Halloween Horror Nights 2025 (USH) - News & General Discussion

[Freak]

I think it could be back next year with a FNAF 2 house, but honestly (and as someone who thinks about this series ever hour of every day) I think they need to give it some breaks. I don’t want this to become the next Walking Dead or Stranger Things. Maybe skip it in 2027? I just don’t want everyone to start to hate it.

It’s DEFINITELY the biggest IP this year though. The only reason Terrifier comes close is that HHN has a very filtered audience of people who are likely to be fans of that series, but I feel like as the event has gone on the initial hype for that IP has waned slightly and FNAF has remained pretty crazy

Realistically, they’re not gonna make any changes to FNAF if it comes back. Absolute best case scenario maybe they will add a new scene at the end from FNAF 2. No way they’re gonna make an entirely new house out of it from the ground-up.

Again, the house this year cost a pretty penny. The point in bringing it back would be to save money and to still cash in on the popularity. Besides, while I don’t love having a repeat, I would rather they do this so they can allocate the budget to making great houses all around.

 

[Jerroddragon]

Realistically, they’re not gonna make any changes to FNAF if it comes back. Absolute best case scenario maybe they will add a new scene at the end from FNAF 2. No way they’re gonna make an entirely new house out of it from the ground-up.

Again, the house this year cost a pretty penny. The point in bringing it back would be to save money and to still cash in on the popularity. Besides, while I don’t love having a repeat, I would rather they do this so they can allocate the budget to making great houses all around.

What about mostly the same layout but switching out some puppets

I mean if we get the house next year without Puppet and Golden Freddy, I'd be shocked

Also maybe if we are nice we can get all three characters in the opening scene like in Florida

 

[ladiesman217]

I mean if we get the house next year without Puppet and Golden Freddy, I'd be shocked

This is Hollywood. I'd be shocked if we even got anything new in a repeat of this maze

 

[Clive]

This is slipping into spec for 2026, but I think it's reasonable to assume they would want a sequel house to tie into the new movie coming out in a few months.

 

[mccgavin]

Realistically, they’re not gonna make any changes to FNAF if it comes back. Absolute best case scenario maybe they will add a new scene at the end from FNAF 2. No way they’re gonna make an entirely new house out of it from the ground-up.

Again, the house this year cost a pretty penny. The point in bringing it back would be to save money and to still cash in on the popularity. Besides, while I don’t love having a repeat, I would rather they do this so they can allocate the budget to making great houses all around.

This is Hollywood. I'd be shocked if we even got anything new in a repeat of this maze

Not sure if I agree with this. A FNAF 2 house doesn't necessarily need to be "from the ground up". Much of the pizzeria props and animatronic puppets can be re-used and rethemed as necessary. This is Universal's most lucrative in-house horror IP right now, so they likely see it as being worthy of a continued investment in.

 

[bdubsCEO]

I don't think his reasoning is entirely unfounded in this case. There was a real-life tragedy revolving around a different IP that is often cited as a point of concern for doing this.

That being said, he does seem open to the idea of developing a proper FNAF attraction, based on the proposals he approved with Sally Dark Rides.

There’s a viral clip that’s been going around recently of someone building a real life version of the fictional springlock suits… except missing the animatronic/suit dual functionality and basically just been an actual torture device. Point being that yes, people are absolutely crazy enough to try something if they opened an actual restaurant.

They could definitely do it in the park if they wanted due to the higher security.

As for FNAF 2: I strongly disagree that they can just repeat this house next year with different puppets. Either we get a brand new FNAF 2 house (which I think is more likely) or a straight repeat of this. FNAF 2 is set at a different location with some very cool scenery.

There’s a scene in the trailer of characters walking through a dried up tunnel from what used to be a boat dark ride that would be stunning in a house. The second film is also introducing a whopping five animatronics, two of which are fan-favorites and really deserve fully designed new scenes.

Will it be expensive to create a new house for FNAF 2? Yeah, but it’s probably worth the return on investment. I’ve seen a couple dozen FNAF 2 specific cosplays every single night this year. It’s one of the most popular games in the series.

 

[Spookies n' Stuff]

You made a horror series and pretend like making a real restaurant would somehow endanger kids to me is just silly but he man owns the IP, so hoping money changes his mind or he could maybe throw out ideas, like Art is walking around because the creator wanted it...so I hope Scott had ideas of how to use the characters since he is so protective over them

To be fair, I think he only really cited that early on. Since then when he's been asked his reasoning has shifted to restaurant management and margins being tricky and not being within his skillset, which I honestly think is fair. FNAF already has a rough track record with crappy licensing situations, and if you look at stuff like mrbeast burger or how chuck e cheese is doing financially, I think it makes sense that he wouldnt wanna risk an IP tie in restaurant in an already dying genre of restaurant. I think it would only really ever survive as a temporary pop up or something.

 

[Jerroddragon]

To be fair, I think he only really cited that early on. Since then when he's been asked his reasoning has shifted to restaurant management and margins being tricky and not being within his skillset, which I honestly think is fair. FNAF already has a rough track record with crappy licensing situations, and if you look at stuff like mrbeast burger or how chuck e cheese is doing financially, I think it makes sense that he wouldnt wanna risk an IP tie in restaurant in an already dying genre of restaurant. I think it would only really ever survive as a temporary pop up or something.

But then he lets the pizza be nothing special?

I dont hate the FNAF pizza but compared to the Jason food....its just not the same quality


Its just weird to me if he is soooo picky but then sometimes slaps a sticker on something and says thats fine