With so much horror out there, do we need to push the boundaries of what horror is? Like seriously? I'd argue this is easily more horror than The Weeknd or maybe even Fallout, but there are so many true horror IPs that still have yet to come to HHN, that pushing the boundaries feels like it is starting to weaken the product. And every year we get brand new horror IPs, like a Terrifier, or Smile, Barbarian, etc. or even revisiting old ones like Nosferatu or Candyman (both under Univesal's banner), that it truly is mind boggling to see the need to go this route.
I get why they would take big swings at Stranger Things or A Quiet Place, whether they're a miss or not, but stretching this far? For the sake of what, reaching a new audience? Here's the top 10 highest grossing horror movie franchises we still haven't tackled that are viable for a maze: IT, Sinners (obviously brand new), Silence of the Lambs, The Conjuring Universe, The Ring, The Grudge, Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer, 28 Days/Weeks/Years Later, Resident Evil...I have to imagine any one of these has a bigger pull than WWE. WWE couldn't even get their own brands of horror movies (See No Evil, Leprechaun, Incarnate) off the ground, why would their fans care for a horror maze?
Just would love to sit in on these executive meetings to hear the reasoning and see the data -- is all I am saying lol