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Hollywood just announced today Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I have to admit I'm a little disappointed we aren't getting one as well...
Halloween Horror Nights 22 Discussion
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The Dead Silence house was absolutely fantastic...I wouldn't mind an original house inspired by some of the scenes from the DS house...Also wouldn't mind seeing it in the 100 years of horror house (if there is one)..the movie was not all that great, but the house was worth it
Dead Silence was one of the best houses I've ever been through and I've been going almost every year since 2001. I would completely welcome it into a 100 years of horror house. You know Universal has probably been wanting to reuse these dolls for some time now. 
Not again.
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I hope 100 years isn't like XX years...
From what I understand, it will be similar to Dead Exposure, and will be classic monsters, not 100 years.
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And it was great but the Dead Silence hose from that same year blew it away
Oh and I'm going all in on 100 Years of Horror in the Parade building. :thumbs:
Dead Exposure another quickly forgotten house, Sounds like 100 years will be another house similar to Horror in Wax, or THe movie Theater one...They all start to blend again...
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Oh wait another Gargoyle......
Dragon*Con w00tw00t!!!
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That house was terrifying. If they bring it back, I would be most pleased!
What? Whether you loved it or hated it, one of the most memorable houses of the past decade. Had a unique look and feel.
It looks like feelings toward this house are...black and white.
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OK, newbie (here anyway) alert, but what's the buzz from the experts on this year's event. I thought last year was one of the freshest and best I had seen in years after really thinking that the event's best years were behind it after 2010's uninspired event.
Really hoping last year was the start of a trend ...
Really hoping last year was the start of a trend ...
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Sad to say this year looks closer to 2010 than 2011, Spirit (at least in my opinion). How good the event looks depends on what "expert" you ask... but it would appear that Universal's HHN is currently going through a sort of "One Disney" phase, with Orlando borrowing heavily from Hollywood's event and practices. IPs are being "shared" between the events, complete with joint announcements (Silent Hill, Walking Dead, and Alice Cooper). To be fair this has occurred before (in 2007 with Freddy/Jason Leatherface), 09 (SAW), and 11 (THING), but it would appear that the Orlando event is "under new management" with significant cuts. There will be seven houses this year, not eight (and regardless of what some will tell you, I have it on good authority that eight houses could've been done if they truly wanted to); the sudden SS44 demolition caused them to scrap a planned Chupacabra house and hastily come up with an alleged "classic monsters on the cheap" house in the Parade Building.
Due to the SuperStar parade several scare zone areas will likely be without props/sets, relying on fog/audio/lighting. There's a lot of rumors about some elaborate "war" to take place between the zones, but from what I'm hearing that sounds like a lot of PR speak that will dissolve into essentially nothing out of the ordinary. (Look what happened to Nightmaze.) The rumor is we'll have six zones with two roaming hordes.
Other cuts include the lack of an elaborate website, which has existed for Orlando since 2004. Hollywood has never had a fancy website, so this is most likely another side effect of trying to get Orlando to mirror Hollywood. We may apparently still get some "games" due to the backlash, but all of the build-up/momentum/storytelling has been lost to social media... which has kept me very unengaged so far. Anyone who reads your posts well knows your stance on social media...
It would appear no icon/overarching theme, either (ie Lady Luck last year). This is yet another side effect of Hollywood - in the past when the events "shared" IPs, Orlando maintained its identity with the huge themes that tied everything in (Carnival of Carnage, Ripped from the Silver Screen, etc.)It really appears the event this year has been a victim of last minute decision-making & changes as well as a change in managerial direction; lots of improvisation and disconnected ideas (Silent Hill was allegedly a last minute grab.) The stuff that puts Orlando's event over the top (the elaborate website, plot, icon characters, etc.) appears to be missing this year. I could go on for days about this stuff, though, so I'll stop my cynicism here and continue to hope that this year's event is still a great one.
I don't know why they decided to follow Hollywoods way of doing things when Hollywood hasn't been voted the best halloween event in the country for the past 5 or 6 years.
Holy crap, Fallow... filled with cynicism.
I'm reserving all judgement til the whole line-up is revealed entirely.
I'm reserving all judgement til the whole line-up is revealed entirely.
Personally, nothing I've heard about the event makes me think "worse". The 2 propless scarezones don't bother me, considering I thought the props last year added nothing to the event.
We very well could have a storyline with this war deal. I wouldn't count out that just yet.
We very well could have a storyline with this war deal. I wouldn't count out that just yet.
