HHN Hollywood Speculation/News - 2016

[Nland316]

It has to be Krampus. I can't imagine The Exorcist being the first announcement as Murdy would love to build up hype towards his number one maze property. Coincides with the DVD release as well, just as predicted. 

 

[peasoupprincess]

I know it's going to be Krampus. But my little Regan loving heart wants to believe it's Exorcist.

 

[deadbydawn]

Please be The Exorcist. 

 

[peasoupprincess]

I'm losing my mind. This is where I'm at right now. The fact that I could be getting 2/4 of my favorite horror movies as mazes this year is killing me.

 

[deadbydawn]

I'm losing my mind. This is where I'm at right now. The fact that I could be getting 2/4 of my favorite horror movies as mazes this year is killing me.

Hear hear! 

 

[Ridesandstuff]

https://mobile.twitter.com/HorrorNightsORL/status/724935811670638592


looks like it'll be shared, so we can count out FVJ.

 

[Nland316]

Orlando just teased an announcement for today as well. So for sure its a shared property.

 

[PrestoMovie]

"... You might get an early HHN present today. Have you been naughty or nice?"


it's Krampus. 

 

[PrestoMovie]

Well Murdy was trying to throw us off with the naughty or nice bits!


Exorcist is officially announced! Holy poop! Good for Murdy! 

 

[KreepyKarpy]

https://www.youtube.com/embed/Hy20m00AJKc?feature=oembed




Well, I guess we now know what the lineup will possess this year (*ba dum tss*)

 

[Ryan]

I still want Krampus... but this'll do for now. Really looking forward to this maze.


Please no puke smells

 

[Freak]

I still want Krampus... but this'll do for now. Really looking forward to this maze.


Please no puke smells

You know he will. 


Well. It finally happened. I'm shocked it finally is and I'm really happy for Murdy. He has been wanting to do this for the longest time. I'm looking forward to seeing this. 

 

[Ryan]

:unsure:


...Murdy is totally gonna go grosser than Orlando, too.

 

[deadbydawn]

YES! 

 

[Wesker69]

Raise your hand if you're shocked that this is a shared IP with Orlando? *raises both hands*


If I had to guess what was replaced on Orlando's line up.... it would either be AHS or Hitchcock... maybe even Lovecraft. It will be interesting to see what changes for them because almost every year one of their planned houses gets replaced with something else for some reason or another.

I'm still not sure how I feel about this maze announcement. I know it is Murdy's dream IP for HHN... I'm iust curious to see how it is executed because the movie doesn't exactly have a lot to work with outside of a few iconic scenes.

 

[Freak]

First off, congratulations to Murdy for finally catching his Moby Dick! I'm happy for Murdy. He's been wanting to do this for more than a decade. Glad to finally see the blood sweat and tears to getting the rights pay off. 


As for what they can work with, it doesn't have to be just in the room. Murdy did tweet in the past he would also use scenes from the third movie. They could also use the scene in the living room where Regan pees on the carpet and the basement where she finds the weegee board. They can use Capt. Howdy for the scare in those scenes. Throw in scenes from 3 as well as the spider walk scene and boom. You have enough material to work with. 


I'm excited but cautiously optimistic. I'm confident this will be a top ten for sure as this will be a passion project for  Murdy. Although this issue has improved last year, I really hope there won't be any choppy or inconsistent transitions as that tends to be Murdy's biggest weakness for designing mazes...namely the infamous black walls. It would be a shame for a house with great scenes weakened by choppy transitions. Yeah, I'm looking at you AWiL. 


But I'm stoked. Good for Murdy. I'm sure it'll be great. 

 

[Wesker69]

ah okay. Not sure if I have ever seen the 3rd movie, let alone the 2nd...


Since this is Murdy's dream IP maze... I guess we can rule out plain black hallways of doom right?... *remembers AWIL* ...nevermind.

 

[peasoupprincess]

I woke up and cried a little, not gonna lie!!!   Actually, I woke up, checked, jumped out of bed and screamed it to my household. (The response was a very flat, "Okay. Calm down, Regan." lmao) Never have I been more motivated to go audition.


Edit: Aiello said on his Twitter it will be based on the original film, so we'll see what Murdy has to say later today?

 

[Wesker69]

Lulz... I love that you & I had the same thought process Freak!


I don't remember, did Murdy ever mention where he had planned to put the Exorcist maze in the past? I keep wanting to say JP queue, but I think Parisian Courtyard would be best, otherwise the backlot where TWD/CP was. I'd hope this wouldn't use SS747... if it does, it better be worth that space.


I'll be stuck at work tonight (singing along to The Jungle Book), so if someone could post a list of things Murdy says on twitter about this maze, that'd be great.

 

[Nland316]

Surprised it wasn't Krampus, secretly hoping it was!! But nonetheless, EXTREMELY thrilled that the Exorcist is coming! Of anything ever to come to HHN, this has got to be the scariest to me. I'm also surprised that there hasn't been any maze leak yet, like last year.. I'm very curious about the maze locations this year. I have a hunch that the FvJ will be in 747, Exorcist in either Parisian or backlot. Conjuring in JP, and Krampus being either in the backlot or Parisian. As for the others, really don't know. I'm also curious to see what the headlining maze is. Doubt it will be TWD, probably either the exorcist or FvJ.