HHN 31: Hellblock Horror

[GA-MBIT]

I think the house has potential to grow as the casts get comfortable. A bit of a shame that most of the monsters are kind of the same humanoid body type. I understand time restraints and budget and all, but I think this concept could go a little crazier.

 

[Clive]

Good lord, either go all-in on the fan service (every HHN costume you have!) or just do Hive II with the Evil Dead Rise sets you have. Rare case where Hollywood made this work better.

 

[kingcooger]

Are the sets really all that bad?

And how easy would it be to reconfigure it to more of a fan service house?

 

[Lucky Planet]

maybe there creatures look similar as a narrative choice. maybe it is on purpose. not a budget or time issue.
maybe in context it was meant to work better

 

[Spookies n' Stuff]

i heard "black walls" and comparisons to hollywood...... oh no..

Granted, I haven't seen it myself yet, but if Hollywood ends up having less black walls than orlando this year because of this maze, I think I'll forever be a smug west coast native about it.

 

[Lucky Planet]

just do Hive II with the Evil Dead Rise sets you have. Rare case where Hollywood made this work better.

one problem i see is spoilers in the sets or something

 

[ultimateforce]

A house that felt like it should have been at Howl-o-scream.

The same set over and over, with a few interesting set pieces.

"What's in the storage closet for costumes?"

3/5

 

[SeventyOne]

Are the sets really all that bad?

I quite liked the sets, actually. Facade wasn't GOAT or anything but it sold the idea of entering a penitentiary. The "prison" aspect of this house works very well. I think it would work better with actual inmates -- or, ok, crazed zombie inmates or candy-mutated inmates or something -- than the orcs from Dusk til Dawn and a random creature from Hades.

And how easy would it be to reconfigure it to more of a fan service house?

I guess you could swap in a body collector or a nightingale, which I think many expected from the Cabin in the Woods comparison, which would give it a slight bump among the hard-core fans, but I think it would still be a bit of a misfire.

 

[Parkscope Joe]

I skimmed through a vid quick (to keep myself spoiler free as much as possible) and saw one of the Hive vampires. I bet the monsters are rotating and random.

 

[ultimateforce]

I saw the Yeti and those Alien creatures they had in the 30 years 30 fears scarezone last year.

 

[Lucky Planet]

The video didn't see that bad.... It looked kinda cool
Like an old classic hhn house. Like from a decade ago. I mean that in a good way. Felt retro.

 

[ssirin88]

I didn't think it was that bad considering what they had to work with. Definitively noticed the old costumes though lol

 

[Clive]

one problem i see is spoilers in the sets or something

Didn’t stop Hollywood!

 

[Wigglepebbles]

The facade does look like an apartment complex entrance with a more jailhouse vibe.
What is the house in Hollywood replacing the original version?

 

[Spookies n' Stuff]

The facade does look like an apartment complex entrance with a more jailhouse vibe.
What is the house in Hollywood replacing the original version?

Hollywood's replacement is Horror Hotel, so the sets probably resemble the initial apartment structure a lot more.

 

[Clive]

Hollywood's replacement is Horror Hotel, so the sets probably resemble the initial apartment structure a lot more.

Apartment hallways become hotel hallways, etc…

 

[Spookies n' Stuff]

Apartment hallways become hotel hallways, etc…

To be fair it looks pretty unique, at least at the moment. I guess once the movie comes out it'll be a lot more clear how much of everything was left on each coast and if ethier of them were just a Scream-Purge or Conjuring-Hive situation.

 

[Clive]

To be fair it looks pretty unique, at least at the moment. I guess once the movie comes out it'll be a lot more clear how much of everything was left on each coast and if ethier of them were just a Scream-Purge or Conjuring-Hive situation.

Oh yeah, to be clear, I'm really impressed with how they've reconfigured Horror Hotel, and I suspect it will be a solid maze even outside the circumstances. You wouldn't know it's a tweak and a polish unless you've seen the movie... which only a small handful of test audience members have.

 

[GA-MBIT]

Went through this house again for Stay and Scream and hit a different cast. Definitely confirmed my suspicions because the house was more enjoyable the second run. Some of the scares like Cage Skunk Ape went really for the face and tried to lunge pretty far into the conga line, definitely improved the house immensely the more the actors went for larger movements. Hopefully they can keep it going!

 

[sjago13]

Went through this house again for Stay and Scream and hit a different cast. Definitely confirmed my suspicions because the house was more enjoyable the second run. Some of the scares like Cage Skunk Ape went really for the face and tried to lunge pretty far into the conga line, definitely improved the house immensely the more the actors went for larger movements. Hopefully they can keep it going!

Caught this cast tonight as well and it really made me enjoy this more.