My EP review contains spoilers.

[SoleSurvivor]

***Let's start off this review by saying that I did 8/9 houses (sorry Walking Dead, but we were to tired) and saw Bill and Ted's.***

 

i arrived to the front gate at 7:00pm and managed to get in the park at 7:30pm. As expected, there were no scareactors out in the SCAREZONES yet (there were chainsaw clowns and a few random characters at the front of the park scaring you as soon as you walked in). I strolled around the front of the park (basically the parade route) to take the atmosFEAR in while I waited for foREVer56 so we could begin going through the houses. Once we met up around 7:50pm we began visiting the houses...

Freddy vs Jason ( 8/10 )

You enter Camp Crystal Lake and immediately feel like you're in the movies because you get attacked by Jason from literally every corner! The detail in the sets were impressive! I feel as if Jason is more present in the house than Freddy (not just in scareactor count but I believe there are more Jason sets than Freddy sets. It was a good house. Towards the end you are literally caught between a battle between these two iconic killers. 

RUN: Blood, Sweat, Fears (9/10)

I absolutely loved this house! It was amazing. The queue videos gives you a better understanding of the house and gets you really excited. It literally felt like The Hunger Games but with that horror twist. I enjoyed seeing all the assassins are their  sinister ways of murder. The room transitions are simple but I liked because it's literally a screen telling you which assassin you'll be encountering next and their kill count. I liked how there are also tributes/victims in the house, it's not just assassins after you. The ending scene was absolutely great! I really enjoyed this house and I think it may be one of my favorites this year.

Monsters & Mayhem ( 8-9/10 )

Didn't  really get much scares in this house (either the people in front or the people in the back got the scares). It's a pretty long walkthrough  in the house...perfect to see all the different scenes. The classic monsters do show up in this house but more towards halfway through the house (or a few scenes in). I remember hearing Jack would be in this house, but I didn't really see him (I did see his maniacs throughout the house...unless they were supposed to be Jack and the mask/wigs weren't ready for EP). Some of the scenes I remember are: The Hallow (? The first little transition room is some pumpkins in what feels like an underground tunnel), Scary Tales (red riding hood? And 3 bears), classic monsters (Frankenstein, bride of Frankenstien, phantom of the opera, mummy, ?), legendary truth (the ghost in the wall hallway), forsaken, gothic (bridge effect, make sure to look down and shout out to the weeping angels from Winters night on your right), Nightingales, holidays of horror (Christmas), scream House (shout out to the caretaker)m havoc! I can't really remember much from other rooms, but it was nice reliving content from the past....some with a new twist. Oh and keep an eye out for Eddie! 

 

Body Collectors: Recollections (9/10)

what can I say? The snow effect. The movie quality sets. The Shadybrook patients. The body collectors! I love the scareactor balance this house has. You don't only get scares from patients, but also from the collectors (of course, their henchmen). Some scares were duo, as in a patient would come towards you to attack and a Body Collect would pop from behind and kill the patient. The spine ripping scene was amazing...those sound effects while the spine gets ripped out...wow. Some of the scare actors in this house did a great job scaring...there was one collector just standing around (since he didn't really have a boo hole) and even though we could still see him he still managed to deliver a  really good scare. It was nice seeing Shadybrooks and the Body Collectors again.

The Purge ( 7/10)

I understand that this was a last minute house, so I really won't be harsh....I just wished the purgers had more mask variety and not just mostly the smiling mask. It was really nice recognizing sets/props from the Scream house that never was (the kitchen from the first movie with a Casey statue/mannequin, Casey hanging from the tree -but she's wearing a sign around her neck that says cheater-, the garage from Stu's house, the bathroom from the Woodsborrow high,  Olivia's bedroom from Scream 4 (I think that's what that was), I can't recall any other scenes....there were some rooms that were just black tarps /curtains covering everything so yeah...some hallways just spray painted with graffiti.... I guess they did the best they could do in such little time. I was more concentrated on recognizing scenes from Scream than getting scared lol (although I did get like a good scare or two). No ghost face mask on any of the purgers...or laying around one of the rooms for that matter. 

AWIL ( 7/ 10)

I don't really want to say much about this house. It was good I guess. It was my first time going through an AWIL house. I've never seen the movie. The robot werewolf is really cool looking and delivers good scares, but I guess that's it. The house was good, but I honestly don't think I'll go through it again. It just never really appealed to me. Sorry. 

Asylum in Wonderland 3D ( 6 / 10 )

i honestly think I got zero scares in this house...,but only because most of the scareactors don't really have a place to hide. The tunnel at the begining looks really cool...you actually feel like you're falling down the rabbit hole. I love how they brought back that room from the inbetween...the one with all the lights and the mirrored floor? I feel like they had it in this house....? The black and white tiled room with the Queens henchmen was pretty cool. I guess it's a fun walk through......but that's just it, it's a fun house. 

Insidious (10/10)

The facade is amazing! I had to constantly remind myself I was in one of the tents while Walking through this house because the sets are incredible. I dare say that this is the house were I got most of the scares (thank you Darth Maul demon and bride in black!) although I'm not a big fan of these movies I have to admit this is a really amazing house....it delivered so many scares. One of my favorites room is this dark hallway with like black drapes/curtains/sheets on each side and you kind of hear the shutter of a camera go off....and you feel like hands on the other side (I guess it's like going through the further) idk. It was a really good house. Not my favorite this year, but definitely the scariest (for now). 

Psychoscareapy: Unoeashed 

[Sledge]

My favorite review so far! Spoilers don't bother me and just make me more excited, so I loved what you included in your review. Thanks!

[SoleSurvivor]

My favorite review so far! Spoilers don't bother me and just make me more excited, so I loved what you included in your review. Thanks!

Bless you. I had also written reviews for the scare zones but idk why the post got like cut.... :/ #DingDang

[coleman2122]

Reading about Purge makes me sad about Scream But this was an awesome review! Thank you!

[SoleSurvivor]

Reading about Purge makes me sad about Scream But this was an awesome review! Thank you!

Believe me....I was sad going through the Purge. All I could think about was Scream and imagining where ghost face would've been hiding, etc.

 

I guess since you guys like my house review I should post a scarezone review...?

[coleman2122]

I guess since you guys like my house review I should post a scarezone review...?

That would be awesome!

[SoleSurvivor]

Psychoscareapy: Unleashed

This was the first scarezone I experience this year and dare I say the best! It felt like every where I looked I would see a scareactor! Theres a lot of interaction between the scareactors and the guest which just makes the whole zone even better! The burning gazebo really add to a chaotic atmosphere. I don't know if they were rumors or what, but I remember hearing this zone would have "kills" projected in some of the building windows? And the zone would be all bloody? Anyways, those two rumors or whatever were not visible last night. This scare zone is a really fun zone to go through. I can see myself sitting around a bench and just watching the scare actors do their thing here.

All Nite Die-In: Take Two

Didn't get to see the black and white classic characters, but I did see a few of the modern day horror icons (Chucky, Tiffany Chucky's bride, a purger and his victim, that cheerleader chick, Carrie, the girl from the exorcist, the strangers, vampires (?) ) I don't know, but I feel like there weren't enough scare actors? Maybe I just didn't spent enough time in this zone. Don't really want to give my input about this zone to much since  I haven't really experienced it completely. 

Scary Tales: ScreamPunk

First of all...love the costumes in this zone! You can easily tell who each character is from their outfits. Due to this zone's location there aren't many props around (just one big one) so for this reason I wished they added two or three more scare actors to make up for the lack of props. Don't be fooled though, just because there aren't many props the scareactors still do a good job at scaring (especially if you are in line for M&M or AIW, keep an eye out because they will go up to you and scare you!) I got two-three scares in this zone. 

HHN: Icons

We all know what to expect in this zone. I only went through this zone once so I never got to see any of the icons doing some killing. I was surprised to see some characters in this zone (a few of the sins from 7, a character from Esqueleto muerte, a vampire bride, one of Fears minions, a pretty Lady Luck, ...) I don't know if it's because I didn't really spend time in this zone but I do feel it lacked a few scare actors...it's such a big space! Idk, maybe it was me.

Evil's Root

This scarezone is basically like most of the scarezone se they have in Central Park....it just gives that Halloween/forest/cornfield vibe. A lot of the characters we see in this zone are old characters that have been in the Central Park area before (the bats, the moss/bush men, the dead trees,...) but we do have the evil fairies! I walked through this zone multiple times and of course it's nice. I enjoy the purple lights and all the pumpkins glow. It's definitely a new scarezone with a familiar feel. 

There are barely any safe zones this year since basically the who Simpsons area is invaded with chainsaw clowns (and there are more chainsaws near Transformers). So that's good. Never a dull moment around the park. 

Bill and Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure

Omg...that opening dance number and scene.....can someone say BACK TO THE FUTURE!? Shout out to Doc and the DeLorean! The show was funny, had a lot of Disney jokes and made reference to a lot of things from the past (old Universal rides, oldie songs used in the finale, and even a tribute to Disaster "and we are moving on!"). I did feel like the show was a bit long so they might take some stuff out? Here are some of the things that appear: Kim and Kanye (they are the villains...surprising but ok), Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard in heels...both of them in heels, the Kardashian sisters as velociraptors, "JUST DO IT!", an avatar in Mickey ears "sex tail", Big Hero 6, the girls from Pitch Perfect, Melissa Macarthy from Spy, the Clintons and trump as ghostbusters, Taylor swift with bad blood, doctor who and the tardis, orange is the new black, justin bieber, ....) 

Also, let it be known....we didn't wait no more than 30 minutes (maybe a bit less) for any house. Insidious was even walk-in (no line what-so-ever)! 

So here's the rest of my review. Hope you guys like it! I'll definitely be going back to the event so if anyone ever wants to meet up feel free to ask. I had a great time with foREVer56 during EP. Horror nights is just more fun when you're with die-hard HHN fans! 

That would be awesome!

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