HHN Hollywood General Discussion - 2017

[Timberfellingrobot]

If my date can barely survive TOT/Guardians then the chances of them surviving a single maze is highly unlikely.

 

[Chris Glass]

Word spreads very fast thanks to social media and the like, especially when it's underwhelming.

 

[ush.hacker]

Is there a possibility of them losing money from this year?

 

[Horror Lover]

Is there a possibility of them losing money from this year?

That's what I'm afraid of, TBH.. that could lead to budget cuts for 2018..

 

[Timberfellingrobot]

Does anyone know if USH's HHN has the Sam doll? I'm uh... asking for a friend of mine..

 

[Spookies n' Stuff]

That's what I'm afraid of, TBH.. that could lead to budget cuts for 2018..

Yikes, as if they need more budget cuts from this year.

 

[ush.hacker]

Rumor has it USH wanted one more extra maze for this years HHN lowering the budget for each maze. Source tour guide.

 

[marip123]

Does anyone know if USH's HHN has the Sam doll? I'm uh... asking for a friend of mine..

yes they do have a sam doll along with chucky, tiffany and Beetlejuice in the metro sets. Its a 10$ game and you win no matter what

 

[Spookies n' Stuff]

Really though, if the budget drops much more from this year the event is gonna be practically doomed

 

[Freak]

That's what I'm afraid of, TBH.. that could lead to budget cuts for 2018..

If they are going to do Stranger Things, It, and/or the Conjuring next year, they cannot afford to screw those up like they did with AvED, Shining and...well, virtually everything else this year; especially if they do the first two I mentioned.

Can you imagine the outrage people would ensue when their excited selves are about to go through It (The movie) and then half the house is a guy in a bad Pennywise mask jumping out at you, with the same drill noise they have used since HoTC, from a random hole in a black hallway with strings hanging down, accompanied by Murdy’s awful voice acting saying, “You’ll float too!”? You can’t blame me for thinking that way because that’s how most of the houses were.

This year was pretty clear it was a budget disaster from the looks of everything. Like I said earlier, if they do It and Stranger Things and screw those up, that will virtually finish off their fan base. There is enough bad word of mouth as is and the lack of sold out nights compared to last year shows.

 

[Horror Lover]

Rumor has it USH wanted one more extra maze for this years HHN lowering the budget for each maze. Source tour guide.

This is probably why we finally started seeing alcohol at HHN this year.. they figured the money needed to be made back, no matter what..

 

[chris.g]

This year was pretty clear it was a budget disaster from the looks of everything. Like I said earlier, if they do It and Stranger Things and screw those up, that will virtually finish off their fan base. There is enough bad word of mouth as is and the lack of sold out nights compared to last year shows.

Word of mouth is that USH have realized they screwed up.Which is probably why they're gonna be cautious and might not even do any of the properties you mentioned.

 

[ush.hacker]

You guys are treating this year as if all of the previous years were garbage. Years before (2010-2014) were beautiful as most of you know and whose to say we won't see more original properties next year.

 

[Horror Lover]

Word of mouth is that USH have realized they screwed up.Which is probably why they're gonna be cautious and might not even do any of the properties you mentioned.

Yikes... me wonders if they're gonna make next year another for-the-fans year like 2016 and just do all fan-requested IPs and some original content ala Hollywood Harry

 

[horrornights789]

If Conjuring doesn’t come next year because they wanna be cautious I’m gonna be pissed. Also, they should bring more people on the team to change things up, all of the mazes this year used the same scare style

 

[ush.hacker]

Actually no they didn't. In fact if you noticed, they were using a new type of scare for HHN which are drop panel scares instead of the traditional swing open.

 

[MacMillian Crew]

Apparently the lawsuit for Warner Bros regarding the Conjuring will be going to court in April of next year, so I doubt we'll see it next year:
The Huge Conjuring Lawsuit Looks Like It Will Go To Trial

I feel like IP's that seem to be the most in demand, such as The Conjuring franchise, IT, Stranger Things, Trick 'r Treat, Scream and Hellraiser, may have better chances of coming in 2019 or later, but next year I bet USH may utilize IPs like The Strangers or Halloween because the rights are easier to obtain, budgets for the houses wouldn't be too extensive, and they both have upcoming sequels.

 

[ush.hacker]

Another rumor which is more factual actually is that USH got sued over this years HHN.

 

[Clive]

Another rumor which is more factual actually is that USH got sued over this years HHN.

What?

Don't hold your breath for Conjuring until the legal issues are sorted, unfortunately. Wouldn't get too excited about IT, either. They've got their work cut out for them.

 

[Paulio]

I have to say I went to HHN this year and man, the Ash vs Evil Dead maze is generally disappointing, there are blacks walls being placed all over which totally kills the immersion of the actual TV series.

Was Saturday night crowded? I was at Knott’s last night and it was packed.

Saturday night for HHN is generally packed though, especially after I went to the Shining Maze right it opened at 5:15 am and a couple minutes when I finished, the Insidious maze was like 45 minutes, it feels like it's an hour standing for the maze but the Upper Lot mazes weren't bad until after 8:00 m. The Blumehouse of horrors is more packed than any mazes I've ever seen which can last to even to 1:30 am.