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Best commercial since '08 hands down. Good thing we didn't get screwed by the IPs like in '09. If I had to change anything, I'd replace the voice-over at the end with the regular HHN voice. Coming from the campy and cheesy Lady Luck TV Ad last year, that's a hell of an improvement. Kudos to Uni.

So, one of the sweepstakes winner went through the Gargoyle's House preview, and wrote this: I'm so pumped right now!

Exactly. There's nothing new in these clues, all of them have been already told/speculated. Also these clues are way too elaborated for such a small reward at the end. I'm not gonna lie, this puzzles are entertaining, but until he reveals something we don't really know about I think we're just wasting our time with this guy...

LOL...yeah, that's the whole point! I also believe he's referring to the TV set. The pictures aren't displayed on the TV screen, they're printed on a sheet of paper and purposely hanged in front of the screen. So SAMSUNG? mmmm....backwards GNUSMAS? lol Google search: GNUSMAS --> "Gnusmas is the celebration of the noble and majestic gnu. Rejoice!" O.o mj0ing+lk = I'm joining LK? LK is the Internet country code for Sri Lanka = I'm joining Sri Lanka! (dead end) mj0ing+lk = backwards kl+gni0jm ?? *melting* Dunno, this guy has way too much free time, but this is the kind of speculation I like.

I do like Doc's connections, but here's my two cents: - John Lennon = Musician = ALICE COOPER - Mark Twain = "A Ghost Story" by Mark Twain = VICTORIAN MANSION * Also there are alleged hauntings at the Mark Twain House in Hartford. There even was a "Ghost Hunters" episode (LT Style) inside this house. - Josephine Baker = GARGOYLES * She used to live in a French Château, also inhabited by these babies - Audrey Hepburn = Movie Actress = Movie = SILENT HILL - Harry Houdini = Illusionist/Magician = PENN & TELLER - Nicholas Tesla = Tesla Coil = Frankenstein = UNIVERSAL'S CLASSIC MONSTERS - All X's = All Dead = WALKING DEAD And maybe the scratched letters have something to do with the "icon" ??

I know everybody's saying this is only happening in Hollywood, but... What was the DE/Classic Monsters house concept again?

JWFearman, WESKER69, Legacy, Doc, Lizz or someone else in the know...can you tell us at least a percentage of correct SZ in this answer? I've been reading all the boards and I think this is a solid list from spec.

About the P&T House/Facade...I played a little bit with the Screamscape picture using photoshop to make the fence clearer: We can see the "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign smashed on the floor, some toxic barrels, the "grown evil" SZ naked trees and one sign that says "...presents' NEW VEGAS". So I'm assuming (based on this picture and Legacy's clues) that the house theme will be a "new"/radioactive /post-apocaliptic Vegas after a nuclear test fail?

BTW this is the "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign that I was referring to on my previous post:

Geez...next year we should have a whining thread since 3/4 of this one is just that... Onto real speculation: Since I don't have any "source" I won't play this silly "I know but I won't tell you" game, so here's what I know. Sprung 2 WILL BE P&T. This is happening 100%, period. Now, (this is the speculation part) it will be a Vegas related theme maze. How do I know that? Yesterday I saw a pretty "Welcome to Las Vegas sign" heading to UO. Today, some people have been saying they saw it too, but then this: Courtesy of HorrorNightsArchive. Here's the sign. Just in front of Sprung 2! This brings a lot of possibilities for a P&T house, just keep an open mind on this one, and please wait at least until the big reveal before bashing the house

If we're having the HHNH AC house from last year and they're getting a new one, I can imaging UO reusing all the props, effects and costumes from the Hollywood maze. Maybe some minor changes here and there, different blueprints, but essentially the same maze.

So, what I'm understanding is that we're getting last year's Hollywood "Welcome to My Nightmare" and they're getting both this year?

Agreed. I'm under the assumption that they only paid the license for the TV Show but not for the characters, if that wasn't the case I'm sure we'd have already seen them by now in the web advertising or announcement video. They only talked about recreating the sets and taking the place of the characters like Grimp0nd said. However, we might end up seeing generic versions of those characters, as has been speculated before. With that been said, I don't think this will have a negative impact on the house, specially with Nicotero and the KNB EFX Group working really close with Universal, even providing the exact same molds and make-up pieces that they used on the show. I'm excited to be able to experience the story we already know from the Comics and TV Show, the same for Silent Hill.

Maybe they're just building hype for TWD house, but I think "The day of reckoning is near..." could be also a hint for the "end of the world" theme for the overall event, as has been speculated by some people.

That's my point exactly