Abby’s Annual Halloween Horror Nights Predictions

Hey Thrill Seekers,

Every year I put on my thinking cap, enter a darkened room, pop on some soothing music and make predictions on what I think Universal will do for Halloween Horror Nights. 2 years ago i got 3/6 correct and last year i got 2/6 correct so let’s hope this year is a bit better!

Universal have confirmed that HHN29 will have 10 all-new elaborately themed haunted houses and five scare zones. So here are my guesses at what might be awaiting around a Universal corner waiting to scare the bejesus out of us.

Last year half of the houses were original IP and the other half were based on films/series. I’m 99.9% sure that it’s going to be the same again this year and obviously it will be mega hard to try and guess original IP but here we go..

Stranger Things 2

A massive hit last year, I think that people are pretty much assuming we’ll see a house based around Season 2.
Season 2 of Stranger Things was applauded for being more horror based than the first series but I have a few reasons why I think we may not see a Stranger Things series 2 house.. It doesn’t hold the title of the worlds scariest concept and HHN is renowned for being TERRIFYING, although Universal do throw out a couple of surprises now and again and Stranger Things was pretty much an anomaly house. As the series has such a huge fan base of course it was going to be a big hit but in my opinion it’s the sort of concept for a house that once you’ve done it once you don’t need to do it again?

With that being said, anyone who didn’t get the opportunity to do it last year would likely jump at the chance to be able to get another opportunity to enter the upside down (me included!) but how much different could they really make it.. it’s the same characters, same demogorgans etc but all in all I do think it is a strong contender. Especially due to the fact they extended the house to run past last years HHN!

Probability: 8/10

The Thing

This one is a bit of a long shot, it was a house in 2007 in Orlando and 2011 in Hollywood and the fact I had to google that must mean that they weren’t very memorable houses, right? I do however actually think it would work really well as a house with all the technology Universal now have compared to 8 and 12 years ago! A loud, dark, blizzard like climate with The Thing chasing you around becoming its latest victim through each scene is pretty cool I think?
There isn’t any plans for another re-make as far as I know so in my opinion Universal would need to be a bit desperate to go with this house seeing as there are strong rumours of it being 50% their own IP this year.

Probability: 3/10

The Haunting of Hill House

This series is destined to be a HHN house! For one, it’s set in a house anyway so accurate surroundings will be easier than say, Stranger Things where the creative team had to make visitors feel like they were walking through different locations from the series. The interior of the house is perfect too.. with a beautiful two-story entrance hall, a basement, and a labyrinth of rooms.
When this series came out on Netflix it was all anyone really talked about and if you haven’t watched it already then what are you doing reading this?! Get watching!
We know how well Universal working with Netflix went last year so this is a massive possibility (and I really hope it happens!)

Probability: 7/10

Pet Sematary

There is a remake of Pet Sematary coming out this April (based on the novel by Stephen King) and the trailer is absolutely terrifying and what does that mean? It would make a fabulous HHN house!
If you’re not familiar, the Creed family discover a mysterious burial ground hidden deep in the woods near their new home. A perilous chain reaction of events unleashes an unspeakable evil with horrific consequences.
In my opinion this would be a super scary house and Universal have worked with Paramount in the past so is a possibility!

Probability: 7/10

Blumhouse or Halloween  

Okay I understand this is kind of a cheat one but i’m so stuck so i’ve bundled them together.
Blumhouse is a fan favourite (apart from last year where it sort of got swamped by all of the other massive IP’s) In HHN28 we got Happy Death Day & Purge and i’m thinking this year we might get a Blumhouse house featuring Halloween or just a Halloween house on it’s own.
I’ve previously spoken about why I think we’ll see another Halloween house. Basically, the new Halloween movie wasn’t featured in last years house and that is likely to be because they didn’t want to show spoilers. HHN28 began on the 14th September and the movie was released on the 19th October meaning Universal would have either spoiled main parts of the movie or not have been able to include them.. neither are in Universals nature. Also, right at the end and I mean RIGHT at the end of the movie you can hear Michael breathing and then the ‘Universal parks and resorts’ logo appears which could possibly mean the film will feature.

Probability: 6/10

Killer Klowns From Outer Space 

This has been really strongly rumoured for a house this year and I think that’s down to the popularity of the Scare Zone last year (and how director Mike Aiello is a HUGE fan of KKFOS) this isn’t really a thing that tickles my fancy but I did see the huge impact it had on HHN28 and the nostalgia it bought fans so I think it would be a real smart move.

Probability: 8/10

These have been really hard predictions, and I just have to throw these cheeky suggestions in..
Halloween Horror Nights starts on a Friday the 13th and of course Friday the 13th, could mean that Jason may be an icon at this years event seeing as we have the perfect date for him or maybe even a a special event on that day dedicated to the man himself? The last time there was a house featuring Jason was in 2015 when we had Freddy vs Jason so I think it’s about time he re-visited!
Also last year, even with a probability of 0/10 I mentioned death eaters attacking in the WWOHP and i’m going to keep saying it until the day I die or the day it happens, whichever comes first. But with this years announcement of the dark arts light projection show I’m wanting it more and more!


As Warner Bros are now hosting their own Halloween event and due to the fact Disney have bought 21st Century Fox this years was a LOT harder. There is a lot of IP that is now a no-go such as:
American Horror Story – I had the privilege of doing an AHS house in 2017 but we will not be seeing another one any time soon.
Exorcist – this one has been done in the past too and not likely to be coming back.
Jeepers Creepers – this film terrifies me! It would have made for a great house too! 🙁
Paranormal Activity – I’m sure Universal creative team can and have made concepts similar to this without needing the rights!
Poltergeist – PHEW at least we got this house last year!
Wrong Turn – weirdly one of my favourite film series so i would have loved to have been able to walk through a house based on this!
Rocky Horror Picture Show – It’s sad to think that we won’t see anymore of this at Universal for the foreseeable future.

Another one we wont be seeing is Hellraiser which is another house that the hardcore fans of HHN have wanted for years!
Horror Nights which is a twitter account for Hollywood HHN has basically confirmed that they cannot do a Hellraiser house. Booo. 🙁

So there’s my 6 IP predictions.. I recently created some polls and asked some questions on our social media to get a feel for what the people really want. 😉 The first pic is a twitter poll that shows Halloween is a popular choice among the people but it was a really tight conclusion between the 4!
I also asked the people of Instagram to send us their HHN house suggestions and here are some of the popular results:
-Halloween
-Insidious
-IT
-Haunting of Hill House
-AHS Cult
-‘More Stephen King’
-Us

Original House Ideas

Now thinking about what the original houses could be has nearly sent my brain into overload so I’ve had a brainstorm and here’s what I’ve come up with..
– A clown themed house, maybe even bring the chainsaw wielding clowns into their own house?
– Scary Circus – a house featuring an asylum where all the deadbeat circus acts have gone to live out the rest of their lives.. Creepy huh?!
– A Coven house.. a house full to the brim of witches who are out to seek justice from a wrong doing to one of their own.
– A ‘Hollywood’ Themed house where you walk through some iconic scenes that have been twisted. Surely Universal could just slightly change the name and concept of each film scene and get away with this??
– A torture house, where every room forces the guest to walk through a different type of torture chamber and be a witness to some awful methods.

If those don’t make me seem messed up then I don’t know what will..

So there are this years predictions, what do you think we’re going to see at this years event??
The first house announcement was at the end of March last year and then we had announcements and info every month until Aug so hopefully we’ll be getting an announcement soon!

Screams Included,

Abby

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