The TCM portion was my favorite bit with the chainsaws and blood red water. It also seemed to be the most appropriate for loud metal music.
Even though there was no “host,” the last MoM had such an iconic lineup of IPs with great music. The only IP this year with an iconic soundtrack is Beetlejuice, and they couldn’t even secure the rights to use it in the show.
IMO, they tried to do way too much here. It should have strictly been Icons/a retrospective of the event OR IPs. Also, aesthetically everything clashed: graphic novel style art of icons, steampunk/factory, old HHN promo footage, UCM, Hill House, TCM…way too many choices thrown in together. Somehow, KKFoS, ST, GB, and UCM all kind of fit into the last MoM altogether.
Then there’s the writing. Jack justifies the factory being a place to extract your fears several times. Yeah, we get it! You said it up top, Jack. They also don’t explain the wheel of chance bit and it only applies for one IP: UCM. Otherwise, it cuts from Icons to IPs or IP to IP with no other transitions. Just seems like an odd choice to have a bit like that once and no other transitions.