Halloween Horror Nights 35 (UOR) - Speculation & Rumors

[Kichkinet85]

Hmmmmm

 

[TheCodeMan95]

Well that's because Exorcist: Believer movie wouldn't be released until mid-way through the event and the house it was based on acted like a walk-through trailer for it. I 100% understand why it wasn't on any "Unmasking the Horror" tours that year and The Last of Us was included.

I mean, there's always a house every year that isn't included on any tour for various reasons.

They still could have easily had TLOU on the 6 house tour and made the 3 house tour all originals, but they didn't lol

 

[StaticShock]

I mean, there's always a house every year that isn't included on any tour for various reasons.

They still could have easily had TLOU on the 6 house tour and made the 3 house tour all originals, but they didn't lol

Also true, but they want to sell the 3 house tour. Can’t have all the good IP’s exclusively on the 6 house tour.

 

[TheCodeMan95]

Also true, but they want to sell the 3 house tour. Can’t have all the good IP’s exclusively on the 6 house tour.

Yeah that was my point here lol:

It's always interesting to me that, in 2023, the 3 house tour included The Last of Us.

Including 1 major IP on each tour is a cool idea to me - encouraging people to possibly do BOTH tours rather than just one.

 

[StaticShock]

Yeah that was my point here lol:

I'd argue that Stranger Things 4 was the bigger IP than The Last of Us for HHN 32 (not saying that either house was "better", but ST4 definitely had the bigger hype and longest house wait times according to Thrilldata).

So Universal had 3 options:
1. Keep ST4 on the 6 house tour, without Last of Us.
2. Move ST4 to the 3 house tour, instead of Last of Us.
3. Keep all the big IP's on the same tour (6 or 3 house tour).

For my last point:
It's not surprising to me that Universal wanted to separate ST4 from Last of Us to get HHN fans to buy both tours. As for why Last of Us was delegated to the 3 house tour instead of ST4 (your original point), it's honestly a toss-up.

 

[Kichkinet85]

Someone remind me what house we’re on the 3 house and 6 house tours last year?

 

[StaticShock]

Someone remind me what house we’re on the 3 house and 6 house tours last year?

3 house tour had originals

• Hatchet and Chains: Demon Bounty Hunters
• Dolls: Let’s Play Dead
• Grave of Flesh

6 house tour had the IP's (minus 5 nights at Freddy's)

• Fallout
• JASON UN1V3RSE
• Terrifier
• Gálkn: Monsters of the North
• El Artista: A Spanish Haunting
• WWE Presents: The Horrors of the Wyatt Sicks

 

[TheCodeMan95]

I'd argue that Stranger Things 4 was the bigger IP than The Last of Us for HHN 32 (not saying that either house was "better", but ST4 definitely had the bigger hype and longest house wait times according to Thrilldata).

So Universal had 3 options:
1. Keep ST4 on the 6 house tour, without Last of Us.
2. Move ST4 to the 3 house tour, instead of Last of Us.
3. Keep all the big IP's on the same tour (6 or 3 house tour).

For my last point:
It's not surprising to me that Universal wanted to separate ST4 from Last of Us to get HHN fans to buy both tours. As for why Last of Us was delegated to the 3 house tour instead of ST4 (your original point), it's honestly a toss-up.

We're literally agreeing here lmao

I think putting at least 1 major IP house on each tour is a good business move to draw people to buy both.

As for why Last of Us was delegated to the 3 house tour instead of ST4 (your original point), it's honestly a toss-up.

This was also never my original point so I'm not sure where the confusion is coming from lol

 

[StaticShock]

This was also never my original point so I'm not sure where the confusion is coming from lol

"It's always interesting to me that, in 2023, the 3 house tour included The Last of Us."

I interpreted your OP that you were wondering why that specific IP (instead of Chucky/Exorcist/ST4/ect) was on the 3 house tour. If I took that out of context, my apologies.

 

[Spooky_Bitz]

Yeah, I’m hoping we get three originals on the six house tour this year. I’m just thinking back to when i started doing the six house tours in 2021 and having quite a bit of originals as part of the tour every year. I was honestly bummed out by there only being two on last year’s six house tour

 

[TheCodeMan95]

"It's always interesting to me that, in 2023, the 3 house tour included The Last of Us."

I interpreted your OP that you were wondering why that specific IP (instead of Chucky/Exorcist/ST4/ect) was on the 3 house tour. If I took that out of context, my apologies.

Yeah, my point was just that the 3 house tour included one of the 2 major IPs!

 

[StaticShock]

Yeah, I’m hoping we get three originals on the six house tour this year. I’m just thinking back to when i started doing the six house tours in 2021 and having quite a bit of originals as part of the tour every year. I was honestly bummed out by there only being two on last year’s six house tour

I think a healthy balance of originals/IP's (at least 1 IP and 1 strong original (i.e. Deadman's Pier, El Artista, ect.)) for the 3-house tour and the rest on the 6 house tour should be the standard.

 

[Spooky_Bitz]

I think one of the funniest experiences i had on the unmasking tour was 2023. Chucky Ultimate Kill Count was on our six house tour and we kind of ended up speed-running through that house because all of us including our tour guide thought that house was awful.

 

[Freak]

Hmmmmm

Ugh. I was legit curious to know what was in that Lighthouse.

 

[johnathanm]

I never said it was bad

Oh, to be clear, I actually wasn’t referencing your take on the gauntlet specifically. I think there were a good chunk of folks out there in the community that felt underwhelmed by it.