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Halloween Horror Nights 33 (UOR) - Reviews, Photos, & Videos

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I somewhat last minute was able to make plans to attend Premium Scream Night, and thought it was an amazing experience. We got very lucky with the weather - no rain! - and it was amazing how almost every house was a walk-on. (The longest I waited was for A Quiet Place, for about twenty minutes, but that was towards the start of the event and I think, perhaps, they were gearing up.) Food lines could ironically be a bit longer, but not bad at all by normal standards. Basically, this was what was advertised, and I felt very spoiled by the end of the night. I spent a good amount of time in all of the scare zones, did all but two of the houses twice, did the tribute store, stopped at four or five food booths, visited Diagon Alley, and had time to spare before the end of the night. Awesome!

In case anyone wants a longer (non-spoiler) rundown...

Houses: All in all, a very satisfying group. As most others are saying, Insidious: The Further is probably the highlight - well done, scary, creative flow, basically everything that an Insidious anthology house should do, they nailed. In terms of the other IPs, I thought Eternal Bloodlines had a lot of the classic sets and creatures you want, so I was quite satisfied, though you might argue the narrative is a bit choppy; Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire was not scary but was a lot of fun, and more impressive than I expected given the movie was just okay for me; A Quiet Place had very cool/impressive creatures though the IP is not my favorite so it did less for me (and the quiet thing did not really register for me). My favorite original was Goblin's Feast, which was as hilarious and gory as anticipated, with tons of great creature designs. Slaughter Sinema 2 had some excellent scenes and just feels like a party while you are going through it. I also liked Triplets of Terror quite a lot, grungy and mean as it should be. Monstruous was an incredible house in Hollywood and many of the great elements were carried over to the Orlando iteration, but I think the house worked better in Hollywood; perhaps the sound stage or the lighting made the vibe feel less distinct. Major Sweets has some good comedy and a surprising amount of gore, though the factory setting is a bit visually drab and some of the goofy stuff did not work as much for me (personal, since I loved all the goofy stuff in Goblin's). The Museum was cool and had a neat central idea but arguably one of the more repetitive houses. A number of the houses were really great, and none were bad.

Scare Zones: Overall pretty solid, but mixed. Duality of Fear is a cool idea and the design of SINIST3R and SURR3AL is very Cenobite-like, which is neat, but the "choose your path" idea did not really materialize, I think, and so it felt a bit like a generic chainsaw zone. Swamp of the Undead has great set pieces but I do wish there was more variety in the scare actors. Demon Queens is a bit sparse but the costume designs are very cool, and I (subjectively) had some of my best scare actor interactions there. Torture Faire is probably the best of the bunch objectively, with a stage show, the biggest number and variety of scare actors, and cool set pieces. For me, the biggest surprise was Blumhouse; although it is essentially a very small photo op area like people have predicted, I had a lot of fun with that (and my best pic of the night was the Happy Death Day killer).

Show: I did not make time for Nightmare Fuel, but I did overhear someone saying in line that it had a great plot, and when someone asked what the plot was, the response was "lots of T&A." So there you go.

Food: I tried a few of the food items - the Red Door from the Insidious food booth, the falafel from Twilight Tavern, the rocks from hell from Slaughter Sinema 2, etc. All were fine, and it is nice to see so many vegetarian-friendly options.

Tribute Store: The theme this year was just not for me - it's still fun to walk through, but not really all that aesthetically pleasing.
 
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From the food we tried, the Korean hot dog was good, the fish nuggets were great, glad we did not pay for the mint cheesecake whatever.

I liked Sinema, but I wish they had fewer shorts so some scenes could be better developed. Just felt like you would leave the room w/ the movie poster, see a table, then you are in the next movie poster room.

Leaving around 1:30, I saw a closing ceremony, not sure if they do this, but I've never seen one before.

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If you attended and enjoyed last night I would strongly recommend stopping by guest services and letting them know!
 
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Sorry. Seen a few people mention staggered entrance and not sure what you mean. Do you mean like line pulsing?
 
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UNIrd said:
Sorry. Seen a few people mention staggered entrance and not sure what you mean. Do you mean like line pulsing?
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Yes.
 
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TM's have gotten too chatty with this kind of information, which in this case is inaccurate. The crowd levels last night have been known and expected for a long time.

I'm not terribly into the HHN thing and only did a couple houses last night but I'll say Slaughter Sinema was hilarious and very entertaining, and the staggered entrance really does make a difference in how you experience a house. Feels more anxious and you don't feel as bad stopping to admire some details. Scare zones were solid and an improvement on last year for sure, although again with the crowd levels you could focus a bit more instead of trying to maneuver around the oncoming rush of people.

Food items were decent but some of them I can't imagine trying to eat while walking around in a mess of people (the stay puft smore and the pincho, especially). I think some of the items as well will have much more appeal later in the event when it's cooler. Will be curious how some of the lines extend out and affect the crowd flow, especially around the Fallon area.
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So you paid $350 for a night you're not terribly into? Hopefully so because if I bought a ticket to a premium event and was waiting behind TMs who popped in for what sounds like free, I'd be a little annoyed.
 
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Remember guys. This is the Review thread. This is not the place for full on discussion. You can take that to the Tips & Tricks, or News thread.

UPDATE: I'm going to move the posts over to the News thread tomorrow so you can pick the discussion back up. Right now... I gotta edit videos. :zzz:
 
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Quick rankings off Night 1:

1. Insidious
2. Ghostbusters
3. Slaughter
4. Goblins
5. A Quiet Place
6. Sweets
7. Monstruos
8. Monsters
9. Triplets
10. Museum

Insidious is far and away the best house this year, with the potential to be an all-timer. 2-9 all have redeeming qualities, making it an enjoyable line-up, but Museum completely missed the mark.
 
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Opening Night house ranking

1. Slaughter Sinema 2 - 10
2. Major Sweets Candy Factory - 10
3. Insidious: The Further - 10
4. Triplets of Terror - 9
5. A Quiet Place - 8.5
6. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire - 8.5
7. Goblins Feast - 8
8. Universal Monsters: Eternal Bloodlines - 7
9. The Museum: Deadly Exhibits - 7
10. Monstruos: The Monsters of Latin America - 7

Quick thoughts: while not all the houses are perfect this year, all of them are pretty good in my opinion! I didn't really dislike or have any bad walk-throughs for any of them. One thing that I love about this year is how nasty most of the houses are. A lot of puking, gross out gore, it's all awesome. Makes it feel like the early-mid 2000s HHN events.
 
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saint.piss said:
One thing that I love about this year is how nasty most of the houses are. A lot of puking, gross out gore, it's all awesome. Makes it feel like the early-mid 2000s HHN events.
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Can't wait for people to still claim that the event is being geared toward kids lol
 
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saint.piss said:
Opening Night house ranking

1. Slaughter Sinema 2 - 10
2. Major Sweets Candy Factory - 10
3. Insidious: The Further - 10
4. Triplets of Terror - 9
5. A Quiet Place - 8.5
6. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire - 8.5
7. Goblins Feast - 8
8. Universal Monsters: Eternal Bloodlines - 7
9. The Museum: Deadly Exhibits - 7
10. Monstruos: The Monsters of Latin America - 7

Quick thoughts: while not all the houses are perfect this year, all of them are pretty good in my opinion! I didn't really dislike or have any bad walk-throughs for any of them. One thing that I love about this year is how nasty most of the houses are. A lot of puking, gross out gore, it's all awesome. Makes it feel like the early-mid 2000s HHN events.
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I'm shocked about the last 3. specially number 8. and 9. I've heard other people didn't love it.
 
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TheCodeMan95 said:
Can't wait for people to still claim that the event is being geared toward kids lol
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A change 'pivot year' perhaps, an augment for the future years trend.
 
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Finally got our Ghostbusters 2 house.
 
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I like how they did the queues for the new tents. That back area is neat.
 
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goblins seems the best one from the videos. seems amazing. like truly incredible . alot of effects and stuff. I'm amazed by what it had
 
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Great video coverage, @Brian G.. It's nice to be able to sample the event from afar.
 
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I only did 7 houses last night as I went at about 10pm. I’m going back tonight anyway so I wasn’t rushed to do everything. Plan to do the other houses tonight: Monstrous, Insidious, and Sweets. Also might do Nightmare Fuel. Not sure on my ratings but if I had to say I’ll go.
1. Slaughter Sinema 2
2. Goblin’s Feast
3. A Quiet Place
4. Universal Monsters
5. Triplets
6. Ghostbusters
7. Museum
 
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I really enjoyed Goblins and Slaughter Sinema 2. The Monsters house this year was not that good. I’m not really feeling the scarezone by the front entrance.
 
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