ferox Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 The language doesn't seem to suggest that it's a music maze...interesting. There's one original maze and he said there's a music connection. What that means is unclear. But it certainly could mean a music maze. Yeah, bummer about Halloween though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batwithtusks Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 He said a new connection with a music property, but didn't necessarily say a maze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UniversalStudiosGeek Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Ok updated list: AWIL Dracula Exorcist TWD TrT HoH Original (Music Based??) If you are bummed about Halloween/Aliens you could always save money for a trip to Orlando.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horror lover Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Do the music mazes even count as IP or Original? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferox Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Murdy considers them original. I would agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horror lover Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 it's a gray area in my opinion because they have brand names attached, celebrity endorsements and basis in existing media BUT most (Alice Cooper) or all (Black Sabbath) of the characters, environments and scenarios are created from scratch by Murdy and Chris Williams... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.HHN Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Well it could be an original maze with a name stapled to it not necessarily making it a music maze like... Marilyn Manson presents "Insert Maze Title Here" Or "Insert Maze Title Here" narrated by Marilyn Manson Doesn't necessarily have to be Manson just used him as an example (wish it is him though). It could just be like HOTC have Zombies name stapled to it even though it's not a music maze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak Posted June 13, 2014 Author Share Posted June 13, 2014 These are all a bunch of strange twists and turns! No Purge, no Halloween, a music connection may be happening....yikes. I don't think the Exorcist and the Conjuring will be coming the same year as they seem a bit similar to each other. The only properties I can think of as a "freak-out maze" would be Hellraiser, Trick r Treat, or The Exorcist. Maybe Cabin in the Woods is going to happen now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThNdIzNiR Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 He said he was collaborating on something new regarding a music connection. Did he actually say it would be tied to a house? Could it be possible that the something new isn't a maze, but rather a live performance by a band on certain nights? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horror lover Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 He said he was collaborating on something new regarding a music connection. Did he actually say it would be tied to a house? Could it be possible that the something new isn't a maze, but rather a live performance by a band on certain nights? That would be awesome but the neighbors would bitch so hard about the loud music -__- 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirOwenDisney Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 I don't know if there is any connection or not, but for some reason when I heard a musician may be connected to the event this year, my first thought was actually Dee Snider. I don't think there would necessarily be a Strangeland maze but i'm sure its a place to start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Morgus Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Sounds like whatever this music collaboration is, it's probably for the original maze. From John on Twitter: May 15th - Hmmm...Another late breaking phone call from a certain famous individual that could present interesting opportunities for HHN 2014...Hmmm May 19th - Just got out of a meeting with one of our newest celeb collaborators for HHN 2014. So honored that he wants to participate...gonna be cool! May 20th - So I've been cryptically tweeting about a celebrity that's come on board in the last week...It's for the original maze were doing this year. That maze is now a three-way collaboration between myself, my art director Chris and this individual. Amazing how this came together...It's always gratifying when you get to hang out with someone like that and discover they're extremely cool and dig your work...This is going to be a really fun collaboration and hopefully lead to one twisted freaking maze that scares the (filling the blank) out of u! And from earlier tonight - There wasn't going to be any music connection...but a late phone call changed that. I am calloborating on something new 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridesandstuff Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 (edited) Sounds to me like Mr. HHN may be a happy camper this year. So so far we have AWIL TWD Original Dracula Untold That leaves 2/3 spots left. What the hell else could come? Edited June 13, 2014 by Ridesandstuff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThNdIzNiR Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 (edited) There is always Resident Evil... No one has any connections for Teen Spirit? Horror High was a movie from the 70's and Return to Horror High was made in 1987. But I seriously doubt this is what we're looking for. Edited June 13, 2014 by ThNdIzNiR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grindhousehero13 Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 music maze....ehhhh....better be someone good at least. So no Purge maze cements the SZ's return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dr Morgus Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Speaking of Robert Rodriguez, could one of your mazes be the one that Orlando has apparently passed on this year? From Dusk till Dawn? Can that one fit any of your clues? Not sure that would pass Murdy's "Awareness" test, though. Cult favorite, sure, but awareness with the general public? I don't know. Just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTH316 Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Interesting note, he's saying PERSON as in singular. Surely they have a band behind them, but this musician is probably the face of the band, so it can't be like -- Slipknot or something. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say the music maze is by Marilyn Manson. He's the biggest name in rock-horror after Rob Zombie. Uhm... and apparently Alice Cooper . If not him, then Ozzy Osbourne (which would be lame, in my opinion). But if ya think about it, Marilyn Manson's twisted artistic vision could lend itself to a maze and would therefore benefit a "presents" title. Ozzy Osbourne presents Route 66 doesn't sound very appealing. From Dusk Til Dawn did just get a show. I doubt it though... if AWIL and Exorcist are coming, that'd be one too many "old" properties for today's crowd. Everything else I'm sure is in the 00s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak Posted June 13, 2014 Author Share Posted June 13, 2014 I've been looking at the clues for the "Freak Out" property (Beauty is Only Skin Deep), and I tried to do some digging at the cast for Trick r Treat. The one hint that stands out for that codename is that it "STARS a former model and/or beauty queen. Lauren Lee Smith She was noticed by a fashion scout at age 13. Don't know if that counts. EDIT: Uh...guys...Holy Crap. I think I found it. I was looking at the cast for the Exorcist, and I looked up Ellen Burstyn's bio and look what I discovered... Born in Detroit, Ellen Burstyn worked a number of jobs before she became an actress. At 14, she was a short-order cook at a lunch counter. After graduating from Detroit's Cass Technical High School, she went to Texas to model and then to New York as a showgirl on The Jackie Gleason Show (1952). From there, it was to Montreal as a nightclub dancer and then Broadway with her debut in "Fair Game (1957)". By 1963, she appeared on the TV series The Doctors (1963), but she gained notice for her role in Goodbye Charlie (1964). Ellen then took time off to study acting with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio. She is a star in the movie, she was a model, the codename by Murdy was said to have some ambitious effects....by George, I think we got it. We have our model, how would it fit with the other two clues and the lie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Morgus Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 (edited) And you could tie the "Beautiful on the outside but not on the inside" to the girls transforming into the wolves. And did Sam knock or ring the doorbell? Can't remember. If he rang the bell, could tie it to the "ding dong" clue. Haha...never mind, I see you moved on. I'd be very surprised if it's Exorcist. Edited June 13, 2014 by Dr Morgus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak Posted June 13, 2014 Author Share Posted June 13, 2014 ^Well, that was the closest I got with the whole "model" theory for Trick r Treat. Everything else you said could work, but I don't think that actress works for the model clue. I think "Beauty" is the Exorcist. Property "stars a former model and/or beauty queen": Look above. "Refers to things beautiful on the outside, not the inside": Having a pretty little girl being possessed by the devil himself would work for not being beautiful on the inside. "Refers to the business of beauty products": I think this is the red herring. "The hint for the code-name maze is 'Ding-dong'": The Exorcist rings the doorbell. The character who is the title of the maze rings the doorbell. I think I may have figured it out. Being the "freak-out" property, this is the only way I see this working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HigbeeHaunt Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 @HorrorNights: Just finished the treatment for our original maze which came in at a mammoth 75 pages! HHN 2014 treatments page count is now at 486! Yikes! @HorrorNights: Happy to announce that I have finished writing all the material I needed to write for HHN 2014...final page count for this year...562! OMG! In between those he started working on the super secret project. So there is 76 pages of treatment unspoken for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridesandstuff Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 That's been mention already...probably a 7th maze if the teaser site is any indication. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foodstampsFTW Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 ^Well, that was the closest I got with the whole "model" theory for Trick r Treat. Everything else you said could work, but I don't think that actress works for the model clue. I think "Beauty" is the Exorcist. Property "stars a former model and/or beauty queen": Look above. "Refers to things beautiful on the outside, not the inside": Having a pretty little girl being possessed by the devil himself would work for not being beautiful on the inside. "Refers to the business of beauty products": I think this is the red herring. "The hint for the code-name maze is 'Ding-dong'": The Exorcist rings the doorbell. The character who is the title of the maze rings the doorbell. I think I may have figured it out. Being the "freak-out" property, this is the only way I see this working. Yeah I think this is the exorcist, and since the freak out maze is in a soundstage, I hope this house is good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HigbeeHaunt Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 (edited) Ridesandstuff Yesterday, 11:44 PM That's been mention already...probably a 7th maze if the teaser site is any indication. Ok cool. I'm just going back through Murdys tweets trying to connect anything. It seems like the spec has hit a dead end and more and more stuff is getting cut and not much is being added. This year is crazy. Edited June 13, 2014 by HigbeeHaunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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