HHN Hollywood Speculation/News - 2016

[Freak]

That seems about right. I could definitely see a 7th maze being themed to Alice Cooper. 

Remember, Murdy said all IPs this year. He counted the Cooper houses as original concepts. So I don't see us getting Alice again.


It looks like the line-up Nland posted sounds about right. It looks like Krampus will be our 3D house this year. They better not go for the usual neon cartoon look if they do. 

 

[chris.g]

Good point. Guess that might rule out Preacher then, bummer. I could've seen Preacher as our 3D maze that worked well too. 

 

[Alexshow.]

Remember, Murdy said all IPs this year. He counted the Cooper houses as original concepts. So I don't see us getting Alice again.


It looks like the line-up Nland posted sounds about right. It looks like Krampus will be our 3D house this year. They better not go for the usual neon cartoon look if they do. 

Correct me if i'm wrong, but wasn't it said that there wouldn't be a 3D house this year? I believe he said it about that and there being no Comedy houses this year either.


I can be wrong, of-course.

 

[HorrorNightsFan13]

Someone asked if there would be a maze like This Is The End again and he said no. What exactly that means I couldn't tell you but probably no comedy mazes and hopefully no 3D mazes. 

 

[Alexshow.]

Just wanted to throw this out, Krampus is on Blu-Ray on the 26th. If an announcement for the house is coming, it could make sense to speak of it then. Who knows, but it makes sense.

 

[Nland316]

I wonder if we can expect our first maze announcement this Sunday at Monsterpalooza?

 

[Ridesandstuff]

I wonder if we can expect our first maze announcement this Sunday at Monsterpalooza?

Doubtful, although I would love that. Most likely some more info on TWD attraction.

 

[Alexshow.]

For what it seems, The MonsterPalooza panel will be centered within questions, sent in by the fans from Twitter. He will also talk about the creative process behind some of the houses; and some details on TWDA.


I could actually see something of a hint to the next announcement in the panel, like a date of when the next announcement will be; as it makes sense.

 

[deadbydawn]

I wonder if we can expect our first maze announcement this Sunday at Monsterpalooza?

Typically at Monsterpalooza they focus on a specific topic (this year the theme is "Making Monsters") and then they take a quick Q&A, a giveaway and that is it. 

 

[chris.g]

Back in February, Murdy tweeted that the letter "p" only appears once in the lineup. 

You are mistaken, did my research and it looks like Preacher still stands then in the rumored line up. 


So my guesses for properties using "P": Krampus, Preacher, and Purge.  

 

[HorrorNightsFan13]

I find Krampus more likely than Preacher at this current point. It already sounds like our original concept IP based maze 'Doris Day' and John would finally get to work with Daughtry. 

 

[Nland316]

You are mistaken, did my research and it looks like Preacher still stands then in the rumored line up. 


So my guesses for properties using "P": Krampus, Preacher, and Purge.  

I keep trying to match up the list with our rumored lineup, and it's always off. Very hard to decipher. Especially with not knowing if this list includes TWD attraction or Terror Tram? 

 

[hhnfan1997]

You are mistaken, did my research and it looks like Preacher still stands then in the rumored line up. 


So my guesses for properties using "P": Krampus, Preacher, and Purge.  

That's for the short list, not the final lineup. This is the tweet from February: 

 

[Alexshow.]

From Monsterpaloza;




I wanted to ask, what the hell does a "Black Out Actor" mean?

 

[chris.g]

Blackout actor huh? Hmm... wonder what they could mean by that

 

[Alexshow.]

Blackout actor huh? Hmm... wonder what they could mean by that

Could that mean an actor that is in reality, puppeteers? If that's the case, then it could be possible that we could get some more light to that on Tuesday..

 

[chris.g]

Could be... Murdy teased this maze would have a lot of actors for a monster that is rarely/ never seen at all. 

 

[Nland316]

I REALLY have a strong feeling that we'll be getting our first announcement within the next 2 weeks, if not this week.. My personal hunch is our first announcement is Krampus, which I'm taking will be a shared property between our coast and Orlando. The DVD is coming out on Tuesday, like someone's previously mentioned. And considering Orlando has already gotten 1 maze announced, I don't see us falling too far behind. Even if our mazes have typically started getting announced in June.

 

[Alexshow.]

Asked the question on what the hell is a Blackout actor on OU..and I got this.
 

A Black-Out Actor is a scaractor dressed in all black, and they're positioned in a compleately black/dark spot and/or room. In most applications for Hollywood's mazes they've been used for little things. In AVP they were used for holding facehugger props and slamming them up against plexiglass walls. An' further back when they did The Thing and La Llorona they were dubbed as "Feather Ninjas" as they were in a pitch black room and brushed people with long feathers. (Didn't make a lick of sense for the Thing, but it was effective for La Llorona since it felt like getting brushed by her hair.)

In other haunted houses, I've seen a rather effective use of a black out actor where the entire room was black and lit only by a laser starfield. So with the black out actor, it was essentially a modern update of the classic dot room.

 

[David Daut]

Knott's had a pretty effective black-out actor gag in their Paranormal, Inc. maze last year. Nearly killed me on my first time through that maze.


The idea of a maze where the monster is rarely seen is an interesting one. I could see that possibly working for The Conjuring since the new movie is based on the Enfield poltergeist story and poltergeists don't manifest visibly.