I just sat down on a conference call with TJ Mannarino, Director of Art & Design for Entertainment for Universal Orlando Resort, and Patrick Braillard, Show Director of Entertainment for Universal Orlando Resort, for the latest information on the big reveal for Halloween Horror Nights XX! The sound quality was pretty much hideous, so my original plans to release the audio for the call (we spent half of the call time figuring out call quality – seriously people, learn how to mute your phones) didn’t pan out (I’m sure Universal will upload the audio to their Facebook page), but it’s probably still not a pleasant listen), but I can still tell you all the goodies we talked about (after the jump)! They were stuck between two events – a “best of” event, or something new and original. They decided to give their fans a mixture of both. A number of houses recollect back on previous houses, and present them in a different way, while others are entirely new. They set out with the idea of trying to create new ideas that would set up the themes and possible characters and themes for future years. One of the houses will have a bit more of a “dark comedic” tone, because they’re a big fan of horror comedy. FEAR, the icon character for this year, was intended to be an icon worthy of the 20th anniversary of HHN. They wanted a character that would encompass all of the HHN themes, as well....
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