Halloween Horror Nights 35 (UOR) - Speculation & Rumors

[Freak]

I’m starting to get the feeling Ozzy could be a Hollywood exclusive, but regardless I think a “Prince of Darkness: A Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne” with more industrial aesthetics can pair with a “Heavy Metal Hell 3D: Ice Nine Kills” with more organic, natural aesthetics, complementing more than contradicting each other. Especially if one leans honorable and serious and the other is more comedy.

HHN literally did Evil Dead and Cabin in the Woods the same year. It was weird, but it worked.

Orlando would be insane to not share Ozzy. They shared WWE this past year, why wouldn’t they share Ozzy?

 

[mccgavin]

Orlando would be insane to not share Ozzy. They shared WWE this past year, why wouldn’t they share Ozzy?

I don't know this with certainty, but some have claimed that music IPs have been less successful in Orlando compared to Hollywood.

 

[EmperorSephirothII]

I don't know this with certainty, but some have claimed that music IPs have been less successful in Orlando compared to Hollywood.

Even though we've only done one music IP so far in Orlando's history. (Alice Cooper Welcome to my Nightmare in 2012.) Yes, the common consensus is that people didn't like that house. I did not share that opinion, in fact I really liked that house. (But I'm a fan of School's Out so the fact that it had a room unto itself, even if it wasn't on the original album might show my bias.) My favorite anecdote from the house is a bunch of younger guests, around my age at the time, (18-early 20's) were asking older guests, "Do you know who Alice Cooper is and if you do can you tell us who she is?" So that might be at least part of the reason it didn't go over so well. Which is unfortunate because not only do I keep the lights on in the hope of an Alice Cooper Goes to Hell house someday, but if Orlando takes the "music houses aren't good approach." yes, that does mean it closes off things like a standalone Ozzy Osborne and/or Black Sabbath house, recent events notwithstanding. Or any other heavy metal/shock rock house in the future which makes me sad because I think there's a lot you can do with that sort of stuff, especially in the modern IP heavy slates of HHN.

 

[UniversalRBLX]

Even though we've only done one music IP so far in Orlando's history. (Alice Cooper Welcome to my Nightmare in 2012.) Yes, the common consensus is that people didn't like that house. I did not share that opinion, in fact I really liked that house. (But I'm a fan of School's Out so the fact that it had a room unto itself, even if it wasn't on the original album might show my bias.) My favorite anecdote from the house is a bunch of younger guests, around my age at the time, (18-early 20's) were asking older guests, "Do you know who Alice Cooper is and if you do can you tell us who she is?" So that might be at least part of the reason it didn't go over so well. Which is unfortunate because not only do I keep the lights on in the hope of an Alice Cooper Goes to Hell house someday, but if Orlando takes the "music houses aren't good approach." yes, that does mean it closes off things like a standalone Ozzy Osborne and/or Black Sabbath house, recent events notwithstanding. Or any other heavy metal/shock rock house in the future which makes me sad because I think there's a lot you can do with that sort of stuff, especially in the modern IP heavy slates of HHN.

We had The Weeknd and Rob Zombie a few years ago, and almost Billie Eilish. There seems to be data to support that music houses could do well in Orlando.

 

[EmperorSephirothII]

We had The Weeknd and Rob Zombie a few years ago, and almost Billie Eilish. There seems to be data to support that music houses could do well in Orlando.

I hope so. Though I guess my age is starting to show since I completely forgot about The Weeknd.

 

[MikePat]

I’m starting to get the feeling Ozzy could be a Hollywood exclusive, but regardless I think a “Prince of Darkness: A Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne” with more industrial aesthetics can pair with a “Heavy Metal Hell 3D: Ice Nine Kills” with more organic, natural aesthetics, complementing more than contradicting each other. Especially if one leans honorable and serious and the other is more comedy.

HHN literally did Evil Dead and Cabin in the Woods the same year. It was weird, but it worked.

I get the Evil Dead and Cabin in the Woods comparison from 23, but to counter that point... having Ozzy and Heavy Metal Hell in the same year feels like doing FNAF and Schittie’s Kids together. In recent years, A&D has done a great job diversifying the lineup, and two metal focused houses, no matter how many minor differences you add, will still hit very similar beats, tones, and audiences.

Sure, last year we had Hatchet and Chains and Fallout, both had cowboys, but one was a western with demons, the other campy apocalyptic house. Terrifier and El Artista both centered on artists, but one was a killer clown's funhouse and the other a Spanish haunted mansion. Even our two slashers last year felt completely distinct. Most importantly, what makes those pairings work more (at least in my opinion) than two Heavy Metal houses with two Heavy Metal artists is that each one hits a different niche, even when they share surface level similarities.

Fwiw, there’s seemingly has been a rumor about at least one "music" house for a while now, and I could see wires getting crossed from that alone, especially with chatter of "heavy metal" or even "INK" in the mix. We’ll see how accurate any of this is once we get closer to spooky season. It’s still so early.

 

[Legacy]

I get the Evil Dead and Cabin in the Woods comparison from 23, but to counter that point... having Ozzy and Heavy Metal Hell in the same year feels like doing FNAF and Schittie’s Kids together. In recent years, A&D has done a great job diversifying the lineup, and two metal focused houses, no matter how many minor differences you add, will still hit very similar beats, tones, and audiences.

Sure, last year we had Hatchet and Chains and Fallout, both had cowboys, but one was a western with demons, the other campy apocalyptic house.

This is basically how I would see the two houses working. You literally describe how the differences would work. Ozzy, aesthetically, I imagine would be metallic, industrial, futuristic, and reverential. Heavy Metal Hell would be gritty, organic, neon, a house shown opening into a hellmouth, but with ridiculously campy scenes. The only “similarity” would be the music… and it’s not like metal doesn’t have range in and of itself.

 

[Viator]

This is basically how I would see the two houses working. You literally describe how the differences would work. Ozzy, aesthetically, I imagine would be metallic, industrial, futuristic, and reverential. Heavy Metal Hell would be gritty, organic, neon, a house shown opening into a hellmouth, but with ridiculously campy scenes. The only “similarity” would be the music… and it’s not like metal doesn’t have range in and of itself.

Can't help but wonder if maybe perhaps you should've talked about the entire post, and not just a section of the matter personally. I'd also think there is something to be said of the whole genre of music that both houses would embody and abide by, that you'd think you would want to separate the two more distinctly, and to not have it be totally in a similar boat (even if there are differences).

HHN has *tried* in the past few years to highlight and diversify the IP and Originals Lineup, and while there have been a few exceptions to the rule (2024 would've had 3 Paranormal IP's in differing forms afterall), they have been making the conscious effort to not try to beat the same war drum with a different tempo where they can.