Halloween Horror Nights 2026 (USH) - Speculation & Rumors

[Freak]

You know, I look back at 2023 and it was clear where that was the year there was a clear budget boost. They added two shows and all but one house had almost no black walls.

Since this past year was the most successful ever and it’s looking like we’re getting nine houses and some high-budget IPs, I wonder if it looks like this will be yet another investment push?

 

[Wishmaster]

I expect Blumhouse to represent in some way or form but not from the Mummy. I saw the reboot and it’s gonna be the worst horror film of 2026. Blumhouse better get it together in terms of quality films if they wanna continue having IPs at HHN.

 

[LPCaptainDeath]

I expect Blumhouse to represent is some way or form but not from the Mummy. I saw the reboot and it’s gonna be the worst horror film of 2026. Blumhouse better get it together in terms of quality films if they wanna continue having IPs at HHN.

It's been renamed The Resurrected to distance itself from anything Mummy-related.

 

[Wishmaster]

It's been renamed The Resurrected to distance itself from anything Mummy-related.

The new title is the best part of the new film. The movie itself is still terrible.

 

[rageofthegods]

That's genuinely unfortunate, I was looking forward to it.

I think a genuine problem for Blumhouse's brand perception is that they've been less able to bury their unsuccessful efforts as they've moved into higher budget movies. They made a lot of clunkers during their peak, but those generally got chucked to VOD or limited release while the better movies went wide theatrically (nothing wrong with that, that's what happens when you take a lot of shots, some will miss). That's easier to do with a $3m movie than a $15m one.

 

[Clive]

That's genuinely unfortunate, I was looking forward to it.

I think a genuine problem for Blumhouse's brand perception is that they've been less able to bury their unsuccessful efforts as they've moved into higher budget movies. They made a lot of clunkers during their peak, but those generally got chucked to VOD or limited release while the better movies went wide theatrically. That's easier to do with a $3m movie than a $15m one.

This is exactly right. Blumhouse famously/notoriously did not guarantee theatrical releases for the grand majority of its films for a long time. (Sequels to successful films usually had a theatrical guarantee, as did films that required a partnership with an external brand or IP, like Ouija.) If it's clear a film isn't coming together or just isn't going to work at the level that warrants a theatrical release, they more or less invested as little as possible in postproduction to reach a "minimum viable product," at which point it got shuttled to whoever was willing to pay for it. Sometimes that meant Netflix (a better-than-usual result). In others, it meant straight to VOD, or marooned on some channel you've never heard of.

And to be clear, this happened even with name talent attached. Who remembers The Keeping Hours, a supernatural drama starring Lee Pace and Carrie Coon? The film was almost entirely abandoned and given no real release.

Blumhouse could afford to do this because their films cost so little. Their usual limit for a new feature film that didn't involve an external IP was $5 million for a long time. Many were produced for under $3m, or even $1m. Inflation and other production realities has raised that ceiling up to closer to $15 million, now. To Rage's point, it's much, much harder to shrug off a production that cost you $10 million+. It's also why you see Blumhouse taking fewer risks and more "safe" sequel and IP plays.

 

[Freak]

Mentioned this in the Orlando thread, but if Stranger Things happens one more time, I could see it being a compilation house encompassing all of the seasons. I don’t see it being based just on season 5 as there weren’t really a lot of scenes that scream “house material” that hasn’t already been done.

I’m also hoping they take this approach because maybe they can finally do season 2 and three justice and that the event has a healthier budget to work with. I just want to see the Starcourt Mall and the Mind flayer done right!

 

[chris.g]

Even if stranger things is coming, and the compilation hope turns into reality, there’s no way in hell Murdy doesn’t just make it a reuse of every prop HHN still has in storage in relation to the IP.

 

[wedgeskywalker9]

Mentioned this in the Orlando thread, but if Stranger Things happens one more time, I could see it being a compilation house encompassing all of the seasons. I don’t see it being based just on season 5 as there weren’t really a lot of scenes that scream “house material” that hasn’t already been done.

I’m also hoping they take this approach because maybe they can finally do season 2 and three justice and that the event has a healthier budget to work with. I just want to see the Starcourt Mall and the Mind flayer done right!

I think there was enough in Season 5 to get a full house out of:

Spoiler: Stranger Things Season 5 Spoilers

-WSQK for a facade/first room
-Multiple sequences with the Demogorgon/Dogs in Hawkins (Wheeler house, Derrick's house, the tunnels, the hospital), and Vecna's attack on the military base
-Sequences in the Upside Down with Vecna and the Demogorgon's inserted
-Scenes from the restored Creel House and Henry's memories
-Big finale in the Abyss
-Military soldiers, demogorgons, demodogs, human and inhuman Vecnas for scare actors

The horror element in S4 was majorly toned down, on par with S3, but it could be reframed in a house. I don't know if it's a brilliant house or even on par with the S4 iteration but it could be done. That said, I'd rather see a complilation if only so we can get

Spoiler: Stranger Things Season 4 Spoilers

Eddie and Dustin fighting the bats on top of the trailer

.

 

[ladiesman217]

-WSQK for a facade/first room

I can already picture The Squawk being the facade. They can even have a good play on forced perspective with the main signal tower in the background. Have the audio outside be Robin talking and transmitting music to get guests excited before the power suddenly cuts out, music goes out, the interior of the Squawk seemingly goes dark, and thats when they play the main Stranger Things theme and then rinse and repeat. It'd be great

 

[Clive]

I think there was enough in Season 5 to get a full house out of:

Spoiler: Stranger Things Season 5 Spoilers

-WSQK for a facade/first room
-Multiple sequences with the Demogorgon/Dogs in Hawkins (Wheeler house, Derrick's house, the tunnels, the hospital), and Vecna's attack on the military base
-Sequences in the Upside Down with Vecna and the Demogorgon's inserted
-Scenes from the restored Creel House and Henry's memories
-Big finale in the Abyss
-Military soldiers, demogorgons, demodogs, human and inhuman Vecnas for scare actors

The horror element in S4 was majorly toned down, on par with S3, but it could be reframed in a house. I don't know if it's a brilliant house or even on par with the S4 iteration but it could be done. That said, I'd rather see a complilation if only so we can get

Spoiler: Stranger Things Season 4 Spoilers

Eddie and Dustin fighting the bats on top of the trailer

.

If they go for a Stranger Things season 5 adaptation, I think this is a smart bet on what we’d see. Nice work.

 

[queenmetroid]

Even if stranger things is coming, and the compilation hope turns into reality, there’s no way in hell Murdy doesn’t just make it a reuse of every prop HHN still has in storage in relation to the IP.

...Do you think the paper mache Mind Flayer is still in storage somewhere?

(Seriously, that was a *very* low point of house design.)