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A little context. Most of the icons are “original” that is they were created by Universal themselves for HHN. There were a few exceptions though.
1995 brought the Cryptkeeper from the TV Series Tales from the Crypt. He had his own version of the Dungeon of Terror (it was actually set in his mansion) and was brought back in 1996 to helm a tour of a film studio overrun with monsters and a Festival of the Dead parade.
2008 in Orlando technically had a licensed icon that year as a makeup artist copyrighted the name Bloody Mary and supposedly was responsible for the character design of her that year. IDK why but Uni didn’t bother to contact her again I guess so that’s why she didn’t appear anymore.
Hollywood’s event in 2008 and 2009 had Freddy Krueger and Jigsaw serve as the icons respectively, and from the looks of it they were pretty strong icons, much better than the two original icons beforehand. There were actual stories to the events- Freddy submerged USH into the dream world and wreaked havoc, Jigsaw used the park for his “test” themed on horror cinema- so it wasn’t just “random scary shiz happens”. Freddy had a revamped house, appeared in the entrance, and a Terror Tram where he had a big presence. Jigsaw had a brand new maze, hosted the Terror Tram, and had TWO scarezones where his minions ran amok with chainsaws. The only thing they missed were shows.
(I read on some circles that 1999 had the Mummy as the icon but I doubt it.)
So should they come back to that idea in that a character from a licensed property serves as the Icon/“main villain” of a HHN event?
1995 brought the Cryptkeeper from the TV Series Tales from the Crypt. He had his own version of the Dungeon of Terror (it was actually set in his mansion) and was brought back in 1996 to helm a tour of a film studio overrun with monsters and a Festival of the Dead parade.
2008 in Orlando technically had a licensed icon that year as a makeup artist copyrighted the name Bloody Mary and supposedly was responsible for the character design of her that year. IDK why but Uni didn’t bother to contact her again I guess so that’s why she didn’t appear anymore.
Hollywood’s event in 2008 and 2009 had Freddy Krueger and Jigsaw serve as the icons respectively, and from the looks of it they were pretty strong icons, much better than the two original icons beforehand. There were actual stories to the events- Freddy submerged USH into the dream world and wreaked havoc, Jigsaw used the park for his “test” themed on horror cinema- so it wasn’t just “random scary shiz happens”. Freddy had a revamped house, appeared in the entrance, and a Terror Tram where he had a big presence. Jigsaw had a brand new maze, hosted the Terror Tram, and had TWO scarezones where his minions ran amok with chainsaws. The only thing they missed were shows.
(I read on some circles that 1999 had the Mummy as the icon but I doubt it.)
So should they come back to that idea in that a character from a licensed property serves as the Icon/“main villain” of a HHN event?