DTH316 Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 (edited) The two mazes bunched up here: the major motion pictures. Hollywood plans to continue the tradition with movie based mazes/houses and hopefully continue to impress haunt goers with their studio quality reproductions. The two mazes: The Thing: Assimilation Eli Roth's Hostel: Hunting Season The Thing is based off the upcoming prequel from Universal and is an in-studio production and will be a cross-promotion for the film and the attraction, a first for HHN Hollywood. Promising intense scares and creatures never seen before, will The Thing assimilate you into a fan or will it be a dud, quite possibly like the film when box office numbers come in? Hostel was placed into the old venue where Saw used to take place, instantly drawing comparisons between the two. As time went on and more was revealed, it appeared to be less of the same old thing and truly a new, gory and even sickening experience. Can it gross out visitors into forgetting about Saw or will we be puking up in dismay for such a lame experience? Which of the major budgeted films battled it out to the top for high quality supremacy? Can Hostel overthrow Universal's own The Thing? Review and discuss! Edited September 21, 2011 by DTH316 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTH316 Posted September 25, 2011 Author Share Posted September 25, 2011 I think when it comes down to it, Hostel might be forgotten, especially in comparison to it's older brothers TCM and Saw which were much more intense experiences. The Thing has the edge on this because of the memorable creature designs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HorrorNights93 Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 i actually thought hostel was better than saw IMO. And ill give the win to hostel. The overall experience was great. The details and SA's were awesome. The thing on the other hand had great sets but didnt meet to my expectations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTH316 Posted October 16, 2011 Author Share Posted October 16, 2011 After seeing the new The Thing, I'd have to say that the maze was a better recreation of the movie than Hostel was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsylumSB Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 (edited) I will probably be on the fence with both of these properties and in relationship with their mazes. The Thing maze had elements that I now go back to after seeing the movie and can appreciate the faithfulness to the 2011 film's source material. Would loved to have seen the maze more connected with The Thing '82. While I have seen both Hostel's, I never did have a fondness to the new generation of "torture porn" and basically found the films fun but forgettable (Same goes to the Saw or Scream series). However, Hostel's maze did create the perfect atmosphere for scares and scareactor interactions and the line was incredibly managed by time and groups. Hostel (the attraction) produced a direct, high level interactive experience that I did not receive as much in the other mazes. Edited October 17, 2011 by AsylumSB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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