The actors this year didn’t seem to scare as much as just stand and stare. This year, the house was so dark that I really couldn’t see any of those elements that seemed to still be present, just not visible. Last year, I was excited to be walking through a house that was quite possibly the most gruesome and gory experience I had ever visited. Last year, this house was my second favorite and now it has dropped to nearly my least favorite. The actors surrounding her were far more interesting and the effect associated with her simply didn’t work.įor me, Reconstruction was the biggest disappointment at Howl-O-Scream 10. Vayne, is inside Taste of Blood, but I have to say her appearance is rather anti-climactic. I still didn’t get an overwhelming sense of vampires being present. The environment, as a whole, seemed a lot more eerie this time through with the actors doing a much better job at going after the scare. I’m not sure if the house has changed since then, but I enjoyed it considerably more this year. Last year, I left Taste of Blood disappointed and confused.
The latter half (not seen in the Scream Cam videos) definitely takes a dark turn away from the happy sorority environment, but it still didn’t give me any good scares. Near the beginning, there are a couple of decent startles, but overall the house is more amusing than anything. While the house was very entertaining (and what house filled with scantily clad sorority girls wouldn’t be?), it really wasn’t scary. Unfortunately, it didn’t entirely live up to my expectations. Even if you know they’re coming, they’ll still get you.Īfter recently watching our two “victims” participate in the Howl-O-Scream Scream Cam event by screaming their way through half of the DED Pledge Week house, I was excited to get a chance to experience it for myself. Like last year, the scares from above are fantastic in this house. As you move through this house, you feel like you’re traveling deeper and deeper into the walls, becoming surrounded by a bizarre cast of characters who intend on keeping you there.
Even though I had been through this house before and knew what to expect, I still got a startle or two.ĭespite some moving around of the top two houses on this year’s list, Trapped in the Walls remains at number three. While not a whole lot has changed in this house since last year, I still thoroughly enjoyed having a chance to wander through the house that continues to use common effects and techniques in creative ways. I’m a sucker for a good ghost story and this house is packed with inmates-turned-spooks. Last year, Death Row Vengeance topped my ranking of the Howl-O-Scream houses and it remains near the top of this year’s list for all the same reasons. Nightshade Toys is sure to entertain anyone who has ever owned a doll, stuffed animal or any plastic toy. I don’t want to spoil any of the surprises, but among the usual assortment of slamming wall panels are plenty of unexpected elements that have the potential of startling and scaring you from all angles. Every scene throughout Nightshade is different from the previous ones, but still well within the toy factory theme. Nightshade Toys is one of the best haunted houses I have visited this year and far more interesting and unique than the Chucky maze. Still retaining some of my past biases, I assumed that Howl-O-Scream’s version of a creepy toy factory would somehow be inferior to the one found at Horror Nights. When I first heard this concept from Scott Swenson, creative director for Howl-O-Scream, I immediately thought there would be an obvious comparison between Nightshade Toys and the Chucky house that is featured in this year’s Halloween Horror Nights event at Universal Studios. The story behind the house is simply that toys in a factory have become possessed.
Now, here are my spoiler-free thoughts on the haunted houses, scare zones, and stage shows of Howl-O-Scream 10 (each ranked in order): Howl-O-Scream 10 Haunted Housesīy far, the best experience at Howl-O-Scream this year is one of its two all-new houses: Nightshade Toys.
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