Ringwraith Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 (edited) 1. Poltergeist: This may go down as one of my top 5 houses ever and I wouldn't be surprised if they brought it back for an encore one year like they did for AWiL. I talked to Mike Aiello for a few minutes while exiting Blumhouse. He said after they'd gone through the creative for the house, they realized they had a ton of puppets. I told him I think it's completely necessary and really takes you into a demonic world. This house is the standard for this year. Every year, it's remarkable what they come up with next and this house rips that envelope right open. 2. Slaughter Sinema: This house made TREMENDOUS use of the space they had to work with. The details are phenomenal as well as the Easter eggs. It's very funny and a hell of a lot of fun. This is the HR Bloodengutz of 2018 and dare I say, much better. You'll want to do this one over and over again. 3. Scary Tales: Went through this one with just my fiancee, so we didn't get a chance to take in the details while getting scared into room after room. This may go down as the "most intense" house in the lineup, next to Poltergeist. 4. Trick r Treat: USE OF SPACE! FACADES! They visually killed this house. You can tell where the money went from B&T when you see this house and Poltergeist. It's lacking scares, but it's doesn't need it. Just soak it in. 5. Seeds of Extinction: They did a really good job with this house by making it feel overgrown. It has a rainforest feel to it, which is kinda cool. They only used about a third of a soundstage for this, so it's not as grand as you might think it will be, based on the location. 6. Carnival Graveyard: Solid use of props and general feel. It's kind of like Fallout happened in a carnival, but don't let that get you too excited. This one could be my most improved down the road, because it has a lot of potential to grow. 7. Stranger Things: Biggest disappointment so far. They follow the story fairly well, but that may have handcuffed the creative. This is very much like The Shining was for me, where they took something GRAND and didn't utilize scale and size of the world they had, to its fullest. 8. Dead Exposure: The first version of this was so good, that this one was bound to fall flat. It's what I would consider to be an angry, aggressive house, but not scary enough to be anywhere near its predecessors for that location. 9. Blumhouse: Happy Death Day is kinda fun and follows the story but Purge is...well you know. 10. Halloween 4... Bleh: Michael Myers is not scary. I'm sorry. The lack of visuals doesn't help. Scarezone - 1. Killer Klownz: Could not be more accurate to the feel of the movie. Homerun! 2. Vamp: Stuff wasn't working, so I'll hold judgement. However, I feel like this will eventually skyrocket to number 1. 3. Chucky: The insult emporium style will be gone in two weeks after someone gets too offended. 4. NY: The church is quite grand. I still want to get a better feel for what they're trying to do here. 5. Photo ops: Grass people? Hay people? I dunno. Overall, I give this event a B+. You can tell they put a lot more money into this than they really ever have. It's a lot of fun, but I wish they had more 80's music...EVERYWHERE. Edited September 13, 2018 by Ringwraith Contd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insane24Se7en Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Carnival Graveyard that low, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringwraith Posted September 13, 2018 Author Share Posted September 13, 2018 It's really those 6 and then everything else. Carnival Graveyard has some solid visuals, but it was lacking in scares enough to overcome the fact the visuals aren't stunning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhHaiInternet95 Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 42 minutes ago, Ringwraith said: It's really those 6 and then everything else. Carnival Graveyard has some solid visuals, but it was lacking in scares enough to overcome the fact the visuals aren't stunning. Which house had the best scares to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringwraith Posted September 13, 2018 Author Share Posted September 13, 2018 3 hours ago, OhHaiInternet95 said: Which house had the best scares to you? I don't really get scared, but I would say Scary Tales probably wins this category so far. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombieman Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 For me the biggest surprise is that people are loving Poltergeist - and that people are saying it's noticeably long. I'm now looking forward to it greatly. Second biggest surprise is that Carnival Graveyard is misfiring. Hoping it gets stronger as we go. Was the AoV show up, and if so, was it essentially the same Cyberpunk we can find online? Is there any "HHN-feel" to their show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringwraith Posted September 13, 2018 Author Share Posted September 13, 2018 11 minutes ago, zombieman said: For me the biggest surprise is that people are loving Poltergeist - and that people are saying it's noticeably long. I'm now looking forward to it greatly. Second biggest surprise is that Carnival Graveyard is misfiring. Hoping it gets stronger as we go. Was the AoV show up, and if so, was it essentially the same Cyberpunk we can find online? Is there any "HHN-feel" to their show? Poltergeist was a huge surprise for me because I thought it would be in the middle or the back of the pack. The puppeteering is EPIC. I didn't see the AoV show, but based on the colors and the music, I didn't feel an HHN vibe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNYHHN315 Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 lets not forget it was just preview night. Houses will get better in time =) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themazethinker Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 how were the kids in the stranger things house represented? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringwraith Posted September 14, 2018 Author Share Posted September 14, 2018 Young adults. Great casting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clash Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 can you give more detail into the zones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringwraith Posted September 15, 2018 Author Share Posted September 15, 2018 33 minutes ago, clash said: can you give more detail into the zones? Actually, not particularly. Vamp was having tech issues that we didn't want to wait around for, the front zone wasn't going when we entered and was kinda lame when we left. Chucky zone was kinda weird, but the fact he's actual size and talking on a stage, is cool. The life-sized toys were creepy. Klownz looked and moved like they do in the movie...slow and goofy. Not really sure the purpose of Central Park yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadbunny Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 I thought Carnival was super unique in the scares and sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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