Top Ten, Bottom Ten

[ChaseTuff]

Had a brainchild while planning for my personal "5 Years of Horror Nights" retrospective. We have a general "favorite house" and "worst house" thread. But this thread is about doing 10 for each spectrum and listing. Just interested in seeing the range over years people have done.

From 2013-2016 so far:

Bottom Ten (Worst Worst to "Best" Worst)
Afterlife 3D
LP3D
RUN - BSF
AWIL 2015
La Llorona
HAVOC 2
Roanoke
AvP
Resident Evil
Ghost Town - COLG

Top Ten (Worst Best to Best)
Krampus
AHS
TWD 2014
Insidious
Dollhouse of the Damned
Dracula Untold
Exorcist
Tomb Of Ancients
Cabin In The Woods
Jack Presents

 

[Legacy]

I've actually online attended six years. Top four were easy. The other four required hard thought. I'm not giving 10 or 5 because everything else isn't standing out as a "top" or "bottom." They're just all there.

Screamhouse
Ghost Town (2004)
Catacombs
Jungle of Doom
Inbetween
Orfanage
Ship of Screams
Hellgate

Bottom Three
Nightingales (Come at me)
Disorientorium
Maximum Carnage

 

[Sledge]

I've done exactly 80 houses at HHN over the last 10-years, so I'll make like Casey Kasem and give you my Top 40... and even include the Bottom 40.

Here's the Bottom 40 first, with #80 being the absolute worst...

40. 2010 - Hades: The Gates of Ruin
41. 2013 - Urban Legends: La Llorona
42. 2009 - Leave it to Cleaver
43. 2016 - Tomb of the Ancients
44. 2009 - Dracula: Legacy in Blood
45. 2014 - The Walking Dead: End of the Line
46. 2009 - Saw
47. 2011 - Nevermore: The Madness of Poe
48. 2011 - The In Between
49. 2016 - Krampus
50. 2014 - From Dusk Till Dawn
51. 2011 - The Thing
52. 2009 - Chucky: Friends 'til the End
53. 2014 - Giggles and Gore Inc.
54. 2015 - Asylum In Wonderland 3D
55. 2013 - The Walking Dead: No Safe Haven
56. 2008 - Reflections of Fear
57. 2011 - H.R. Bloodengutz Presents Holidays of Horror
58. 2016 - The Walking Dead
59. 2015 - Run: Blood, Sweat And Fears
60. 2014 - Roanoke: Cannibal Colony
61. 2010 - The Orfanage: Ashes to Ashes
62. 2012 - Welcome To Silent Hill
63. 2012 - Universal's House of Horrors
64. 2007 - Vampyr: Blood Bath
65. 2010 - ZombieGeddon
66. 2008 - Doomsday
67. 2012 - Alice Cooper: Welcome to My Nightmare
68. 2015 - The Walking Dead: The Living and The Dead
69. 2015 - The Purge
70. 2009 - The Spawning
71. 2010 - Havoc: Dogs of War
72. 2012 - Penn and Teller: New(kd) Las Vegas 3-D
73. 2007 - Jack's Funhouse in Clown-O-Vision
74. 2013 - Resident Evil: Escape From Raccoon City
75. 2014 - Dracula Untold: Reign of Blood
76. 2012 - The Walking Dead: Dead Inside
77. 2013 - Havoc: Derailed
78. 2016 - Lunatics Playground 3D: You Won't Stand A Chance
79. 2011 - Saws N' Steam: Into the Machine
80. 2013 - Afterlife: Death's Vengeance

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Now the Top 40, with #1 being the best...

40. 2010 - Hades: The Gates of Ruin
39. 2010 - Horror Nights: The Hallow'd Past
38. 2007 - Friday the 13th: Camp Blood
37. 2008 - Interstellar Terror
36. 2010 - PsychoScareapy: Echoes of Shadybrook
35. 2008 - Creatures!
34. 2011 - Winter's Night: The Haunting of Hawthorn Cemetery
33. 2011 - The Forsaken
32. 2009 - The Wolfman
31. 2009 - Frankenstein: Creation of the Damned
30. 2016 - The Exorcist
29. 2014 - AVP: Alien Vs. Predator
28. 2016 - Ghost Town: The Curse of Lightning Gulch
27. 2010 - Catacombs: Black Death Rising
26. 2008 - Dead Exposure
25. 2007 - The Thing: Assimilation
24. 2016 - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
23. 2008 - The Hallow
22. 2016 - American Horror Story
21. 2009 - Silver Screams
20. 2016 - Halloween: Hell Comes to Haddonfield
19. 2008 - Scary Tales: Once Upon a Nightmare
18. 2015 - Freddy vs. Jason
17. 2014 - Dollhouse of the Damned
16. 2007 - A Nightmare on Elm Street: Dreamwalkers
15. 2007 - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Flesh Wounds
14. 2014 - Halloween
13. 2011 - Nightingales: Blood Prey
12. 2013 - Evil Dead
11. 2015 - Body Collectors: Recollections
10. 2012 - Dead End
9. 2007 - PsychoScareapy: Home for the Holidays
8. 2015 - Jack Presents: 25 Years Of Monsters And Mayhem
7. 2010 - Legendary Truth: The Wyandot Estate
6. 2008 - Body Collectors: Collections of the Past
5. 2015 - Insidious
4. 2013 / 2015 - An American Werewolf in London
3. 2012 - Gothic
2. 2013 - The Cabin in the Woods
1. 2007 - Dead Silence: The Curse of Mary Shaw

 

[Returning-The-Reaction]

If I limit my list to just 2013-2016:

Top 5:
5. Body Collectors: Recollections (25)
4. Evil Dead (23)
3. An American Werewolf in London (23)
2. 25 Years of Monsters and Mayhem (25)
1. Halloween (24)

Bottom 5:
The Walking Dead (26)
Lunatic's Playground (26)
Roanoke (24)
Dracula Untold (24)
The Purge (25)

 

[Nick]

I'll do 2012 and 2014-2016 (I missed 2013 due to work stuff) as I only started going in 2012:

Top 5:
5. Dead End (2012)
4. Halloween (2014)
3. Insidious (2015)
2. Jack Presents: 25 Years (2015)
1. Gothic (2012)

Bottom (No particular order):
Welcome to Silent Hill (2012)
Penn & Teller: New(kd) Las Vegas 3D (2012)
Alice Cooper: Welcome to My Nightmare (2012)
Universal's House of Horrors (2012)
RUN: Blood, Sweat and Fears (2015)
The Purge (2015)
Lunatics Playground 3D: You Won't Stand a Chance (2016)

The one's I put in my bottom list specifically stood out as houses I remembered that were just not good or didn't have good scares at all. The only house out of this bunch that really even was passable at times was House of Horrors... the house itself was fairly cool, but it was extremely reliant on the cast. There was virtually no sets in the house.

 

[ThemeParks4Life]

I've been going from 2014-2016 so far. I'll do this in tiers:

My Favorites:

1. Body Collectors: Recollections (25)
2. Freddy vs Jason (25)
3. Jack Presents: 25 Years of Monsters and Mayhem (25)
4. Halloween: Hell Comes to Haddonfield (26)
5. The Walking Dead: End of the Line (24) (This was the first house I ever did, so there's a bit of bias here )

Great Houses:

6. Dollhouse of the Damned (24)
7. Krampus (26)
8. Asylum in Wonderland (25)

Very Good Houses:

9. Halloween (24)
10. Tomb of the Ancients (26)
11. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (26)
12. Run: Blood, Sweat, and Fears (25)

Good Houses:

13. American Horror Story (26)
14. Alien vs Predator (24)
15. Ghost Town: The Curse of Lightning Gulch (26)
16. From Dusk Til Dawn (24)

Fine Houses:

17. Dracula Untold: Reign of Blood (24)
18. The Exorcist (26)
19. An American Werewolf in London (25)
20. Insidious (25)

Meh Houses:

21. The Walking Dead (26)
22. Roanoke: Cannibal Colony (24)
23. The Walking Dead: The Living and the Dead (25)

Bad Houses:

24. Giggles and Gore Inc. (24)
25. Lunatics Playground 3D: You Won't Stand a Chance (26)
26. The Purge (25)

 

[SeventyOne]

From 2013 - 2016:

Best (ascending order)

10) Evil Dead
9) TWD (26)
8) Asylum in Wonderland
7) Insidious
6) The Exorcist
5) Body Collectors: Recollections
4) Ghost Town
3) Freddy v. Jason
2) AWiL (23)
1) Halloween

Worst (descending order)

10) AHS
9) Dracula Untold
8) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
7) Afterlife
6) Havoc Derailed
5) TWD (24)
4) Resident Evil
3) Havoc Derailed
2) The Purge
1) Lunatics Playground

 

[Brian G.]

From 2002-2016

Best

10. Body Collectors: Collections of the Past HHN 18
9. Psychoscarepy HHN 13
8. Castle Vampyr HHN 14
7. Catacombs HHN 20
6. The Thing: Assimilation HHN 17
5. Jack Presents 25 Years HHN 25
4. Body Collectors HHN 15
3. Dracula: Legacy of Blood HHN 19
2. American Werewolf in London HHN 23
1. Screamhouse HHN 12

Worst

10. Afterlife HHN 23
9. People Under the Stairs HHN 16
8. From Dusk til Dawn HHN 24
7. Lunatics Playground HHN 26
6. The Walking Dead HHN 25
5. Fear Factor HHN 12
4. Cold Blind Terror HHN 15
3. Disorientorium HHN 14
2. Alice Cooper: Welcome to My Nightmare HHN 22
1. Reflections of Fear HHN 18

 

[Returning-The-Reaction]

From 2013 - 2016:

Worst (descending order)

8) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
7) Afterlife
5) TWD (24)
4) Resident Evil

These four could have easily made it on my worst list as well. BTW, you listed Havoc twice. (#3 and #6)

 

[ThemeParks4Life]

I didn't realize 24's TWD was hated so much.

 

[JunoSynth]

Best Houses:
1. Ghost Town (2004)
2. Leave it to Cleaver (2009)
3. Deadtropolis (2004)
4. The Hallow (2008)
5. Nightmare on Elm Street: Dreamwalkers (2007)
6. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Flesh Wounds (2007)
7. Hellgate Prison ( 2004)
8. Creatures! (2008)
9. PsychoScareapy: Home for the Holidays (2008)
10. Scary Tales: Once Upon a Nightmare (2008)

Worst Houses:
1. The Repository VR Experience (2016)
2. Doomsday (2008)
3. The Spawning (2009)
4. The People under the Stairs: Under Construction (2006)
5. Disorientorium (2004)
6. Afterlife: Death's Vengeance (2013)
7. Krampus (2016)
8. Run: Hostile Territory (2006)
9. The Walking Dead (All except 2016)
10. Havoc: Derailed (2013)

 

[SeventyOne]

These four could have easily made it on my worst list as well. BTW, you listed Havoc twice. (#3 and #6)

I mean, it was pretty bad. Also, I've been drinking.

 

[JMalez]

Have also only been attending since 23

33. The Walking Dead: The Living and the Dead (HHN 25)
32. Havoc: Derailed (HHN 23)
31. Afterlife: Deaths Vengeance ( HHN 23)
30. Lunatics Playgroud 3D (HHN 26)
29. The Purge (HHN 25)
Enter where I start enjoying them significantly more
28. The Walking Dead: No Safe Haven (HHN 23)
27. Giggles and Gore INC (HHN 24)
26. Run: Blood Sweat and Fears (HHN 25)
25. Roanoke Cannibal Colony (HHN 24)
24. From Dusk Till Dawn (HHN 24)
23. The Excorsist (HHN 26)
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10. Alien VS Predator (HHN 24)
9. American Horror Story (HHN 26)
8. Halloween: Hell Comes to Haddenfield (HHN 26)
7. Asylum in Wonderland (HHN 25)
6. Ghost Town: COLG (HHN 26)
5. Halloween (HHN 24)
4. Jack Presents (HHN 25)
3. Body Collectors: Recollections (HHN 25)
2. The Walking Dead: End of the Line (HHN 24)
1. An American Werewolf in London (HHN 25... did not go through during 23)

 

[Brian G.]

I didn't realize 24's TWD was hated so much.

I thought 25's was a lot worse.

 

[Nick]

Personally I just thought all TWD houses were pretty meh, none were that good, but none were bad enough that I'd rank them among my top worst houses.

 

[MattA]

TWD In 22 was boring. 23 was better, still not fantastic. 24 was one of my best of all time. 25 was horrendous, and 26 was amazing.
If I had to rank them.
5. HHN 25
4. HHN 22
3. HHN 23
2. HHN 26
1. HHN 24.

 

[qwerty]

I've only done 10 HHN houses over two years (25/26) since I'm from out of town and can only take 1-2 days off work each year to visit but I'll rank them anyways...

10. American Werewolf in London (must have had a bad run since most seem to love this house, but when I went through it felt like there were only 2-3 actors in the entire house...)
9. TWD 2015
8. Krampus
7. Purge
6. Tomb of the Ancients
5. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
4. Ghost Town
3. Halloween: Hell comes to Haddonfield
2. Jack Presents 25 years of Monsters & Mayhem
1. AHS

 

[MattA]

My top 10.
10. H.R. Blood N' Guts
9. The Thing (2011)
8. Jack 25 years of monsters & mayhem
7. Tomb of The Ancients
6. TWD (26)
5. Cabin In The Woods
4. The Exorcist
3. TWD (24)
2. American Werewolf In London (23)
1. Halloween (24)

Bottom 10:
10. Dollhouse of The Damned
9. Havoc: Derailed
8. Dracula Untold
7. TWD (25)
6. Lunatics Playground 3D
5. Penn and Teller nuked Las Vegas 3D
4. Alice Cooper
3. Asylum In Wonderland 3D
2. Resident Evil
1. Krampus

 

[criticalanalysis]

1. An American Werewolf in London (HHN 25... did not go through during 23)

Shame, that version was better.

TOP ELEVEN HOUSES (been going since HHN 14).
1. Body Collectors
2. Ghost Town (original)
3. Castle Vampyr
4. Hellgate Prison
5. Leave it to Cleaver
6. Psychoscarepy: Home for the Holidays
7. Dungeon of Terror: Retold
8. HR Bloodnguts
9. Halloween
10. Winter's Night
11. Catacombs

 

[criticalanalysis]

26. 2008 - Dead Exposure

I'll never understand the love the house gets