traveller Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 This was just posted on HHN facebook page Well, well, well fans… our trip down bloody lane has brought us all the way to 2011... But we’ve NEVER given you a house concept this early, have we? I guess there’s always a chance, we could do the unexpected… are you prepared for this year’s houses to begin torturing your daydreams and nightmares about HHN 21? Just remember, you wanted this. So I wish today that we find out all the houses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostAlice Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 I kinda want a mummy house. we had one in 1999 and 2001. We could throw a new twist on it. I'd really like to see that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirkyelof159 Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 I kinda want a house of 1000 coupses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King_K. Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 As JW posted this in another thread.. It is a massive basket that is weaved like an Easter basket. All the holiday themes being mentioned in the house keep making me remember about the Holiday Killer from Batman. One could dream, couldn't they? The killer's identity remains a mystery for most of the story, but the method is always the same. The killer's weapon is a .22 pistol (using a rubber baby bottle nipple as a silencer) with the handle taped and the serial number filed off, which is left at the crime scene along with a holiday trinket representative of the holiday. This leads to the nickname "The Holiday Killer". Holiday's crime spree occurs for 13 months, with the only holidays without a murder being April Fools' Day, where the killer confronts the Riddler but leaves him alive in the spirit of the holiday, and New Year's Eve where the 'victim' later turns up alive). There are several red herrings that appear in the story to further deepen the mystery, but it is ultimately revealed that Gilda Dent and Alberto Falcone are the main killers, and Two-Face briefly assumed the role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDrummer Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 i think hhn Needs more of a lightning Effect in their Scarezones and houses. like Back in 2006, You would enter the Blood masquerade(Vampire) scarezone. and there would be these REALLY bright Flashes that would practically leave you blind, and once your vision goes back to normal, BOOM, scareactor in your face. [insert funny scream and/or profanity here] And in The Screamhouse Haunted House, as well in 2006. You would see the mansion or whatever it was, and there would be random flashes of lightning in it. idk, it feels like im actually in the story line when i see Light & sound effects like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HHNfan23 Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Hey guys. First post! I just saw the trailer for Paranormal Activity 3! I thought it would be cool if they made a house out of it. Not too many scare-actors, but it's a good idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimp0nd Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Hey guys. First post! I just saw the trailer for Paranormal Activity 3! I thought it would be cool if they made a house out of it. Not too many scare-actors, but it's a good idea! Welcome to the forums. While I love the Paranormal Activity movies and think they are the scariest movies I've seen (with the exception of Insidious) I'm not sure it would make a great house. Most of the scares in the movie are implied or invisible so like you say it would be thin on scareactor involvement. If they could pull off the same type of intensity that the movie creates then it would be cool I just don't see it happening. Thanks for alerting me to the trailer though I've been waiting for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJSexyGlexy87 Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Hey guys. First post! I just saw the trailer for Paranormal Activity 3! I thought it would be cool if they made a house out of it. Not too many scare-actors, but it's a good idea! Idk if Universal owns the rights to the film. but youre right that would be a badass house. the 2nd one scared the hell out of me. Also, i wish they would make a house based on the film Insidious, but unfortunatly they dont own the rights to that either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimp0nd Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Idk if Universal owns the rights to the film. but youre right that would be a badass house. the 2nd one scared the hell out of me. Also, i wish they would make a house based on the film Insidious, but unfortunatly they dont own the rights to that either! Now Insidious would make a fantastic house as there are more physical scares than in Paranormal Activity. That red demon was really freaky. One thing to remember is that not all the movie based houses Horror Nights do are based on Universal owned franchises. You won't see that house this year i dont think but you never know what the future holds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimlovesfl Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 The event is based on 21, gambling, casinos, Lady Luck, etc, so I want Guys and Dolls to be produced in the Animal Actors stage. I know it isn't horror, but that show is near and dear to my heart, as it was the musical my school produced when I was a senior, and I was in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Cleaver Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 I want a combination of 2004 and 2005. An event that spreads out through two parks, with an over arching story behind the entire event. I would (possibly literaly) crap myself out of joy if it happened. Giant story, giant event, with endless chainsaws. Yeah. That's my dream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theheat345 Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 I noticed the final audition date is August 2, so I'm wishing for a website update around August 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dante Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 (edited) I want to be able to enjoy the enviorements more so everything should be longer....scarezone layouts and houses Edited July 28, 2011 by dante Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YourPallbearer Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 I have a ton suggestions but as I don't have time to post them all at the moment I'd just like to express that I think they should lay off on the Zombies. Unpopular opinion as it may be, Zombies have been overdone and it's time to give them there much needed rest for the forseeable future (Not targetting HHN alone, I don't want to see these walkng cadavers in literature or the cinema for a good while). I thought Shaun Of The Dead had the final say on the sub-genre almost ten years ago now, yet the interest is still there and I can't understand the fascination. The market is oversaturated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oysterhead00 Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 i think hhn Needs more of a lightning Effect in their Scarezones and houses. like Back in 2006, You would enter the Blood masquerade(Vampire) scarezone. and there would be these REALLY bright Flashes that would practically leave you blind, and once your vision goes back to normal, BOOM, scareactor in your face. [insert funny scream and/or profanity here] And in The Screamhouse Haunted House, as well in 2006. You would see the mansion or whatever it was, and there would be random flashes of lightning in it. idk, it feels like im actually in the story line when i see Light & sound effects like that. Couldn't agree more. Dead Exposure did it great too....just send you into a dark room with a speaker on the ceiling right next to a strobe light. Trigger the sound and 1 sec later trigger the strobe...everybody is instantly blind. Great cheap affect that really does freak you out a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e z_e Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Couldn't agree more. Dead Exposure did it great too....just send you into a dark room with a speaker on the ceiling right next to a strobe light. Trigger the sound and 1 sec later trigger the strobe...everybody is instantly blind. Great cheap affect that really does freak you out a bit. When I was the chair in LT last year that's the way the scare worked. A strobe to partially blind people then when the noise went off I would jump up to people opening their eyes. Beautiful scare if done correctly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumpkin Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 To kind of piggyback off of Kim, I wish that someday Universal would do a "Theater Gone Wrong" mashup for either a scare zone or a house. There's a lot of musicals, operas, and even Romantic ensemble pieces that they could borrow dark content from, and I'd imagine some of their rights would be easier to obtain than say a film's would be. Don't know how major motion renditions would effect the rights to some musicals though, or even how the American Film Musical genre works as a whole when it comes to licensing. Like we saw Sweeney Todd's barbershop in Body Collectors, and I believe a corpse that looked similar to the character, but that was all. No actual, real life actor. I think musicals in particular might make for a fun scare zone similar to how Horrorwood Die-In was executed. Really random, but I'd LOVE to see Hector Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique turned into a house. That would seriously be hardcore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 I, for one, would love to see a haunted house that had rooms inspired by German impressionism-like used in the old silent movie, "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. If you don't know what I mean, take a look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsb8tGe9JzE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV-426 Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 I, for one, would love to see a haunted house that had rooms inspired by German impressionism-like used in the old silent movie, "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. If you don't know what I mean, take a look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsb8tGe9JzE Frankenstein looked like that just a little bit but I agree I would love that too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Universal Freak Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 (edited) I know that it has likely been mentioned before, but there are a few videogames out there that I think would make excellent house themes. For example, Bioshock provides for some very interesting set designs (dilapidated city, underwater, 1950s themes) and there are plenty of elements that can make that game frightening. Even more fitting, however, is the indie horror game Amnesia: The Dark Descent. For those of you who have not yet tried Amnesia, you should certainly check it out. The theme is set in a mid 19th century castle with horrific monsters, devilish machinery, and scarce lighting. Here's a rather popular screenshot from the game: Here is the game on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/57300/ (It works on both Macs and PCs) And the game's official website:http://amnesiagame.com/ I would definitely recommend it to anyone who wants a scary game with a rather intriguing story. More realistically, I am hopeful for a good Thing house this year. I am fan of the original movie, and I quite enjoyed the house during 2007. Here's hoping that they can actually improve upon the original house and perhaps redeem it for those who did not enjoy The Thing from Carnival of Carnage. Edited August 12, 2011 by Universal Freak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oysterhead00 Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 (edited) I know that it has likely been mentioned before, but there are a few videogames out there that I think would make excellent house themes. For example, Bioshock provides for some very interesting set designs (dilapidated city, underwater, 1950s themes) and there are plenty of elements that can make that game frightening. Even more fitting, however, is the indie horror game Amnesia: The Dark Descent. For those of you who have not yet tried Amnesia, you should certainly check it out. <<<SNIP>>> More realistically, I am hopeful for a good Thing house this year. I am fan of the original movie, and I quite enjoyed the house during 2007. Here's hoping that they can actually improve upon the original house and perhaps redeem it for those who did not enjoy The Thing from Carnival of Carnage. While I'm a HUGE video game fanatic going back to the Atari 2600 and Commodore 64 (yeah, I'm OLD) I don't see any video game houses any time soon. 1) Too many people won't know about them. 2) Games like Bioshock (which would lend itself very well to a HHN Audience) can't be replicated in a live event...and can't even be made into a movie because they can't get the budget under $200M even with the director of the first two Pirates of the Caribbean movies. 3) Videogame Nerds (like myself) will NEVER be happy. The GP being aware of the house just isn't there. The "risk vs reward" is just horrible....the people they would be catering to are the EXACT people who will bitch and moan about every little thing. I've said it before, and will say it again, the ONLY video game I could see being made into a house would be SILENT HILL. All you'd need are some scantily clad hot deformed nurses, a big pointey beaked thing with a sword on steroids, and a metric ton of smoke machines and burnt set pieces. But even that would be better served as taking place in East Bumf*ck, Ohio and be a generic house and not directly tied to the video game series. Edited August 13, 2011 by Oysterhead00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Universal Freak Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 While I'm a HUGE video game fanatic going back to the Atari 2600 and Commodore 64 (yeah, I'm OLD) I don't see any video game houses any time soon. 1) Too many people won't know about them. 2) Games like Bioshock (which would lend itself very well to a HHN Audience) can't be replicated in a live event...and can't even be made into a movie because they can't get the budget under $200M even with the director of the first two Pirates of the Caribbean movies. 3) Videogame Nerds (like myself) will NEVER be happy. The GP being aware of the house just isn't there. The "risk vs reward" is just horrible....the people they would be catering to are the EXACT people who will bitch and moan about every little thing. I've said it before, and will say it again, the ONLY video game I could see being made into a house would be SILENT HILL. All you'd need are some scantily clad hot deformed nurses, a big pointey beaked thing with a sword on steroids, and a metric ton of smoke machines and burnt set pieces. But even that would be better served as taking place in East Bumf*ck, Ohio and be a generic house and not directly tied to the video game series. Oh, there is absolutely no doubt in my that these houses will never exist. I understand all of the faults and factors preventing them from showing up, and that is why I presented them only as wishful thinking. It is unfortunate that many of these themes are not well known enough or would never reach the fan's demands or expectations. However, it is nice to dream and think about the possibilities with some of these storylines and settings. Like you said, the closest we could hope for is a house that loosely reference a certain games here and there; and at that point, many of the references may as well be completely indecipherable, as the motifs used are largely too common to attribute to one source or another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mzdomb Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Oh, there is absolutely no doubt in my that these houses will never exist. I understand all of the faults and factors preventing them from showing up, and that is why I presented them only as wishful thinking. It is unfortunate that many of these themes are not well known enough or would never reach the fan's demands or expectations. However, it is nice to dream and think about the possibilities with some of these storylines and settings. Like you said, the closest we could hope for is a house that loosely reference a certain games here and there; and at that point, many of the references may as well be completely indecipherable, as the motifs used are largely too common to attribute to one source or another. well zombiegeddon last year was based off of left for dead 2 in my eyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmoz628 Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 well zombiegeddon last year was based off of left for dead 2 in my eyes it reminded me more of the movie FIDO lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDrummer Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 it reminded me more of the movie FIDO lol i saw fido about 2 months after HHN XX Ended, and i thought immediatley of Zombiegeddon. hahah Zombiegeddon was NOTHING like Left 4 Dead in my opinion... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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