i said that months ago lolHear me out: Halloween Nightmare Fuel hosted by Bill and Ted.
This is definitely the route they need to take. I was starting to get tired of (basically) the same show happening every year. Was it impressive? Yes. Are the performers talented? Absolutely! But I need something else to really pull me in. Having a different story is going to do that, for me at least.They have confirmed from today's podcast that going forward, Nightmare Fuel will be more an episodic anthology. The same concept you expect now from NF, but different stories.
The show was great, as always. The circus theming makes this feel much more distinct and like its own thing.
My only disappointment is it feels like they kinda wasted the potential of the story. Especially with the ending revelation, it doesn't really feel like our hero is aware that he's in a loop, if this is the exact same choice he's made every time to try and save her. Unless it's a Deathloop situation, where he's aware that he's in a loop, but can't quite recall the details of each cycle?