What is the area known as the webs like? Do they have scare actors? What do they do? Also, do you go in the little sheds during Harvest Hallow, or are they just for looks?
Howl-O-Scream 2010 Actual
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Chris said:
The best place to get scared is definitely New France. There's something about those chainsaws that freak me out....even when I can spot them!
The best themed area in my opinion is England. The lighting is perfect around the clock. All of the birds on the line look amazing at night. The music is loud and you hear horses galloping and the birds cawing. The birdman is awesome and bends down right in front of guests or chases them. The faceless scare-actors take advantage of guests watching the birdman (or watching others get chased by him) by slowly creeping up beside them and opening an umbrella. This area is by far my favorite.
I really can not wait to see England. The pictures are amazing, the story sounds just amazing. I can't wait!
okay, so i just got back from HOS with a friend of mine. Here's my reviews of the mazes/scarezones/shows.
*Mazes*
*Curse of Pompeii* It was really bad this year. I don't mean the house itself (because it hasn't changed so i knew everything that was in there) but because of the backup of the lines. I was really disappointed with that. The second time we went in the backup was so bad that it felt like we were in line instead of an actual haunted house and we were aching to get out because of the boringness and lack of air condishoning.
*Hunted* This didn't disappoint, as always. A must go through house. Don't miss.
*Bitten* Same as always so it was terrifying! Everyone gave it bad reviews but as the night went on more actors were in there and it was amazingly scary.
*Harvest Hollow* One of my favorites. The first time we went through it wasn't THAT bad, but my god, the second time was absolutely crazy! There were people left and right jumping out at you from places you diidn't expect and getting right in your face. FANTASTIC JOB! Must see at night, really late, or else not as scary and not as many actors.
*Cursed* It was really great this year. Wasn't disappointed one bit. I think the addition of the goblins and warlocks and stuff made it immensely better.
*Catacombs* First time we hated it. But RIGHT before the park closed we ran to it and got in. Let me tell you, me and my friend were so scared we were crying. We got seperated from the group and were ALL ALONE so they were ganging up on us and we couldn't escape. We thought were really were never going to find our way out. Go though near closing and its awesome. Great improvement from last year.
*Scarezones*
First of all the advertisements made its so over-rated and gave us very high expectations for the scare is everywhere stuff. HIGHLY DISAPPOINTED. Some of the scarezones were pretty good, but the scare was most certainly not everywhere, not even close.
*The Webs* I put this first so i can get it over with. Talk about an EPIC FAIL. I have never seen a scare zone THAT BAD. MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENT. This wasn't even a scare zone. No actors at all as far as we saw and we had to pass through a couple of times to get to our destination. Just a bunch of stupid spiders flying above your head and giant spiderwebs. Absolute waste of park space. It would've been better just to make it pitch black and have people jump out at you from the darkness. That would've been scarier. Not even worth the money on the decorations. Worst excuse for a scare zone.
*Logging Camp* Personally we didn't get scared because they didn't go after us. But the one time they did, oh let me tell you, we screamed as loud as our voices possibly could. AH-mazing job.
*Victorian Funeral* Personally my favorite scare zone because of the great job done on the costumes. And the actors being as great as they were benefited also. Great scares, theming, and costumes. All around perfect.
*Rat Plagued Village* No actors. But loved the theming and the live rats in the little cages.
*Pathway of the Ancienst* Two actors. Enough said.
*Shows*
*Movies of the Macabre* As always i loved this. Eating and watching an old silent film is actually really nice. Great job as always. Keep bringing back!
*Frankenrock* Wasn't the best Festhaus show in HOS history but not horrible. We did walk out after about 5 minutes though. But we just got bored.
*Jack is Back* Our favorite show of HOS shows in the history of HOS. We had so much fun. Loved the more fun looking actors. The original costumes were getting kind of boring. Needs more audience interaction but other than that it can't get any better for an outdoor show. Please bring back as it is this year! Do not miss this show at night time! It's not as much fun at day because theres no dance lights and stuff like there is at night. Wouldn't change a thing except for audience interaction.
These are my and my friends opinions on this years HOS. If something is not listed it is because we didn't visit it or i forgot about it. I'm 16 and my friend is 15 so this is coming from a teen point of view.
*Mazes*
*Curse of Pompeii* It was really bad this year. I don't mean the house itself (because it hasn't changed so i knew everything that was in there) but because of the backup of the lines. I was really disappointed with that. The second time we went in the backup was so bad that it felt like we were in line instead of an actual haunted house and we were aching to get out because of the boringness and lack of air condishoning.
*Hunted* This didn't disappoint, as always. A must go through house. Don't miss.
*Bitten* Same as always so it was terrifying! Everyone gave it bad reviews but as the night went on more actors were in there and it was amazingly scary.
*Harvest Hollow* One of my favorites. The first time we went through it wasn't THAT bad, but my god, the second time was absolutely crazy! There were people left and right jumping out at you from places you diidn't expect and getting right in your face. FANTASTIC JOB! Must see at night, really late, or else not as scary and not as many actors.
*Cursed* It was really great this year. Wasn't disappointed one bit. I think the addition of the goblins and warlocks and stuff made it immensely better.
*Catacombs* First time we hated it. But RIGHT before the park closed we ran to it and got in. Let me tell you, me and my friend were so scared we were crying. We got seperated from the group and were ALL ALONE so they were ganging up on us and we couldn't escape. We thought were really were never going to find our way out. Go though near closing and its awesome. Great improvement from last year.
*Scarezones*
First of all the advertisements made its so over-rated and gave us very high expectations for the scare is everywhere stuff. HIGHLY DISAPPOINTED. Some of the scarezones were pretty good, but the scare was most certainly not everywhere, not even close.
*The Webs* I put this first so i can get it over with. Talk about an EPIC FAIL. I have never seen a scare zone THAT BAD. MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENT. This wasn't even a scare zone. No actors at all as far as we saw and we had to pass through a couple of times to get to our destination. Just a bunch of stupid spiders flying above your head and giant spiderwebs. Absolute waste of park space. It would've been better just to make it pitch black and have people jump out at you from the darkness. That would've been scarier. Not even worth the money on the decorations. Worst excuse for a scare zone.
*Logging Camp* Personally we didn't get scared because they didn't go after us. But the one time they did, oh let me tell you, we screamed as loud as our voices possibly could. AH-mazing job.
*Victorian Funeral* Personally my favorite scare zone because of the great job done on the costumes. And the actors being as great as they were benefited also. Great scares, theming, and costumes. All around perfect.
*Rat Plagued Village* No actors. But loved the theming and the live rats in the little cages.
*Pathway of the Ancienst* Two actors. Enough said.
*Shows*
*Movies of the Macabre* As always i loved this. Eating and watching an old silent film is actually really nice. Great job as always. Keep bringing back!
*Frankenrock* Wasn't the best Festhaus show in HOS history but not horrible. We did walk out after about 5 minutes though. But we just got bored.
*Jack is Back* Our favorite show of HOS shows in the history of HOS. We had so much fun. Loved the more fun looking actors. The original costumes were getting kind of boring. Needs more audience interaction but other than that it can't get any better for an outdoor show. Please bring back as it is this year! Do not miss this show at night time! It's not as much fun at day because theres no dance lights and stuff like there is at night. Wouldn't change a thing except for audience interaction.
These are my and my friends opinions on this years HOS. If something is not listed it is because we didn't visit it or i forgot about it. I'm 16 and my friend is 15 so this is coming from a teen point of view.
seanyboo101 said:
I understand this may be your favorite show, but that doesnt make it a good show, Just as one of my favorite movies of all time is napoleon dynamite, I understand that it essentially is not a good movie, though I enjoy it thoroughly everytime I watch it.
Generally, A good show has something for everyone. This show almost instantly alienate the males in the audience. When I go through almost any guys MP3 player, I dont see Katy Perry, Gaga, or Miley Cyrus. Most of the music selections were female artist or other pop-punky pre teen stuff. The two times Ive seen this show so far, there are tons of females and children dancing. If there is one thing they have nailed, It's audience participation. They get their audience dancing, they accomplished that mission.
They have males in metrosexual style costumes dancing ala backstreet boys and two females overly clothed in horrible walmart looking costumes with giant pumpkin heads. They look creepier than jack. What guy wants to see that?(okay, so I know a few who might want to see that, but that's still only a minority)
Also, jack is stationary the whole entire show. He is stuck in the middle of a hole in the pumpkin and just waves around all silly-nilly with his out of synch animatronic mouth yapping away. Jack is a horror icon and He should be treated as such. He gets his own show, but he is upstaged by the knock off version of N-Sync or something.
You know, in the past jack was amazing. He had the perfect look. He was creepy, but his antics made children lighten up to him. last year they turned him into a cartoon, but in a way where he could still be scary. This year he looks like ELMO. A PUMPKINFIED ELMO. He dances to Lady gaga, katy perry and other pop songs. If it wsnt for the pumpkins, I'd actually think this was just some lame number at an amateur children's dance recital.
Also, the lighting was horrible. They need a new lighting tech. It might look cool to some of you, but I have experience in these kind of things. They failed to properly illuminate the stage, keep the audience drawn where the they needed to be, and the "party lights" were pretty bad too.
There was no singing, just dancing and jack not really doing anything but filling up time for the dancers to catch their breath.
This was a horrible show, and horrible treatement for jack
ok i have the new jack is back video but it isn't let me post it so i'll try to put it on youtube and send the link in the mean time i will critique this years howloscream
Catacombs- was the scariest haunted house ever, omg they were all ganging up on me and everything, but there was this one bone guy in the line and he was nice and let me take a pic of him, but the only thing i didn't like was that it was so dark i couldn't see anything
Bitten-was my favorite maze, the theming well done, and scare actors were awesome
Hunted-was good the guy on the bunjee cord got me good, and the decorations made me feed like i was in a jungle
Harvest Hallow-has so much potential, i was not scared, i didnt see one person jump out from one of those shaft things, but the masks they had on were really freaky looking
Cursed-was so much better this year, it was superb haha
Pompeii- was the same but it was still scary, i absolutely do not like the mummy things that hang from the ceiling, one them hit me right in the face and it hurt
okay scarezones NEED MORE PEOPLE IN THEM
england-really cool, one of the faceless people got me, but i did not see birdman i will look for him next week
the webs- was reaaly coolthe music made it scary
rats-I FINALLY GOT TO SQUEAK ONE, oh and did you see that they had real rats in the oven looking thing were the golden statue was
chainsaws-oh man was the scariest scarezone in my opinion, one of them chased me, it was really awesome
the sliders- not that scary, but sliders were hot
i have a question though were is the decript village
other that howloscream was fantastic had so much fun
Catacombs- was the scariest haunted house ever, omg they were all ganging up on me and everything, but there was this one bone guy in the line and he was nice and let me take a pic of him, but the only thing i didn't like was that it was so dark i couldn't see anything
Bitten-was my favorite maze, the theming well done, and scare actors were awesome
Hunted-was good the guy on the bunjee cord got me good, and the decorations made me feed like i was in a jungle
Harvest Hallow-has so much potential, i was not scared, i didnt see one person jump out from one of those shaft things, but the masks they had on were really freaky looking
Cursed-was so much better this year, it was superb haha
Pompeii- was the same but it was still scary, i absolutely do not like the mummy things that hang from the ceiling, one them hit me right in the face and it hurt
okay scarezones NEED MORE PEOPLE IN THEM
england-really cool, one of the faceless people got me, but i did not see birdman i will look for him next week
the webs- was reaaly coolthe music made it scary
rats-I FINALLY GOT TO SQUEAK ONE, oh and did you see that they had real rats in the oven looking thing were the golden statue was
chainsaws-oh man was the scariest scarezone in my opinion, one of them chased me, it was really awesome
the sliders- not that scary, but sliders were hot
i have a question though were is the decript village
other that howloscream was fantastic had so much fun
ok here it is sorry i was kinda shakey and my camera doesn't have good sound quality.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzVVv-SLQiw&feature=player_embedded#!fmt=35
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzVVv-SLQiw&feature=player_embedded#!fmt=35
Youhow2 said:
yes i know what you mean about everything you said. i just meant it's my favorite becuase its like a dance party and is alot of fun instead of just sitting in a chair watching the actors have all the fun. but yes everything you said is true. especially the lighting thing. it really does suck.
not for everyone but still alot of fun if you just happen to pass through ireland while its going on.Jack is Back is listed on the Kidsiderate options brochure. So kids/pre-teens seems to target audience. Therefore, I'd suggest viewing in that context.
Shafor said:
oh i didn't even notice that! well if a 16 and 15 yr old can like it and it be considered a kids show then it must be half decent
Yeah, watching the video, clearly the show is for kids (again). I think they actually did a good job with the show. Not sure what everyone was expecting, last year I seem to remember them playing ABBA during the show. Not the most manly of songs. It's always been for kids. Jack himself was always geared towards kids.
1. Harvest Hollow
2. Hunted
3. Catacombs
4. Revenge of Pompeii
5. Cursed
6. Bitten
the only thing i have to say right now is, GET SOME AIR CONDITIONERS IN BITTEN!!!
2. Hunted
3. Catacombs
4. Revenge of Pompeii
5. Cursed
6. Bitten
the only thing i have to say right now is, GET SOME AIR CONDITIONERS IN BITTEN!!!
