JackLover Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Overall, a great weekend despite the downpours. The event has potential, as always opening weekend is always lacking things. Hoping they change a few things in weeks to come. I will start off by saying that I believe that it is the "scareactors" that make a house good. I have the opportunity to go to the event several times, and always become bias as to what "cast" I want to see in each house. As this was the first weekend I know the "scareactors" will get better and step up to their roll. My review is not my intention to make anyone mad or p*ssed off, this review will change as the event goes to the end. This is just my opinion. The Houses: Nightingales Blood Prey - Great sets, nice props. Seems to lack in scares/and or scareactors, didn't really feel like they have that team momentum down as a team. Has potential to be a great house. 5/10 H.R Bloodengutz - Nice "gag" house, much better then the "gag" houses in the past. Good scares, and great sets. Love the smells. 8/10 Saws N Steam - I really thought this house was going to be a bomb, just because where it is located. I loved it! Best house that has been there since Friday the 13th. Awesome sets and great props. I am going to invest in a fish tank. I actually got scared in this house, and that says alot. 9/10 The Thing - Not really a fan of the first Thing house, so therefore not a fan of this house. Nice animatronics and that is about it. Lacks in scares and is down in the "worst" house in my books so far. 3/10 Winter's Night - Ahhh, my "favorite" house so far. Absolutely love the feel and vibe in this house. The atmosphere, the sets, the scares, definitely does not lack in this house. Reminds me of a "cold winter's night" just scarier. 10/10 Nevermore - Great sets and good scares in some rooms. Never really read anything from Poe, but seems like a good potential house. 5/10 The Forsaken - Seemed kinda short. Didn't really "get" this house. Nice sets, lacks in scares. Seemed like they concentrated in props in this house, then anything else. 4/10 The In Between - I had high hopes for this house, as I have always been a fan of 3-D houses. It failed in my hopes. Lake of scares and only had two rooms which I thought were good. 3/10 Warning these reviews may be harsh. The Scarezones are definitely lacking this year. I guess you can't please everybody. The Scarezones: Nightmaze - I have nothing nice to say about this scarezone, or what they want to call a scarezone. Worst scarezone I have seen in awhile. 0/10 Canyon of Dark Souls - I like the costumes in here, I feel like that this scarezone had potential. It is short, and will be avoiding it on busy nights. It has cluster f*ck writing all over it. The only thing that this scarezone does not lack is fog. 2/10 Grown Evil - Again, I really like the costumes in here. It seems to be spread out nicely and love the atmosphere. It lacks light, but overall a good scarezone. 5/10 7 - A photo-op scarezone, yes. I feel they should have spread out the stages a little bit more and more props in here, and it would have been a top notch scarezone. Loved the costumes and soundtracks in here. 6/10 Acid Rain - I feel a "Deadtropolis" vibe in this scarezone. Nice props, and great costumes. 8/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alone Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 Overall, a great weekend despite the downpours. The event has potential, as always opening weekend is always lacking things. Hoping they change a few things in weeks to come. I will start off by saying that I believe that it is the "scareactors" that make a house good.... Great weekend = low scores? Hmm. Disagree with your "actors make the house" comment, it is equal. Otherwise, agree with the low scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackLover Posted September 26, 2011 Author Share Posted September 26, 2011 Great weekend = low scores? Hmm. Disagree with your "actors make the house" comment, it is equal. Otherwise, agree with the low scores. The great weekend means I had fun with my friends at the event. How many times do you go to the event or go through houses? The scareactors do make the house, that is my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alone Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 The great weekend means I had fun with my friends at the event. How many times do you go to the event or go through houses? The scareactors do make the house, that is my opinion. Two times, 5x each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 Scareactors definitely do make the house! Sure a house could look nice but with no one in it it's just that, eye candy. I don't know about you but I go to HHN to scared or startled, after all that's the whole point, right? Sure I want things to look nice but I think Scareactors make about 60 or so percent of the house in my opinion. So I agree with Jenn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michele Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 I certainly agree the scareactors make the house. I went through my favorite house, Demon Cantina, 31 times. I saw the same cast 26 of those times. It would have never been my favorite house with the other cast. Wouldn't have even made a top ten list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creeper06 Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 ^^^ That's how I felt about Havoc last year! The theming and story did absolutely nothing for me. But the cast was so good, energetic, committed, and crazy that they made it an awesome experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hush Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Jenn is right, scareactors make the house what it is. You can have amazing props/scenery, but without the efforts put forth by the scareactors, the house can just simply fall flat, end of story. Thanks for the review Jenn, I read only yours before we hit the houses tomorrow night simply because we think alike and tend to have the same perspective on things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackLover Posted October 3, 2011 Author Share Posted October 3, 2011 Jenn is right, scareactors make the house what it is. You can have amazing props/scenery, but without the efforts put forth by the scareactors, the house can just simply fall flat, end of story. Thanks for the review Jenn, I read only yours before we hit the houses tomorrow night simply because we think alike and tend to have the same perspective on things. My feelings are pretty much the same after night 6, expect for The Foresaken, they are defiantly getting on their game in this house. I will be changing my review at the end of the run. Also I will be adding which cast was the best, as I do every year. I doubt that my opinions will change dramatically, but you never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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