Obviously this isn't the most important topic, but I'd figure it'd be fun to compile all the little Codenames for the houses in one thread.
I'm going to list what I remember, then others can chip in.
2009
I'm going to list what I remember, then others can chip in.
2009
- Frankenstein: "Squarehead"
- Frankenstein has a square head.
- Dracula: "Fangs"
- Dracula has and uses fangs.
- Wolfman: "New"
- The maze was based off the NEW Wolfman film.
- LITC / Spawning: "Magazine"
- These mazes were "sponsored" by horror magazine, Fangoria.
- Saw: "Blade"
- As in SawBlade.
- Chucky: "Doll"
- Chucky is a living doll.
- SS: "Usher"
- Silver Screams was the house for The Usher icon.
- Catacombs: "Spy"
- Connecting the look of Plague Doctors with the Spies from Spy vs Spy, I believe.
- AWIL: "Trinity"
- 2013 was the 3rd and successful attempt in a Trinity (2008, 2012, 2013) to get AWIL to the event.
- TWD: "TWD"
- Announced so early at the time it didn't really need a secretive Codename.
- Scrapped Original: "Ritual"
- Supposedly was focused on a storyline with a Ritual gone wrong invoking LT and "things under the bed".
- AVP: "Evac"
- A professional reference to "Get To The Choppa"?
- Dracula Untold: "Synergy"
- Stating what the house was, an attempt at synergy to make people see the Untold film.
- Halloween: "Captain"
- The Michael Myers mask was a redone William Shatner mask. Shatner played Captain Kirk on Star Trek.
- Roanoke: "Crows"
- Subtle reference to Croatoan?
- Dollhouse: "Charlie"
- Referred to a performer called Charlie who used dolls. Can't remember his exact name.
- G&G Inc: "Smile"
- A clown's favorite facial expression.
- FvJ: "Round Two"
- The maze was the Round Two to the movie's Round 1.
- Insidious: "Beyond"
- The Further is Beyond our world.
- TWD: "Dinner"
- What zombies make people into.
- Scream (Scrapped): "Reboot"
- Referring to the MTV reboot? Even though this was the original films.
- AWIL: "Harry" or "Hairy"
- Harry refers to Harry Potter of London.
- Hairy refers to the fact werewolves are hairy.
- Jack: "Dynasty" or "History"
- Jack Presents explores the Dynasty and History of HHN Orlando.
- BC: "Blizzard"
- Maze takes place in the Blizzard of 1899.
- RUN: "Spandex"
- Referring to attire worn by participants in the original Running Man.
- AiW3D: "Party"
- Referring to the Tea Party scene.
- TCM: "Meathead" / "Meat"
- Meat is the motive for the Sawyer Family to do their killings, some would say they're Meatheads.
- Exorcist: "Bed"
- Referring to Regan's bed, which we see many times in the maze.
- TWD: "Uncle"
- As in Cry Uncle, surrender and admit defeat. The A&D team's feelings on the repeated use of Walking Dead.
- Halloween 2: "Pumpkin"
- Pumpkins are an iconic part of Halloween theming. More specifically referring to the skull pumpkin on Halloween 2's poster.
- Krampus: "Schnapps"
- Referring to the alcoholic drink the Aunt drinks in the film.
- AHS: "King"
- A&D saw it as a "crown jewel" IP.
- Ghost Town: "Mustang"
- Not quite sure.
- LP3D: "Abba"
- Referring to ABBA's "Take A Chance On Me".
- TOTA: "Cobweb"
- TOTA was about heading into a tomb where the "cobwebs" were being dusted off to unleash the ancient beasts of the past. I think.
- AHS: "Checkmate"
- Connected to the "King" Codename. Checkmate is to take / keep possession of the King. HHN kept possession of the King AHS.
- Shining: "Gold"
- Gold Shines. Also probably a reference to the Gold Room of the Overlook.
- AvED: "ED"
- ED = Evil Dead.
- Saw: "Buzz"
- As in BuzzSaw.
- Blumhouse: "Numb"
- A&D's feelings regarding this maze concept.
- HIVE: "Hive"
- The name of the house. Being a late addition means it didn't get a "thought-out" Codename.
- Scarecrow: "Brains"
- The Scarecrow's desire in Wizard Of Oz was to get a Brain.
- Dead Waters: "Paddle"
- Referring to the Paddleboat in the maze.
- The Fallen: "Crater"
- Referring to the Crater to Hell the Fallen are climbing out of.
- Stranger Things: "Fireball"
- A DnD reference, DnD being used in Stranger Things I believe to name the different happenings and monsters around the town.
- Dead Exposure - Patient Zero: "Zero"
- Zero as in "Patient Zero", the first zombie in zombie apocalypse stories and the subtitle.
- Trick R Treat: "Dynamite"
- A letter switch on the AC/DC song TNT...but it's TrT instead.
- And obviously a way to trick fools like yours truly into thinking The Thing was coming.
- Slaughter Sinema: "Snacks"
- Snacks are what you get to accompany a movie viewing experience, and a snack bar room seems to be opening the house from what was said in articles released about it.
- Carnival Graveyard - Rust In Pieces: "Ragtag"
- Referring to the very nature of the maze's concept and layout as well as a carny band in the maze referred to as "The Ragtags".
- Seeds Of Extinction: "Meteor"
- Referring to the meteor in the backstory which kills the human life on Earth.
- Poltergeist: "Coach"
- There was some connection with an actor that escapes my mind.
- Halloween 4: "Feature"
- It's one of the three "Feature Presentation" IP's this year.
- Blumhouse 2.0: "Surprise"
- Two interpretations: Either referring to a birthday "surprise!" meaning a reference to Death Day.
- Or an honest or sarcastic use of "Surprise" referring to this maze concept's return.
- Scary Tales - DEA: "Poison"
- Referring to the Poison Apple of the Evil Queen...whom was the antagonist of the last Scary Tales maze? That's what immediately came to mind.
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