biomegaceu Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 12 minutes ago, BenjaminNicholas said: I hold out hope that the level of detail this year will make it worthwhile. As for the actual houses, so far, I'm unimpressed. IP.... Rinse... Repeat. Welcome to Comcast. It's HHN for the masses and as long as the general public knows it's based off a film, why do anything original? In an odd way, it's the same thing that's happening to Broadway: Just musicalize a movie that people know. Original work be damned. Um we are getting four original houses and only two of the scarezones are based off IPs. I would say you might be blowing it a little out of proportion there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenjaminNicholas Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 (edited) 25 minutes ago, biomegaceu said: Um we are getting four original houses and only two of the scarezones are based off IPs. I would say you might be blowing it a little out of proportion there. And how many houses are based on IPs? Yeah. Let's revisit that and then tell me how original HHN keeps getting. I'm showing doubt, not blowing anything out of proportion. As someone who has been to every HHN since year one, I see the writing on the wall. Oh yeah, ditch Photobucket. They suck. https://imgbb.com/ Edited August 18, 2017 by BenjaminNicholas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonKnight Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 I think the scarezones sound good. Not sure I like the Altars of Horror because like someone else said seems like a waste to have characters from the houses on the street also seems like an unimaginative way to fill up a scarezone but I'm willing to hold judgment. Invasion! has a lot of potential, so does Festival of the Deadliest which if it turns out to be a scarezone full of different cultures ideas of the undead should be interesting, hoping it's not a cheap ripoff of Dia de las muertes. TrickRTreat could be good and I might be one of the few or only people looking forward to the Purge scarezone if nothing else if it's scarezone it won't be a house and works best as a scarezone. Still waiting for houses though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WannabeIcon Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 I know we are still waiting on the original house announcements....but I just don't undertand some of Uni's choices here. WE have a festival, which is supposedly a quasi-over-arching theme, but no leader to said activity? Are we in for another surprise here, but why would you announce the Icon last if so? But if we are really just getting this zone of mascots instead an Icon, I'm not sure how much sense it makes. I thought Uni had seen the errors of their ways when we finally returned to having them 2 years ago. It has to be easier to drive advertising, marketing, in-park merchandising sales, etc. (I'm sure we could think of more). Hopefully we get hit with a surprise outta left field...unless someone else can shed light on any of this? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jediwhit82 Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 15 hours ago, ThNdIzNiR said: What they put in that scare zone last year really wasn't that different from The Purge. If they named it The Purge would anyone have even noticed a difference? Yes, literaly everyone who went would have noticed a difference because it is different in every way. The costume and setting is completely different from Purge. Having three different factions that you could align yourself with to become further immersed in the zone makes Survive or Die one of the best scare zones I have ever been in, so yeah, people would have noticed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverEvil1 Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 22 minutes ago, WannabeIcon said: I know we are still waiting on the original house announcements....but I just don't undertand some of Uni's choices here. WE have a festival, which is supposedly a quasi-over-arching theme, but no leader to said activity? Are we in for another surprise here, but why would you announce the Icon last if so? But if we are really just getting this zone of mascots instead an Icon, I'm not sure how much sense it makes. I thought Uni had seen the errors of their ways when we finally returned to having them 2 years ago. It has to be easier to drive advertising, marketing, in-park merchandising sales, etc. (I'm sure we could think of more). Hopefully we get hit with a surprise outta left field...unless someone else can shed light on any of this? They'll use the "Festival" as the advertising. Basically an invitation to viewers of whatever commercial to come and "join the celebration". That's the angle I'm getting at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
criticalanalysis Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 2 hours ago, Jediwhit82 said: with to become further immersed in the zone makes Survive or Die one of the best scare zones I have ever been in, I mean that's certainly an opinion to have, lol. 2 hours ago, ForeverEvil1 said: That's the angle I'm getting at least. This year is all over the place. Bad ideas all around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathew Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Before complaining about IPs, remember that Universal Studios is a theme park designed around film with the intent of bringing classic movies to life. Why would it then be surprising that they make haunted houses that allow guests to walk into a living horror movie? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
criticalanalysis Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 3 minutes ago, mathew said: Before complaining about IPs, remember that Universal Studios is a theme park designed around film with the intent of bringing classic movies to life. Why would it then be surprising that they make haunted houses that allow guests to walk into a living horror movie? Because their original work made the event popular. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wow Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 3 hours ago, WannabeIcon said: I know we are still waiting on the original house announcements....but I just don't undertand some of Uni's choices here. WE have a festival, which is supposedly a quasi-over-arching theme, but no leader to said activity? Are we in for another surprise here, but why would you announce the Icon last if so? But if we are really just getting this zone of mascots instead an Icon, I'm not sure how much sense it makes. I thought Uni had seen the errors of their ways when we finally returned to having them 2 years ago. It has to be easier to drive advertising, marketing, in-park merchandising sales, etc. (I'm sure we could think of more). Hopefully we get hit with a surprise outta left field...unless someone else can shed light on any of this? The Soul Collectors say hi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeoriaBJJ Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 9 minutes ago, mathew said: Before complaining about IPs, remember that Universal Studios is a theme park designed around film with the intent of bringing classic movies to life. Why would it then be surprising that they make haunted houses that allow guests to walk into a living horror movie? take your common sense somewhere else! Its not welcome in deez parts! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HHNManics Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 "Blumhouse of Horrors" Facade for Orlando... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverEvil1 Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 43 minutes ago, criticalanalysis said: Because their original work made the event popular. And it still is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HHNFreak88 Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 4 hours ago, Jediwhit82 said: Yes, literaly everyone who went would have noticed a difference because it is different in every way. The costume and setting is completely different from Purge. Having three different factions that you could align yourself with to become further immersed in the zone makes Survive or Die one of the best scare zones I have ever been in, so yeah, people would have noticed. Survive or Die, one of the best scare zones? Yeah, no. Lol. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeoriaBJJ Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 2 minutes ago, HHNFreak88 said: Survive or Die, one of the best scare zones? Yeah, no. Lol. I agree. Seemed rather BLAH... scaractors did a great job but the theme was lost in all things post-apocalyptic. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonKnight Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 4 hours ago, WannabeIcon said: I know we are still waiting on the original house announcements....but I just don't undertand some of Uni's choices here. WE have a festival, which is supposedly a quasi-over-arching theme, but no leader to said activity? Are we in for another surprise here, but why would you announce the Icon last if so? But if we are really just getting this zone of mascots instead an Icon, I'm not sure how much sense it makes. I thought Uni had seen the errors of their ways when we finally returned to having them 2 years ago. It has to be easier to drive advertising, marketing, in-park merchandising sales, etc. (I'm sure we could think of more). Hopefully we get hit with a surprise outta left field...unless someone else can shed light on any of this? Couldn't agree more I think not having an icon is a missed opportunity. There's a focal point instead of just a billboard with movie names on it. The icon can peak people's interest and drive people to the website, instead when UNI relies on IPs they have to constantly find 3 or 4 big name marquee IPs every year to market and drive sales instead of putting energy into an icon. Of course some people will go no matter what IPs or icon the event has. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenjaminNicholas Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 7 hours ago, criticalanalysis said: Because their original work made the event popular. Exactly. It was ORIGINAL CONCEPTS that created and made HHN what it is today. Know thy history. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HHN Explorer Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 I typically make a custom house t-shirt but since the full lineup still hasn't been announced, I decided to make a B&T shirt for now. Let me know what you guys think. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HHN Monster Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 23 minutes ago, HHN Explorer said: I typically make a custom house t-shirt but since the full lineup still hasn't been announced, I decided to make a B&T shirt for now. Let me know what you guys think. Um. This is perfection and I need it! If you sell them please let me know ASAP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
criticalanalysis Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 4 hours ago, Horrorisprettyrad said: wouldn't you argue that bringing in more ips is a good move for universal? Ips certainly draw a bigger crowd than original concepts nowadays. I feel like the general public would care more for michael meyers than jack the clown (also not arguing that they should go full on ip like universal hollywood, its just having a creative side and an ip based side seems fair to me) No, I would not. They got popular because of their original work. Then they started doing more IPs. The event would've grown in popularity regardless of IPs. It's not a good argument to say, "Event is popular, they have IPs, therefore IPs are popular with the crowds." I would argue that they would earn more money if they introduced IPs less frequently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Oysterhead00 Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 23 minutes ago, HHNJunkie said: Not smart enough to delete the other pictures, but #2 looks like Darth Vadar, Darth Maul, Kylo Ren.....whoever are about to walk through that doorway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverEvil1 Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 Hmmm.... Angels / Demons Also Angels / Demons Blumhouse or Hive Scarecrows My guesses. At least they learned to take better photos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystiquephreeq Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 2 hours ago, ForeverEvil1 said: Hmmm.... Angels / Demons Also Angels / Demons Blumhouse or Hive Scarecrows My guesses. At least they learned to take better photos. Agree, except gut feeling is pic 3 is Hive. And pic 2 is definitely AvD. There's a feather. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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