Top 10 Favorite Houses

[bronzey]

Only 2011 and 2012

1. Dead End

2. Gothic

3. Nightingales: Blood Prey

4. Nevermore: The Madess of Poe

5. The In-Between

6. Universal's House of Horrors

7. Winter's Night: The Haunting of Hawthorne Cemetery

8. Silent Hill

9. The Forsaken

10. The Walking Dead

5-10 are all my C-B range houses. Gothic/Dead end would get As, Nightingales/Poe A-/B+

HHN23 will probably shuffle this list quite a bit even if it is considered to be a 'bad' year

[Troiandan]

After further reflection and consideration of my own 12 event years I've attended, I've revised my list to include a top three:

1. Alice Cooper: Welcome to My Nightmare
2. The Forsaken
3. Ghost Town

The remaining are still in no particular order

S.S. Frightanic: Fear in First Class & Carnage Crew
Run
Gothic
Deadtropolis
Catacombs
Havoc: Dogs of War
H.R. Bloodengutz: Holidays of Horror
Psychoscareapy
All Nite Die-In
Leave it to Cleaver
Scary Tales

[coleman2122]

Deleted

Edited August 3, 2015 by coleman2122
Updated list coming

[foREVer56]

After about a month or so of thinking about this past year's event, i've come to the conclusion i must edit my bottom 5:

1. The Spawning

2. Reflections of Shit

3. Zombiegeddon

4. THING: Assimilation

5. Welcome to Silent Hill

Top 5 Scarezones:

1. 7

2. Grown Evil (only comes second due to the ferocity of 7. The ambiance and atmosphere of this zone was perfect. Costume design was great as well. loved this zone)

3. Fractured Tales (didn't really pay much attention to zones until 2010, but i have some fond memories from this one)

4. Dark Legions of 2012

5. 20 Years of Fear

since i don't really remember any zones pre-2010, the only zones i can say i didn't like were Your Luck Has Run Out, Canyon of Dark Souls, and Zombie Gras.

Edited December 28, 2012 by foREVer56

[WithNoSurvivors]

I've only been attending since 2009, and this list took me hours to compile after lots of consideration, and strangely some of my favorites are the houses that seem to have caught a good deal of negativity. I guess I just had some really great trips through:

1. Silent Hill (I don't understand the hate this house got, but then again I've never played the game)

2. Catacombs

3. Gothic

4. Saws and Steam

5. Nevermore

6. Nightingales

7. Silver Screams

8. Dracula

9. Alice Cooper

10. Havoc

And bottom five:

5. Psychoscareapy: Echoes of Shadybrook

4. Hallow'd Past

3. The Wolfman (Only because I missed most of it by not looking, I have a horrible fear of anything wolf related)

2. Hades

1. Saw (My first ever house I went through at HHN...)

[Blizzrock13]

Thought I'd update my list:

The Top 10:

1. A Nightmare on Elm Street

2. Scary Tales: Once Upon a Nightmare

3. Body Collectors

4. Psychopath: The Return of Norman Bates

5. Hades

6. Body Collectors: Collections of the Past

7. Dead Exposure

8. The Thing: Assimilation

9. Catacombs

10. The In-Between

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Honorable Mentions:

11. Gothic

12. Dead End

13. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

14. Saws'n'Steam: Into the Machine

15. Friday the 13th

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Bottom Five:

5. Vampyr: Bloodbath

4. Jack's Funhouse in Clown-o-Vision

3. Reflections of Fear

2. People Under the Stairs: Under Construction

1. Dungeon of Terror: Retold

[coleman2122]

New list added

Edited August 5, 2015 by coleman2122

[foREVer56]

I can't decide on a list anymore, so i have a definite #1 and 14 more to make a top 15.

1. Nightmare On Elm Street (07)

In order of year, not rank:

Screamhouse 3 (06)

Scary Tales 3 (08)

Dead Exposure (08)

Silver Screams (09)

Catacombs (10)

Hades (10)

Orfanage (10)

Winter's Night (11)

Nighitngales (11)

Nevermore (11)

Gothic (12)

American Werewolf in London (13)

Cabin in the Woods (13)

Evil Dead (13)

Other honorable mentions:

The Skool (05)

Psychoscarepy: Maximum Madness (06)

People Under the Stairs (06)

All Night Die-In Take 2 (06)

Dungeon of Terror: Retold (06)

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (07)

Chucky (09)

The Wolfman (09)

Frankenstein (09)

In Between (11)

Saws N Steam (11)

Holidays of Horror (11)

Forsaken/THING (11) just on the basis of shear size and impeccable set design.

[Maggot]

Two HHNs have come and gone since my last post so time for an update.

I'm pulling a Troiandan and adding to the list, not replacing. First is also favorite with no particular order after it.

Dead Exposure

Psycho: Through The Mind of Norman Bates

Alice Cooper Welcome To My Nightmare

Scary Tales: Once Upon a Nightmare

American Werewolf in London

Body Collectors: Collections of The Past

Horror Nights: The Hallow'd Past

Cabin In The Woods

Silver Screams

La Llorona

Psychoscareapy: Home For The Holidays

Nevermore: The Madness of Poe

House of Horrors

Evil Dead

Nightmare on Elm Street: Dreamwalkers

Catacombs: Black Death Rising

Penn & Teller Newked Las Vegas

10 Worst

10. Creatures

9. Interstellar Terror

8. Silent Hill

7. Walking Dead (2012)

6. Afterlife

5. Resident Evil

4. Reflections of Fear

3. Jack's Funhouse of Fear

2. Vampyre: Bloodbath

1. Spawning

Edited November 23, 2013 by Maggot

[Blizzrock13]

Completely updated to include the last two years:

Attended every year 2005-2013:

1. A Nightmare on Elm Street: DreamWalkers (2007)

2. Body Collectors (2005)

3. Scary Tales 3: Once Upon a Nightmare (2008)

4. Hades: Gates of Ruin (2010)

5. Body Collectors 2: Collections of the Past (2008)

6. Dead Exposure (2008)

7. Catacombs: Black Death Rising (2010)

8. Psychopath: The Return of Norman Bates (2006)

9. Urban Legends: La Llorona (2013)

10. The In-Between (2011)

Honorable mentions (in order): Gothic (2012), An American Werewolf in London (2013), The Thing: Assimilation (2007), Dead End (2012), and Saws'n'Steam: Into the Machine (2011).

[hhnFEARfan]

Instead of a Top 10 my list will consist of my Top 3 houses from each year I've been (2010-2013)...

Cabin In the Woods (23)

American Werewolf In London (23)

Evil Dead (23)

Universal's House of Horrors (22)

Dead End (22)

Silent Hill (22)

Nightingales: Blood Prey (21)

The Forsaken (21)

Saws N Steam: Into the Machine (21)

Catacombs:Black Death Rising (20)

Horror Nights: The Hallowed Past (20)

Havoc: Dogs of War (20)

And the Worst houses I have ever been in since I've been going (2010-2013)...

Walking Dead: Dead Inside (22)

Walking Dead: No Safe Haven (23)

Penn & Teller newKD Las Vegas (22)

Resident Evil: Escape from Racoon City (23)

Alice Cooper: Welcome to my Nightmare (22)

Afterlife:Deaths Vengeance (23)

Any House from 2010-2013 that was not listed falls in between The Best and The Worst houses because I loved these houses, they were not horrible, but other houses were just in ways better

Edited December 30, 2013 by hhnFEARfan

[coleman2122]

COMPLETELY updated list

10. Dracula Untold

9. Gothic

8. Urban Legends: La Llorona
7. Evil Dead
6. Giggles And gore Inc.
5. Cabin in the Woods
4. Dollhouse Of the Damned
3. Halloween
2. Dead End
1. An American werewolf in London

Honorable Mentions- Roanoke: Cannibal Colony, The Walking Dead: End of the line, Penn and Teller: Newkd Las Vegas, Alice Cooper, Resident Evil.

[duh1011]

10. Penn and Teller's Newkd Las Vegas

9. Afterlife: Deaths Vengeance (I like me some 3d houses)

8. TWD 3 - Idc about its official name they're all almost the same

7. AWiL

6. Resident Evil

5. La llorona

4. Halloween

3. Gothic

2. Cabin in the Woods

1. Dollhouse of the Damned

4-1 are all extremely close, so it was kinda hard to pick.

[ForeverEvil1]

1. Cabin In The Woods

2. Dracula Untold-Reign of Blood

3. Dollhouse of the Damned

4. American Werewolf in London

5. Walking Dead: End of the Line

6. Halloween

7. Evil Dead

8. From Dusk Till Dawn

9. Giggles and Gore Inc

10. Resident Evil: Escape From Raccoon City

HHN 23 and HHN 24, the two years I've been.

[HomemadeHaunt]

Nightingales: Blood Prey

H.R Blood N' Gutz: Holidays of Horror

Hades: Gates of Ruin

An American Werewolf in London

Halloween

Winter's Night: Haunting at Hawthorne Cemetary

Dead Exposure

Giggles and Gore

Gothic

Roanoke: Cannibal Colony

Catacombs: Black Death Rising

Scary Tales 3:

Nevermore: The Madness of Poe

Dead End

Leave it to Cleaver

Frankenstien: Creation of the Dammed

Havoc: Dogs of War

Psychoscareapy: Home for the Holidays

Edited October 30, 2014 by HomemadeHaunt

[IheartNARWHALS]

2011-2014

1) An American Werewolf in London

2a) Saws N Steam

2b) H.R BloodnGutz: Holidays of Horror

3) The In-Between

4a) Dollhouse of the Damned

4b) Alien vs Predator

6) Dead End

7) Penn & Teller: New(kd) Las Vegas

8) Afterlife: Death's Vengeance

9) Halloween

10) Giggles & Gore

I'm a huge fan of comedy and 3D houses if you couldn't tell

[foREVer56]

I've been going since 05, but if I had to make a list from 2011-2014:

1. AWiL

2. Winter's Night

3. Nevermore

4. Dollhouse

5. Cabin

6. Nightingales

7. In Between

8. Evil Dead

9. Halloween

10. Gothic

[zombieman]

Been going since '04, so it's impossible to limit to just 10:

Favorites:

Saws & Steam

Gothic

H.R. Bloodngutz

AWIL

Psychoscareapy: Home for the Holidays

Scary Tales 3

Ghost Town

Forsaken

Castle Vampyr

Hellgate Prison

Body Collectors

Leave it to Cleaver

In Between

Deadtropolis

Havoc: Dogs of War

Zombiegeddon

Least favorites:

Disorientorium

Reflections of Fear

Where Evil Hides

Spawning

Havoc: Derailed

Doomsday

Vampyr

Any of the Walking Dead houses

Chucky

Horror Nights Nightmares

Jack's Funhouse

Afterlife: Death's Vengeance

Dead Exposure

Silent Hill

[criticalanalysis]

1. Body Collectors

2. Castle Vampyre

3. Ghost Town

4. Psychoscarepy: Home for the Holidays

5. Winter's Night

6. Catacombs

7. Leave it to Cleaver

8. H.R. Bloodengutz

9. American Werewolf in London

10. Where Evil Hides

Attended since HHN 14.

Edited October 30, 2014 by criticalanalysis

[HomemadeHaunt]

1. Body Collectors

2. Castle Vampyre

3. Ghost Town

4. Psychoscarepy: Home for the Holidays

5. Winter's Night

6. Catacombs

7. Leave it to Cleaver

8. H.R. Bloodengutz

9. American Werewolf in London

10. Where Evil Hides

Attended since HHN 14.

I love to see that you like a lot of old houses.

[criticalanalysis]

I love to see that you like a lot of old houses.

Thanks for your kind words! What years did you attend?

[HomemadeHaunt]

Since 15. Looking at all these old houses brings bad so many memories.

[criticalanalysis]

Since 15. Looking at all these old houses brings bad so many memories.

Ah man, that year had the best atmosphere and immersion! Body Collectors was outstanding, and I thought their other houses were good, too. Demon Cantina was much better than FDTD (from this year). Were you able to see it when Terra Guard Run had the tesla coils working?

By the way, you missed their best year - without question - by one year!

As an aside, it's so sad to me to see people praise the last few years while they've never been to the older events. They think IPs make this event, it doesn't, in my opinion, at all. Gah.

[foREVer56]

^Seriously. There are people out there that think 2012 as an amazing year

I've been going since 2005. I posted my top 10 when I made the thread but it's been increasingly hard to label a top 10 list so I'm going to list my favorites over the past decade in no real order after the first 2, because they're bar none the greatest houses I've ever seen. the rest are organized by year, not preference.

1. Nightmare on Elm Street. Absolutely terrified me when I was 11. Will forever be #1 because I literally cannot be that horrified in a haunted house ever again.

2. An American Werewolf in London. If it weren't for my experience in NoES this would be #1. Absolutely impeccable house. They seriously nailed it.

Screamhouse 3

PsychoScarepy: Maximum Madness

People Under the Stairs: Under Construction

Dead Exposure

Scary Tales 3

Silver Screams

Chucky: Friends Till the End

Catacombs: Black Death Rising

Hades: Gates of Ruins

Orfanage: Ashes to Ashes

Winter's Night: The Haunting of Hawthorn Cemetery

Nightingales: Blood Prey

Nevermore: The Madness of Poe

H.R. Bloodengutz: Holidays of Horror

Saws N Steam: Into the Machine

Gothic

Cabin in the Woods

Dollhouse of the Damned

Halloween

Giggles and Gore

It's gonna take a lot to beat 2011. Lol

Least Favorites:

Silent Hill (The epitome of shit. Absolutely despised the house. HUGE waste of potential, big, pointless rooms, fence maze in the beginning was horrible, overall just a really bad house.)

Reflections of Fear

The Spawning

Zombiegeddon

THING: Assimilation

Alice Cooper: Welcome to My Nightmare

The Walking Dead: Dead Inside

HAVOC: Derailed

Afterlife: Death's Vengeance

Probably the only 9 houses out of 85 that I've seen that I didn't like at all. Not a bad percentage lol

Edited October 31, 2014 by foREVer56

[HomemadeHaunt]

Ah man, that year had the best atmosphere and immersion! Body Collectors was outstanding, and I thought their other houses were good, too. Demon Cantina was much better than FDTD (from this year). Were you able to see it when Terra Guard Run had the tesla coils working?

By the way, you missed their best year - without question - by one year!

As an aside, it's so sad to me to see people praise the last few years while they've never been to the older events. They think IPs make this event, it doesn't, in my opinion, at all. Gah.

Yes. I was able to see it. And I couldn't agree more with you. IPs are totally awesome, but only for the fact that you are able to experience a movie,show,etc. in a real life experience. I would take an all original year over a year crammed with IPs any day. Original houses built the event and I will always have a special place in my heart for them. I was looking through old event pictures and it made me so emotional. Only the hard core fans would understand me, but I've grown up with this event and it is a huge part of my life.