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Halloween Horror Nights 31 (UOR) - Speculation & Rumors
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Betting their rep on it for it to come off the second map.
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Nightmares definitely doesn't seem to care whether people trust them or not LOL
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As both a mega fan of Horror Nights and a fairly invested fan of The Weeknd, I'm most excited for his involvement. I think other casual fans will be intrigued enough to build a lot of hype around it.
Nor should they, it's all for informed funsies anyway
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I know what you meant. Just had to mess with u and state the obvious. Nothing else is going on other then the normal that I know of.
There a indeed post floating around for new cabana bay seasonal hiring with last year jack experience on it I think people on Facebook think jack is going to be at the event
Im and over 50 fan of all things Halloween. No clue who this guy is, but I am curious to see what they put together
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It's always best to just book and then cancel and rebook if AP rates come out.
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i know someone could say " fans of Rob Zombie showed up for his street and house, why wont they show up For The Weeknd?"
and that could be a valid point, but even if you remove the fact that Rob Zombie does horror movies or even if he wasnt a horror director,
i think that his music and his videos and concerts already have a horror movie element, his lyrics, the way he even looks, his face, his clothes, rob zombie already resembles horror. his fans are already horror fans. metal and horror overlaps Bigly (Gwar, king diamond, slipknot, IRON MAIDEN, mushroomhead etc.) so having a metal house at a horror haunted house event already overlaps.
but Universal wants to bring new guests and new fans outside of horror and universal wants to bring in younger audiences ( the same way Stranger Things did)
so i get the reasoning with WEEKND and Billie Eilish, i understand.
metal is not as big as pop or rap, i understand that youngsters dont vibe with metal,
but i also completely agree with NEO,
( if my favorite band put on a 90min concert and told me to go experience their other medium thing, and it was paying $100 to wait in line for 90 minutes to experience snippits of a few songs lasting a total of less than 3 minutes I'd feel pretty ripped off. Not to mention $30 to just park at the event.)
not only that but imagine if a younger fan brings their family or something.... what if kids come to it
the WEEKNDs music i like a lot. hes wonderful, and his videos have horror elements, but this is such a wild card, i hope the house is great, i hope they make it extra scary to quiet the doubters, but at the same time, how scary can you make it?
how do you please his fans but do a good horror house?
That's exactly what makes it so intriguing and refreshing to me as a long time HHN goer
I believe they could really have something unique with a Weeknd house and it's my most anticipated
Of course, there are examples where things didn't work, particularly in the music artist sphere
But this one just lends itself to what Horror Nights is good at.
Watch some of his music videos back again and tell me they don't lend themselves to the "flashy light, loud noise, big set" vibe HHN has lol
As far as scary, there is great opportunity for it to be rather disorienting, particularly the light tunnel from the Superbowl show, should they choose to re-create that
Bottom Line, TLDR, HHN needs some wild cards to keep it fresh, and in a IP heavy environment where the holders can be very specific on creative liberites,
I will take the refreshing wild cards where I can
This is an interesting question that I think is best answered by pointing to things like Stranger Things, Walking Dead, and American Horror Story
One thing the HHN team is really good at is immersing you in the vibe and aesthetic of the world they're recreating, they are the best in the business at that
So just being immersed in the "world" will already gain some browny points
The team also relies a bit on intertextuality (i.e. HEY IT'S THE THING I SEEN BEFORE IN TEH SHOW) to further immerse and connect with the audience
After all that, then there is the fun bit of choosing where things jump out at you and they have that down to a science (almost sometimes to a fault)
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It's been such a long time since we had a music house in Orlando. Alice Cooper: Welcome to my Nightmare received a mixed reaction compared to Hollywood the year before. While we could have gotten Billie Eilish in 2020, it now has been 10 years since Orlando has done a music house. We haven’t seen the full potential yet of what A&D can design today with a music house concept.
As said before, The Weeknd is a wild card, but in my opinion one that has a lot of potential to succeed. It's a refreshing wild card too, especially with the potential set design and lighting we have seen in The Weeknd's concerts and videos that already takes a lot of inspiration from horror. It's at the top of my list of most "intrigued IP house" for HHN31.
As said before, The Weeknd is a wild card, but in my opinion one that has a lot of potential to succeed. It's a refreshing wild card too, especially with the potential set design and lighting we have seen in The Weeknd's concerts and videos that already takes a lot of inspiration from horror. It's at the top of my list of most "intrigued IP house" for HHN31.
Yes, actually this year in general is rather intriguing, last year was very exciting because HHN was back, but rather hollow in execution upon further reflection.
As far as the rumored Eilish house, I was unsure how they would translate the often minimalist visuals into a house and shared my concerns
Yet, I was still greatly intrigued on how it would translate into a house as it could have opened some interesting opportunity for experimentation
The same goes with Weeknd
The Rob Zombie zone got a great big yawn from me personally as did Cooper...I'm finding I'm more pop than I used to think lol
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Yes I’m patiently waiting for AP rates and Frequent Fear passes to be released. But based on current availability on what I’m seeing in mid to late October, there might not be many discounts this year. It appears that this year could have more non-locals than normal, if hotel occupancy is any indication.
Kind of old news now, but I never saw it mentioned.
The Weeknd will be the cover story in this month's Fango. I'm really curious to see if there is any mention of HHN in the article. Should be arriving in the next week, so if there's anything interesting I'll follow up with a post.
For anyone interested in the magazine...
The Weeknd Becomes the First Pop Artist to Get a ‘Fangoria’ Magazine Cover Story
The Weeknd will be the cover story in this month's Fango. I'm really curious to see if there is any mention of HHN in the article. Should be arriving in the next week, so if there's anything interesting I'll follow up with a post.
For anyone interested in the magazine...
The Weeknd Becomes the First Pop Artist to Get a ‘Fangoria’ Magazine Cover Story
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This is my first year going, I booked 6 months ago. My 6th visit to Universal since moving to Texas 10 years ago, but first HHN.
People are very eager to travel, I expect the on site hotels to fully book up.
How much creative control does an artist have in this type of situation? Can they demand approval of set design? *Not sure if set is the right word*
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