The Old HHN 30 Speculation Thread (2020)

[Clive]

Really can’t say. They can be used for anything paranormal so it leaves it open to wide range of possibilities. The house at HHN 20 was an investigation into an actual haunted house.

Hopefully nothing like the 2010 Legendary Truth maze. Aside from the great score pulls from the otherwise wretched Wicker Man remake, that maze was such a bruising disappointment. (Dead End scratched the itch a couple years later, but still.)

Legendary Truth was always such a brilliant umbrella lore idea in the vein of "S.E.A," a smart way to tie together the disparate wings of the Horror Nights canon... but as is often the case with lore-heavy "storytelling," I tended to really struggle to discern what was actually going on once we got over the initial 2008 "investigate Bloody Mary" stuff. Part of the problem is it never felt like it *amounted* to something. The 2012 (it was 2012, right?) scanning thing was a neat gimmick, but again, it never felt like you were working toward anything... and the messiness of the more aggressively social components seemed to really divide the community, to boot. There are great ideas, but the implementation has never stuck, and it might be implausible to expect it to in an event as big as HHN.

 

[Ringwraith]

WB was doing their own thing with it, that’s why Universal didn’t get it.

Was it true that Universal paid WB to not do the event last year or the year before in order to gain access to IT and or The Conjuring? I believe I heard something like that in recent years.

 

[ChaseTuff]

Was it true that Universal paid WB to not do the event last year or the year before in order to gain access to IT and or The Conjuring? I believe I heard something like that in recent years.

Considering a lack of IT or Conjuring at the event...

 

[Ringwraith]

Considering a lack of IT or Conjuring at the event...

I didn't say it had to be successful. Like @Legacy said, they were able to make a pitch for IT. Is it not conceivable they had to make a purchase for the rights in order to make that pitch?

 

[Brian G.]

Was it true that Universal paid WB to not do the event last year or the year before in order to gain access to IT and or The Conjuring? I believe I heard something like that in recent years.

Not true. Where did that rumor come from?

 

[Legacy]

Not true. Where did that rumor come from?

Probably people who believe studios are clamoring to let Universal use their films for HHN.

 

[Ringwraith]

Not true. Where did that rumor come from?

There was speculation that since Horror Made Here was cancelled for 2019, that Universal cut a deal with them in April of 2019. I'm not sure where I read it, but it was in the speculation windmill.

 

[Legacy]

There was speculation that since Horror Made Here was cancelled for 2019, that Universal cut a deal with them in April of 2019. I'm not sure where I read it, but it was in the speculation windmill.

Combine that payment with WB selling off parts of their backlot... they’re rolling in dough.

 

[Parkscope Joe]

There was speculation that since Horror Made Here was cancelled for 2019, that Universal cut a deal with them in April of 2019. I'm not sure where I read it, but it was in the speculation windmill.

People were trying to explain why the event didn't happen that wasn't the fault of WB.

 

[The Storyteller]

I think the use of phone apps as part of the experience could actually increase as a result of this.Thinking about interactive elements in queues that require touching, phone apps would be a good way to replace that because it only requires people to touch something belonging to them.

perhaps we’ll see the interactive sites of old make a semi-comeback?

 

[Pedro Navarro]

I wouldn't guarantee us seeing any interactive sites, seeing how they've been with the sites recently, it seems like they'd really make your experience at the event more interactive especially with just the social media messenger like they did with Graveyard and the Trivia they've been doing these past years, it seems those are the only things they've been doing so far as social media of course there is also Twitter but again, nothing like the past websites used to be like.

 

[OhHaiInternet95]

perhaps we’ll see the interactive sites of old make a semi-comeback?

Doubtful. But I can see like what they did with GG.

 

[BBPH]

I mean it doesn’t mean anything but I like this, they’ve clearly updated their response:

 

[BoSoxFan1022]

I mean it doesn’t mean anything but I like this, they’ve clearly updated their response:

I like it too ‍

 

[Ringwraith]

cOmpuTers

 

[Ringwraith]

Someone has summoned the wrath of @Brian G. :deadhorse:

 

[Legacy]

They’ve BEEN planning on executing HHN. Any decision on canceling the event was always going to be made as late as possible.

Like, this isn’t news.

 

[Brian G.]

Someone has summoned the wrath of @Brian G. :deadhorse:

hm?

 

[BoSoxFan1022]

They’ve BEEN planning on executing HHN. Any decision on canceling the event was always going to be made as late as possible.

Like, this isn’t news.

I didn’t feel anyone suggested it was, it’s just nice to see Universal respond with it

 

[BBPH]

They’ve BEEN planning on executing HHN. Any decision on canceling the event was always going to be made as late as possible.

Like, this isn’t news.

Yep that’s what I meant by ‘this means nothing’.