clothes with only one pair of clothing on that is visible like a hat or shirt (Universal/HHN merchandise would make a perfect fourth wall break for this) and holding a knife to make it seem like it’s floating in a threatening matter with some Slasher elements as an update, but you know it’s the Invisible Man. You also got some camouflaged scares and pitch black areas with some things touching you in the dark, and course some scares with him fully clothed with the bandages. It’s sounds like a very experimental approach. This would also require black walls for the black light scares to work, so the actors could be behind them, which would be very hard to pull off without making the scares so obvious or making the sets small. You can’t really have a house that is entirely pitch black or have anyone touch in you dark for safety reasons. On paper, it sounds good as a camouflage house, but I don’t think it would really come off as the Invisible Man by execution cause it wouldn’t be easy to build all the sets for the scareactors to blend in with it other than making them with just walls patterned and painted or covered with black sheets and curtains. That’s why I considered the Invisible Man to be the toughest character to do for a house, even with some interesting ideas together, you have to build the sets uniquely different to fit in some of the scares.

Chucky could be an alternative to Scream on the Slasher bill possibly other than Elm Street, but It’s also on the TV bill too as an alternative to Stranger Things, since it’s based of the USA/Syfy series.

At this point, I’m looking at what could go either way. We can’t pick right now for an overall theme we want the most. If it’s an amp up take of 19, then I can take it. If it’s like what Alex is predicting, then I can take it. I’m just not buying the possibility of Scream coming to the event, so I’m pretty much going what Legacy implied.

AlexanderMBush made a very interesting prediction on Inside Universal. With Chucky announced, his IP picks are The Exorcist, Scream, Dawn FM, and the Invisible Man. He thinks next year’s overall theme revolves around death. Dawn FM emphasized what lies after death, Chucky is a pitstop of death, Pazuzu refuses to stay dead and wants to remain alive in some form, Slasher movies like Scream are about avoiding death long as possible with a rush, and The Last of Us is about the Undead. You could even use either the Caretaker or Bone as an icon who are both related to death as an angle of the theme.

This may sound too much like fan fiction, but what If there was a crossover of her and Terra Queen? The Storyteller could speak about how they connected their home worlds and formed an alliance as she turns her own story into life. I sometimes get the feeling 15 and even Gorewood at 30 may had a hint of Narnia influences.

Here it is! My take of a Narnia zone called The White Witch & The Stone Table! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ArUW8xOLoYqEoCpyM9hGBhTkfiFkaEysrKB702vNmXU/edit

I was checking CS Lewis’s list of books and novels he written. He actually dabbled the sci-fi horror genre once with one book called the Dark Tower that began as the conclusion to the Space Trilogy. Man, he is definitely one of those authors I’d make him represent at the event of his most notable work with a haunt attraction treatment in some form if I was a show director for HHN other HP Lovecraft and Rudyard Kipling - It totally makes sense now! Another thing worth mentioning about Narnia is the Stone Table from The Lion, The Witch, and Wardrobe. I could picture Jadis practicing a sacrificial ritual where she kills the Narnians on the table that were kidnapped by her while the guards paste around the zone to scare off the guests. I wouldn’t include Aslan for this idea cause that would be too controversial, and it should instead set between the first two books from the series during the Age of Winter. I’m just not sure how they could pull off the snowy settings for this zone idea. When Jadis took over Narnia, it was winter for centuries and no Christmas when the witch only celebrates for herself.

I think Brian was just saying that cause of the apocalyptic theme. But it’s pretty much like you said before; a reboot of Terror Underground: Transit To Torment from the early years of HHN. Both of them took place in the subways at New York City.

If there are plans for the Weeknd to come back next year, then It’s possible Legacy could use certain episodes from the Simpsons as clues like he done before when it comes to speculations in animation. Abel made a guest appearance on that show other than American Dad (used this year).

Legacy had recently implied to not expect Scream. Don’t get me wrong, I want a house based on the movie as the other dude, but It’s so tough to get access and make it happen officially.

I could understand why some may have a few concerns with that movie and the sequel if it were to happen at HHN, but let’s try not to act like that Art is the only character when there are many other horror villains (including the icons) who are labeled as sexists and even racists yet when you actually look at their point of view, they don’t care who they are cause they just wanna make victims out of somebody for whatever reasons or none at all.

It’s kinda surprising some forumers on Inside Universal aren’t on board with the Exorcist coming back as a possible IP for next year. Not saying that they’re wrong, and I know there weren’t any plans to bring back Psycho and The Thing for the 60th and the 40th anniversaries at 30 and this year respectively, but the difference with those two is they’re not trending right now. The Exorcist as the series is making all the headlines everywhere on the internet cause of the upcoming reboot trilogy, and it’d kinda be a missed opportunity as a marketing strategy if it doesn’t happen. If one of my predictions becomes true, then it could help promote the newer sequels and do well in the box office. Plus there is a possibility that they could break the “IP anniversaries are meaningless” streak, since they have went through a lot of flip flops as it changes overtime. As for those who don’t want it to be too much like 26, you also have the Exorcist III and the TV series, which are the best installments after the original unlike II and the prequels. Mash them together, and you’ve got yourself an acceptable variety as a compilation house.

I could picture one scene of her in some medieval-like prison where she chillingly kills a dwarf with her wand by stabbing him, slowly turning into stone. Let’s not forget about her army from the books who could also be her guards in the castle such as the ghouls, goblins, evil dwarfs, trolls, hags, ogres, wolves, and many more. It’s something that got me wondering what she was doing between the first two books from the series. I do picture Jadis’ personality to be very ruthless.

If next year IP’s and originals are all movies as a 19-esque year with the possible return of the Usher, then much of it could look like this. Phantom of the Opera The Exorcist Chucky Nightmare On Elm Street Saw Leave It To Cleaver 2 Sliver Screams 2 with scenes from the silent era horror films.

I know this will never happen, but I could easily picture them pulling off a Narnia house that revolves around Jadis the White Witch while setting it between the Magician’s Nephew and The Lion, The Witch & the Wardrobe.

Personally, I’d rather not have the Frankensteins, Dracula, and Wolfman back again, since we already had them in previous years and should get a break for a while. If more than one Monsters/early horror movie is needed for next year, then they should go with more films from the silent era like Nosferatu, The Hunchback of the Notre Dame, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, The Man Who Laughs. You can easily tie into them with the Usher like bread and butter.

The reason I’m leaning towards on the Phantom of the Opera as the next Monsters house cause the 1925 classic will turn a hundred in the next few years. Though it’s in the public domain, but it’s still technically a Universal property that is a big part of the brand historically. Here’s the real kicker: Both him and Chucky were at the event in 09, and the killer doll himself will return with a new house for 32, so that got me thinking if the Usher could possibly come back as an icon again on a soft scale somewhere in the park. If you’ve read his backstory, his most favorite movie is the Phantom. Sounds too good and intriguing to be true, but it’s a good theory.

I somehow could picture Bugs coming back as a scarezone. The insects probably left the pavilion and took over the streets. Very easy theory to think of, but it’s a simple continuation that makes sense very well.

Though It’s more Hollywood related, but John Murdy was asked about Fear Street coming to the event, and he tweeted that’s he is ready when Netflix is ready. I think the ship has been sailed due asking price, so this leaves the announced Chucky TV series as an alternative, but I’ll be gladly wrong if it turns out to be the opposite.

If they’re working on a new album and have plans for the next North American tour right now, then I wouldn’t be surprised if Metallica gets their own house. A handful of songs were even inspired by Lovecraft.

Not all of his works are in the Public Domain, since it takes 95 years for it to become one. As of now, all the releases from 1927 through now are copyrighted. Call of Cthulhu came out in 1928, so it’ll take a couple of years to be a public domain. Lovecraft is definitely one of those authors that should be represented at the event with a haunted attraction treatment other than Rudyard Kipling.