Halloween Horror Nights 35 (UOR) - Speculation & Rumors

[Spooky_Bitz]

I don’t know much about the Backrooms(i plan to watch the movie at some point) but i have played a fan game of it on Roblox once and it had an interesting atmosphere. I wouldn’t be against it coming to the event and i think it could be pretty trippy

 

[theuberguberman]

I've wanted a liminal space inspired house for a while now (though I agree with the fact that it would be hard to replicate that feeling with many scareactors lol), so im in favor of a backrooms house! i feel like they could really use the heck outta that trick where they hide a scareactor behind a mirror. the backrooms wall pattern would lend itself well to repetition with a mirror, and then rooms could seem empty until theyre not even more effectively than traditional boo holes

Me wish posting ages ago lol:

 

[Legacy]

Am I the only one who thinks Backrooms would lend itself nicely to a house? You wouldn't even need to hire as many scareactors as usual. If done correctly, the mere uncanniness of the sets would be scary enough on their own.

I mean… no? The key thing that makes liminal spaces “liminal” is a lack of living things in the space.

A pillar of liminal spaces is the absence of living things, particularly other people, with the implication that the viewer is alone

Liminal space (aesthetic) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

That’s impossible when you have a congo line like HHN. Like, literally impossible. If HHN built this, it would just feel like a bad run of a sparsely decorated haunted house.

 

[Vampire Sloth]

Posted in another thread as a reminder but it might do some good here too: if you don’t want to interact with a member, click their name and a ‘Mute’ button should be underneath it. Click ‘Mute’ and going forward their responses to you will not be emailed to you and when you’re scrolling the site will be kept folded down.

is there a way to disappear someone entirely so that they're not just folded but doesn't show up in the first place?

 

[kingmantis]

People are acting like HHN didn't already have a liminal horror masterpiece:

 

[Legacy]

People are acting like HHN didn't already have a liminal horror masterpiece:

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Those poor wall scareactors.

 

[Tobias]

Am I the only one who thinks Backrooms would lend itself nicely to a house? You wouldn't even need to hire as many scareactors as usual. If done correctly, the mere uncanniness of the sets would be scary enough on their own.

I've seen a fair share of people musing of Backrooms being a house, but I will have to agree with Legacy here that it's not feasible like you think it might be.

I mean… no? The key thing that makes liminal spaces “liminal” is a lack of living things in the space.

Liminal space (aesthetic) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

That’s impossible when you have a congo line like HHN. Like, literally impossible. If HHN built this, it would just feel like a bad run of a sparsely decorated haunted house.

To add to this, so if you want a liminal space type of house at HHN. Well first, it's needs to be an upcharge house because any conga line makes the concept impossible. Secondly, you better hope people will find walking through empty sets the most amazing thing ever, otherwise they're going to be very irked they had to pay extra for it.

There are some concepts which just don't translate well into a house, and this is one of them. Heck, one year at the Haunt I work at we tried having a moment like this in our trail with a long, winding section with zero actors. The idea being it would creep people out or potentially have them drop their guard for when the next actual scare happens...and that concept was scrapped from hereafter as it just. didn't. work. . More often than not, guests were just wondering where the actors were, and not in a scared way...more of a "Oh, they're being cheap." kind of way. And you never want your guests feeling that way at a Haunt, let alone one as big as HHN.

 

[Viator]

If they somehow figured out how to make a horror IP rooted with ASL as a core feature/barrier for how you translate a piece of media to match that of what's represented for a walkthrough experience (or multiple music albums and video games respectively into houses); then they can absolutely make The Backrooms work.

Doubly so, if you get Kane Pixels onboard to make it more along the lines of a Original-IP.

 

[Jake S]

If they somehow figured out how to make a horror IP rooted with ASL as a core feature/barrier for how you translate a piece of media to match that of what's represented for a walkthrough experience

I mean, did they do that? Or did they have some actors doing some sign language while loud noises and scary puppets jumped out at you?

 

[Viator]

I mean, did they do that? Or did they have some actors doing some sign language while loud noises and scary puppets jumped out at you?

If it managed to still get the point across, then it still got the point across. I do think the key in translating The Backrooms lies in that you can't treat it like a straight-forward adaptation (and if it's treated more as an Original-IP along the lines of Jason Universe, Chucky: UKC, or even The Weeknd: Nightmare Trilogy).

You will need someone who is part of the sect to be able to help get the creatives onboard on how to translate. If it's an adaptation of Kane Pixel's indie series of Enter The Backrooms combined with the film, assuming if Murdy, Aiello, and Kane are working together; I could see a case/point made if they try to cherry pick.



Also helps that Murdy doesn't seem to be ruling out indie animation for HHN in consideration. Perhaps I'm off base.

 

[Blysthon]

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[Blysthon]

If it managed to still get the point across, then it still got the point across. I do think the key in translating The Backrooms lies in that you can't treat it like a straight-forward adaptation (and if it's treated more as an Original-IP along the lines of Jason Universe, Chucky: UKC, or even The Weeknd: Nightmare Trilogy).

You will need someone who is part of the sect to be able to help get the creatives onboard on how to translate. If it's an adaptation of Kane Pixel's indie series of Enter The Backrooms combined with the film, assuming if Murdy, Aiello, and Kane are working together; I could see a case/point made if they try to cherry pick.



Also helps that Murdy doesn't seem to be ruling out indie animation for HHN in consideration. Perhaps I'm off base.

Could it be???