My excitement is building exponentially already!
Random thoughts of house dreams:
Dungeon of Terra-Cruentus - I'm a sucker for wordplay. This name harkens back to the first house of UO Fright Nights while also giving an opportunity to showcase the return of the Terra Queen & her minions. The story could be simple, "the Queen's army has uncovered an ancient castle deep within the woods that happens to grant them passage back into our merry little HHN get-together. Here, the fearsome residents of Terra-Cruentus can set up shop to harvest new blood for their cycle. Avoid being sacrificed by the Queen, her followers, or a few familiar faces who were left behind in the mysterious dungeon." Rooms can highlight Cruentus's children playing "Dead Man's Wishes", the Body Collectors getting their harvest on, various showcases of different legions sacrificing their prey, an homage to the rat lady, and a finale where the Terra Queen herself is sacrificed to end the cycle.
Some sort of house co-hosted by the Director & the Usher - Both have had similar houses in the past, so a collaboration between the two seems like a great way to pay tribute to all the icons while consolidating original content to leave room for IP love too. Ideally I'd like this to break from the mold of their previous houses being compilations of IP scenes & instead involve an original story where The Usher opens his theater for a film festival showcasing The Director's most diabolical works of art. All sorts of freaky faces from HHNs past show up as guests to this gala as well.
Probably more likely than both of those is a new Jack Presents: Anniversary House, sadly. Though I want to say, "Why not all 3?! Plus a new Screamhouse?!" Lol - So if we get this, Scarecrows are an obvious must. Yetis too. Chance would get a nod. Lightning Gulch ghosts. "Swamp zombies!". Invasion! aliens. Vamp '55 & '85 references. Pretty much anything well-received that happened since or wasn't used in the previous Jack's Presents.
Creepshow - I think this is an IP choice I'd feel both comfortable predicting & excited to see make it's journey to the east coast. The house in Hollywood seemed well-received and the new show has been a big success for Shudder. Though I'd rather see Channel Zero get some love, it was never nearly as successful so I think this is the program that will make the leap from screen to Orlando HHN, especially now that it had a chance in Hollywood already. I think the core movie segments should probably stay, but maybe UO could play with different show segments.
Hellraiser or Candyman - Odds are probably better for Candyman given the Monkeypaw production coming up as well as it just being an easier story to translate into a full-fledged house & not just 1 room.
Do we get AHS back despite rights-issues? - Despite not enjoying Cult, I think the costumes could make for a solid third of this house. And 1984 so far is great for it. But I struggle to see anything from Apocalypse working in an HHN house setting. I'd rather not see it return for that reason, but it might sit better with me than more Stranger Things, unless they came back with a vengeance.
Things that will never happen Lightning Round 2020 edition:
-Channel Zero zone/house
-Dario Argento or Lucio Fulci or Mario Bava getting house-love
-Lovecraft stuff, maybe Re-Animator/From Beyond/Dagon for the Stuart Gordon trifecta?
-Twisted Tradition or Vanity Ball getting the zone-to-house treatment
-Eddie leading the Springfield horde, as long as they're going to be there anyways
-Any 2 or more of the big 4 slashers returning in tandem (Jason, Freddy, Leatherface, & Michael)
-Bloodengutz getting a scare zone
-The Frighteners for comedy house of the year >.>