Halloween Horror Nights 32 (UOR) - Speculation & Rumors

[thelondonwerecat]

Not to fuel the fires of Stranger Things speculation, but it was recently announced that they are doing a Stranger Things official play in the West End. That could mean that either Netflix has relaxed their hold on the rights to Stranger things or tightened them, so it could go either way. Just an interesting development

For reference: Stranger Things: The First Shadow | West End

 

[TheCodeMan95]

It's so nice to be nearly in April and still have basically zero idea what's happening this year. (well, at least, most of us)

 

[Legacy]

Not to fuel the fires of Stranger Things speculation, but it was recently announced that they are doing a Stranger Things official play in the West End. That could mean that either Netflix has relaxed their hold on the rights to Stranger things or tightened them, so it could go either way. Just an interesting development

For reference: Stranger Things: The First Shadow | West End

This was announced as in development (by Netflix) a while back, actually. I wouldn’t use it gauge anything about Universal.

 

[thelondonwerecat]

This was announced as in development (by Netflix) a while back, actually. I wouldn’t use it gauge anything about Universal.

Yeah I know, I just wanted to mention it because it's interesting.

 

[Joe]

Repeating houses (especially successful/HotY-caliber houses), runs the risk of diluting the prestige of nostalgia. Successful houses are successful because of numerous variables that can’t be controlled even before the house opens, let alone years afterwards.

If anything, Universal would be better served to revisit house concepts that weren’t well received (“Re-nightmared” instead of reimagined). Jungle of Doom, Spawning, Cold Blind Terror, etc.

How soon we forget about AWIL.

 

[DonnieBoy]

Did we get preview merch for last years slogan? Or was the first preview merch for Legends collide?

 

[TheCodeMan95]

Did we get preview merch for last years slogan? Or was the first preview merch for Legends collide?

My memory is telling me we got "Never Go Alone" merch before any houses were announced.

 

[UniversalRBLX]

How soon we forget about AWIL.

That 2nd run was one of the worst houses I've ever experienced, left a bad taste after how great the first house was.

HHN houses/themes should be expanded upon, not recreated.

 

[Mashmingingmasher77]

How soon we forget about AWIL.

Yeah, you guys are probably right. I’ll hope for sequels/prequels then.

 

[Darko]

That 2nd run was one of the worst houses I've ever experienced, left a bad taste after how great the first house was.

HHN houses/themes should be expanded upon, not recreated.

I have no idea what house you experienced but 25’s was still an excellent house.

 

[Mashmingingmasher77]

I didn’t go that year. Just taking others word for it. Maybe just in comparison to the first?

 

[Joe]

Yeah, you guys are probably right. I’ll hope for sequels/prequels then.

It’s not a bad idea but it’s one that doesn’t play into the events strength - a new event every year.

 

[Darko]

I didn’t go that year. Just taking others word for it. Maybe just in comparison to the first?

Yeah, seems to be the case of “too soon” with that one. Fact is, I think it’s cause the actors seemed to be more intense and aggressive in the original house (though the wolves were arguably more so). But one thing is for sure, at least they upgraded those wolf soldiers to have actual wolf heads and helmets instead of just being dudes with makeup on. That was an upgrade for sure.

 

[Spookies n' Stuff]

That 2nd run was one of the worst houses I've ever experienced, left a bad taste after how great the first house was.

HHN houses/themes should be expanded upon, not recreated.

Hard agree honestly.
Even though I've missed out on tons of Orlando houses that I'd love to have seen, I feel like a lot of the time people who request repeats don't really appreciate how much of the events charm is in its impermanence, and the fact that what youre experiencing is only gonna exist for these couple months. Bringing back houses one to one always feels like Pet Sematary-ing a corpse. It looks the same, but in practice all the soul below the skin is lost.

 

[Darko]

Hard agree honestly.
Even though I've missed out on tons of Orlando houses that I'd love to have seen, I feel like a lot of the time people who request repeats don't really appreciate how much of the events charm is in its impermanence, and the fact that what youre experiencing is only gonna exist for these couple months. Bringing back houses one to one always feels like Pet Sematary-ing a corpse. It looks the same, but in practice all the soul below the skin is lost.

Eh, I’d argue the charm of the event is in its production values such as sets, atmosphere and the like more than that.

That being said, I don’t disagree with the event not repeating houses. The fun of speculation comes from the houses never repeating. I love HOS to death but it’s not an event that’s worth speculating about since most of the houses and zones will be repeats. Even though I personally feel like AWIL from 25 had some nice upgrades over the 23 original (The wolves and dog soldiers as I’ve already mentioned) it was still silly to repeat the house, let alone just 2 years later.

So basically even if I felt like 25 had a great repeat, it was still a repeat. Which means it will never be as amazing the second time out. I can’t even imagine them repeating Poltergeist. That’s one of the best IP houses ever and I hope they never repeat it.

 

[Crypt Keeper]

That 2nd run was one of the worst houses I've ever experienced, left a bad taste after how great the first house was.

HHN houses/themes should be expanded upon, not recreated.

I started going in 2015 and I thought AWIL was amazing lmao. It was nice to experience a house from an event that I didn't get to attend and I was DYING to walk through an AWIL house. I remember hearing about AWIL in 2013 and being upset that I wouldn't be able to experience it.

Eh, I’d argue the charm of the event is in its production values such as sets, atmosphere and the like more than that.

That being said, I don’t disagree with the event not repeating houses. The fun of speculation comes from the houses never repeating. I love HOS to death but it’s not an event that’s worth speculating about since most of the houses and zones will be repeats. Even though I personally feel like AWIL from 25 had some nice upgrades over the 23 original (The wolves and dog soldiers as I’ve already mentioned) it was still silly to repeat the house, let alone just 2 years later.

So basically even if I felt like 25 had a great repeat, it was still a repeat. Which means it will never be as amazing the second time out. I can’t even imagine them repeating Poltergeist. That’s one of the best IP houses ever and I hope they never repeat it.

Poltergeist is def one of the best IP houses ever. I wouldn't mind if they repeated it one day, but I'd rather see Poltergeist 2 or 3 as a house.

 

[TheCodeMan95]

Mostly the only time I'd like to see an IP repeated is if it's done in the TCM/Halloween fashion. As in from a smaller venue to a bigger venue.

I'd like to see KKFOS come back in a soundstage where they could really play with circus tent/spaceship sets.

 

[Crypt Keeper]

I'd like to see KKFOS come back in a soundstage where they could really play with circus tent/spaceship sets.

YES. Don't get me wrong, I LOVED the KKFOS house back in 2019. It pretty much had everything I wanted from a KKFOS house. But a Soundstage or Parade Building version of KKFOS would be insane.

 

[Brian G.]

YES. Don't get me wrong, I LOVED the KKFOS house back in 2019. It pretty much had everything I wanted from a KKFOS house. But a Soundstage or Parade Building version of KKFOS would be insane.

Would it though?

Halloween in the tent was far superior to Halloween in the Soundstage.

 

[TheCodeMan95]

Would it though?

Halloween in the tent was far superior to Halloween in the Soundstage.

I didn't get to do Halloween in the tent, but that IP didn't really need the soundstage treatment outside of building the house inside.

I think KKFOS could provide a lot more large sets that could be done in a soundstage.