The Horrors of the Wyatt Sicks (HHN 2025)

[Lc.]

When ur the creative director of the biggest Haunts in the World and are a fan of an IP, who they also are a fan of ur work aswell, AND have chatted for years about collaborating, something can come to fruition. That kind of passion and power it holds is far more stronger than you'd think lol

 

[Viator]

To add to @Lc. i would add that considering this year—they have one of the strongest quartets that they have ever had on a GP level.

I’d rather see the wildcard IP if given the chance, to be something creatively that one coast has petitioned and wanted to do for years (or just being a concept that they really want to explore in).

It the roster was less than what we have, I’d raise questions sure, but Wyatt Sicks has its place as the defacto group in the modern big scale WWE that has had horror on its emblem. Be the Tom Savini aid for Fiends mask, or the use of VHS/Analogue horror in promoting/hyping the Family, I think I’d rather see these characters explored to be in a way that makes sense for HHN.

While it is early to tell, I think I trust Murdy more when he has a challenge.

 

[Michael S]

With so much horror out there, do we need to push the boundaries of what horror is? Like seriously? I'd argue this is easily more horror than The Weeknd or maybe even Fallout, but there are so many true horror IPs that still have yet to come to HHN, that pushing the boundaries feels like it is starting to weaken the product. And every year we get brand new horror IPs, like a Terrifier, or Smile, Barbarian, etc. or even revisiting old ones like Nosferatu or Candyman (both under Univesal's banner), that it truly is mind boggling to see the need to go this route.

I get why they would take big swings at Stranger Things or A Quiet Place, whether they're a miss or not, but stretching this far? For the sake of what, reaching a new audience? Here's the top 10 highest grossing horror movie franchises we still haven't tackled that are viable for a maze: IT, Sinners (obviously brand new), Silence of the Lambs, The Conjuring Universe, The Ring, The Grudge, Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer, 28 Days/Weeks/Years Later, Resident Evil...I have to imagine any one of these has a bigger pull than WWE. WWE couldn't even get their own brands of horror movies (See No Evil, Leprechaun, Incarnate) off the ground, why would their fans care for a horror maze?

Just would love to sit in on these executive meetings to hear the reasoning and see the data -- is all I am saying lol

I understand where you’re coming from, but there’s plenty of reasons why certain IPs haven’t been featured at the event, and it never comes down to “we’re just trying to push the boundaries of horror.” In a perfect world, I’m sure those would’ve been featured already. But there’s a lot of hurdles to jump to obtain certain properties that, because of that, we may never see at the event. We just have to accept that, at some point. It’s all about the $$$

 

[rageofthegods]

Yeah quite a few of those IP have well-documented issues. They've been trying for Scream/Conjuring for years!

Also we have Jason back after 8 years! Surely that counts as bringing back traditional horror?

 

[Freak]

I’m neutral about the concept. I’m apathetic about wresting, but this will sure beat another round of Insidious or Blumhouse. I think this could be really cool!

I am hoping for some Undertaker cameo or reference at least. They got to pay homage to the first WWE character at HHN!

 

[chris.g]

It’s weird because I can’t really hate. In some way or another every IP has the material to truly deserve to be included this year - Wyatt Sicks too. I’m not the particularly targeted demographic, but this is an interesting year for sure.

 

[Spookies n' Stuff]

With so much horror out there, do we need to push the boundaries of what horror is? Like seriously? I'd argue this is easily more horror than The Weeknd or maybe even Fallout, but there are so many true horror IPs that still have yet to come to HHN, that pushing the boundaries feels like it is starting to weaken the product. And every year we get brand new horror IPs, like a Terrifier, or Smile, Barbarian, etc. or even revisiting old ones like Nosferatu or Candyman (both under Univesal's banner), that it truly is mind boggling to see the need to go this route.

I get why they would take big swings at Stranger Things or A Quiet Place, whether they're a miss or not, but stretching this far? For the sake of what, reaching a new audience? Here's the top 10 highest grossing horror movie franchises we still haven't tackled that are viable for a maze: IT, Sinners (obviously brand new), Silence of the Lambs, The Conjuring Universe, The Ring, The Grudge, Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer, 28 Days/Weeks/Years Later, Resident Evil...I have to imagine any one of these has a bigger pull than WWE. WWE couldn't even get their own brands of horror movies (See No Evil, Leprechaun, Incarnate) off the ground, why would their fans care for a horror maze?

Just would love to sit in on these executive meetings to hear the reasoning and see the data -- is all I am saying lol

I'm gonna be honest, I can recognize that it doesn't really count, but the fact we even have the previous Undertaker maze to point to at all makes me personally feel like this isn't that much of a push outside the standard boundaries. Like if there was no IP attached and this was just an original maze about a group of original characters, and everything was the exact same, I don't think people would bat an eye. I think the WWE name is making people feel like it's more out there than it actually is.

I can 100% agree that there's some stuff that should have been higher on the priority list for like over a decade now, but at the same time I don't really feel like thats this mazes fault, I'd personally blame the norm of repeats post-2020 for essentially thinning down our lineup by 1-2 spots each year.
If anything the eternal inclusion of Blumhouse is doing more to water down the event than anything else, since a lot more of their IP at the event are based on straight up bad movies or flops while most critical hits each year fall through the cracks and never get represented.