Halloween Horror Nights 19(2009): Ripped from the Silver Screen

dragsterfan420 · September 29, 2009

To begin with, this was my second HHN trip. I went for a brief time during HHN XI but was too scared to stay very long. (I was 11) lol <img src="http://www.KICentral.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" /> Also, let me start by saying that this year's houses were very well themed and very exciting. Here's my reviews:(SPOILER ALERT)

The Wolfman (Soundstage 22): This was my first "house" of the night. Growing up watching Universal's classic monster movies, The Wolfman and Dracula being my favorite, I was really anticipating getting into this house. Luckily I purchased an express pass and basically walked right into the "house". Upon entering, it looks like you're in a forest. You can feel and hear the wind, smell the trees, and also hear howling in the distance. Anyways, at some points you walk through the given tight area's where people jump out at you but their were also some fairly large rooms. Everyone who was portraying the Wolfman looked completely real and even got on all fours at some points. Like other houses this year there was one particular part where the "Wolfman" was above you attached to a harness jumping over the walls roaring and a part where he tries to strike you from above. This was overall my 3rd favorite house of the night. I'm going to give it an A-.

Dracula: Legacy in Blood (Soundstage 23): Dracula's house was up next on my stroll through the park so in I went. Once you enter, you instantly believe you are at a castle somewhere in eastern Europe. It is really cold in this soundstage, windy, and noisy(none of which is a bad thing). This was my favorite house this year. It had it's fair share of scares as well as ghostly women hovering above you throughout your trip through the maze. The entire area looked an felt like you were in a castle. If you were "inside" of the castle the air was calm and the scares were constantly coming. Once you stepped "outside" of the castle, though, it was insanly windy and cold. For these reasons and more made it my favorite house of the night. A++

Next up was...

Frankenstein: Creation of the darned (Soundstage 23): Frankstein was a pretty cool house. These last three houses would most likely as good as they were because they were in a soundstage. Frankenstein was no exception. While this house gave me the most scares, or startles, it wasn't my favorite. The blood and guts portion of the house mixed with an evil experiment type of feel were amazing. The main thing that through me off were how the "monster" throughout the house looked. They all had some LED thing on their chest and to me didn't look that good. Other than that it was a good house. B-

Leave it to Cleaver (Disaster! Queue): This house is in a tie with Saw as my second favorite house of the night. From the extreme gore of it to the insanely funny humor, this one left me with a smile that could rival that of the smile on the masks. You enter into a butchers shop and then go behind the scenes to see how "Meetz Meat's" get there famous meet. Let's just say it isn't from cows, pigs, or chickens. A

Saw (Jaws Queue): This house is tied with Leave it to cleaver because of the attention to detail. I wasn't even paying attention to the actors because I was looking around and examining everything. Even though I was doing this some of the pig headed accomplices of John, or Jigsaw, did manage to startle me. At one point you do see Jigsaw on his deathbed which was pretty neat. Also, many of the other scenes from movies past were in this maze. A

The Spawning (Tent): This house was pretty neat. A nice idea. The creatures are pretty cool especially with their glowing eyes which makes them even creepier than they already are. This one was pretty good but overall, but I didn't even jump and it didn't thrill me that much. C-

Chucky: Friends til the End (World Expo Warehouses): Even though I really enjoy all of the Child's Play and other Chucky movies I didn't think this house, or tent, was going to be that great. Overall it wasn't bad, but it wasn't great thing. The best thing in it was the "Vortex bridge" that makes you feel like you are spinning. It was pretty cool to see Chucky in his own house but that's pretty much it. C

Silver Screams (Parade Warehouse): This years staple house was not a favorite for me. While it was cool to see many movies envisioned in one house it didn't thrill me nearly as much as the Wolfman or even Saw. "The Strangers" and "Army of Darkness" rooms were definatley my favorites in the house. B-

Here's the first batch of pictures:

The main gate with my friend Chris posing before we went in.

As many of you might know Chucky is one of the headlining characters this year. Along with Saw, the Wolfman, Dracula, and Frankenstein being the most famous.

After going through a metal detector, then the admission gate we were in and immediately started heading to the first scare zone; Containment.

Here's the story behind Containment: "When an experimental bio-nerve gas is accidentally released into the atmosphere, the streets are filled with a toxic green mist that turns anyone that comes in contact with it into an infected, melting glob of flesh and blood."

This guy was yelling "Look out, the infected are on the loose! Turn around!", and stuff like that.

This is basically the Containment area. Of course it's better at night, but I got there early. I didn't like it that much and I don't undeerstand the purpose of the inflatable arches?

Here you can see some of the scare actors in white coats with messed up faces. Also, as some of you may know HHN typically has a lot of security personnel; which isn't a bad thing.

That girl had a pretty messed up face.

Like most Halloween events, especially HHN, there was a plethora of fog. This is coming to the end of the Containment scare zone and heading towards The Wolfman house.

After The Wolfman house and Dracula's house (my favorite) we headed towards Frankenstein: Creation of the darned.

And the last photo for this set is of the next scare zone; Apocalypse: City of Cannibals.

Here's the background of Apocalypse: "A whole civilization of war-like carnivorous humanoids emerges from the sewers and underground tunnels of New York, looking for fresh food. Half-humanoid, half-beast and ravenous, these tribal cannibals invade the streets of Manhattan. No one is safe!"

All comments are welcomed and appreciated.

keiko_coaster · September 29, 2009

I am sooooo excited to go to Halloween Horror Nights in 2 weeks! What time did you go though? It's soo light out! haha

dragsterfan420 · October 2, 2009

That was very early in relation to Halloween Horror Night's time. Remember this is just the first batch of photo's. More are coming, it's just I'm super busy with school work and preparing for a Busch Gardens trip right now. I'm promise I'll upload 'em A.S.A.P.

Skywriter · October 2, 2009

Lucky I love Busch Gardens I went there this past summer and had a great time. So are you going to Busch Gardens Halloween event if so are you going to create a Trip Report for it,I would appreciate it !

dragsterfan420 · October 4, 2009

Yeah I will create a separate TR for Howl-O-Scream, but first here's more pictures. :

HRRR turn out of the picture spot.

The top part of HRRR's "treble clef" element.

Heading to the Frankenstein house I got some pretty good angles of HRRR.

The pre-rain clouds were rolling in.

Look at all them stairs.

A mess of supports and track.

Two of three MCBR's.

A better view of the whole treble clef.

Boy do I love the Express pass. Skippin' in front of all these people.

They did this projection thing at every house. Text the number and figure out what it is. It's pretty cool.

And I'll end this set with the Rocky Horror Picture Show Tribute Sign. While I didn't go see it, everyone I that has went this year has told me it was great.

KI-ORIG-EMP · October 4, 2009

Some of the security personnel look like they could also be part of the protection from all the zombies and their friends.

dragsterfan420 · October 7, 2009

^True, but you know they're not.

Jasper · October 7, 2009

From what you have said and what I have heard Universal can put on one heck of a haunt. I want to go down there sometime, HRRR also looks pretty cool from those angles.

dragsterfan420 · October 7, 2009

^It is true that Universal does a great halloween event both here in Florida and in California. This year though was very weak. From the houses,-besides Saw, The Wolfman, and Dracula-, the Bill and Ted show, and even the scare zones. I hope they really make it better again next year. This isn't to say you shouldn't go if you have the chance this year, it's just past years have been better; as most things like this fluctuate in quality. The major problem though is HRRR isn't opened during HHN. Honestly, I've yet to hear a good reason why but whatever. I rode it during the normal park operating hours.

Thanks for the comments.

Avatar · October 9, 2009

They told me that it's because the ride is so new and they are afraid that too many HHN attending guest will be in line for HRRR that they will miss too much and spend to much time in line at HRRR. That came from a manager who gave be a special escort to the front of the line right before HHN so I could ride.

Captain Picard · October 9, 2009

I seen HRRR running last night when we was on the way out of HHN but I couldn't tell if there was people on it.

dragsterfan420 · October 22, 2009

They told me that it's because the ride is so new and they are afraid that too many HHN attending guest will be in line for HRRR that they will miss too much and spend to much time in line at HRRR. That came from a manager who gave be a special escort to the front of the line right before HHN so I could ride.

Thanks for that info Avatar. Now I finally know why and it makes a good deal of sense.

I seen HRRR running last night when we was on the way out of HHN but I couldn't tell if there was people on it.

I highly doubt there were any park guests on the ride because people have stated that it would not be open during HHN this year.

dragsterfan420 · May 1, 2010

Sorry for the ultra long delay in pictures. I haven't been on coasters sites in a while because I've had alot on my plate but I'm here to finish this TR and other TR's I've postponed for a long while.

This was one of my favorite houses from this past HHN. A mix of gore, pretty dry humor, and 1950's/1960's nostalgia.

The entrance.

After Leave it to Cleaver, we headed through the San Francisco section towards Amity to try out Saw.

It didn't feel too much like the 4th of July.

Walking through the fast pass line to Saw.

After Saw we headed toward The Spawning. This was the biggest shocker of the night. Meaning it was much better than I thought it was going to be.

Waiting for the Bill and Ted show to start.

Bill and Ted was pretty good. The audience, me included, had a good amount of laughs but my friend and I thought they had alot more material they could've parodied.

Next was Chucky. While it was cool to see this horror "icon" in a house it was pretty lame. Probably the second most disappointing house next to Silver Screams.

Next was Silver Screams. Why was it so disappointing? Well the premise of the house was suppose to be like you were walking behind the screens of actual movies playing but you were actually transported into the movie. The only good room I can recall is the "My Bloody Valentine" room. Every other one wasn't scary at all.

And for the end of this set I'll leave you with a dark and foggy picture of the pathway back to the New York area of the park.

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