Horror Nights Wish List - Orlando

[Lucky Planet]

The general public is known to demand Universal by jumping on the trends that is or was popular yet most of them are a far cry from being really good like the Walking Dead and Stranger Things. While I’ve noticed a few people were pissed that they’re not doing it this year, but I’m honestly glad that FNAF is not one of my own wants compared to all the house concepts that I wrote for myself from my alt-universe of HHN. Not only I couldn’t get into the games for some reason, but also my worry about the IP itself is it would fell into the same fate as the other two I’ve mentioned before despite being lucrative.

this whole time I was defending Freddy's, yet it could end up being the worst house we ever had lol I'm very aware of that possibility
it's very possible. be careful what I wish for

 

[Fear2010]

this whole time I was defending Freddy's, yet it could end up being the worst house we ever had lol I'm very aware of that possibility
it's very possible. be careful what I wish for

And they unintentionally dodged the bullet. If this won’t happen again next year, especially with Six Flags having the rights of Stranger Things at this time, then it should give Orlando the creative freedom to do more originals while having some alternatives to draw the crowds, but might be less worse in quality.

 

[Lucky Planet]

And they unintentionally dodged the bullet. If this won’t happen again next year, especially with Six Flags having the rights of Stranger Things at this time, then it should give Orlando the creative freedom to do more originals while having some alternatives to draw the crowds, but might be less worse in quality.

yeah maybe Orlando could always try to create their own original take on Freddy's. ( without getting in trouble) I just wanna see big huge plush robots, I wanna see big puppets. but they could be anything, dinosaurs or monkey plushie characters or sea creatures or lizard plushie characters or something. ( universal could do a haunted theme park where the mascots attack)

 

[OhHaiInternet95]

yeah maybe Orlando could always try to create their own original take on Freddy's. ( without getting in trouble) I just wanna see big huge plush robots, I wanna see big puppets. but they could be anything, dinosaurs or monkey plushie characters or sea creatures or lizard plushie characters or something. ( universal could do a haunted theme park where the mascots attack)

Yeah, I've always wanted to see a dark, grizzly take on the concept (that doesn't get infantilized, I mean).

 

[TheCodeMan95]

On the topic at hand - I think FNAF would have potential to be a really cool house if they leaned into either actual animatronics or very large costumes/puppets.

The issue I would picture is that the location really isn't very large for a house - which I guess would make sense for it to be in F&F lol

 

[Legacy]

We know Universal tried to get Five Nights this year. Why are we acting like its audience wouldn’t be acceptable (or desirable) when Universal has decided it is? I feel like that matter is settled.

For crying out loud, they made a house based on Fear Factor, a game show where the scariest aspect was bugs in a box. Let’s not pretend a series featuring dead kids trapped in robots isn’t on brand for the event.

 

[Blysthon]

SMILE Please and Thank You

 

[Blysthon]

So I’ve been think of international icons transferred to Orlando.

My take Lady Death, I’ve been clamoring for her forever to come to HHN not to mention her zone is beautiful. March of the dead could take place in Hollywood while the rest of the scarezones are tied to the event year of lady death.

 

[GA-MBIT]

I’m pretty sure we don’t agree on what “mature” means. In terms of thematic depth, emotional resonance, writing quality, character development, evocation of mood they’re pretty equivalent- and Scooby doesn’t have any pretenses of being “super serious for real.”

I know this post is like a month old, but I'm just reading through this conversation now.

I'm sorry but defending Scooby-Doo on the grounds of thematic depth, writing quality, and character development is just a patently ridiculous statement. As a fan of S-D, most of the Scooby media released across the past 40 years is really poorly written, has incredibly flat characters, and effectively zero thematic elements at all. It's an incredibly stale IP in all of those areas. That's fine actually! I believe the IP is still worthwhile despite that, and there are some very well-made exceptions to my statement, but using Scooby-Doo of all properties is a really flimsy glass house against FNAF.

It's okay to just say you don't like an IP and wouldn't be excited to see it at the event. Or that you wouldn't be a fan of the kinds of demographics the IP would bring in. No one has to justify that opinion with a bunch of poor arguments. It's already a valid statement.

FNAF is a long running, incredibly popular horror IP that fits really well into the jump-scare mold of HHN houses, has lots of merchandising potential, a Universal Studios-produced adaptation film that made a lot of money with a sequel on the way, that we know Universal tried and failed to acquire for the event as recently as this year. I believe it's hard to argue against the merits of the IP at this point.

 

[Casper Gutman]

I know this post is like a month old, but I'm just reading through this conversation now.

I'm sorry but defending Scooby-Doo on the grounds of thematic depth, writing quality, and character development is just a patently ridiculous statement. As a fan of S-D, most of the Scooby media released across the past 40 years is really poorly written, has incredibly flat characters, and effectively zero thematic elements at all. It's an incredibly stale IP in all of those areas. That's fine actually! I believe the IP is still worthwhile despite that, and there are some very well-made exceptions to my statement, but using Scooby-Doo of all properties is a really flimsy glass house against FNAF.

It's okay to just say you don't like an IP and wouldn't be excited to see it at the event. Or that you wouldn't be a fan of the kinds of demographics the IP would bring in. No one has to justify that opinion with a bunch of poor arguments. It's already a valid statement.

FNAF is a long running, incredibly popular horror IP that fits really well into the jump-scare mold of HHN houses, has lots of merchandising potential, a Universal Studios-produced adaptation film that made a lot of money with a sequel on the way, that we know Universal tried and failed to acquire for the event as recently as this year. I believe it's hard to argue against the merits of the IP at this point.

I fear you misunderstand me. I’m not arguing for the maturity of Scooby-Doo but for the glaring immaturity of Five Nights. Scooby-Doo, which is mature in comparison to almost nothing else, wins this competition simply because it has no pretenses to being anything other then what it is.

As I stated, I would be perfectly happy with Five Nights at the event. I think it would make a fun house and would pad Uni’s pocketbooks nicely, just as you say. It would also be one of the lowest quality IPs to ever grace the event - a fact which, again, wouldn’t necessarily make it a bad choice. Loudly lamenting its absence, however, is silly.