Who is your favorite Halloween Horror Nights icon?

@reddragon8488

8 ай бұрын

The Usher

@weirdfishes364

8 ай бұрын

The Director

@The_LaughingHyena

8 ай бұрын

Dr. Albert Caine aka The Caretaker

@sarahbowman7566

8 ай бұрын

After seeing this and thinking what 2 yr old mingled other peoples ideas, folklore and a serial killer who got one over on the FBI etc into a rubbish story full of holes and stereotype notions... None would be my answer. Universal literally has no excuse for not using their existing horror characters from actual horrors in their arsenal and upping their game. Weirdly, all of this HHN seems like a comparatively cheap and lazy way to get everyone to part with their wedge.

@Dogman2605

8 ай бұрын

Jack

Dr. Oddfellow is 100% an icon in my eyes, and I think it's a shame Universal didn't advertise him more! At least they made him a prominent figure in the event itself, giving him a house and tying him to all the scarezones.

@NotOldGreyWolf

7 ай бұрын

They did do a complete podcast on odd fellow which was pretty cool

@vgexpert20001

7 ай бұрын

@@NotOldGreyWolf I loved that, but the average guest isn't going to see/hear it! They should have added him in the commercials or something!

@Emperor-kong

5 ай бұрын

I mean I do agree for like one billboard projection with him but most people were always gonna go because of IPs

Does anybody else wish these backstories and plot lines were a series of books? Cause Dr. Oddfellow sounds like his book would be an awesome read.

@liamcollinson5695

8 ай бұрын

I agree I also would not mind some films as well or maybe a TV show with each episode concentrating one one icon

@mantis638

8 ай бұрын

It could be something like American horror story or Goosebumps style.

Oddfellow is absolutely an Icon for HHN. His story was interwoven through every aspect of the event, providing an overarching narrative and a level of cohesion not seen in years. The *only* thing he wasn't featured in was advertising... and I firmly believe that without the double whammy of Stranger Things and The Last Of Us, he would have been. Icon, without any question.

The Dr. Oddfellow performers were amazing this year. those guys really channeled their inner Oddfellows to bring that creepy vibe. The Darkest Hour was also one of their houses that is totally worth checking out.

Yeah, I'd consider Dr. Oddfellow more of an icon than Fear. Great video, I remember wanting to go to this event for years but mom said I was too young. When I finally did, it launched me into my career and now hobby building haunted houses, special effects, and dark attractions. Follow your passions folks but also don't forget to find your passion too.

@Omnipotent-Bread

7 ай бұрын

neat

@aidenlav

7 ай бұрын

that’s awesome!! so glad to hear things worked that way for you and u found ur passion through it all

Dang, Orlando really does show up Hollywood on every front. Have to say Knott's Scary Farm was my favorite event ever though.

I think it’s pretty obvious that a HHN icon is defined as an original character who is used in the marketing and theming of the event. By this definition, Chucky, the Crypt Keeper, and the Demogorgon are not, nor have ever been, icons because they come from preexisting franchises.

Last week at a Hot Topic in California I came across a HHN hoodie featuring Jack and Chance. Never thought I’d see their merch on this coast!

Dr. Oddfellow is without a doubt an icon. I hope eventually they do proper lore stories for all of them because it would be so cool. I love the icons.

The Director holds a special place in my heart because he was HHN Hollywood’s “icon” when I first started going in 2006. 🤩

For someone who has built and scared at many haunted houses. Being on the team that designs and builds houses is a dream job

I mean, they did also say he was an icon in a tweet. That being said, I do consider Pumpkin Lord an Icon and I wish he had an original kill.

So happy to have a new HHN video from you! Your videos are the definitive compendium on the history of HHN. Love the Dr Oddfellow storyline through the park this year. Very charismatic character. Jack will always be the best, but Oddfellow is up there with Fear.

If Fear is an HHN icon, Dr. Oddfellow 100% is as well.

Have I ever been to Halloween Horror Nights? No Am I extremely excited and dedicated to watching these videos every year? YES YES YES

@saphiriathebluedragonknight375

Ай бұрын

I can't stand Halloween, or horror, but I do love lore. It's one of the reasons I hope to go to Alton Towers someday.

I've been to HHN too many times to count, but I never knew the history of this. I knew bits and pieces, but this brings it all together. Thanks!

My favorite Icon...Usher.. just like you said because of something pretty cool the Usher did back during our HHN25 visit that made it so awesome. Can't wait for this year...3 days and counting!

I would argue he was before, and now this year has really cemented it. I LOVED his house this year in Orlando, it was awesome

I've never been to a single HHN event but it's videos like these that make me want to go even more!

This years HHN was so great & scary! The houses I did were Stranger Things, The Exorcist Believer, The Last of Us, Dueling Dragons: Choose Thy Fate, & Bloodmoon Dark Offerings.

This year was so awesome to be honest. I really liked Oddfellow and esp his house!!!

@Firegen1

8 ай бұрын

Hear hear! Across all the parks (internationally), there was some real clever planning this year. Oddfellow was great

Ngl, I like how you incorporated the best songs from the park-wide soundtrack into the video. I was expecting some circus-ish rock music to be played while many others were expecting darkwave music to return- but I’m surprised in a good way that they went with dark trap music.

I really want that Dr Oddfellow theme as an MP3 😅

Would love to see more Icon analysis videos like this one and the ones you've done on The Director, Fear, and Jack. These videos get me instantly in the Halloween spirit.

I’m genuinely curious what the creative minds at HHN came up with for twisted versions of the zodiac signs. Some of them lend themselves to monstrosities (e.g. Capricorn) but others (e.g. Libra) would be more challenging.

So I always wondered this. How did Universal get the rights to use "Carnival of Carnage"? It was copyrighted by the Insane Clown Posse and Psychopathic Records going back to 1992. Makes me wonder what deal they made.

Love that you mentioned Bill & Ted as icons, I agree with you... And miss them!

Oddfellow is the event icon but Vecna was the marketing icon and I think that took some wind out of Oddfellow’s sails. It is great when the marketing builds up hype for an icon (remember when the Bloody Mary billboard on I-4 was deemed “too scary”) but Oddfellow didn’t get that.

I sat at the morning cafe for hours waiting and watching for dr offellow while my wife and adult so were off doing the houses … they and i had a great time at hhn

Jack forever. Absolutely love him.

I feel like this year proved that they really need to expand the event, perhaps into IOA. It's been so crowded.

I loveeee the spooky haunts editions! This was soooo good, well done! Dr Oddfellow is just the best, i love the backstories and just how much Universal puts into HHN! Thanks for this Sam!!

I like the concept. I especially love the character. The event has just grown so dominated by third party IPs that any lore is diluted at this point.

Nice! I love that you put together the entire story so well! I love Dr. Oddfellow as an icon! My first HHN was year 26 and Chance was my first Icon. She has remained my favorite throughout and Dr Oddfellow feels a bit like Chance's year in that he is subtly woven through the event just like she was.

My wife and I are going to be Carl and Ellie from Disney's Up for Halloween. I'll dress up as an old guy and she'll dress up as a tombstone.

Watching this along with your whole playlist on HHN history. Keep up the amazing work!!

Ohhh I was so hoping you'd do any sort of video on this year's event! I love, love LOVE Oddfellow, and the event this year has been SO fantastic so far, I've gotten to go several times already with the frequent fear pass and it's been awesome so far. I 100% consider him an icon, and I think he is my favorite tbh.

I wish they could make a jack vs odd-fellow house

Loved seeing you and Jackie on her channel SuperEnthused tour HHN 2023. Was great to see Jackie's cameo in this video. BTW very well done video Sam. Really enjoyed it!

I've been waiting on your take on this. Your channel is most detailed on the history of HNN on yt and it's only cos of it that I have any frame of reference.

Been waiting another one of these but here it is 🔥

@ExpeditionThemePark

8 ай бұрын

Enjoy!

@bartplays3392

8 ай бұрын

@@ExpeditionThemePark I will!!!!

Amazing video! Thanks for this :)

Love your HHN coverage Sam!!!! Was at the event Wed- Friday this week and was hoping to run into my favorite KZread couple! No such luck. Keep up the great work and stay enthused!!!🧟‍♂️🤡👻🎃🍟🍕🤘

Awesome video, and the first 2 minutes was great music/editing

Loved this video! Would also love to see a review/overview of the event this year- even though I went myself, it's nice to see if other people agreed with my ratings

Loved this! 😍

This was my favorite Icon for sure

I’ve never been to HHN but I love the phrase “you don’t know Jack” 😂

I'd love to see Jack vs Oddfellow in a battle for souls at a future HHN

The fact that you got his theme song is dope

By the sounds of it, if Dr. Oddfellow wasn’t an icon (in the sense that an ‘icon’ is the starring main face of each event) already then he 100% is now.

Wow, I had no idea there was such a large back story.

By your definition as one who has never attended the event but due to proximity, had it's vocal evidence become part of October memories, I suppose then that the screams and howls that echo in the cold night air from up the road are the Icon.

Personally I’d say he’s an Icon now, he encapsulates this year’s event and is in promotion to a point and has a back story already forged etc. As far as Pumpkin Lord id say he’s a pseudo icon, the same level as Cindy or Eddie. But he doesn’t have any back story like the others do. I wouldn’t call just anything an icon though like Lil Boo because that’s a fan created character and because I really don’t want Universal to get lazy. I find the years I’ve been when there is an icon the year is superior to the years where it’s just IPs as the focal point. I’ve been to 19-32 and 19,20,21,25,26,30 just stick out because the icons and I’m sure 32 will as well

At least they finally brought back an icon or icon adjacent figure.

At least the one in Orlando feels it has icons in Hollywood they are still catching up. As a tm for that park is getting weaker each year due to lawsuits from the past from crossing the line. That why I go to Knott’s when I can

I would give so much money to see the Oddfellow Vamp 60 movie.

Oh man, you should totally do a video on Detroit’s Theatre Bizarre.

Good video. My fav is definitely Jack. And, if one can afford it (not cheap), I recommend taking the R.I.P Tour at least once. The tour guides give the story line of each house before going through.

the werewolf and the Mummy are my Icons

Little Boo for hhn2024 icon 🎃

Who says he can't be both?

Yay i love these videos! Keep up the great work!

@ExpeditionThemePark

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

I'm going this year with my husband I can't wait to visit

I’m not a HHN fan, but I love the stories!

more moRE mORE MORE!!! 😎🙆‍♂️this was a great video bud !!

I am way to invested into the hhn lore due to this channel

What happened to the 1970's? Discos power was too strong?

Nicely done ! We do need Bill & Ted back at HHN.

Can you please do a video on boblo island? I grew up near it but never got to go. It would make one of the best videos ever

@ExpeditionThemePark

8 ай бұрын

I will

One of my favorite "icons" was the Madame from Vanity Ball HHN 29

@catrionamorton1302

8 ай бұрын

YESSS, Vanity Ball was the absolute best

I would say a reimagined icon

Idea for a new video: shoot the rapids cedar point. For enthusiast the story of Intamin falling out of favor with American parks is well known, but as the manufacturer seems to have regained it's footing with well regarded attractions in Europe and Asia, it is conspicuous the Cedar Point actively avoided working with them on the Top Thrill Dragster revamp. I strongly believe that harrowing, thankfully not fatal incident may've be the culprit.

Mine Is Jack, I was there on the wed. 21st and 27th the best house was monsters for me hunchback was great but it rainined all night so there was no scare actor out 😢 but can wait for next year

Can you do Yosemite Sam And Gold River Adventure Six Flags Over Texas

Could you do a video on The Enchanted Forest in Running Springs, California?

Could you maybe do a expedition on Canadas wonderland

🙌🏽 let’s gooooooo!! Niiceee

@ExpeditionThemePark Make a video on Kings Island's Flight Commander. Great videos btw

Great video. But Oddfellow's story is so weird and convoluted. They made his story more than it really needed to be.

Did I spot a reference to The Funhouse with those opening credits? 👀

@ExpeditionThemePark

8 ай бұрын

You do aha

What is the music at 9:09 - 9:35 ? It sounds good.

The is the first I’ve heard of this, not being much of a park goer and living in the US Midwest. The similarity between this character and the “shadow man” of Dr. Facilier (Princess/Frog) has similar 1920’s voodoo/hoodoo imagery mashup with fashion sensibilities of the time. You might be tickled about the origins of Theatre Bizarre, which looks a lot like this with Zombo the Clown except with a lot of both fake and real 🩸 and a lot of extreme displays of both horror and body-mod type suspensions and circus sideshow, along with mandatory costumes for everyone, and lots full of clandestine, homemade rides and attractions. It was not a well-kept secret and it was hella shut down about a decade ago, sent to the Detroit Masonic Temple for a SLIGHTLY more OSHA-friendly (😂) event.

Can you make a paradise pier video please

Been going since year 2( went to UCF..GO STARLET KNIGHTS❤)and yes..hè shouĺð nè

Do any of you consider Larry Larva at hhn Hollywood an icon?

Where is the doctors theme song found???

where did you find his theme song?

@ExpeditionThemePark

8 ай бұрын

i paid to license it for the video.

Morning ❤

@ExpeditionThemePark

8 ай бұрын

Morning!

What’s the name of the theme song?

Expedition Universe of Energy please Sam

Sorry expedition theme park and I can’t watch this video because if I get too scared

@ExpeditionThemePark

8 ай бұрын

That’s okay! Next week will be a new one that is not scary

I follow oddfellow

I have idea for new stage show for Disneyland

Is it wrong to be attached to a character you've never met because it reminds you of your old imaginary friend? Jack was even his name...he was an old jack in the box clown who was also betrayed by his creator and also was a killer...he only liked me because I was strangely unpreturbed by him and was very happy to help around and play in his very haunted horror carnival... I was a very strange child....and then I got taller XD

You are cool 😎

@ExpeditionThemePark

8 ай бұрын

No you are cool

...strobe warning would be good

Isnt he just a retelling of Baron Samedi?

YOO

@ExpeditionThemePark

8 ай бұрын

Yo yo