Random thoughts, ( I guess I like to compare things to movies in general, so here we go: )
Dead Man’s Pier:
-The entire time I did this house I was strongly reminded of I know What You did Last summer, no one might make that connection but that's what they all reminded me of. It felt like I was inside that movie.
- the sets reminded me a lot of the Friday the 13th house from 2007. Or the Jaws queue.
-But, I realized that I personally enjoy it more when every room in a house feels different,
with Pier, ever room felt repetitive. As great as it was, some rooms felt identical to each other. (The village at the entrance was beautiful, the rest felt like the same boat dock from Jaws over and over..)
The violin player was great, incredible. Loved her. I Loved the last part of the house. Going down in the ship at the end was awesome.
Bugs:
-Felt like a ride from Epcot. Some parts literally felt like it belonged in Epcot lol. I kind of disliked it on first visit, ( because I missed every single big bug) but now i like it more. It was fun and creative when I understood the story.
-I kind of hate when houses are full of "victims", and I wish it had more actors in big suits or more giant bugs. The little plastic bugs did nothing for me, the bugs in the screens were cool but not scary. I preferred if it had more puppets.
The sets were cool, the story was pretty cool. The big mosquito was amazing. All the big bugs looked incredible.
Chupacabra
-The sets were excellent. Very realistic looking. It really felt like a real town. The entrance was very incredible
-A huge amount of details and colors, each room had something cool(the complete opposite of Pier in how colorful and different each part of the house felt. )
-It had a lot of tiny details in the decorations and stuff written in the walls that were pretty cool for Latinos. I really loved the little details. I felt a lot of appreciation in all the little details.
-The masks kind of felt like tribal tiki masks. (Reminded me of CRASH BANDICOOT)
- the chupacabra creature itself, I learned to like it but it was cute instead of scary. I wish it had more puppets. I wish we fully saw him from the beginning, I wanted many more appearances of chupacabra. There was very little of him. I know they had shadows and stuff, but he was barely in it.
Blumhouse
-I kinda liked it on first visits but now it's my least favorite now. I kinda hate it. A LOT of black walls, scenes from Freaky did not translate well at all. The freaky part was a big missed opportunity. ( So many black walls....) The killer's mask was not that cool in person. The Freaky girls took too long to set up in their scenes. The sets weren't great
-black Phone was better, and the grabber was really cool, but it felt like happy Death Day (the same sets repeated) they didn't even do everything they could have from the movie. A lot of missed opportunities. They could have used the ghosts more.
The entire house is a blur of dark walls.
Coven
- very very long. Super long ( which could have been a good thing ) this house reminded me of some Marilyn Manson music videos ( from his Golden Age of Grotesque era) a lot of this house felt like a music video. The lights, the dancing witches, the bar, in a way, I loved this house more than Blumhouse because of it.
The first half was cooler and nicer looking and the second half was scarier. It did not feel like it was related to witches, besides for the end, and the witch masks. It barely felt related to witches or magic. Huge missed opportunities on magic effects. It needed more witchcraft.
Halloween,
As a horror fan I was happy to see him, and as a horror fan I am very angry that we see him so many times instead of Freddy or Jason or Ghost face. Michael is a horror icon but I'm tired. I'm tired of his movies.
-The original house felt longer and had more scenes. Original house was better. It was set up in a better way. The tent back then had more stuff.
I think I preferred all the other Halloween houses instead of this one. I honestly preferred all previous Halloween houses.
Hellblock
I'm the only person on Earth that really loved this house. I Always had a great time. It felt kind of incredible to me. I really loved the concept and I really loved the actors in here.
This was another house that felt like a movie house, felt like Men in Black combined with guardians of the Galaxy. I really loved the writings on the wall. I loved the masks, I loved the energy.
Sets felt like the RUN house from 2006. A Blast from the past. I truly loved you hellblock horror. I truly loved you lol.
Monsters
Loved everything. Loved the sets, loved the actors. Loved the wolfman. It had the best quality of the entire event. Best sets. Best costumes. Best scares. Wonderful design. Everything felt real.
Like a real museum or something. Most realistic house.
Descendants
Everyone says that this had reused sets and costumes from older years but I really don't remember. I can't really point out what was reused.
Very incredible use of space. Amazing energy. Every single run was good. Very strong casts. I loved this house. Very effective.
Those subway cars were huge. ( Maybe the ending wasn't the best, but the actors were all great) I loved every actor in here. Very strong casts.
Weekend
A big party of a house. Excellent translation from video to house. I really loved every room in here.everyone was having fun, the cast, the guests, there was fun to be had in the queue.
It wasn't necessarily scary. But it was high energy and very colorful. A lot of crazy lights and stuff. The most fun I have ever had in a hhn house. The actors were really into their roles.
I hope Weeknd returns
Very creative rooms, excellent size, I love how different each room was. Each room felt very big ( complete opposite to blumhouse)
Weekend and chupacabra were both big, colorful and vibrant. Both had big rooms, a lot of space.