Stranger Things 5 - Halloween Horror Nights 35

[Jack Torrence]

Not gonna lie, the key art is sick as hell.

 

[Kichkinet85]

Not gonna lie, the key art is sick as hell.

It is. Same with Sinners and J+O. They should have just put the key art on the shirt.

 

[Grabnar]

Merchandise team is absolutely lost with this release and the Sinners stuff. just out of touch.

High key the worst theme park merch I have seen in a long while. Makes me long for the "I survived XYZ" days.

 

[Kichkinet85]

High key the worst theme park merch I have seen in a long while. Makes me long for the "I survived XYZ" days.

Are we forgetting that orange shirt here

 

[zemmyzub]

Are we forgetting that orange shirt here

why I said last few years. The youth love the 90s, the GP horror resurgence is very real, why not try to come close to replicate some of the more gripping designs of the early years, or just absolutely try to make a horror shirt, then whatever nonsense they're coming out with. Yes, my designer brain just cannot fathom hitting submit to put that order of merch in that'll be 80% off mid-october

 

[OhHaiInternet95]

<insert skeptical Thor meme> Will it tho?

I feel like the long delay had already started to push this out of the zeitgeist--Terrifier bounds were all the rage last year, Scoops Ahoy and Hellfire Club outfits much rarer--and that last season was rough. Retroactively erase any residual love I had for the show rough.

But hey, will be easier to cast, 30 y.o. scare-actors playing teen kids is suddenly on brand for the IP!

ST5 is the epitome of this meme.

 

[Tobias]

Considering how the houses for this IP have been a case of diminishing returns (Really enjoyed 2018's, 2019's was bigger (but not better), and 2023's was honestly the weakest house that year for me.), my expectations for this one are as low as you could get.

On the plus side, this is an easy lock for the #10 spot on my anticipated list. And I do agree that it'll still probably get a sizable line away from the other houses.

 

[TheCodeMan95]

Yeah i really wish they would have used this for the shirt lol

 

[Ringwraith]

Side note: Everyone is also hating on the shirt, but aside from the "Never Go Alone" placed weird on it, I actually quite like it lol

That's EXACTLY what I thought, but it's so egregious, it kills the shirt. That's why I just bought the mug and called it a day.

 

[amar831]

absolutely brutal to be probably locked into this before the release and the bad reception/lack of horror involved in that season. Not that these houses bring a single scare anyways. Merchandise team is absolutely lost with this release and the Sinners stuff. just out of touch. I know they can design and I know they love horror nights, but constantly just make the absolute opposite of those facts last few years.

This feels very much like a “get off my lawn” type of post. But as someone who has definitely been scared by a stranger things house in the past and who does see the horror elements of the last season and how it can be translated to a decent house, I don’t think it’s fair to yuck anyones yum. The Holly abduction portion of this house has so much potential in bringing the vibe back to the 2018 christmas light portion of that house that IMO had relentless and creative scares.

 

[Lucky Planet]

It’s gotta be better than the last ST house, right? That one was rough.

ST5 is the epitome of this meme.

since season 5 didn't have that many demos, the house can just avoid using them too much and just have vecna and soldiers the entire time lol.