HHN XXV WEEK 5 UPDATE

Greetings internet dwellers!

​This will be my final "weekly" update for HHN XXV. Yes, I will be down there for the next two weeks. However, detailed weekly updates are moot at this point. I will still be ranking the houses every week on Facebook, and on the home page.

My final review for HHN XXV, will come once the event concludes. If something else arises between now and then, I will of course let you know. After all, the final week of HHN XXV, could be legendary...

​Anyway, let's get to the houses. 

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HOUSES

I will say this about the houses at this point in the event, things are fluctuating. I find things to be a little inconsistent every time we go into a house.

9. THE WALKING DEAD: THE LIVING AND THE DEAD

• CURRENT RATING: 2/5

I have not done The Walking Dead, since last week. The house is dead last on my priorities. While last week, they showed slight improvement, I can't see them doing any better. 

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8. ASYLUM IN WONDERLAND 3D

• CURRENT RATING: 2/5

Still does nothing for me. Aside from some pretty colors, and costumes, Asylum has virtually no scares, is repetitive, the 3D is pretty ineffective, and it's bland. 

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7. RUN: BLOOD, SWEAT AND FEARS

• CURRENT RATING: 3.5/5

Run, still hasn't crossed that threshold for me. It's fun, and colorful, and weird, and interesting, but not very scary. One cast, is also better than the other cast, so if you happen to get the bad one, things might not be as good for some. 

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6. AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON

• CURRENT RATING: 3.5/5

I had to drop this rating. An American Werewolf in London 2015, is just vastly inconsistent. Our run through it last night, I noticed that timing was a factor. Not by guests, but the actor's in the house. Their timing, especially when it came to the puppets, was just not there. Like I said last week, when things are working in here, they ARE working. However, my last few visits to An American Werewolf, were just not strong. 

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5. THE PURGE

• CURRENT RATING: 4/5

The Purge, is definitely the most improved house of the year so far. It's just blind chaos in here all the time. The actor's bring it every time. While we noticed one run through wasn't as intense as the others, for the most part, it still works. Again, kudos to the people in here. They really turned it around. 

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4. BODY COLLECTORS: RECOLLECTIONS

• CURRENT RATING: 5/5

I'm keeping Body Collectors at a 5 right now, It's still a beautiful house, and creepy when it needs to be. However, I've noticed it's not as intense as it once was. We'll see how it goes from here on out. 

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3. JACK PRESENTS: 25 YEARS OF MONSTERS & MAYHEM

• CURRENT RATING: 5/5

Still a great house, however it seems to have lost that extra punch. Characters are still missing in certain places, and the energy seems to have dropped a bit. Still, a can't miss house. 

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2. INSIDIOUS

• CURRENT RATING: 5/5

Man, Insidious really picked up steam this week. I loved the house, and it came close to being my favorite of the week. Really, really intense visits of Insidious this Thursday and Friday. It's going to be an interesting final two weeks, if they keep it up.

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1. FREDDY VS. JASON

• CURRENT RATING: 5/5

Still the most consistent house at HHN XXV. It's grand, scary, fun, and blast to visit with groups of people. It's a good crowd-pleaser, and works really well. Insidious came close to challenging this week. Let's see what happens next week.

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SCARE ZONES

The Scare Zones have been interesting. While not much has changed in my rankings, they did change stuff in the Zones. Some characters got upgrades, and new characters got added to certain places. It's been interesting to watch the streets change. 

5. SCARY TALES: SCREAMPUNK

• CURRENT RATING: 2/5

4. ICONS: HHN

• CURRENT RATING: 4.5/5

3. EVIL'S ROOTS

• CURRENT RATING: 4.5/5

2. ALL NITE DIE-IN: DOUBLE FEATURE

• CURRENT RATING: 5/5

1. PSYCHOSCAREAPY: UNLEASHED

• CURRENT RATING: 5/5

​Still a whole lot of fun. 

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SHOWS

BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT HALLOWEEN ADVENTURE

• CURRENT RATING: 1.5/5

Let me start by saying that, I haven not really found Bill & Ted funny for a long time now. The last "great" show in my opinion, was 2005. I really enjoyed the show from 2012, but it's really been weak since. This year, by a mile, is one of the worst Bill & Ted shows HHN has ever done. The music choices were bland, the jokes were not funny AT ALL, the characters used were weird, there were too many callbacks to past jokes that fell flat, and the Disney stuff was too much. Believe me, I love when they attack Disney, but it just didn't work here. The show did have one, or two, moments. I enjoyed the finale, and I liked an element from the beginning. However, this was just bad. Like, really, really bad. Granted, I will probably sit through the show again at some point. Definitely will be there for the last show. Breaks my heart to say it, but it's just bad this year. 

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So, that's it for me this week. I may, MAY try for another HHN power hour on Sunday. Once again, that depends on if Football runs late on us again. 

​Hasta La Bye-bye for now. 

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