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Great write up! Your descriptions would make for a very good house for a property that may not be the scariest or most well received by horror fans. Keep up the great work
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18 hours ago, HorrorUnearthed said:
Yeah I hear what you mean, if they brought back horror video games back to the event, the definite first would have to be the Resident Evil game, after they made it very revamped and much better than original and stuff, it definitely fits for the event, I've been wanting to see how Universal would replicate it as a house because it would blow Escape From Raccoon City out of the water, not saying that house wasn't good back at 23, it was an awesome house but the many stuff that goes down in the recent RE and not talking about RE 2 although, it would be awesome for Universal to go round 2 for it and make it better than the other. Universal has some perfect opportunities for some really good VG mazes. Dead Space would be more immersive and to see Isaac and crew and the Necromorphs at every corner trying to escape and running into visions of the markers more than once, these houses would be very cool and very detailed with so much time and energy and good money to use on em.
The house back in 23 was kind of a bummer for me. If they were able to focus on the first 3 or just the latest release it would be solid I think.
I read somewhere that Silent Hill was
being considered as a scarezone, dont remember where or the credibility of the source. I think it would super cool if they did it in central park with all the fog and lights.
Forever hoping for Until Dawn, though it'll never happen but one can dream
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On 1/26/2019 at 10:51 AM, Drummanmatt said:
New Ifrit tweet:
The wolfman came out in 1941 if I remember correctly. You think they would be choosing from the year '41?
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1 hour ago, TheRobcat said:
If Freaks is really coming, I'm glad I'm going back this year. That could be absurdly great.
Are we referring to Freaks that came out in the 30's?
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12 hours ago, Legacy said:
What I was thinking was either Havoc or Nightengales. Both are killing machines in which all they know is war and conflict. They may not know of better circumstances.
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14 minutes ago, TheShape1031 said:
Hahaha this is spot on. I thought the Purge section was even worse. There was nothing remotely scary about the Purge portion. At least HDD stayed true to the movie, but ironically that's it's downfall! What else could they do with a movie that continuously repeats the same scene over and over. Like someone said above, if they could've found a way to put the killer in a different spot it may have helped, but it was the same thing every time. And yes the "Nice one Dickhead" track was quite humorous.
Yep. It was all the same throughout... but then we got to the Purge portion and is got even worse!
There was no energy in that Purge section. I wanted to like it, especially since I'm one of the few who enjoyed the 2015 Purge house. It probably didnt help that I didnt see The First Purge when it was in theatres.
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21 minutes ago, USHER6998 said:
Maybe a return of silver screams could somehow use the dual house?
They could do it like the die in scarezone in 2015. One run of classic characters and another with modern characters
1 hour ago, TheShape1031 said:Am I the only one who didn't like Happy Death Day and has no interest in seeing a sequel and another Maze based on it this year? It seems like a lot of people enjoyed it, but it's just not my cup of tea I guess.
Definitely not my favorite. It's more of a romantic comedy than a horror movie in my eyes. The section of the house was fine for what the movie brought to the table. I think a whole house based on it would feel dragged out.
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12 hours ago, ZombieTaco said:
What about some oldies but goodies like My Bloody Valentine,The Strangers,Drag Me to Hell, or Cabin Fever?
I think The Strangers should get their own house at this point. If you combine both movies into one house it would definitely have enough content to fill an entire house. The one or two rooms in Silver Screams wasn't enough for me
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1 hour ago, mystiquephreeq said:
Both R&M clues are Legacy’s. I just yoinked the second from IU where he posted it.
Frightanic was a great house, or should we call it houses?
Last year’s house number was easy to tick off using your hands. This year, you won’t be able to do that.
If I remember correctly frightanic was a dual run house. Would we be getting something similar?
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7 hours ago, StupidStupidDan said:
An interactive Black Mirror eh....?
I'm very much looking forward to watching this. If it is somehow brought over, either as blark Mirror or a more original idea it would be a fun buy up house. I do think if universal were to invest in something like this concept, the general public wouldn't by in, compared to a traditional gun maze.
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14 minutes ago, Midnight Detective said:
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET!
The movie was released in 1984 but I'd bet dollars to donuts that the interior used 70's carpet and wallpaper (I'm reminded of Back to the Future, where they carefully used cars up to a decade or so prior because they knew all the cars on the road would be ones just recently released if they wanted to be accurate) just because of the houses they used. I highly doubt any if all the houses had 1984 fresh carpet and wallpapers.
Edit: After doing some googling I can confirm the wallpaper used in the upside down room (floral) and the stripped wallpaper were 1970's wallpaper design staples
More importantly Did You Ever See a Dream Walking? was used in A Nightmare on Elm Street 2. Also in a fan film ‘The Confession of Fred Krueger’
I doubt it's relevant but other Al Bowlly songs include: "Sleepy Head," "Two Sleepy People," "A Dream of You," "Wrap Your Trouble in Dreams," "Sweetheart in My Dreams Tonight," and countless other songs. Seriously, this guy has A LOT of songs about dreams. Like 1/5 of his songs are about dreams
Good catch on NoES, that didnt even cross my mind. Its been forever since I've seen any of those movies.
I believe 31 takes place in '76 so that could be a possibility too.
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Anyone see hhn Hollywoods tweet?
"Here’s a couple of things I Googled today while researching/writing maze #1 for HHN 2019 at USH. 1) 1970’s carpet and wallpaper designs. 2). The music of Al Bowlly. Hmmm...what could it mean?"
My first guess was the Shinkng.but in the comments he confirmed they wont be redoing that just yet. Obviously this would need to be a shared property for both coasts
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I think Hive 2 is more likely. Especially with the trailer we saw last year. I think that property has more of workable story line than Scarecrow.
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5 hours ago, Legacy said:
You know the budget isn’t a finite amount that stays the same year to year, right? If they plan for 12 houses, they’ll get a budget that supports those 12 houses. If they plan for AoV, they’ll get a budget for AoV. Now, they may “plan” a low-cost avenue house or two, but that is intended to keep the total budget lower (and thus increase the likelihood that everything else gets approved).
The “budget” conflicts that arise are the results of changes during finalization and building. Cost-overruns happen. They’ll pull from other houses/zones if they can’t get a budget increase approved by management.
This is how businesses work.
As long as we don't get the cheap black wall scares like Hollywood I'm happy
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2 hours ago, HHN Pro said:
So what will the 5 new locations probably be?
I think Soundstage 25 obviously won't be used, and they'll go back to Soundstage 21 or 19.
F&F queue I could definitely see.
And... Three new tents, I guess?
25 can still be used even if they didnt go to 2 parks. 21's queue, when used, is typically before minions. Keep all other queues the same as hhn28. The only issue would be having 3 houses exit at the Fallon bathrooms.
You would probably have to choose between either having SS 19 or 21 though
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11 hours ago, dykealiscious said:
Yay! I'll chime in so someone can tell me my list sucks too!
Stranger things 2
Happy death day 2
Hill house
Halloween 2018 (he's done every other one..)
AHS Apocalypse
The Nun
La llarona
(Wild card) Escape room because conceptually....why not
Terror tram: Washington DC trump election day (ok ok I had to)
I'm really looking forward to Escape Room coming out next year. Gives off a very heavy Saw V vibe which I like. If we get Escape Room that could leave us with other IP options like Zombieland (How cool would it be to see a Bill Murray zombie in a house?!?!?) Or I Know What You Did Last Summer. The latter I'm not sure how well it could translate into full haunted house, but Universal has surprised me before. All these titles are released by Columbia, a company without a huge horror background.
Typically from what weve seen, when HHN goes outside Universal for IP content there is a contract involved where if we want one IP we have to take on another. We saw it last year with MGM with Poltergeist and Childs Play. And in 2009 with Lionsgate: Saw, My Bloody Valentine.
I'm still 50/50 about La Llorna and direction they are going to take in regards to the story. The only problem with La Llorona is that it is being distributed by Warner Bros and they're doing their own thing with Horror Made Here.
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Top 5 original
Forsaken (2011)
Dracula: Legacy in Blood (2009)
Winters Night (2011)
Leave it to Cleaver (2009)
Dead Waters (2017)
Top 5 IP
Poltergeist (2018)
Halloween (2014)
American Werewolf in London (2013)
Cabin in the Woods (2013)
Chucky: Friends til the end (2009)
Bottom 5 Original
Spawning (2009)
Havoc: Derailed (2013)
Afterlife: Deaths vengeance (2013)
Zombiegeddon (2010)
Saw n Steam: into the machine (2011)
Bottom 5 Ip
Walking Dead (2015)
Resident evil (2013)
AvP (2014)
Blumhouse of Horrors (2017)
Walking dead (2013)
Top 3 Scarezones
1. 7 (2011)
2. War of the Living Dead (2009)
3. Psychoscarepy: Unleased (2015)
Bottom 3 Scarezones:
Altars of Horror (2017)
Face off (2014)
Nightmaze (2011)
Walking dead from 2013 doesnt count. As it wasn't labeled as a scarezone.
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3 minutes ago, zombieman said:
Seems to me that going dual park into IOA is the easiest path to 12 houses, esp if USO may lose locations.
I mean, what if the thought was USF was going to lose FF, MIB (Blumhouse) and the two tents?
In IOA they have:
the now empty (yet standing) Sindbad theater - new home for AoV?
Ample space in and around Poseidon's Fury - maybe two houses?
Discovery Center
Carnage warehouse - seems unlikely they would open that half of the park for just one house. Is there enough room behind Hulk for a tent and queue? On Google Maps it looks like there is.
"Losing" a USF location could imply moving the tent (or tents) elsewhere.
So going into IOA but not all the way to Carnage could be a wash of the three locations lost in USF.
So what about other new locations?
Could the second Shrek theater be used if they used the whole alley between Monsters Cafe and Shrek for queue?
Seems to me that F&F has way more queue than is actually needed. That should be able to easily become a house.
Another idea - if you look at Google Maps, it looks like the two tents are part of a massive empty-ish space (from tents to corner of Backlot Dr). Could they not clear that a bit and build 4 more tents in that area with ample queues? Doing that could allow them to repurpose or demolish Shrek and close Blumhouse location. You'd have 4 SS houses on one side of the park, 6 tents and 2 backstage buildings on the other side. They wouldn't even need to go into IOA.
Dont forget the toon lagoon theater if they were to expand the event past JP
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Carnage warehouse
2 houses in Jurrasic park. The facility that housed Fear Factor in 12 might be gone due to Kong.
Popeyes? I assume these would be used if it went to 2 parks
I know that's what were used when they did it back in islands. I'd be shocked if 25 wasn't used. You can get there through Suess if I remember correctly. Save queue space at studios for a ss21 house.
Houses removed should be new and old parade buildings and shrek if constructions and refurb goes as planned.
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Speculation:
- Stranger Things Season 2: I would be shocked if it wasn't done next year. Hoping that if we get mega maze, that this is it. Have the first 1/3 best of season one and the back 2/3 season 2. Season 2 has much less to work off than season one in my opinion. I'm excited to see how they would do the levitation scene.
- Happy Death Day 2U: Don't want it, but we're bound to get it. A popular series, getting an undeserved sequel. Will be a cheap house to make that can go in any location.
- Killer Klownz or Chucky: One or the other, maybe both. Extremely popular zones from the past year going on the theme of using scarezones has houses. The 2009 Chucky house is one of my favorites of all time and would love another adaptation. Killer Klownz would be good and fairly inexpensive. Costumes are already made, another house that can go anywhere.
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Other Blumhouse properties: Sinister deserves its own house, one of the very few modern horror films and even fewer Blumhouse films that are actually scary. The one room and hallway in Blumhouse 1 was a joke. Truth or Dare and Unfriended weren't terrible options for Hollywood just poorly executed. I wouldn't be upset if we saw one or both, but wouldn't be able to carry a full house individually. Ideal Blumhouse of Horrors lineup would be Hush/Belko Experiment/ Get Out. I'm not counting on Halloween 40 being at the event next year. Living preview for 5 Nights at Freddys may be in the cards for us as well
- Classic: I do expect something classic next year. Either classic monsters or another title labeled as classic. Possibly Alien since its turning 40.
- Other Universal Properties: Really hoping for the Strangers over anything. Another property deserving a full house that hasn't gotten it yet.
- Sequels: Leave it to Cleaver and Silver Screams turn 10 next year, two fan favorites. I would also love a sequel to Interstellar Terror.
- AHS: Not next year. Maybe 30?
- Slaughter Sinema: I'm thinking we'll see a full on house based on a title used from last year. Amazon Cannibals, Swamp Yeti, and Sorority Sacrifice seem like the most doable.
- Fractured Tales: These have been crowd pleasers: Beauty and the Beast or Tarzan/George of the Jungle would be excellent.
Wishlist:
- Hostel: Easily the best torture porn movie. Would be easier to execute than Saw and more scary. Hollywood got it, why can't we?
- House of Wax: Kind of campy but also could be made pretty scary. One of the first horror movies I saw.
- Something M. Night Shyamalan: Preferably The Village.
- April Fools Day: Cult Classic, has some really cool scenes that I'd like to see done.
- Jeepers Creepers: This would be so much fun. Just don't include the third one.
- Night of the Living Dead: Has to be done in black and white right?
- Grindhouse: Gore for the sake of gore. Such a fun movie, very slaughter sinema-esque. Tarentino would never allow it though.
- Original Evil Dead or Army of Darkness: Could always use more Ash
- It/ Conjuring: Unlikely with what Warner Brothers is trying to do. But it would bring the people in and make me super happy.
- Until Dawn: One of the best horror video games in recent memory. I can not hype it up enough. Some of these scenes were made for HHN.
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Just a quick thank you to anyone who worked the event this year. Whether you were scaring, working the queues, front gate, food and beverage, or security, you all did an excellent job managing crowds and making the most insane year as amazing as ever. Thank you!
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Probably the best IP since the original Halloween house.
I love everything about it.
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16 hours ago, dragonsfire311 said:
Made it another year, I’d have to say of all years we have attended last night (9/28) was the most crowded I’ve ever seen it.
Its definitely the most disorganized I've seen Universal in quite some time. Parking and front gate were a mess. Security did great and the house lines flowed very well still.
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16 hours ago, zombieman said:
Agreed. This is a really interesting year with so many varied opinions. I'll be curious to see if these change by the end of the year, as houses evolve (and devolve). The one constant throughout is that Poltergeist was shockingly good. That's what happens when expectations are not over inflated. It feels like people are also more understanding of why some houses are not working for some people. I wanted TrT to work for me but it's just not.
Trick r treat just isnt long enough for me. The scenes they do are done well. It just isnt enough.
Did seeds again last night. I appreciate the sets a lot more as I took time and had the chance to fall back from people. The last half just doesnt have enough going on for me.
What houses are most excited for?
in Halloween Horror Nights 29
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So for houses:
1. Graveyard Games: I think this house could be absolutely beautiful. Ghost houses are typically very good and use great effects for scares.
2. Yeti: This will probably be the scariest house of the year. Hoping for lots of big, intense scares and hopefully snow.
3. Us: I really enjoyed the movie and I think it can shine. Depending on how they go about the plots and select their sets and moments it could be one of the top houses.
4. Ghostbusters: I think the love and attention will be put into this house that it needs. While not an ideal horror property, there are so many iconic scenes that I'm excited to see how they recreate.
5. Nightingales: One of the reasons why HHN 21 is my favorite year. This is a property weve been begging to come back. Here to more blood and guts. I am a bit skeptical about the location however. I was hoping for the ancient Roman architecture to be highlighted and the scale may not be illustrated well in a tent.
6: Stranger Things: So far, season 3 is my favorite, season 2 is my least favorite. However there are great scenes in both that the house can utilize. Let's home for the majority of the house being season 2 and just a tease of 3. That way 3 can get it's own house next year.
7. Universal Monsters: I've never been disappointed by the usage of the monsters and expect a great house again this year.
8. House of 1000 Corpses: I'm curious about the utilization of the space since there are three really distinct areas in the film that may not transition well in the tent. I'm looking forward to lots of fun interaction in this house.
9. Killer Klownz: this one will be fun. I think there may be an issue with scares and the size of the costumes but I'm sure the actors will make each walk through enjoyable.
10: Depths of Fear: this will either be the worst house of the year or completely blow my mind. I'm curious of how they will keep the illusion of being underwater and hope the costuming doesnt come across as cheesy.
Scarezones
1. Zombieland- I think this will be up fun zone. Very excited to see real life Tallahassees and hope the zombies are as intense as they are in the movies.
2. Vanity Ball: this should be really fun with the makeup effect. I'm really excited about the little stages set up and see what they do with these.
3. Zombie Vikings: this is the zone where the actors need to go all out. The narrow space of central park is a bit concerning.
4. Hillbilly Deluxe: I'm a big fan of rob zombies music and movies, however I think this will be more of a selfie zone and not a lot of scaring
5. Anarchade: mostly because i dont really know what to expect. The props look really cool and hope the utilize the machine screens