Before the panel they added a second seat, so we knew that John would have a guest, but who would that guest actually be?

Right off the bat, John started with his catch phrase (actually Shakespeare) when he has an announcement to make.

And the announcement did not disappoint!

This house will be near Curious George, where Haunting of Hill House was last year.

John then did a deep dive into the characters that will be in the house

As you proceed through the house, the scarecrows take on different forms

And of course the KingCrow

This Full Cast artwork really needs to be a shirt or poster

Next, John teased something original, kind of an old-school Hollywood legend

We think this is a house where The Walking Dead was, look at the "hotel", it looks very familiar

Some more backstory for whatever this is (seems like a lot of story if it's just a scare zone)

I'm sure there are some clues in these articles

And a look at some characters. We are very excited for whatever this is.

And lastly, John started talking a bit about Universal Monsters, so it was very obvious who the special guest would be. And yep, it was Slash!

Not only did they do a deep dive into the new Universal Monsters house, but also the history of Slash's involvement with Halloween Horror Nights!

I of course had to sneak a pic with John and Slash!

The amount of applause this maze (it was still a maze last year) got when they started talking about it I think surprised John a bit. It's so beloved.

And then we got a deep dive into the new Monsters house!

Let's dive into Universal Monsters Legends Collide! There are spoilers ahead.

The three stars of our house!

The inspiration for the new house

Red Moon for Dracula, Harvest Moon for The Mummy and Full Moon for The Wolfman.

Some awesome Egyptian stuff in the house as well

It was also revealed that the house at HHN Orlando is kind of "part one" of this house, and the HHN Hollywood house is "part two". Love this collaboration between events!

There are A LOT of Easter Egg's in the house, so we'll have to go in a lot. Bummer. =)

Props from the 1999 Mummy films!!!

An overhead view of one of the rooms in the house

Another room overhead

Dracula's Brides from Bride of Frankenstein lives will be making a return to the house!