I always thought the first character in this house was the “Welcome to Oddfellow’s!” clown. Last night on one of my runs, the wooden door in the little entrance hallway on the ramp opened just a smidge and a clown was eerily glaring out from behind it. That was really cool.
So many great non-actor-triggered moments in houses this year that go for “creepy” instead of jump-scares. The actress in the Blood Moon courtyard, some of the Exorcist cast getting to do their thing moving all over the place, and this little doorway thing, just to name a few.