Halloween Horror Nights 30 (UOR) - Speculation & Rumors (2021)

[DeadSexeh]

Pulsing was great. That's one thing I will miss when HHN goes back to normal.

Pulsing is great but not obtainable at the current event level. We would be talking about capacity being obliterated. I would guess that capacity would be slashed by a factor of 4 at least. To achieve this I would imagine that ticket price would have to increase and removal of HHN passes. I could be wrong about how much capacity would be affected, and if someone knows more about that changes in capacity from pulsed to not pulsed let me know.

 

[Living Dead Dude]

As much as I wanted to love pulsing in houses I feel like I enjoyed houses better the old way. I got so tired of walking through a house just for a attendant to hold me for 30-45 seconds in the next section because the group ahead of us wouldn’t move. I thought it could just be a first few times kinda thing but it was basically every single time

 

[HandsomePete]

Pulsing is great but not obtainable at the current event level. We would be talking about capacity being obliterated. I would guess that capacity would be slashed by a factor of 4 at least. To achieve this I would imagine that ticket price would have to increase and removal of HHN passes. I could be wrong about how much capacity would be affected, and if someone knows more about that changes in capacity from pulsed to not pulsed let me know.

There was a slow night a few years ago when they tried going to all pulsing for houses. Turned a 10-15 minute wait per house kind of night into a five house night. I recall hearing that they got murdered on surveys, and for good reason because everyone knew the place was deserted yet we’re all waiting 45-60 minutes.

The designers do an incredibly good job at building houses that make the most of the conga line reality of the event. Anything less than maximum throughput (under normal circumstances, health and safety needs aside) should be shunned imo.

 

[Living Dead Dude]

Its not really a horror property but I still feel like Universal could making one hell of a house out of Mortal Kombat! The gore, costume designs, monsters, etc. could be incredible!!!

 

[Neo]

Its not really a horror property but I still feel like Universal could making one hell of a house out of Mortal Kombat! The gore, costume designs, monsters, etc. could be incredible!!!

I don't think that would work. I love the game series and am excited for the new movie FINALLY being a Rated-R take on the franchise, but it's just too much kinetic energy. You aren't going to hire martial art experts who can do choreographed fights for 45 min straight. So it would have to be lame fake fighting with mostly "post fatality" scenes. Sure, you could have a triggered GET OVER HERE with Scorpion pulling another character towards them, but that's about as much action as you could get. You could have a Sub Zero do a hand motion and lights click on to a "frozen" dummy or something, but again, there's just not much they can do. What are the scares? Fighters, fighting for their lives, jumping out of boo holes? Doesn't make sense. Just random minions scaring you?

The game is just 1 vs 1 fighting so that makes it hard for scares. Unless the new movie has more of a "story" with situations that scares could make sense. Silent Hill and Resident Evil (I didn't go that year) were videogame adaptations that followed the movies and they involve situations where there are multiple bad guys threatening the protagonists simultaneously. There are also a wide range of baddies. Mortal Kombat, is basically one on one fights with gore. The "monsters" are all basically still humanoid or else the fighting mechanics of the game wouldn't make sense. Not a lot of variety and hard to translate to a house. Hopefully the new movie will prove me wrong.

 

[HHNManics]

Just thought I would bring this up since Creepshow is rumored as a zone.

 

[Living Dead Dude]

Just thought I would bring this up since Creepshow is rumored as a zone.

Makes me wish it was a house even more!

 

[Living Dead Dude]

I don't think that would work. I love the game series and am excited for the new movie FINALLY being a Rated-R take on the franchise, but it's just too much kinetic energy. You aren't going to hire martial art experts who can do choreographed fights for 45 min straight. So it would have to be lame fake fighting with mostly "post fatality" scenes. Sure, you could have a triggered GET OVER HERE with Scorpion pulling another character towards them, but that's about as much action as you could get. You could have a Sub Zero do a hand motion and lights click on to a "frozen" dummy or something, but again, there's just not much they can do. What are the scares? Fighters, fighting for their lives, jumping out of boo holes? Doesn't make sense. Just random minions scaring you?

The game is just 1 vs 1 fighting so that makes it hard for scares. Unless the new movie has more of a "story" with situations that scares could make sense. Silent Hill and Resident Evil (I didn't go that year) were videogame adaptations that followed the movies and they involve situations where there are multiple bad guys threatening the protagonists simultaneously. There are also a wide range of baddies. Mortal Kombat, is basically one on one fights with gore. The "monsters" are all basically still humanoid or else the fighting mechanics of the game wouldn't make sense. Not a lot of variety and hard to translate to a house. Hopefully the new movie will prove me wrong.

I was thinking more of a freddy vs Jason type of thing. Themed rooms for each character

 

[Legacy]

I was thinking more of a freddy vs Jason type of thing. Themed rooms for each character

Except Mortal Kombat isn’t structured where each character *gets* a room (except Shao Kahn’s throne room?). The stages are fairly neutral (and open, which has its own issues).

I actually think MK could work decently enough. The stages are varied and interesting with unique character designs. It only works in a kitschy way though where the fighters (characters) are weirdly trying to attack the guests.

 

[Living Dead Dude]

Except Mortal Kombat isn’t structured where each character *gets* a room (except Shao Kahn’s throne room?). The stages are fairly neutral (and open, which has its own issues).

I actually think MK could work decently enough. The stages are varied and interesting with unique character designs. It only works in a kitschy way though where the fighters (characters) are weirdly trying to attack the guests.

Thats fair I was thinking scorpion could have the nether realm, Sub could have a room with ice (Maybe the woods from MK10), Reptile with the Deadpool, Shao Kahn Throne room, some kind of cave for Goro, etc.

 

[hhnlover]

MK talk should be move here tbh

Horror Nights Wish List - Orlando

From dream IP's, returning sequels, or originals - discuss what you would like to see tackled at a future HHN event at Universal Orlando.

forums.insideuniversal.net

 

[Living Dead Dude]

MK talk should be move here tbh

Horror Nights Wish List - Orlando

From dream IP's, returning sequels, or originals - discuss what you would like to see tackled at a future HHN event at Universal Orlando.

forums.insideuniversal.net

My bad I thought I put it in the wish list page. Sorry!

 

[hhn28andbeyond]

Just jokes of course, mods/the rest of you guys are doing a fantastic job keeping things on topic

 

[RevFreako]

Just thought I would bring this up since Creepshow is rumored as a zone.

Interestingly, no mention of Stephen King for the third season - and there's no way they wouldn't lean on it if he were involved. If I'm right, and he's not involved, presumably everything in the new season would be outside of his refusal to license for haunts.

 

[Living Dead Dude]

Interestingly, no mention of Stephen King for the third season - and there's no way they wouldn't lean on it if he were involved. If I'm right, and he's not involved, presumably everything in the new season would be outside of his refusal to license for haunts.

I could be wrong but I believe he only did a single episode last season?

 

[HHNManics]

I could be wrong but I believe he only did a single episode last season?

He didn't direct any of the stories in Season 1.

"Grey Matter" was a short story written by him that was adapted for the show. And was also a segment in Hollywood's Creepshow Maze.

 

[RevFreako]

He didn't direct any of the stories in Season 1.

"Grey Matter" was a short story written by him that was adapted for the show. And was also a segment in Hollywood's Creepshow Maze.

He never directed anything other than Maximum Overdrive, unless I'm quite mistaken, and one of the stories in the animated special was his too - " Survivor Type."

 

[Living Dead Dude]

He didn't direct any of the stories in Season 1.

"Grey Matter" was a short story written by him that was adapted for the show. And was also a segment in Hollywood's Creepshow Maze.

That's what I thought as well. Now that there is 2 seasons I'm very curious if the zone will use any segments from the films or solely the show. A dream would be a zone from the show and a house connected to it based on the films.

 

[jseal777]

I would just love to see the creep represented at the event in someway. Would be a great walk around character in a zone or something.

 

[JJ591]

Like in beetlejuice?

Yeah there were scenes in there that I believe were supposed to be much more fleshed out (like the dining room scene). And there were long segments with no scare actors. I think there was a lot more missing in Beetlejuice than there was in Tooth Fairy or Bride.