Throughout the years, HHN has given us a variety of houses. Great ones, good ones...as well as so-so ones and downright duds. When it comes to the ones that didn't work, a lot of them had good ideas and great potential. But for one reason or another it faultered, becoming forgettable or straight-up landing in a top ten list of the worst houses. On the flipside, there have also been houses that have been good, but due to something like budget cuts it wasn't as good or great as it could've been.
So I wanna' know this, if you could give a house (or houses) a second chance and a opportunity to be better then what it was, which ones would you pick and why?
I've got a feeling a particular video game IP or two will dominate this thread, so I'm going to stick with a couple originals. (Admittedly something like Reflections of Fear is perfect for this topic, but personally for me I'm choosing houses which don't have copyright issues for characters which Bloody Mary unfortunately does.)
The Orfanage: Ashes to Ashes - This seems to be a very polarizing house, I noticed a good chunk of people who hated it/thought it was so-so, but I've also seen a good chunk of people who really liked it. It's generally reguarded it did have a great bleak atmosphere, as well as some good effects like the falling ash and a peppers ghost effect. It did have real fire as well, though I think it can also be unanimously agreed this suffered by quite the overhype for that. Either way, I'd love for this to have a second chance since it's a solid story and if things were on all full cilinders it could be a killer house a la' Hollywood's La Lorona (A house which thrived on a bleak atmostphere.)
Legendary Truth: The Wyandot Estate - While this was generally reguarded as a good house with some great effects, however it had a LOT of hype behind it, and a good chunk of people felt it didn't live up to it. The story is just fine, a Paranormal Team using a device which causes all hell to break loose? Sign me up! I think the house can improve on the ghosts, since while the glowing faces is a neat idea, it was the same mask/face for everyone and it just wasn't scary for some. Also, this is the kind of house where some wirework/bungees/flyers would be perfect. (Knott's Berry Farms Paranormal Inc is a great example.) I know they were supposed to have a flying banshee in a hallway but it never was put in/worked, but I feel they can totally make it work now.
Creatures! - I'll admit I love the idea of a good creature house, even if it is on the campy side. They just have to make sure everyone is on the same page with the dimentions of the set doors and costumes.
So I wanna' know this, if you could give a house (or houses) a second chance and a opportunity to be better then what it was, which ones would you pick and why?
I've got a feeling a particular video game IP or two will dominate this thread, so I'm going to stick with a couple originals. (Admittedly something like Reflections of Fear is perfect for this topic, but personally for me I'm choosing houses which don't have copyright issues for characters which Bloody Mary unfortunately does.)
The Orfanage: Ashes to Ashes - This seems to be a very polarizing house, I noticed a good chunk of people who hated it/thought it was so-so, but I've also seen a good chunk of people who really liked it. It's generally reguarded it did have a great bleak atmosphere, as well as some good effects like the falling ash and a peppers ghost effect. It did have real fire as well, though I think it can also be unanimously agreed this suffered by quite the overhype for that. Either way, I'd love for this to have a second chance since it's a solid story and if things were on all full cilinders it could be a killer house a la' Hollywood's La Lorona (A house which thrived on a bleak atmostphere.)
Legendary Truth: The Wyandot Estate - While this was generally reguarded as a good house with some great effects, however it had a LOT of hype behind it, and a good chunk of people felt it didn't live up to it. The story is just fine, a Paranormal Team using a device which causes all hell to break loose? Sign me up! I think the house can improve on the ghosts, since while the glowing faces is a neat idea, it was the same mask/face for everyone and it just wasn't scary for some. Also, this is the kind of house where some wirework/bungees/flyers would be perfect. (Knott's Berry Farms Paranormal Inc is a great example.) I know they were supposed to have a flying banshee in a hallway but it never was put in/worked, but I feel they can totally make it work now.
Creatures! - I'll admit I love the idea of a good creature house, even if it is on the campy side. They just have to make sure everyone is on the same page with the dimentions of the set doors and costumes.