Top 25 Horror Nights Mazes - Hollywood

[HHNManics]

Decided since there's a thread for the top 25 for Orlando houses there should be one for Hollywood as well.

Discuss.

 

[HORRORable Commenter]

Instant entries: House of 1000 corpses v.2, alien vs predator year one, welcome to my nightmare, universal monsters, and killer Klowns from outer space. Many others, just a few that came to mind

 

[Freak]

As someone who's been going since 2009, here's what I've narrowed it down to:

1. Universal Monsters
2. La Llorona (2011)
3. AVP
4. Halloween: Life and Crimes of Michael Myers (2009)
5. Freddy Vs. Jason
6. Us
7. Insidious: Return to the Further (2015)
8. Halloween: Hell Comes to Hattonfield (2016)
9. Killer Klowns from Outer Space
10. Hostel
11. House of 1000 Corpses 3D (2010)
12. An American Werewolf in London
13. Creepshow
14. Crimson Peak
15. Holidayz In Hell
16. The Thing: Assimilation
17. Alice Cooper: Welcome to My Nightmare
18. Friday the 13th: Kill Jason Kill! (2010)
19: Saw: Game Over (2009)
20: The Walking Dead (2013)
21: Poltergeist
22: Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Blood Bros (2016)
23: Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman
24: Alice Cooper Goes to Hell 3D
25: El Cucuy

 

[HHNManics]

Ultimately have only been going since 2015 so here it is from 2015 - 2019.

1. Halloween Hell Comes to Haddonfield (2016)
2. Krampus (2016)
3. Freddy Vs Jason (2016)
4. Crimson Peak Maze of Madness (2015)
5. Insidious Return to the Further (2015)
6. Alien Vs Predator (2015)
7. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Blood Brothers (2016)
8. Us (2019)
9. The Walking Dead Wolves Not Far (2015)
10. Killer Klowns From Outer Space (2019)
11. Creepshow (2019)
12. American Horror Story Roanoke (2017)
13. American Horror Story (2016)

Important to note that 1-13 are all mazes I enjoyed now I have to rank the other 12 on my list which range from okay to horrible. 14 - 20 are C tier. 21 through 24 is D tier. With 25 and anything not on the list being F tier.

14. Holidayz in Hell (2019)
15. Titans of Terror (2017)
16. Poltergeist (2018)
17. Universal Monsters Music By Slash (2018)
18. Stranger Things (2018)
19. Halloween Michael Myers Comes Home (2015)
20. The Exorcist (2016)
21. House of 1000 Corpses (2019)
22. The Shining (2017)
23. This Is The End 3D (2015)
24. Ghostbusters (2019)
25. The Curse of Pandora's Box (2019)

Now if we're talking about including mazes I haven't been through...

1. La Llorona (2011)
2. Alice Cooper Welcome to My Nightmare (2011)
3. Friday the 13th Kill Jason Kill (2010)
4. Rob Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses (2010)
5. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Back in Business (2007)
6. The Thing Assimilation (2011)
7. Halloween Hell Comes to Haddonfield (2016)
8. Krampus (2016)
9. Freddy Vs Jason (2016)
10. Crimson Peak Maze of Madness (2015)
11. Insidious Return to the Further (2015)
12. AVP (2015)
13. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Blood Brothers (2016)
14. Us (2019)
15. El Cucuy The Boogeyman (2013)
16. Eli Roth's Hostel (2011)
17. The Walking Dead Wolves Not Far (2015)
18. Killer Klowns From Outer Space (2019)
19. Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man (2019)
20. Alice Cooper Goes to Hell (2012)
21. A Nightmare on Elm Street Never Sleep Again (2010)
22. From Dusk Till Dawn (2014)
23. Friday the 13th Camp Blood (2007)
24. The Walking Dead No Safe Haven (2013)
25. The Walking Dead Dead Inside (2012)

 

[AlexanderMBush]

For context, I have been to the event 3 times. 2010, 2012, and my last being that of 2019. So I have a good amount of mazes. I will keep it relegated to Top 10, and explain the main 5.

1/2.) La Llorona (2012) & Us (2019)
3.) Alice Cooper Goes to Hell (2012)
4.) Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2012)
5.) The Curse of Pandora's Box (2019)
6.) Creepshow (2019)
7.) House of 1,000 Corpses (2010)
8.) The Walking Dead (2012)
9.) Holidayz in Hell (2019)
10.) Friday the 13th - Kill Jason Kill

It's a varied list, and small for the reason that I haven't been to the event as much as I would want (And while I want to include houses recorded in video, I feel that discounts my take on the matter. So, it's by in-person experiences. And for the most part, the Top 5 are incredibly interchangable at any given point, especially the top two.

La Llorona/Us = There's a very, very, very thin line in the sand between these two. So much so that these mazes jump from being the best constantly to me. For a complete experience, that is terrifying and jaw dropping, Us and La Llorona are at the top, because of just how much of a complete experience these two mazes *feel* IMO. Keep in mind, I was 13 when I went in La Llorona, but it was the maze that I wanted to go back into.

TCM 2012 = This was terrifying as hell. The venue for this maze was perfect for Leatherface, and the content and how they accurately depicted TCM 1973 scared the bejessus out of me. It's a nostalgia and bias choice, but I have to put it here.

Alice Cooper Goes to Hell = I love House of 1,000 Corpses. But Goes to Hell is a extremely better 3D maze, that's scale and tones match incredibly well. I really wish we got a continuation of Cooper's partnership, because I would've loved to see what else that could've done with his iconography. The way they translated the music and the scares is outstanding and I cannot get enough of it.

The Curse of Pandora's Box = Simplicity sometimes to me, equals quality. Pandora's Box, while reusing assets I've seen from videos, feels really good, when experienced in full. The Preshow element of Pandora's Box is an absolute highlight to me, as is how they scared the living hell out of me. Years after TCM, I think this maze shines as something that I wish Horror Nights strikes with (while using the quality from Us to consideration) of how they use a scare.