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Duff stay and scream. Hit up the houses I liked twice. And then burned Express when I went to the front. Or if you don't have express just be willing to wait in lines or to wait for the crowds up front to move to the back.
One of Poltergeist effects still not working.
Oh and it was packed last night. The wait times were higher than last weekend, for express I noticed it at least.
the hanging falling clown, they completely removed him
Oh and it was packed last night. The wait times were higher than last weekend, for express I noticed it at least.
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I remember it being broken last Saturday. Honestly surprised they went with a projector and not an actual neon sign.
I was at the UOAP HHN Q&A event last night which was great, hosted by the creative team. No photos or video was allowed so I'm reciting from memory.
There was a few things that came up that I thought were worth sharing -
- IT House - It came across that this was considered and discounted fairly early in the process for this year as it wasn't "the right IP, nor the right time". It was also mentioned again towards the end of the answer that this year wasn't the right time so it certainly sounded like this may be one filed for future years.
- HHN29 - The first house for next year's event has already been pitched to Mike Aiello. Production for HHN is effectively a 14 month journey. No details unfortunately!
- HHN30 - The 30th Anniversary is planned to be the "biggest ever HHN event" and some thought has already been given towards it. The context behind this answer may be important though as, although you would expect an anniversary event to be "the biggest yet", the previous question was talking about the increase to 10 houses this year. I got the feeling that "biggest ever" may have been a nod towards another house number increase but may just have been coincidence in timing.
- Carey, OH - Pieces of info are already out there that this was the home town of the creative manager, however this came about purely as a result of a meeting to find a scary little town that could be used as the basis of some house/zone elements. There wasn't really much more to it than that!
- Background to Seeds of Extinction - This was an interesting question that shed some light on the thought process behind creation of "originals". The first section of the answer focused on the background to SOE itself which was actually loosely based on the History channel TV series Life After People Life After People - Wikipedia , watching the clips now I'm not sure how I never made the connection before. The visuals within the series of the overgrown landmarks and emptiness was the main draw towards this. The 2nd part of the question related to how originals in general come to fruition. Generally the IP houses are the first to be brought to the board. Once these are decided upon, originals are then used to plug the "genre gaps" across the horror spectrum. SOE was also the final house to be decided upon for this year's event.
- Background to Slaughter Sinema - This came about as an amalgamation of a number of ideas that had been previously considered for standalone houses but it was felt that there just wasn't enough substance to them individually. Interestingly it was mentioned that there was "more than 20" ideas left on the board that weren't included this year and that those "may remain there for another day" ie. Slaughter Sinema 2!
- Halloween 3 - Consideration was given to a Halloween 3 based house (unclear if for this year or prior years) but the feeling is that in using the Halloween franchise people will expect Micheal Myres. As he's not in the 3rd film it was felt there would be disappointment from the GP if this movie was used as the basis for a house
- Stranger Things - There initially wasn't any plans to include the kids from ST in the house as they simply weren't seen as "scary enough". Eventually it was decided though that not including them would disappoint the hardcore ST fanbase that were attracted to HHN by this IP so they were written in later on. The aim for ST was also to make the house scarier than the GP may expect based on the series hence the large number of demogorgons throughout. These were the only real "scary" character in the series that could be used.
- Bill & Ted - The inevitable question came up regarding B&T. The answer was interesting though. The first part of the answer was about how it was good to have advance notice of the impending end to allow last year's show show to wrap things up and not simply left like a TV series cancelled between series. The second part of the answer though focused of the future. It was said that there will not be a new "pop culture" style show as they fear this will be seen as a poor-relation to B&T. AOV was chosen to fill the FFL stadium this year as it was "the best fit in the time frame [they] had". There wasn't any indication that AOV was a 2nd choice or such in the words used, however there was a LOT of praise given to AOV, almost to the extent that it felt it was being overly praised like when you try to convince someone to believe in something that you don't really believe yourself. I found that interesting. Not to say that the team weren't 100% behind AOV once the decision was made, it just seemed that it maybe wasn't a 100% unanimous decision. The answer was finished with "never say never" to a B&T return, it felt more than a token to keep the crowd interested and more of a realisation within the decision makers that HHN needs a show like B&T but that it can't be replaced with a "new" pop culture style theme/IP.
All in all it was a great 60 mins or so and I felt it added a lot of context to the event as a whole. I would highly recommend attending something like it should anyone get the chance to do so!
There was a few things that came up that I thought were worth sharing -
- IT House - It came across that this was considered and discounted fairly early in the process for this year as it wasn't "the right IP, nor the right time". It was also mentioned again towards the end of the answer that this year wasn't the right time so it certainly sounded like this may be one filed for future years.
- HHN29 - The first house for next year's event has already been pitched to Mike Aiello. Production for HHN is effectively a 14 month journey. No details unfortunately!
- HHN30 - The 30th Anniversary is planned to be the "biggest ever HHN event" and some thought has already been given towards it. The context behind this answer may be important though as, although you would expect an anniversary event to be "the biggest yet", the previous question was talking about the increase to 10 houses this year. I got the feeling that "biggest ever" may have been a nod towards another house number increase but may just have been coincidence in timing.
- Carey, OH - Pieces of info are already out there that this was the home town of the creative manager, however this came about purely as a result of a meeting to find a scary little town that could be used as the basis of some house/zone elements. There wasn't really much more to it than that!
- Background to Seeds of Extinction - This was an interesting question that shed some light on the thought process behind creation of "originals". The first section of the answer focused on the background to SOE itself which was actually loosely based on the History channel TV series Life After People Life After People - Wikipedia , watching the clips now I'm not sure how I never made the connection before. The visuals within the series of the overgrown landmarks and emptiness was the main draw towards this. The 2nd part of the question related to how originals in general come to fruition. Generally the IP houses are the first to be brought to the board. Once these are decided upon, originals are then used to plug the "genre gaps" across the horror spectrum. SOE was also the final house to be decided upon for this year's event.
- Background to Slaughter Sinema - This came about as an amalgamation of a number of ideas that had been previously considered for standalone houses but it was felt that there just wasn't enough substance to them individually. Interestingly it was mentioned that there was "more than 20" ideas left on the board that weren't included this year and that those "may remain there for another day" ie. Slaughter Sinema 2!
- Halloween 3 - Consideration was given to a Halloween 3 based house (unclear if for this year or prior years) but the feeling is that in using the Halloween franchise people will expect Micheal Myres. As he's not in the 3rd film it was felt there would be disappointment from the GP if this movie was used as the basis for a house
- Stranger Things - There initially wasn't any plans to include the kids from ST in the house as they simply weren't seen as "scary enough". Eventually it was decided though that not including them would disappoint the hardcore ST fanbase that were attracted to HHN by this IP so they were written in later on. The aim for ST was also to make the house scarier than the GP may expect based on the series hence the large number of demogorgons throughout. These were the only real "scary" character in the series that could be used.
- Bill & Ted - The inevitable question came up regarding B&T. The answer was interesting though. The first part of the answer was about how it was good to have advance notice of the impending end to allow last year's show show to wrap things up and not simply left like a TV series cancelled between series. The second part of the answer though focused of the future. It was said that there will not be a new "pop culture" style show as they fear this will be seen as a poor-relation to B&T. AOV was chosen to fill the FFL stadium this year as it was "the best fit in the time frame [they] had". There wasn't any indication that AOV was a 2nd choice or such in the words used, however there was a LOT of praise given to AOV, almost to the extent that it felt it was being overly praised like when you try to convince someone to believe in something that you don't really believe yourself. I found that interesting. Not to say that the team weren't 100% behind AOV once the decision was made, it just seemed that it maybe wasn't a 100% unanimous decision. The answer was finished with "never say never" to a B&T return, it felt more than a token to keep the crowd interested and more of a realisation within the decision makers that HHN needs a show like B&T but that it can't be replaced with a "new" pop culture style theme/IP.
All in all it was a great 60 mins or so and I felt it added a lot of context to the event as a whole. I would highly recommend attending something like it should anyone get the chance to do so!
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Implying that the other things are working?
I’m hoping that the houses were back to normal staff levels at least. Basically, hoping that the scenario IHateJumpScares alluded to doesn’t come to pass.
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Kinda nice to hear some of what I was hearing officially validated.
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Got back to the UK earlier this week and am missing HHN sooooooo much! Did five nights in a row which was great (& needed as we can’t really hack it getting too late!). Fell in love with Stranger Things and Poltergeist houses, which both got me on great runs, with Poltergeist especially leaving me actually genuinely scared (as did Dead Exposure!). Although Blumhouse was incredibly “meh” we loved it as it’s the first and only time we’ve done a house with nobody in front of us as there was nobody waiting at all, so actually finding our way through was fun. Such an amazing event this year and can not wait for 2019. (Loved Killer Klowns so much too!).
IT and Stranger Things would have clashed with each other for sure...With the sequel coming out next year, I wouldn't be surprised to see it then.
B&T may be over, but a pop culture show in a few years would be fun...I think Academy fits well in with HHN to be honest...I wouldn't mind a show hosted by Jack & Chance every year
I also have to imagine the WB event in California had an effect on using IT, considering if they didn’t get IT in Hollywood, we definitely wouldn’t get it over here.
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2o ideas for Sinema... something tells me we didnt get the best ones. they might be saving the good ones for the future lol.
HHN30 better bring the icons back and have 2 shows and have the icon scarezone again. it is tradition. we have to respect tradition lol
im glad they did not do halloween 3, i could not bear the hate that this house would have gotten from silly Michael Myers super fans and the backlash HHN would have gotten, that would have been a disaster.
im EXTREMELY Happy that stranger things has the kids. so what if they aren't scary. nothing in Sinema is scary and yet people love the house....
seeing that opinion that they were not going to add the kids because they arent scary bothers me and worries me because that kind of thinking is so wrong. how many things are not scary that are good in HHN.... i could think of a dozen things that are not "scary" but that make the houses better because of being close to the source.
hearing about bill and ted is both funny and depressing because so many people are looking forward to that coming back. there are people that didn't even come this year and are boycotting the event in the hopes that uni brings it back lol.
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That still won't stop the clashing...
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we had 2 mazes crash before. cabin in the woods and evil dead, both have the same setting and people thought putting those 2 in the same year won't happen. but it did
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how did they crash? i dont understand this, what happened with evil dead and cabin?
what do you guys mean by crashing?
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Funny enough, when both were rumored back until April, I was wondering if a hypothetical It maze would be too similar to Stranger Things.
Wasn't Evil Dead a kinda late addition?
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yeah evil dead was supposed to be ahs in 23. but something happened with fox and it was shelved
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