With just two days left of HHN 24, a media member for Universal Orlando received a mysterious package this morning, and what was inside was a video that confirmed something all HHN fans wanted to hear:
for the first time since 2007, for the 25th Anniversary next year
JACK IS COMING BACK!!!!
https://twitter.com/skubersky/status/528183561325912065
This is amazing news, however some not so amazing news was also revealed in that video. It revealed that opening night for HHN 25 will be September 25th, not September 18th. By pushing opening night back to the 25th it means the event will be cut from 28 nights to 24. This makes absolutely no sense to me, as HHN is guaranteed to set attendance records next year and cutting four nights of the event will only make matters worse. Maybe its just a tease and they will reveal later on opening night actually will be on the 18th like it should be, but for now that is a bit of a tough pill to swallow.
Friday, October 31, 2014
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Todays HHN Video
With just three nights of my 5th year of HHN left, Id thought Id go with a throwback for a video for today. This was the video that played on the arch at the entrance of the park as you walked into HHN during 2010. I remember watching this video as I was about the walk into HHN for the very first time ever and the feelings I felt of excitement, anticipation, and even a tiny bit scared I will never forget. Years later and I am a die hard HHN and go every night.
Last night in fact I surpassed 150 houses for the year, the first time I did that since 2011. As big of an HHN fan as I am I cant claim the #1 fan title (probably not even top 20 for that matter.) When I boasted on twitter last night that I had made it to 150, someone I know took the opportunity to let me know how far behind I was
https://twitter.com/PWT101/status/527642663429079040
Oh well, but anyway, back to the video for this week and the premise of it. Again this was the video that played as you entered the park during HHN in 2010. 2010 was the 20th anniversary of the event, so they brought back all the "icons" of years past. Icons are the "hosts" of a certain HHN year, the most popular one being Jack the Clown. The icons in the video talking are:
The Usher (2009)
The Storyteller (2005)
The Director (2003)
The Caretaker (2002)
Jack the Clown (2000, 2001, 2004, 2007)
The icon for this HHN was FEAR himself. The premise of the video is that all the previous icons were actually working for FEAR to harness screams so he could be powerful enough to be brought to life, and now he finally is. This video is basically them introducing FEAR for the first time. Here it is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8saXQx7TOys
And a bonus video because Im in a nostalgic mood now. Heres a personal walk-through with the creative director of HHN through the first HHN house I ever went through, Hallowed Past.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awpa_gjy9tk
Last night in fact I surpassed 150 houses for the year, the first time I did that since 2011. As big of an HHN fan as I am I cant claim the #1 fan title (probably not even top 20 for that matter.) When I boasted on twitter last night that I had made it to 150, someone I know took the opportunity to let me know how far behind I was
https://twitter.com/PWT101/status/527642663429079040
Oh well, but anyway, back to the video for this week and the premise of it. Again this was the video that played as you entered the park during HHN in 2010. 2010 was the 20th anniversary of the event, so they brought back all the "icons" of years past. Icons are the "hosts" of a certain HHN year, the most popular one being Jack the Clown. The icons in the video talking are:
The Usher (2009)
The Storyteller (2005)
The Director (2003)
The Caretaker (2002)
Jack the Clown (2000, 2001, 2004, 2007)
The icon for this HHN was FEAR himself. The premise of the video is that all the previous icons were actually working for FEAR to harness screams so he could be powerful enough to be brought to life, and now he finally is. This video is basically them introducing FEAR for the first time. Here it is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8saXQx7TOys
And a bonus video because Im in a nostalgic mood now. Heres a personal walk-through with the creative director of HHN through the first HHN house I ever went through, Hallowed Past.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awpa_gjy9tk
Sunday, October 26, 2014
House Count After Week Six of HHN
This is officially the best HHN ever. I have never enjoyed
myself more than I have over the past month. Not that this is the best
Halloween Horror Nights in terms of the event itself. In that regard, as Ive
said many times HHN has never been nearly as good since the amazing year of
2011. But just in terms of how much fun Ive had this was far and away the best
HHN ever. In fact, this was one of the most fun months of my life period. In
past years I have spent many nights at HHN doing my own thing by myself, and
the occasional night with my dad or other friends. The truth is I love spending
time at the parks by myself because I can go at my own fast pace and not have
to compromise what I want to do. This year however, I have had the privilege of
meeting great new people and over the course of the month that
love HHN and go almost every night just as I do. Its been so much fun getting
to know new people and being able to enjoy HHN in new ways. Interacting with them on twitter about HHN and "inside jokes" about things such as Bill and Ted quotes have been a blast as well. I am so sad to see
it go this year, unlike in past years where I was so worn out and exhausted by
night after night that I was kind of ready for the end, this year I wish it
could go on for another month. I know come sunday, I will be super depressed. But until then, still four more nights to enjoy, plus my absolute favorite event of the year, the final Bill and Ted of the year! Its hard for me to put into words about the last Bill and Ted, so heres a copy and paste about what someone else said
The final Bill & Ted show will be the best of the year, by far. Every serious HHN fan will be in attendance. The show is about double the normal length, their will be extra jokes, the audience will shout the lines, so on. It's how most fans say farewell to each year's event.
For me its such a bittersweet thing. Its such a blast and theres so much energy in the building for that last Bill and Ted. Like I said, its my favorite hour of the entire year, and I just love being around hundreds of other people who love HHN as much as I do. But then as soon as its over that means HHN is over too, so its super bittersweet. And then the countdown begins to what should be an amazing year next year, the 25th anniversary year!
Roanoke: 16
Dollhouse: 26
Halloween: 22
Giggles and Gore: 26
Dracula Untold: 17
Alien Vs Predator: 15
Walking Dead: 9
From Dusk Till Dawn: 13
Bill and Ted: 14
Total Houses: 144
This is now officially my second highest house count ever. surpassing 2012's total of 131 and 2013's total of 141. Unfortunately I wont come close, nor will I probably ever to surpassing 2011's total of 226. The event is simply too busy and popular at this point to ever be able to pull that off again.
The final Bill & Ted show will be the best of the year, by far. Every serious HHN fan will be in attendance. The show is about double the normal length, their will be extra jokes, the audience will shout the lines, so on. It's how most fans say farewell to each year's event.
For me its such a bittersweet thing. Its such a blast and theres so much energy in the building for that last Bill and Ted. Like I said, its my favorite hour of the entire year, and I just love being around hundreds of other people who love HHN as much as I do. But then as soon as its over that means HHN is over too, so its super bittersweet. And then the countdown begins to what should be an amazing year next year, the 25th anniversary year!
Roanoke: 16
Dollhouse: 26
Halloween: 22
Giggles and Gore: 26
Dracula Untold: 17
Alien Vs Predator: 15
Walking Dead: 9
From Dusk Till Dawn: 13
Bill and Ted: 14
Total Houses: 144
This is now officially my second highest house count ever. surpassing 2012's total of 131 and 2013's total of 141. Unfortunately I wont come close, nor will I probably ever to surpassing 2011's total of 226. The event is simply too busy and popular at this point to ever be able to pull that off again.
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Top 10 HHN Houses of All Time
Its Saturday night which means my express pass is not valid, so I went in at 5:45, did 5 houses, and left by 6:30 when the crowds were starting to get bad. Now I am sitting here watching one of my all time favorite horror movies (Scream), enjoying pumpkin cheesecake, with the windows open in this beautiful weather. Have I mentioned this is my favorite time of the year? Since the rest of the night wont be spent at HHN I felt it was a good night to put together my top HHN houses in the 5 years I have attended. I have been through 39 HHN Houses, and these are the best of the best of those 39.
10. Nightingales (2011): The premise of this house puts you right in the heart of World War One, and the nurses tasked with caring for the soldiers have turned into banshees and are now terrorizing the battlegrounds. This house had a lot of great effects, including one of the most memorable ever where it looked like a solider was being ripped in half right in front of your eyes. heres a youtube link to a short look of what the house was like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlIm6b5bl6I
9. Evil Dead (2013): One of very few HHN houses ever that legitimately gave me the creeps every time I went through it. Based off the movie about four friends who travel to a cabin in the woods and open a book containing evil spirits that turns them into devil possessed demons. There are very very few HHN houses that a desensitized jaded person like me would consider scary, but this was one of them. The scene that sticks in your head the most is the scene through the cellar with dead cats hanging from the ceiling
The stroll through the forest was a highlight as well
And a full walkthrough video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCrp7QnBJic
8. House of Horrors (2012): In a very disappointing year, this is one of two houses that saved it from being a completely bad year. This house is memorable to me for its meteoric rise, as I hated this house after opening weekend, having it dead last in my rankings, and by the end of the event loved it so much that here it finds itself in my top 10. The premise is that you are walking through all the classic horror movies (Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolfman etc.) in "black and white." the whole house was not but flashing strobe lights against blacklit masks and props. A simple technique, and scary. Unfortunately, due to the extremely dark nature of the house, its practically impossible to film it or get decent pictures, but someone did try.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEJ5Rsww7VI
7. An American Werewolf in London (2013): On the HHN forums website for die hard fans of the event, this was recently declared the 2nd best HHN house of all time. I personally find the house to be slightly overrated, but its still an incredible house. Based off the classic movie, the house featured amazingly well done, and scary, animatronic werewolves.
I just felt a couple scenes in this house sometimes fell flat, which is why I have it a little lower than most people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUN0KLaV0mQ
6. Dead End (2012): This was basically The Haunted Mansion in Haunted house form. Nothing more than an old run down house haunted by ghosts. Such a simple, even cliche idea, yet the house was so perfect in every way. This house is also memorable for being my favorite entrance for an HHN house ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSruI5akjm0
5. Dollhouse of the Damned (2014): I know the last few weeks I have been saying this may be my favorite house ever, but the last few days of this house have left me feeling just a tad soured of it. If only the actors inside this house were a little more aggressive it would have stayed at 1 or 2 all time, but since a lot of the actors in the house are too timid it knocks it down a bit. still, the overall creepiness level of this house and the great different environments you go through still have it in my top five all time. Ive already posted plenty of pictures and a video of this house so I wont post any more.
4. Saws N Steam (2011): This house, along with Evil Dead earlier, are the only two houses ever that I myself personally found scary to go through. The premise was that in this utopian society the elite have resorted to killing other humans and harvesting their blood for water. It was far and away the goriest HHN house I have ever been through, and thats what makes it so memorable, and why its so high on my all time list. It was also the last house ever to be built in the Jaws queue before Jaws was demolished.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP0QVZsGoxk
3. Halloween (2014): So Halloween has reclaimed its spot as my number one house this year, and also has been introduced to a spot in my top 3 favorite houses all time. Again, Ive talked about this house a lot, and posted pictures and videos already so I wont do more.
2. Cabin in the Woods (2013): This is my favorite horror movie of the past ten years, and the very first time I ever saw it I knew that it would be a perfect movie to recreate a house off of. The house did not disappoint in perfectly recreating everything from the movie, including the iconic elevator scene. The transition from the cabin to the underground lab was done seamlessly and made for great variation in atmospheres in the house. As close to perfect as you can get.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nUH2fc01gY
1. Catacombs (2010): The second HHN house I ever went through. The adrenaline and excitement I had walking through this house lit the fuse on the passion and addiction I have for HHN to this day. It is solely responsible for my love of HHN today, and for that reason it will always be number one. The premise is you are being taken down to the catacombs where the dead infected from the "black death" were buried, and they have come back to life. Unfortunately, there is no pictures or videos that exist of this awesome house, it exists now, only in my memory. A search returned this one lone picture
and this ridiculously dark video where you can not see a darn thing, but at least maybe you can get a sense of the house from the sounds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wDJZUIv7V0
10. Nightingales (2011): The premise of this house puts you right in the heart of World War One, and the nurses tasked with caring for the soldiers have turned into banshees and are now terrorizing the battlegrounds. This house had a lot of great effects, including one of the most memorable ever where it looked like a solider was being ripped in half right in front of your eyes. heres a youtube link to a short look of what the house was like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlIm6b5bl6I
9. Evil Dead (2013): One of very few HHN houses ever that legitimately gave me the creeps every time I went through it. Based off the movie about four friends who travel to a cabin in the woods and open a book containing evil spirits that turns them into devil possessed demons. There are very very few HHN houses that a desensitized jaded person like me would consider scary, but this was one of them. The scene that sticks in your head the most is the scene through the cellar with dead cats hanging from the ceiling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCrp7QnBJic
8. House of Horrors (2012): In a very disappointing year, this is one of two houses that saved it from being a completely bad year. This house is memorable to me for its meteoric rise, as I hated this house after opening weekend, having it dead last in my rankings, and by the end of the event loved it so much that here it finds itself in my top 10. The premise is that you are walking through all the classic horror movies (Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolfman etc.) in "black and white." the whole house was not but flashing strobe lights against blacklit masks and props. A simple technique, and scary. Unfortunately, due to the extremely dark nature of the house, its practically impossible to film it or get decent pictures, but someone did try.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEJ5Rsww7VI
7. An American Werewolf in London (2013): On the HHN forums website for die hard fans of the event, this was recently declared the 2nd best HHN house of all time. I personally find the house to be slightly overrated, but its still an incredible house. Based off the classic movie, the house featured amazingly well done, and scary, animatronic werewolves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUN0KLaV0mQ
6. Dead End (2012): This was basically The Haunted Mansion in Haunted house form. Nothing more than an old run down house haunted by ghosts. Such a simple, even cliche idea, yet the house was so perfect in every way. This house is also memorable for being my favorite entrance for an HHN house ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSruI5akjm0
5. Dollhouse of the Damned (2014): I know the last few weeks I have been saying this may be my favorite house ever, but the last few days of this house have left me feeling just a tad soured of it. If only the actors inside this house were a little more aggressive it would have stayed at 1 or 2 all time, but since a lot of the actors in the house are too timid it knocks it down a bit. still, the overall creepiness level of this house and the great different environments you go through still have it in my top five all time. Ive already posted plenty of pictures and a video of this house so I wont post any more.
4. Saws N Steam (2011): This house, along with Evil Dead earlier, are the only two houses ever that I myself personally found scary to go through. The premise was that in this utopian society the elite have resorted to killing other humans and harvesting their blood for water. It was far and away the goriest HHN house I have ever been through, and thats what makes it so memorable, and why its so high on my all time list. It was also the last house ever to be built in the Jaws queue before Jaws was demolished.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP0QVZsGoxk
3. Halloween (2014): So Halloween has reclaimed its spot as my number one house this year, and also has been introduced to a spot in my top 3 favorite houses all time. Again, Ive talked about this house a lot, and posted pictures and videos already so I wont do more.
2. Cabin in the Woods (2013): This is my favorite horror movie of the past ten years, and the very first time I ever saw it I knew that it would be a perfect movie to recreate a house off of. The house did not disappoint in perfectly recreating everything from the movie, including the iconic elevator scene. The transition from the cabin to the underground lab was done seamlessly and made for great variation in atmospheres in the house. As close to perfect as you can get.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nUH2fc01gY
1. Catacombs (2010): The second HHN house I ever went through. The adrenaline and excitement I had walking through this house lit the fuse on the passion and addiction I have for HHN to this day. It is solely responsible for my love of HHN today, and for that reason it will always be number one. The premise is you are being taken down to the catacombs where the dead infected from the "black death" were buried, and they have come back to life. Unfortunately, there is no pictures or videos that exist of this awesome house, it exists now, only in my memory. A search returned this one lone picture
and this ridiculously dark video where you can not see a darn thing, but at least maybe you can get a sense of the house from the sounds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wDJZUIv7V0
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Read My Twitter!
Even though I give my house counts and a few videos on this blog, every night at HHN I give a couple thoughts and share some pictures on my twitter, which is here
https://twitter.com/skiege/with_replies
Go back to September 17th to see all my tweets about HHN since the event started (theres quite a few non HHN tweets in that time as well) and I will continue to tweet about my nights at HHN through next Saturday November 1st
https://twitter.com/skiege/with_replies
Go back to September 17th to see all my tweets about HHN since the event started (theres quite a few non HHN tweets in that time as well) and I will continue to tweet about my nights at HHN through next Saturday November 1st
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
More HHN Videos
a few New HHN videos from this years event for your viewing pleasure are coming your way tonight, because I am bored and feel like sharing them.
First up, I have shared the highlights of my favorite HHN house this year already, Dollhouse of the Damned, here are the highlights of my 2nd and 3rd favorites, Halloween, and Giggles and Gore.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9MHg0B8Heg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-oUSUVSoNc
Also, here is a great look at the Purge scarezone that inhabits New York Street every night during HHN.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjcaQNMFdv0
Finally, here is a look at the Bayou of Blood scarezone in central park
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYwaUtmNgn8
First up, I have shared the highlights of my favorite HHN house this year already, Dollhouse of the Damned, here are the highlights of my 2nd and 3rd favorites, Halloween, and Giggles and Gore.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9MHg0B8Heg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-oUSUVSoNc
Also, here is a great look at the Purge scarezone that inhabits New York Street every night during HHN.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjcaQNMFdv0
Finally, here is a look at the Bayou of Blood scarezone in central park
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYwaUtmNgn8
Sunday, October 19, 2014
House Count After Week Five of HHN
19 nights down, only 9 to go. And once again I have to say this years event just keeps getting better and better for me, and I keep having more and more fun over each passing night. The last three years by this point I was feeling worn down, ready for the end to get here, and start to enjoy things a little less. But this year has just been so much fun. First of all, I have to say the top 2 houses this year continue to amaze me more and more. Dollhouse of the Damned is solidly my second favorite house of all time, and Halloween has settled in at my number four best house of all time That means two houses from this years batch are in my top four all time. Also, From Dusk Till Dawn, while still my least favorite house this year, is really starting to grow on me. I have moved it out of my bottom five all time, which means no houses this year now reside in my bottom five all time. The Scare zones this year are a lot of fun to spend time in as well, espeically faceoff. Bill and Ted continues to be a blast and is officially my favorite my favorite Bill and Ted in my five years of attending. I got the opportunity to get my picture taken with "Elsa" from the frozen skit after one of the shows this weekend, and it was another memorable moment in a very memorable year.
Finally, all the great new people Ive met and spent time with has added even more to this great year. I have simply never had so much enthusiasm left for HHN after 19 nights. Its going to be harder than ever to let it go this year, but at least there still nine nights left to enjoy.
This weeks video comes from the Halloween house. This is a video of the projection video that plays on the facade right before you go into the house. Its the little touches and details like this that make HHN the best Halloween event in the country.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DQuM7G8R4M
A couple other notes, this has been a weird year in terms of crowds. In past years, there would be nights where it was really slow and all houses had 45 minutes or less waits, and then crazy busy nights where every house had 120 waits or longer. When the traditionally slow nights such as opening night were much busier than usual this year, many people panicked at how insane the crowds would get this year. But now we are in the peak point of the event, and shockingly there were hardly any 120 minute waits to be found. Last night, Saturday night, many houses topped off at 75 minutes. It looks like this year the crowds are a lot more spread around evenly rather than having slow nights and crazy nights.
And now finally, the house counts:
Roanoke: 12
Dollhouse: 20
Halloween: 16
Giggles and Gore: 20
Dracula Untold: 13
Alien Vs Predator: 12
Walking Dead: 7
Dusk Till Dawn: 10
Bill and Ted: 12
Total Houses: 110
This weeks video comes from the Halloween house. This is a video of the projection video that plays on the facade right before you go into the house. Its the little touches and details like this that make HHN the best Halloween event in the country.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DQuM7G8R4M
A couple other notes, this has been a weird year in terms of crowds. In past years, there would be nights where it was really slow and all houses had 45 minutes or less waits, and then crazy busy nights where every house had 120 waits or longer. When the traditionally slow nights such as opening night were much busier than usual this year, many people panicked at how insane the crowds would get this year. But now we are in the peak point of the event, and shockingly there were hardly any 120 minute waits to be found. Last night, Saturday night, many houses topped off at 75 minutes. It looks like this year the crowds are a lot more spread around evenly rather than having slow nights and crazy nights.
And now finally, the house counts:
Roanoke: 12
Dollhouse: 20
Halloween: 16
Giggles and Gore: 20
Dracula Untold: 13
Alien Vs Predator: 12
Walking Dead: 7
Dusk Till Dawn: 10
Bill and Ted: 12
Total Houses: 110
Monday, October 13, 2014
House Count After Week 4 of HHN
HHN is officially halfway in the books. 14 Nights down, 14 to go. It was another really fun weekend at HHN, as I continue to enjoy this year more and more with every passing night. Last night was a shortened night for me, as I didnt get in until 10:30 and I was already exhausted. I only hit up two houses and Bill and Ted before calling it a night. I did from Dusk Till Dawn, and every time I go through this house I continue to feel justified in ranking it dead last this year. Dusk Till Dawn is definitely my second least favorite HHN house ever. Only the joke of a house that was Resident Evil last year is worse. The other house I did was Dollhouse of the Damned, of course because I cant skip that house even for one night. I continue to be in love with this house, but am still not ready to make the official proclamation of it being my favorite house ever, so for another week Catacombs from 2010 will retain that title. Here's a video of some of the highlights from Dollhouse, simply an amazing house.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=encPNY3TYdM
Onto the house counts
Roanoke: 7
Dollhouse of the Damned: 14
Halloween: 11
Giggles and Gore: 14
Dracula Untold: 10
Alien Vs Predator: 7
Walking Dead: 5
Dusk Till Dawn: 7
Bill and Ted: 9
Total Houses: 75
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=encPNY3TYdM
Onto the house counts
Roanoke: 7
Dollhouse of the Damned: 14
Halloween: 11
Giggles and Gore: 14
Dracula Untold: 10
Alien Vs Predator: 7
Walking Dead: 5
Dusk Till Dawn: 7
Bill and Ted: 9
Total Houses: 75
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Bill and Ted top 5 best moments
2014 is my fifth year attending Halloween Horror Nights, so its also my fifth Bill and Ted Show. I thought today it would be a good idea to pick my favorite Bill and Ted scenes over the five years Ive attended. I decided choosing the best scene from each of the five years and ranking them.
5. 2013 Opening dance scene: 2013 was an all around solid show but it was really the only one of the five that didnt have a "stand out" skit. so instead I chose the opening dance number, which was by far the best of the 5 years Ive attended. For once they decided to go for a horror theme for the opening dance, as the usual half naked women were all wearing masks of Chucky, Jason, Freddy Etc. Its the only time in five years where Bill and Ted has actually somewhat incorporated a halloween theme.
4. 2011 Conan O Brien the Barbarian: This is one is mostly memorable for the actor who played the Barbarian, who was known for improving his lines every show, leading to a different scene practically every time. The scene morphed conan O brian and Conan the Barbarian into one person, who meets Nicki Minaj with hilarious results.
3. 2012 Magic Mike: Everyone remembers the movie magic Mike, about a male stripper. Well in this Bill and Ted skit Magic Mike is an obese magician, but the planted "audience" members think they are going to see the stripper, so they end up heckling him, when Magic Mike gets frustrated, he gives in and reverts to the stripper routine, again with hilarious results.
2. 2010 Twilight and the Count: the twilight skit for the 2010 show stole the show. Edward and Jacob are finally making bella choose between the two of them. She exclaims "I choose a vampire!" Edward screams "Yes!" when Bella says "No not you" when suddenly this guy appears and Bella starts making out with him
After the makeout session, he turns to a jealous Jacob and Edward and exclaims "This show was brought to you by the Letters F and U!"
1. 2014: Elsa lets herself go
Luckily there is an audio clip of this on youtube, so i will just present it. An obese Elsa comes out and first Parodies "do you wanna build a snowman?" into "do you wanna eat a snowcone?"followed by "let it go" into "I let myself go." I never heard a crowd cheer after a skit the way they do after this skit every. single. time. its gold.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onGzITjonHU
5. 2013 Opening dance scene: 2013 was an all around solid show but it was really the only one of the five that didnt have a "stand out" skit. so instead I chose the opening dance number, which was by far the best of the 5 years Ive attended. For once they decided to go for a horror theme for the opening dance, as the usual half naked women were all wearing masks of Chucky, Jason, Freddy Etc. Its the only time in five years where Bill and Ted has actually somewhat incorporated a halloween theme.
4. 2011 Conan O Brien the Barbarian: This is one is mostly memorable for the actor who played the Barbarian, who was known for improving his lines every show, leading to a different scene practically every time. The scene morphed conan O brian and Conan the Barbarian into one person, who meets Nicki Minaj with hilarious results.
3. 2012 Magic Mike: Everyone remembers the movie magic Mike, about a male stripper. Well in this Bill and Ted skit Magic Mike is an obese magician, but the planted "audience" members think they are going to see the stripper, so they end up heckling him, when Magic Mike gets frustrated, he gives in and reverts to the stripper routine, again with hilarious results.
1. 2014: Elsa lets herself go
Luckily there is an audio clip of this on youtube, so i will just present it. An obese Elsa comes out and first Parodies "do you wanna build a snowman?" into "do you wanna eat a snowcone?"followed by "let it go" into "I let myself go." I never heard a crowd cheer after a skit the way they do after this skit every. single. time. its gold.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onGzITjonHU
Monday, October 6, 2014
HHN House Count After Week 3
Its only October 5th and I had to wear a heavy sweatshirt to HHN tonight! I loved it! we are now 10 nights into HHN 2014 with 18 to go and I have a major update in my rankings.
As much as I adore Halloween I have thought hard and after many run throughs have made the decision that Dollhouse of the Damned is now my undisputed favorite house this year, but it may be even more than that. I never in my life thought that I would even think about replacing my number one favorite house of all time, Catacombs in 2010. That was the second HHN house I ever went through, and was the house that I solely tribute to getting me hooked on HHN. But I love DOTD so much that I think it may just be my favorite house ever. Not one single scene in this house falls flat, every single scene is an A+. The ballerina, the crib room, the ventriloquist scene, bodies in the wall, its all perfection. For now I have it at number two, but by the end of this year I will make the determination on whether or not catacombs will actually be dethroned.
When I made my initial ranking I said this years house lineup doesnt have the top end quality that last years lineup did, but had better depth. By that I meant this years top 3 wasnt as good as last years top 3. I now retract that statement. My top 3 of Dollhouse, Halloween, and Giggles and Gore is just as good as last years top 3, just in different ways. While last years top 3 earned their high ranking with jaw dropping sets and props and mind blowing special effects, the top three this year earn the high ranking by just being plain creepy and scary, at times downright terrifying. Its more of an old school year, as the top 3 this year wont blow you away with effects, but will certainly make you squirm with their scare tactics and gore. The closet scene in Halloween may be the single most terrifying scene Ive ever encountered in 5 years at HHN. every time I go through it I get nervous. The claustrophobic nature of it, the flickering lights, the lightbulb above ferociously shaking back and forth, and then "BOOM!" theres Michael Myers slamming the door with a very very loud thud with his face in your face, butcher knife in hand. An incredible scene.
Even though I have been posting my house counts here for the past few years I dont feel like Ive fully explained my rationale behind it.
http://www.horrornightnightmares.com/forums/index.php/topic/4193-hhn-24-house-and-show-counts/
That is a link to a thread where all fans of HHN can post and update their house counts for the year. For me a lot of the lure of HHN is that I consider it a game or a challenge of "how high can I get my house count?" Unfortunately Ive never even come close to topping the supreme HHN fans, who routinely top 200 per year, but its still fun for me to see how high i can get. So now here finally is my updated house count after week 3.
Roanoke: 6
Dollhouse of the Damned: 10
Halloween: 7
Giggles and Gore: 12
Dracula Untold: 9
Alien Vs Predator: 6
Walking Dead: 5
From Dusk Till Dawn: 5
Bill and Ted: 7
Total Houses: 60
As much as I adore Halloween I have thought hard and after many run throughs have made the decision that Dollhouse of the Damned is now my undisputed favorite house this year, but it may be even more than that. I never in my life thought that I would even think about replacing my number one favorite house of all time, Catacombs in 2010. That was the second HHN house I ever went through, and was the house that I solely tribute to getting me hooked on HHN. But I love DOTD so much that I think it may just be my favorite house ever. Not one single scene in this house falls flat, every single scene is an A+. The ballerina, the crib room, the ventriloquist scene, bodies in the wall, its all perfection. For now I have it at number two, but by the end of this year I will make the determination on whether or not catacombs will actually be dethroned.
When I made my initial ranking I said this years house lineup doesnt have the top end quality that last years lineup did, but had better depth. By that I meant this years top 3 wasnt as good as last years top 3. I now retract that statement. My top 3 of Dollhouse, Halloween, and Giggles and Gore is just as good as last years top 3, just in different ways. While last years top 3 earned their high ranking with jaw dropping sets and props and mind blowing special effects, the top three this year earn the high ranking by just being plain creepy and scary, at times downright terrifying. Its more of an old school year, as the top 3 this year wont blow you away with effects, but will certainly make you squirm with their scare tactics and gore. The closet scene in Halloween may be the single most terrifying scene Ive ever encountered in 5 years at HHN. every time I go through it I get nervous. The claustrophobic nature of it, the flickering lights, the lightbulb above ferociously shaking back and forth, and then "BOOM!" theres Michael Myers slamming the door with a very very loud thud with his face in your face, butcher knife in hand. An incredible scene.
Even though I have been posting my house counts here for the past few years I dont feel like Ive fully explained my rationale behind it.
http://www.horrornightnightmares.com/forums/index.php/topic/4193-hhn-24-house-and-show-counts/
That is a link to a thread where all fans of HHN can post and update their house counts for the year. For me a lot of the lure of HHN is that I consider it a game or a challenge of "how high can I get my house count?" Unfortunately Ive never even come close to topping the supreme HHN fans, who routinely top 200 per year, but its still fun for me to see how high i can get. So now here finally is my updated house count after week 3.
Roanoke: 6
Dollhouse of the Damned: 10
Halloween: 7
Giggles and Gore: 12
Dracula Untold: 9
Alien Vs Predator: 6
Walking Dead: 5
From Dusk Till Dawn: 5
Bill and Ted: 7
Total Houses: 60
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