Biggest Horror IPs yet to appear at HHN?

[Rideguy70]

Still a bit shocking to me Asian cinematic horror hasn't really been represented at all, save for The Grudge 2 maze Knott's did many years ago (one of their only forays into IP).

 

[Paulio]

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978). That noise the Pods make when they would point at a human. Great jump scares for people.

 

[Brian G.]

Still a bit shocking to me Asian cinematic horror hasn't really been represented at all, save for The Grudge 2 maze Knott's did many years ago (one of their only forays into IP).

Well, The Ring was kinda sorta there, in generic fashion in 2006's Orlando event but yeah - overall... nada.

 

[OhHaiInternet95]

Interstellar Terror was Event Horizon in all but name. That said, enjoyable enough movie, but probably zero chance of it at HHN until the inevitable "reimagining." No pop culture footprint.

They've often done "cult" IPs as a bone to horror die-hards.

 

[Horror Lover]

Well, The Ring was kinda sorta there, in generic fashion in 2006's Orlando event but yeah - overall... nada.

That's another one I'm shocked we haven't seen "officially" yet..

 

[OhHaiInternet95]

That's another one I'm shocked we haven't seen "officially" yet..

Give it the Poltergeist treatment.

 

[GA-MBIT]

I feel like it's probably time to reiterate that this thread isn't really about discussing likelihood, that's a seperate conversation. Some horror properties are large enough to acknowledge in regards to HHN, but will in all actuality never make it to the event, whether because of licensing issues or a lack of haunt material.

 

[darkshadow237]

Another Horror IP that could come to HHN is House of the Dead since Sega released the remake.

 

[Orwellian Wiress]

Can't believe we haven't had anything to do with Simpsons Treehouse of Horror yet. There's already a big Simpsons prescence in the park, and HHN seems to be very into comedy houses lately. THOH is one of my most wanted IPs of all time.

 

[darkshadow237]

I think they would just change the queue video with segments from almost every Treehouse of Horrors episode.

Although missed ip is the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina since there’s lots of good moments that could fit in a maze.

 

[Paulio]

Can't believe we haven't had anything to do with Simpsons Treehouse of Horror yet. There's already a big Simpsons prescence in the park, and HHN seems to be very into comedy houses lately. THOH is one of my most wanted IPs of all time.

Apparently, from what I heard, Fox repeatedly wanted to do a TOH version so that the ride could have a new overlay experience during the haunt season. Universal told them "NO" because they wanted to wait until the popularity of this new ride died down before doing anything "extra". If it's true, then you can think of Universal for not wanting to do it in the first place, and the opportunity to do has already passed.

 

[Legacy]

Both sides were interested in developing a Treehouse of Horrors overlay while the ride was originally in development. However, the TV writers strike in 2007-2008, plus the extended contract negotiation with one of the voice actors, forced the ride to be developed on a compressed timeline. To account for that, they eliminated the Treehouse aspect from the conversation, with plans/hopes to revisit it later. However, it never did, for various reasons. Mostly because the costs/time requirements of NEW negotiations strictly for an overlay aren’t worth it.

 

[darkshadow237]

Still they could just show segments in the queue line since The Simpsons Ride shows clips from past episodes.

 

[Legacy]

Still they could just show segments in the queue line since The Simpsons Ride shows clips from past episodes.

Not anymore, they can’t. They have to license the individual episodes they show In the queue. At this point, that requires new negotiations with Disney.

 

[Returning-The-Reaction]

This doesn't exactly fit the original intention of this thread, but this is where I think this post fits best.

I did some research to figure out the most popular and successful horror and horror-adjacent IPs that have yet to (officially) appear at HHN. I tried to balance mass appeal/popularity with how well each property would likely translate into a haunted house when creating this ranking. Here are what I feel are the top-40 that have yet to be featured at HHN:

Spoiler

1. The Conjuring Universe (including The Nun and Annabelle)
2. It
3. Scream
4. Five Nights at Freddy's
5. The Thing (1982) -- never featured as a book report type of house.
6. Hellraiser
7. The Silence of the Lambs
8. The Ring
9. 28 Days Later
10. Dawn of the Dead
11. The Descent
12. The Mist
13. Outlast
14. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
15. The Lost Boys
16. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
17. Paranormal Activity
18. Pet Sematary
19. Pan's Labyrinth
20. The X-Files
21. The Fly
22. Suspiria
23. The Amityville Horror
24. Terrifier
25. The Addams Family
26. Amnesia: The Dark Descent
27. The Babadook
28. The Grudge
29. 30 Days of Night
30. Dead Space
31. Supernatural
32. The Munsters
33. Tremors
34. Drag Me to Hell
35. Shaun of the Dead
36. Creepshow
37. Re-Animator
38. Blade
39. Pumpkinhead
40. Gremlins

Blue = Film
Red = TV series
Green = Video Game
* Some fall into more than one category.

Some of these would obviously work better as haunted houses than others, some are potentially too controversial, and some may have contentious rights issues. But, as you can see, the pickings are getting slimmer and slimmer with each passing year for fresh IP content.

Which IPs am I missing? Which don't belong?

 

[saint.piss]

This doesn't exactly fit the original intention of this thread, but this is where I think this post fits best.

I did some research to figure out the most popular and successful horror and horror-adjacent IPs that have yet to (officially) appear at HHN. I tried to balance mass appeal/popularity with how well each property would likely translate into a haunted house when creating this ranking. Here are what I feel are the top-40 that have yet to be featured at HHN:

Spoiler

1. The Conjuring Universe (including The Nun and Annabelle)
2. It
3. Scream
4. Five Nights at Freddy's
5. The Thing (1982) -- never featured as a book report type of house.
6. Hellraiser
7. The Silence of the Lambs
8. The Ring
9. 28 Days Later
10. Dawn of the Dead
11. The Descent
12. The Mist
13. Outlast
14. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
15. The Lost Boys
16. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
17. Paranormal Activity
18. Pet Sematary
19. Pan's Labyrinth
20. The X-Files
21. The Fly
22. Suspiria
23. The Amityville Horror
24. Terrifier
25. The Addams Family
26. Amnesia: The Dark Descent
27. The Babadook
28. The Grudge
29. 30 Days of Night
30. Dead Space
31. Supernatural
32. The Munsters
33. Tremors
34. Drag Me to Hell
35. Shaun of the Dead
36. Creepshow
37. Re-Animator
38. Blade
39. Pumpkinhead
40. Gremlins

Blue = Film
Red = TV series
Green = Video Game
* Some fall into more than one category.

Some of these would obviously work better as haunted houses than others, some are potentially too controversial, and some may have contentious rights issues. But, as you can see, the pickings are getting slimmer and slimmer with each passing year for fresh IP content.

Which IPs am I missing? Which don't belong?

I definitely think Dexter deserves to be on this list.

 

[SeventyOne]

This doesn't exactly fit the original intention of this thread, but this is where I think this post fits best.

I did some research to figure out the most popular and successful horror and horror-adjacent IPs that have yet to (officially) appear at HHN. I tried to balance mass appeal/popularity with how well each property would likely translate into a haunted house when creating this ranking. Here are what I feel are the top-40 that have yet to be featured at HHN:

Spoiler

1. The Conjuring Universe (including The Nun and Annabelle)
2. It
3. Scream
4. Five Nights at Freddy's
5. The Thing (1982) -- never featured as a book report type of house.
6. Hellraiser
7. The Silence of the Lambs
8. The Ring
9. 28 Days Later
10. Dawn of the Dead
11. The Descent
12. The Mist
13. Outlast
14. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
15. The Lost Boys
16. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
17. Paranormal Activity
18. Pet Sematary
19. Pan's Labyrinth
20. The X-Files
21. The Fly
22. Suspiria
23. The Amityville Horror
24. Terrifier
25. The Addams Family
26. Amnesia: The Dark Descent
27. The Babadook
28. The Grudge
29. 30 Days of Night
30. Dead Space
31. Supernatural
32. The Munsters
33. Tremors
34. Drag Me to Hell
35. Shaun of the Dead
36. Creepshow
37. Re-Animator
38. Blade
39. Pumpkinhead
40. Gremlins

Blue = Film
Red = TV series
Green = Video Game
* Some fall into more than one category.

Some of these would obviously work better as haunted houses than others, some are potentially too controversial, and some may have contentious rights issues. But, as you can see, the pickings are getting slimmer and slimmer with each passing year for fresh IP content.

Which IPs am I missing? Which don't belong?

Impressive list, though I don't think any of those non-5 Nights games are making it absent a movie tie-in. Even then, I think Doom (which technically had a movie, may get another) and God of War (which I think I heard is getting one) seem more mainstream.

In terms of horror, missing a lot of Stephen King--not that it matters, never coming, and you did include Pet Semetary, which would be the best option if he ever relents (well, that or an anthology house). And I think you're sleeping on Lost Boys and Gremlins. I'd put both in the bottom half of the top 10, both for brand recognition and house potential. Wednesday, as opposed to a traditional Addams Family house, might rank higher as well.

"Horror-adjacent" probably too big and far afield to make a list, but if you tried, would have to include Game of Thrones and a number of John Carpenter flicks (Escape from NY, Big Trouble in Little China, They Live). I'd throw in Walter Hills' The Warriors as well.

 

[Returning-The-Reaction]

Impressive list, though I don't think any of those non-5 Nights games are making it absent a movie tie-in. Even then, I think Doom (which technically had a movie, may get another) and God of War (which I think I heard is getting one) seem more mainstream.

In terms of horror, missing a lot of Stephen King--not that it matters, never coming, and you did include Pet Semetary, which would be the best option if he ever relents (well, that or an anthology house). And I think you're sleeping on Lost Boys and Gremlins. I'd put both in the bottom half of the top 10, both for brand recognition and house potential. Wednesday, as opposed to a traditional Addams Family house, might rank higher as well.

"Horror-adjacent" probably too big and far afield to make a list, but if you tried, would have to include Game of Thrones and a number of John Carpenter flicks (Escape from NY, Big Trouble in Little China, They Live). I'd throw in Walter Hills' The Warriors as well.

While I don't 100% agree with some of your suggestions, you’ve brought up some great points. I’ve taken your feedback into account and made some tweaks to my list...

Spoiler: Revised Top-40

1. The Conjuring Universe (including The Nun and Annabelle)
2. It
3. Scream
4. Five Nights at Freddy's
5. The Thing (1982) -- never featured as a book report type of house.
6. Hellraiser
7. The Silence of the Lambs
8. The Ring
9. 28 Days Later
10. Dawn of the Dead
11. The Descent
12. The Mist
13. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
14. The Lost Boys
15. Wednesday/The Addams Family
16. Gremlins
17. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
18. Paranormal Activity
19. Pet Sematary
20. Pan's Labyrinth
21. The Grudge
22. Doom
23. They Live
24. The Fly
25. Suspiria
26. The Amityville Horror
27. Terrifier
28. 30 Days of Night
29. The X-Files
30. Dead Space
31. The Babadook
32. Drag Me to Hell
33. Creepshow
34. Shaun of the Dead
35. Supernatural
36. Tremors
37. Pumpkinhead
38. Blade
39. Re-Animator
40. The Munsters

In any event, I think my top-4 are the only IPs, yet to be featured at the event, that are capable of drawing big crowds on their own.

 

[Viator]

@Returning-The-Reaction fair question but if you were to add them--what music artists would fall under the top 40 if they would at all?

 

[Returning-The-Reaction]

@Returning-The-Reaction fair question but if you were to add them--what music artists would fall under the top 40 if they would at all?

Hmmmm. I don't feel that I'm the best judge of potential musical acts, but I'll give it a go...

Potential costs and controversies aside, I think a potential musical artists list could include Slipknot, Metallica, Marilyn Manson, Rammstein, Nine Inch Nails, Ghost, Avenged Sevenfold, Korn, Lady Gaga, Melanie Martinez, My Chemical Romance.

Which artists could crack the top-40? NiN, Slipknot, Rammstein, Ghost, Martinez, A7X, Manson, and MCR ?

I'd also be remiss if I didn't mention Iron Maiden.