Insidious: The Further (HHN 33)

[SeventyOne]

To me a scare isn't effective if someone pops out from the other side of a room. This house feels like a tent house in that it's compact in its design, combined with being in a soundstage makes thos house feel super long. This compact design puts most of the scares within a foot or two of you which give that startle of coming out of nowhere and the unsettling nature of your personal space being violated. Also this must be staffed with some hhn veterans because a lot of them do great work with double scares and scaring off trigger. Also a lot of the actors have 2 or more boo holes so this makes it feel like there are more actors inside which gives that unrelenting feel. It all just comes together to put you on edge and provides very effective scares.

All this. I have no love for the IP, didn't remember (or maybe never saw) at least half the scenes in here, but a perfectly designed house. Tight turns, clever hiding spaces, also quick re-sets (a problem in the other houses this year). A master class in house design, any vaguely creepy IP could work in here.

 

[kingdomofaustin]

I did my 20th run of this house last night and I STILL got scared a few times. This is an all timer for me.

 

[Clive]

Y’all weren’t kidding. More thoughts in a review after I fly home, but this one’s relentless. Best of the year and it isn’t especially close.

 

[Legacy]

I just love that the (near) unanimous best house this year is the returning IP most fans were down on.

 

[Brian G.]

I just love that the (near) unanimous best house this year is the returning IP most fans were down on.

I noticed that, too.

(And as an aside, it’s also the one that’s straightforward as a haunt. No deep lore, no crazy sets, etc).

 

[AlteredWalters]

The movies are mid to upper-mid on their best night...but this house genuinely rips. I don't typically get a lot of scares in houses...maybe it's my face, timing, or my wife in front of me? who's to say.

BUT this house gets everyone. I watched the group in front, us, and the group behind me just get terrorized last night around 12:30. the multiple boo holes especially towards the back 1/3 of the house are just incredible. Super high on my list.

Also got in line for "60" and was in the house within 30 minutes - no express.

 

[Clive]

I just love that the (near) unanimous best house this year is the returning IP most fans were down on.

I think there were a few factors driving the lack of pre-event enthusiasm — The Red Door wasn’t especially well received (commercially did quite well, but no one is saying it’s their favorite), the copy/framing made it sound like they were just shrugging in terms of how this would differ from the 2015 iteration, and, personally, I felt that 2015 house was just okay.

The design here in terms of layout/scare placement is excellent, and it’s paired with casts who go full tilt every set. Very fortunate that this house received these actors.

This house feels like what Hill House would’ve been if not for the curtains/Covid precautions.