9. Killer Klowns - Bruh. What a way to ruin what could have been a perfect lineup.
8. Ozzy Osbourne - Hated the Black Sabbath maze and music houses have a terrible track record for me, so this is very low in anticipation. It might end up good, but I don't care for it one way or another.
7. Dead, Deader, Deadest - I get comedic vibes from everything so far, so that keeps it down for me, but if it turns out to be a banger, I'll be very happy. I think this has a lot of potential to be awesome.
6. Stranger Things 5 - I'm an ST fan and I loved how it ended. With that said, the mazes have been all misses or mediocre at best. My hope, however, is they really pull out all the stops with this being the last one and they finally do this justice and give us some bad ass Vecna scenes that part 4 failed to have.
5. Evil Dead Burn - Didn't care for the movie, but I recognize it's potential as a maze. This is one of my favorite franchises, so I won't be too mad either way.
4. Killceanera - I like the concept and I think there's a lot to pull from, I just hope we leave the Latin American monsters in the past after this, it's been done to death at this point. This needs to go out with a bang.
3. Terror Tram - I hate the Terrifier movies and I thought the Terrifier maze last year was the weakest, BUT I do think there is a LOT of potential having it pivot to be a Terror Tram instead. I don't find Art scary, moreso gross, and I think that's perfectly in line with what Terror Tram does best since the fear factor is never really there with those. I also love the Christmas angle, as I think those are usually some of my favorites at haunts. This may be an all time great Terror Tram if done right.
2. Hellraiser - These movies aren't my favorite, but again, the potential as a house is major. Lots of crazy kills, crazy monsters, and crazy environments.
1. Sinners - My favorite movie from last year and an iconic horror movie getting it's due at the biggest event will surely be quite the moment! As a maze, there isn't a whole lot to work with unless they get a little inventive, but something tells me they will. I think main aspect here will be cast intensity since the monsters aren't scary, it's really up to how aggressive and fast they can be with the scares.
This is such a great line up, and everything comes down to one word: potential. It all could be amazing or it could all fall flat. I'm not sure which way it will go but I'm not exactly mad about walking into any of these mazes as I think they all have their rightful place. There's also a lot of variety and it's definitely not as "soft" in terms of kid friendliness as last year. This genuinely feels like HORROR nights.
Sadly though, it's been five years since Scream is back and it pulling amazing box office numbers, and we STILL haven't found a way to make it happen? Or Resident Evil when a brand new movie from Zach Creggar is about to come out? Come on Universal!!!!