WB Studios - A Festival of Frights

[rageofthegods]

Seeing as we don't have a proper thread for WB's Burbank studios..this is a note to have..

Jesus, that destruction of history just makes me sad.

 

[bob albert]

Jesus, that destruction of history just makes me sad.

VFX has gotten to the point where they aren't going to need many physical sound stages anymore. We have a lot of insane developments in realtime CG happening fast.

We are prob going to see almost all of universal Hollywood transferred to park space eventually over the physical sets.

 

[Viator]

We are prob going to see almost all of universal Hollywood transferred to park space eventually over the physical sets.

I'm going to make a post about it, but I am actually thinking it's going to happen..sooner than we realize.

 

[Clive]

I wouldn't jump to conclusions so fast. Backlot sets may be falling out of favor when shooting on location (or with CGI) is more popular, but the lots won't be wiped out entirely. Television is the main source of production, these days, and they require ample sets & soundstage space.

 

[Mad Dog]

Seeing as we don't have a proper thread for WB's Burbank studios..this is a note to have..

New owner and financials not good with the merger. Sh_t happens.

 

[MrBlonde]

I wonder how much of it will be left if they do proceed. I'm glad I got out there and saw it while it was up and running.

 

[Wesker69]

Found this color coded event map from WB's 2018 Horror Made Here event in my email (my phone was yelling at me about storage space ...also Gmail). Figured I'd share it.


I had to dig up the map/sign they had on display at the event as well


If anyone wants, I've got quite a few pics I can post from the event itself.. quality won't be as great, but oh well.

 

[Jake S]

Would love to see those pictures. Bummed I didn’t get to attend this event.

 

[UNIrd]

I was there! It was so much fun. We all still talk about Nightmare on Camp Crystal Lake to this day. Incredible.

 

[Rideguy70]

This was a fun event... but that line for The Conjuring took FOREVER.

 

[Wesker69]

but that line for The Conjuring took FOREVER.

Which is why I made sure to flash my employee badge during one of my breaks to zip through express lol

Still wish I could've scared as the Conjuring demon (i believe wall scare) since that is what i had specifically auditioned for, but Universal had changed our (house staff) scheduling, so it prevented me from working other nights at HMH

 

[UNIrd]

It was worth it. I've never run out of a house like that before but Conjuring's ending had us all RUNNING out of there.

 

[deadbydawn]

This event was awesome. Every year I wish it would come back.

 

[DTH]

WB has a new event this year that's a horror centric studio tour at night, panels, a festival with food and games, and then a movie screening. Kinda sounds like they're testing the waters to bring back Horror Made Here.

Special Tour & Movie Night - Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood

www.wbstudiotour.com

 

[Rideguy70]

I visited the studio store recently (they have a lot of horror displays and merch; go see for yourself--I posted about it on my social media), and I asked them about Horror Made Here. They admitted it was well liked, but said there's a lot of reasons why it hasn't come back. She didn't get into details, but it sort of hinted it probably wasn't coming back. I'm guessing it was too big of a disruption to both filming and their usual studio tours.

 

[Freak]

There some parts of Horror Made Here I really liked, the Freddy Vs Jason tram being the highlight. The rest of the event was just okay. It was fine, but I actually hope it doesn’t come back by virtue it would interfere with the possibility of HHN doing some of their IPs.

I visited the studio store recently (they have a lot of horror displays and merch; go see for yourself--I posted about it on my social media), and I asked them about Horror Made Here. They admitted it was well liked, but said there's a lot of reasons why it hasn't come back. She didn't get into details, but it sort of hinted it probably wasn't coming back. I'm guessing it was too big of a disruption to both filming and their usual studio tours.

I think another thing to take into account is that there is only so much parking there. They don’t have the infrastructure available for an HHN event even if they wanted to. Obviously it wouldn’t be as big, but still that’s something else to keep in mind.

 

[Jerroddragon]

It was one year...I'd love to see what they would do with it with more time

I should have gone, it looked great but HHN called

 

[chris.g]

I also feel like WB makes better buck licensing their IPs than keeping it confined to just Horror Made Here as far as the CA market goes

 

[Clive]

I also feel like WB makes better buck licensing their IPs than keeping it confined to just Horror Made Here as far as the CA market goes

I think it was really cool and bold that they gave it a try, but yeah, the economics never really made sense to me.

 

[deadbydawn]

I think it was really cool and bold that they gave it a try, but yeah, the economics never really made sense to me.

What is so interesting about this to me is the impact it made on the guest. I have friends that went and now live out of state and every year they ask me if this thing is coming back. People I know who missed out on it ask about it as if it was some kind of legend.