S2E16 - Review of Galkn: Monsters of the North & HHN 35 House Announcements & Leaks!

The hosts of End of the ScareZone are deep into the hype cycle for Halloween Horror Nights 35, and this episode lands in the middle of a news avalanche. Two major houses have been officially announced—HR Bloodngutz: Halloween Fright-Tacular and Stranger Things 5—while speculation swirls around a potential Simpsons Treehouse of Horror presence. The bulk of the episode, however, is a deep-dive review of last year's original house, Galkn: Monsters of the North, which the hosts revisit with a critical eye and find it doesn't hold up as well as they initially thought.

Two New Houses Confirmed

The first major announcement is HR Bloodngutz: Halloween Fright-Tacular, a sequel to the 2019 house Holiday of Horrors. The hosts are genuinely excited. The house picks up 15 years after the original, with HR Bloodngutz having escaped from prison and returned to his derelict TV studio to film never-before-seen Halloween specials. A key detail: the original actor is returning to reprise the role, now aged to reflect the time jump. The house will feature seven "movies" within it, some of which are callbacks to past HHN houses. The hosts are particularly thrilled that the Q-line videos—a beloved feature from the original house that had been absent due to rights issues—are returning, with new footage being filmed. The house is rumored to be in the Fast & Furious queue, which the hosts