Halloween Horror Nights
Halloween Horror Nights | |
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Universal Studios Florida | |
Status | Operating |
Opening date | October 25, 1991 |
Universal Studios Hollywood | |
Status | Operating |
Opening date | October 9, 1997 |
Universal Studios Singapore | |
Status | Operating |
Opening date | October 21, 2011 |
Universal Studios Japan | |
Status | Operating |
Opening date | 2012 |
General statistics | |
Season | Halloween (September – October) |
Owner | Universal Parks & Resorts |
Website | Official website |
Universal Express available |
Halloween Horror Nights (formerly known as Fright Nights) is an annual special event that occurs at Universal Studios Florida, Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal Studios Singapore, and Universal Studios Japan. Universal Studios remains operational during the day and transitions to Halloween Horror Nights at night. The Halloween-themed event occurs during the fall season and features haunted houses, "scare zones", and live entertainment – many of which utilize Universal characters. Its intended audience targets teenagers and young adults.
History
Halloween Horror Nights began at Universal Studios Florida in 1991 under the title Fright Nights. It began as a three-night event October 25, 26, and 31, 1991, with one haunted house, The Dungeon of Terror. The first year, the admission price was only $12.95.[1] From 1991–2001, the event was held at Universal Studios Florida.
The event was renamed "Universal Studios Florida Halloween Horror Nights" in 1992 and advertised as the second annual Halloween Horror Nights. There were two haunted houses, with The Dungeon of Terror returning to the Jaws queue building, and The People Under The Stairs making its debut in Soundstage 23. The HHN2 event ran five nights, October 23, 24, 29, 30, and 31.[2]
The Third Annual Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Florida saw the event increase to seven nights. Due to the re-opening of the Jaws attraction, the in-park haunted house moved from the Jaws queue in Amity to the Nazarman's facade in the New York area.[3] The number of haunted houses increased to three, with the third at the Bates Motel set (see Psycho) at Universal Studios Florida.[4]
Halloween Horror Nights 4 expanded to an eight night run in 1994.[5] This year marked the return of a newly-designed Dungeon of Terror, along with three more haunted houses, for a total of four. In addition to Nazarman's and the Bates Motel, the new locations were in the Earthquake overflow queue and the Boneyard. This year also marked the first use of the term "scareactors", as well as the first official "Ghoul School" for actors participating in the event.[6] Ticket prices increased to $36.00 this year.[7]
Halloween Horror Nights V is the first time Universal marketing began using Roman numerals in the title of the event. Featuring a 12 night run and three haunted houses, one of which was a dual-path house, it was also the first time Universal themed the event around an icon, in this case the Crypt Keeper (see Tales from the Crypt). The event was subtitled "The Curse of the Crypt Keeper".[8]
Universal Studios Hollywood had featured Halloween attractions in 1986 and 1992. The 1986 effort was actually a tram tour, and bears little resemblance to the modern event.[9] The 1992 event was a direct result of the success of Fright Nights at Universal Florida the year before, but was not successful.[10][11] Halloween Horror Nights officially launched at Universal Studios Hollywood October 9, 1997, running through the 2000 season.[12] From 2001 to 2005, Halloween Horror Nights went on hiatus at USH, then returned in 2006.[13][14] It has continued yearly since.[15]
Back in Florida, Halloween Horror Nights VI through X followed the formula developed for HHN V in 1995, growing from 15 nights in 1996 to 19 in 2000. There were 3 haunted houses each year, although from 1998 on, two each year were dual path houses, for a total of five experiences. One notable change was the first 3-D haunted house, in 1999, in the Nazarman's facade. By 1999, ticket prices were $44.00.[16] In 2000, Universal launched its first in-house created Icon, Jack the Clown.[17]
Halloween Horror Nights XI, coming so close after the events of September 11, 2001, caused Universal to make many changes to tone the event down. Lots of gore was scrapped from the event, and blood was replaced with green "goop". The names of several houses, scare zones, and shows were changed. The original icon character "Eddie" was scrapped. Edgar Sawyer was conceived as a demented, chainsaw-wielding horror movie buff that had been disfigured by a fire. He was supposed to be a threat to previous icon Jack and the tagline "No more clowning around" was used and even seen on early advertisements and merchandise. Eddie was ultimately removed from the event before it began, although he was still appearing on that year's logo and merchandise with the official "I.C.U." tagline. As a hurried replacement, Jack would return along with a line of merchandise bearing the tagline "Jack's Back." Eddie's back-story was changed, and his name was changed to Eddie Schmidt, Jack's younger brother.[18] The event again ran for 19 days, admission was $48.00, with three haunted houses (one dual), for a total of four. The dual house was in Soundstage 22.[19][20]
Halloween Horror Nights moved to Universal's Islands of Adventure in 2002.[21] The Caretaker was not the original icon for Halloween Horror Nights 12 in 2002. Cindy (sometimes spelled "Sindy"), the daughter of mortuary owner Paul Bearer, was originally the icon of the event. In the event's premise, every land would be ruled over by her "playthings". After several child abductions in the area, the Cindy concept was abandoned and her father Paul Bearer morphed into Dr. Albert Caine, also known as The Caretaker. Cindy would eventually appear in 2006's "Scream House Resurrection", and 2009's "Shadows of the Past" and "The Orfanage: Ashes to Ashes". HHN12, the first to be held at Universal's Islands of Adventure park, featured five haunted houses, with admission set at $49.95.[22][23][24] Note that Universal Marketing changed back from Roman numerals to Arabic numerals in numbering HHN, although it can be found both ways when researching the event.
Halloween Horror Nights 13 again took place at Islands of Adventure. It featured six haunted houses. The Icon was The Director.[25]
In 2004, HHN14, the resort experimented with a dual-park format, which connected and utilized parts of both parks.[26] The fourteenth edition featured Eddie Schmidt, from HHN12, as the Icon, along with Jack, The Director, and The Caretaker. Halloween Horror Nights 14 is distinguished by being held both in Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios Florida, with parts of the two parks joined for the event. It ran 18 nights and featured seven haunted houses.[27]
HHN 15, in 2005, was another two-park event. It ran 19 nights, had seven haunted houses, and an admission of $59.75. This year was the first time Universal offered backstage tours of the Halloween Horror Nights sets.[28][29]
In 2006, HHN16, the event returned to the Universal Studios Florida park only,[30] ending the dual park experiment. Admission was $59.95.[31][32] It ran 19 nights, featuring seven haunted houses.[33][34]
For HHN17, in 2007, Universal Studios acquired the rights to use New Line Cinema's characters Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, and Leatherface for Halloween Horror Nights. There were eight haunted houses.[35] The event ran 23 days, with a cost of $64.95.[36]
HHN18 (2008) and HHN19 (2009) both featured eight haunted houses. A musical tribute to The Rocky Horror Picture Show was an unique addition, running both years.[37][38][39][40]
2010 marked the 20th installment of the event at the Orlando park. It was titled "Twenty Years of Fear", and it featured "Fear itself" as the event's icon.[41] There were eight haunted houses. The event ran 23 nights and admission was $74.99.[42][43]
2011 (HHN21) and 2012 (HHN22): eight and seven haunted houses, respectively; 25 nights and 22 nights, respectively; $81.99 and $88.99. "Roaming hordes" replace scare zones and The Walking Dead arrive as the event icon in 2012. [44][45][46][47][48][49]
In 2011, Universal Studios Singapore (USS) began their Halloween Horror Nights event. There was one haunted house, the event ran seven nights, and admission was S$60.00.[50][51] USS HHN2 in 2012, ran seven nights, had three haunted houses, with admission at S68.00.[52][53] By 2015, USS HHN5 had grown to four haunted houses, three of which were designed using local Singaporean horror legends and myths.[54] USS HHN6, in 2016, featured five haunted houses, ran 16 nights, with admission at S$69.00.[55]
In 2012, Universal Studios Japan joined the Halloween Horror Nights franchise with an event themed to the Biohazard video games (titled Resident Evil in western countries). It ran 36 nights, from September 14 through November 11. Tickets were ¥8,400.[56][57][58][59] By 2015, USJ had increased its "Universal Surprise Halloween at Universal Studios Japan" (which includes Halloween Horror Nights) to 59 days, featuring both daytime and nightime activities.[60]
2013 USF HHN 23 featured a haunted house based on An American Werewolf in London, another based on Cabin in the Woods, and a third based on Resident Evil which was imported from USJ, plus five more, for a total of eight. The Walking Dead continued as the event icon and The Rocky Horror Picture Show Tribute returned.[61] It ran 27 nights.[62] Admission was $91.99.[63]
2014 USF HHN 24 featured eight haunted houses and a return to the use of scare zones, absent since 2012. Universal again makes use of licensed properties from others, including “The Walking Dead”, “Alien vs Predator,” “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “Halloween,” and “The Purge”. There are two shows, Bill and Ted and the Rocky Horror Tribute.[64][65]
Halloween Horror Nights XXV, in 2015 at USF, ran a record 30 nights, exceeding the 28 nights in 2014 and 27 nights in 2013.[66][67] HHN25 featured nine haunted houses, with admission at $101.99.[68][69][70]
Event Summaries
Universal Orlando Resort
Name[71] | Year | Icon | Houses | Scare Zones | Shows[72] |
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Universal Studios Fright Nights | 1991 | None | Dungeon of Terror | None | Beetlejuice Dead in Concert! Featuring the Ghostbusters! Beetlejuice Graveyard Tours The Pendragons Leatherface Dr. Death The Human Pincushion Cobra Woman Dragon Breath Magical Mania Starshower Madame Kuszel: Gypsy Fortune Teller Paul Revere and the Raiders Monster Mardi Gras Costume Contest Prince Dragon Iron Belly Dr. Frankenstein's Blade Theater The Human Impaler The Gravediggers Universal Science Band |
Universal Studios Florida Halloween Horror Nights | 1992 | None | Dungeon of Terror The People Under the Stairs |
None | Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure Carnival of Horror Robosaurus Thunderdome The Pendragons |
The Third Annual Halloween Horror Nights | 1993 | None | The People Under the Stairs The Psycho Path Maze The Slaughterhouse |
None | Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure II Robosaurus Hex Maniacs Human Blockhead Crossbows of Death Rock Inferno |
The 4th Annual Universal Studios Florida
Halloween Horror Nights |
1994 | None | The Bone Yard Dungeon of Terror Hell's Kitchen The Psycho Path Maze |
Horrorwood | Bill & Ted Meet Timecop Robosaurus The Devil and his Showgirls The Price is Fright |
Halloween Horror Nights V
The Curse of the Crypt Keeper |
1995 | Crypt Keeper | The Crypt Keeper's Dungeon of Terror Universal's House of Horrors Terror Underground: Transit to Torment |
Horrorwood Midway of the Bizarre |
Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure IV Rock of Ages The Price is Fright |
Halloween Horror Nights VI: Journey Into Fear | 1996 | Crypt Keeper | The Crypt Keeper's Studio Tour of Terror Toy Hell: Nightmare at the Scream Factory Universal's New House of Horrors |
Midway of the Bizarre | Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure The Crypt Keeper's Festival of the Dead Parade Welcome to My Nightmare Tricks, Treats & Trances |
Halloween Horror Nights VII: Frightmares | 1997 | None | Hotel Hell Tombs of Terror Universal's Museum of Horror |
Midway of the Bizarre | Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure VI: The Final Frontier Festival of the Dead Parade Frightmares Abra-Cadaver |
Halloween Horror Nights VIII: Primal Scream | 1998 | None | Hell's High Museum of Horror: Chamber of Horrors Museum of Horror: Unnatural History S.S. Frightanic: Fear in First Class S.S. Frightanic: Carnage Crew |
Midway of the Bizarre | Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure VII: Dial "E" for Excellent! Festival of the Dead Parade Horrorpalooza |
Halloween Horror Nights IX: Last Gasp | 1999 | None | Doomsday Insanity The Mummy Psycho: Through the Mind of Norman Bates Universal's Creature Features in 3-D |
Midway of the Bizarre | Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure VIII Festival of the Dead Parade Deadly D'illusions |
Halloween Horror Nights X | 2000 | Jack the Clown | Anxiety in 3-D Dark Torment The Fearhouse Total Chaos Universal Classic Monster Mania |
Apocalypse Island Clown Attack The Gauntlet Midway of Dr. Morose |
Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure Festival of the Dead Pa lrade Jacked Up |
Halloween Horror Nights XI | 2001 | Jack the Clown | Run The Mummy Returns: The Curse Continues Pitch Black Scary Tales Superstitions |
Midway of the Bizarre Nightmare Alley The Unknown |
Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure Nightmares on Parade Dangerous D'Illusions Boogeymen The Ooze Zone Fright Club |
Halloween Horror Nights 12: Islands of Fear | 2002 | The Caretaker | Scream House Fear Factor Maximum Carnage Project Evilution Scary Tales II |
Boo-Ville Island of Evil Souls Island Under Siege JP Extinction Port of Evil Treaks and Foons |
Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure Studio 666 |
Halloween Horror Nights 13 | 2003 | The Director | All Nite Die-In Funhouse of Fear Jungle of Doom PsychoScareapy Scream House Revisited Ship of Screams |
Boo-Ville Hide & Shrieeek! Immortal Island Night Prey Port of Evil Toxic City |
Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure Infestation |
Halloween Horror Nights 14: 2X The Fear | 2004 | None | Castle Vampyr Disorientorium Deadtropolis Hellgate Prison Horror in Wax Horror Nights Nightmares Ghost Town |
Field of Screams The Fright Yard Midway of the Bizarre Point of Evil |
Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure Festival of the Dead Parade |
Halloween Horror Nights 15: Tales of Terror | 2005 | The Storyteller | Where Evil Hides Body Collectors Blood Ruins Cold Blind Terror Demon Cantina The Skool Terror Mines |
Blood Thunder Alley The Cemetery Mines The Fire Pits Gorewood Forest Terra Guard Run |
Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure Terra Throne |
Halloween Horror Nights: Sweet 16 | 2006 | Jack the Clown The Caretaker The Director The Storyteller |
Scream House: Resurrection All Nite Die-In: Take 2 Psychoscareapy: Maximum Madness Dungeon of Terror: Retold The People Under the Stairs: Under Construction Psycho Path: The Return of Norman Bates Run: Hostile Territory |
Blood Masquerade Deadtropolis: Zombie Siege Harvest of the Souls Horror Comes Home[73] |
Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure The Arrival Sweet 16: The Director's Cut Robosaurus |
Halloween Horror Nights 17: Carnival of Carnage | 2007 | Jack the Clown (Main) Freddy Krueger (Minor) Jason Voorhees (Minor) Leatherface (Minor) |
Jack's Funhouse in Clown-O-Vision A Nightmare on Elm Street: Dreamwalkers Friday the 13th: Camp Blood The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Flesh Wounds Dead Silence: The Curse of Mary Shaw PsychoScareapy: Home for the Holidays The Thing: Assimilation Vampyr: Blood Bath[74][75] |
Midway of the Bizarre Killer Carnies Motormaniacs Treaks & Foons Troupe Macabe |
Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure Jack's Carnival of Carnage The Rocky Horror Picture Show: A Tribute Freak Show |
Halloween Horror Nights 18: Reflections of Fear | 2008 | Bloody Mary | Reflections of Fear Body Collectors: Collections of the Past Creatures! Dead Exposure Doomsday The Hallow Interstellar Terror Scary Tales: Once Upon a Nightmare |
American Gothic Asylum in Wonderland Fractured Tales The Path of the Wicked The Skoolhouse Streets of Blood: Body Collectors[76][77] |
Bill & Ted Meet Hellboy The Rocky Horror Picture Show: A Tribute Brian Brushwood |
Halloween Horror Nights 19: Ripped From The Silver Screen | 2009 | The Usher (Main) Billy the Puppet (Minor) The Wolfman (Minor) Chucky (Minor) |
Silver Screams Saw Chucky: Friends 'til the End The Wolfman Dracula: Legacy in Blood Frankenstein: Creation of the Damned Leave it to Cleaver The Spawning |
Apocalypse: City of Cannibals Cirque du Freak Containment Horrorwood Die-In Lights, Camera, Hacktion! War of the Living Dead Shadows from the Past[78] |
Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure The Rocky Horror Picture Show: A Tribute |
Halloween Horror Nights XX: Twenty Years of Fear | 2010 | Fear (Main) Jack the Clown (Minor) The Caretaker (Minor) The Director (Minor) The Storyteller (Minor) The Usher (Minor) |
Horror Nights: The Hallow'd Past Catacombs: Black Death Rising Havoc: Dogs of War The Orfanage: Ashes to Ashes ZombieGeddon Hades: The Gates of Ruin PsychoScareapy: Echoes of Shadybrook Legendary Truth: The Wyandot Estate |
HHN: 20 Years of Fear Fear Revealed Zombie Gras Saws N' Steam The Coven Esqueleto Muerte |
Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure Brian Brushwood: Menace and Malice |
Halloween Horror Nights 21 | 2011 | Lady Luck | Nightingales: Blood Prey H.R. Bloodengutz Presents Holidays of Horror Saws N' Steam: Into the Machine The Thing Winter's Night: The Haunting of Hawthorn Cemetery Nevermore: The Madness of Poe The Forsaken The In Between |
Your Luck Has Run Out Nightmaze Grown Evil Canyon of Dark Souls 7 Acid Assault |
Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure Death Drums |
Halloween Horror Nights 22 | 2012 | None | Welcome To Silent Hill The Walking Dead: Dead Inside Alice Cooper: Welcome to My Nightmare Penn & Teller: New(kd) Las Vegas 3-D Universal's House of Horrors Dead End Gothic |
The Iniquitus Dark Legions: Vampires Dark Legions: Beasts Dark Legions: Warriors Dark Legions: Prisoners Dark Legions: Traditionals Dark Legions: Trick-or-Treaters Dark Legions: Zombies[79] |
Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure 20 Penny Circus: Fully Exposed |
Halloween Horror Nights 23 | 2013 | None | The Cabin in the Woods Evil Dead The Walking Dead: No Safe Haven Urban Legends: La Llorona Afterlife: Death's Vengeance Havoc: Derailed An American Werewolf in London Resident Evil: Escape From Raccoon City |
The Walking Dead: The Fall of Atlanta The Walking Dead: Woodlands The Walking Dead: Survivor's Camp The Walking Dead: The Farm The Walking Dead: Clear |
Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure The Rocky Horror Picture Show: A Tribute |
Halloween Horror Nights 24 | 2014 | None | Halloween The Walking Dead: The End of the Line AVP: Alien vs. Predator From Dusk Till Dawn Dracula Untold: Reign of Blood Dollhouse of the Damned Giggles & Gore Inc. Roanoke: Cannibal Colony |
The Purge: Anarchy Face Off: In the Flesh Bayou of Blood MASKerade: Unstitched |
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: A Tribute Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure |
Halloween Horror Nights 25 | 2015 | Jack The Clown | Freddy vs. Jason Insidious The Walking Dead: The Living and The Dead The Purge An American Werewolf In London Body Collectors: Recollections RUN: Blood, Sweat, and Fears Asylum in Wonderland 3D Jack Presents: 25 Years of Monsters and Mayhem |
Psychoscareapy: Unleashed Icons: HHN Scary Tales: Screampunk Evil's Roots All Nite Die-In: Double Feature |
Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure The Carnage Returns |
Halloween Horror Nights 26 | 2016 | Chance | The Texas Chain Saw Massacre The Exorcist Halloween: Hell Comes To Haddonfield Krampus Tomb of the Ancients Lunatics Playground 3D: You Won't Stand a Chance Ghost Town: The Curse of Lightning Gulch American Horror Story The Repository VR Experience The Walking Dead[80] |
Survive Or Die: Apocalypse Lair of the Banshee Dead Man's Wharf Vamp '55 A Chance In Hell |
Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure Academy Of Villains: House Of Fear |
Halloween Horror Nights 27 | 2017 | American Horror Story The Shining Ash vs Evil Dead |
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Universal Studios Hollywood
Year | Icon | Terror Tram | Mazes | Scare Zones | Shows[81][82] |
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1986 | None | The Terror Tram | None | None | Ready for the World "Oh Sheila" |
1992 | None | Terror Tram | Maze of Maniacs Nightmare Alley |
None | Penn & Teller Amazing Falkenstein Dungeon of Terror Tower of Torture Carnival of Carnage Chucky "In-Your-Face" Insults Ghoulia Wild's Roadside Cuisine Death Globe The Wild, Wild, Wild Witch Hunt The Living Deadheads Review Club Fright Burn and Bury Swap Meet Beetlejuice's Graveyard Revue The Voodoo Gurus Zombie Spooktacular Backdraft |
1997 | None | None | Area 51 Maze Classic Monster Maze Crypt Keeper's Film Vault Maze Creature from the Black Lagoon's Monsterquarium |
None | Bill and Ted's Halloween Adventure Circus of Horrors Beetlejuice's Rockin' Graveyard Revue Chucky's Insult Emporium Boogie Knights March of the Zombies Creepy Animal Show |
1998 | None | None | Alien Assault Classic Creatures Features Clive Barker's FREAKZ Maze The Crypt Keeper's Screaming Room |
None | None |
1999 | None | None | Cleaver's Meat Locker Clive Barker's Hell The Mummy Creature Features The Thrilling Chilling World of Rob Zombie |
None | Bill and Ted's Halloween Adventure Chucky's Insult Emporium Animal House of Horrors Carnival of Carnage Rob Zombie presents Bomboras |
2000 | None | None | Buffy & Angel: Hellmouth Haunt Clive Barker's Harvest Theatre of Blood The Undertaker: No Mercy Rob Zombie's The House of 1000 Corpses Maze |
Nightmare Creatures II | Bill and Ted's Halloween Adventure Chucky's Insult Emporium Animal House of Horrors Dance Party Carnival of Carnage Z.com present's Bobbing for Maggots |
2006 | The Director | The Director's Cut | The Asylum Universal's House of Horrors |
The Black Death Dawn of the Dead Deadwood Old London Studio Center |
SlaughterWorld Carnival of Carnage Fear Factor Live: Dead Celebrity Edition The Mutaytor Chucky's Insult Emporium |
2007 | Jack the Clown Freddy Krueger Leatherface Jason Voorhees |
Horror Comes Home | Universal's House of Horrors A Nightmare on Elm Street: Freddy's Nightmare Friday the 13th: Camp Blood The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Back in Business |
The Black Death Deadwood HellBilly Hoedown Haunted London Zombie Invasion |
Bill and Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure Chucky's Insult Emporium Dark Magic and Dirty Tricks SlaughterWorld 2 |
2008 |
Freddy Krueger Jason Voorhees Leatherface |
The Nightmare Tour | A Nightmare on Elm Street: Home Sweet Hell Friday the 13th: Camp Blood The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Back in Business Universal's House of Horrors: Meet The Strangers |
The Nightmare Begins... The Black Death The Dead Shall Rise Deadwood The Dark Streets of London Revenge of the Pigs The Strangers |
Bill and Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure Chucky's Insult Emporium (Got Canceled Half-Way) SlaughterWorld 3 |
2009 | Billy the Puppet Chucky Michael Myers |
Live or Die | Saw: Game Over Chucky's Funhouse Halloween: The Life & Crimes of Michael Myers My Bloody Valentine: Be Mine 4 Ever |
FREAKZ Let the Games Begin! Meat Market Shaun of the Dead There Will Be Blood Welcome to Hell |
Bill and Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure The Rocky Horror Picture Show: A Tribute |
2010 | Freddy Krueger Jason Voorhees Billy the Puppet |
Chucky's Revenge | A Nightmare on Elm Street: Never Sleep Again Friday the 13th: Kill, Jason, Kill Saw: Game On Rob Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses: In 3-D Zombievision Vampyre: Castle of the Undead |
Nightmarez Klownz La Llorona Lunaticz Freakz Pigz |
Bill and Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure |
2011 | Ghostface | Scream 4 Your Life | The Thing: Assimilation Eli Roth's Hostel: Hunting Season Alice Cooper: Welcome to My Nightmare Rob Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses: In 3D ZombieVision The Wolfman: The Curse of Talbot Hall La Llorona: Villa de Almas Perdidas |
Zombieville Reaperz Klownz Freakz |
Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure |
2012 | The Walking Dead | Invaded by The Walking Dead | The Walking Dead: Dead Inside Welcome to Silent Hill Alice Cooper: Goes to Hell 3D Universal Monsters Remix The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Saw is the Law La Llorona: La Cazadora de Ninos |
Toyz Klownz Silent Hill Witchez |
Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure |
2013 | The Walking Dead | Invaded by The Walking Dead | Evil Dead: Book of the Dead The Walking Dead: No Safe Haven Black Sabbath: 13 3D Insidious: Into The Further Universal Monsters Remix: Resurrection El Cucuy: The Boogeyman |
The Purge Curse of Chucky Cirque Du Klownz Scarecrowz The Walking Dead |
Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure Chucky's Insult Emporium |
2014 | The Walking Dead | Invaded by The Walking Dead | The Walking Dead: End Of The Line Alien vs. Predator From Dusk Till Dawn Dracula Untold: Reign of Blood Face Off: In The Flesh An American Werewolf in London Clowns 3D |
The Walking Dead: Welcome to Terminus The Purge: Anarchy Mask-a-Raid Dark Christmas Skullz |
None |
2015 | The Walking Dead | Survive The Purge | Crimson Peak: Maze of Madness Insidious: Return to the Further The Walking Dead: Wolves Not Far Halloween: Michael Myers Comes Home This Is The End 3D Alien vs. Predator |
Exterminatorz Dark Christmas Corpz The Purge: Urban Nightmare |
Jabbawockeez |
2016 | Beyond Your Wildest Screams | Eli Roth Presents Terror Tram | The Exorcist Halloween: Hell Comes To Haddonfield Freddy vs. Jason The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Blood Brothers Krampus American Horror Story The Walking Dead Attraction |
The Purge: Election Year | Jabbawockeez |
2017 | The Best Nightmares Never End | Titans of Terror Tram: Hosted by Chucky | The Shining American Horror Story: Roanoke Ash vs Evil Dead Titans of Terror Jigsaw Insidious 4 Blumhouse of Horrors The Walking Dead Attraction |
Hell-O-Ween Toxic Tunnel Urban Inferno |
Jabbawockeez |
Universal Studios Singapore
Year | Icon | Mazes | Scare Zones | Shows[83] |
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2011 | The Director | Peranakan Mansion: Vengeance of the Matriarch The Pestilence |
Carnevil Post-Apocalyptic Rage The Void The Edge of Darkness |
44 Sins Director's Final Cut |
2012 | The Puppet Master | Dungeon of Damnation The Insanitarium Death Alley |
House of Dolls Total Lockdown Bizarre Bazaar |
None |
2013 | The Evil Sisters | Adrift Songs of Death House No. 13 |
Attack of the Vampires Convention of Curses Forbidden Forest |
None |
2014 | The Minister (Jonah Goodwill) | The L.A.B: Laboratory of Alien Breeding Mati Camp Jing's Revenge Jack's 3Dementia |
Scary Tales Canyon of the Cursed Demoncracy Bogeyman |
Jack's Nightmare Circus |
2015 | The Blood Moon | True Singapore Ghost Stories: The MRT The Tunnel People Hell House Siloso Gateway Block 50 |
CONTermination Hungry Ghosts The Invaders |
Beast Club |
2016 | Lady Death | Old Changi Hospital Bodies of Work The Salem Witch House Hui Li's Inn Hawker Centre Massacre |
Suicide Forest March of the Dead |
Jack's Recurring Nightmare Circus March of the Dead - The Procession |
2017 |
Universal Studios Japan
Year | Houses | Scare Zones | Attractions & Shows |
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2012 | Jason's Bloody Diner The Mummy Museum II |
Biohazard/Resident Evil | Parade De Carnival Trick or Treat |
2013 | Sadako Friday the 13th The Mummy Museum III |
Zombie Street | Parade De Carnival |
2014 | Sadako Friday the 13th Chucky's Horror Factory |
Zombie Street Biohazard/Resident Evil |
Parade De Carnival |
2015 | Sadako A Nightmare on Elm Street Chucky's Horror Factory 2 Alien vs. Predator |
Zombie Street Biohazard/Resident Evil |
Parade De Carnival |
2016 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 Chucky's Horror Factory 3 Tatari The Exorcist Trauma 2 |
Zombie Street J-Horror |
None |
2017 | Deadman's Forest Cult of Chucky A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 The Exorcist Trauma 3 Sadako Gakkou no Kaidan |
Zombie Street | Festa de Parade |
Event icons
Halloween Horror Nights has amassed a number of lead characters, known as icons. These icons usually have elaborate back-stories that involve the events' themes, houses, or scare zones. Predominantly, they have been used for promotional materials and merchandising. The first unofficial icon was Crypt Keeper, from the TV series Tales from the Crypt, a series popular at the time of his first event appearance.[84] The Crypt Keeper returned the next year for one of the houses, but was not featured in the advertising campaign. After the Crypt Keeper, the event continued for four years without an icon. In 2000, for HHN X, Jack the Clown was featured as an icon. This represents the first time Universal created an icon in-house.[85] Halloween Horror Nights has had an icon, and in some cases, multiple icons, every year since, excluding Halloween Horror Nights XIV and 22-24. These characters have included Jack the Clown, The Caretaker, The Director, The Storyteller, Bloody Mary, The Usher, Fear, Lady Luck, and Chance. Chance was the icon for Halloween Horror Nights 2016. She was a new icon but used to serve as a "sidekick" to Jack (though there are rumours that they have a romantic relationship) in his shows (her role and look being inspired by Batman antagonist Harley Quinn[86]). In 2007, for HHN 17, Universal again licensed intellectual properties from others, in this case New Line Cinema for Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, and Leatherface,[87] however, Jack the Clown was still featured. Jack the Clown returned in 2015 for HHN XXV.
Houses
The haunted house (simulated) is the anchor entertainment and raison d'être for the entire event, at least through the lens of popular culture in the United States. When the event first started as "Fright Nights" at Universal Studios Florida,[88] there was simply one haunted house, the Dungeon of Terror.[89] As the event progressed through the years, the number has increased to as many as nine different houses, as of Halloween Horror Nights 25 in 2015.[90] The houses are enumerated in the expandable charts above for each park, sorted by year.
Scare zones
Halloween Horror Nights IV was the first year to introduce a "scare zone", a name given to specific outdoor areas that feature costumed characters that fit the theme with the intent of scaring people who walk through the areas. To get to certain areas of the park, it is necessary to travel through these scare zones. In 2012, Orlando re-envisioned the scare zones as "street experiences," claiming that scare actors were no longer restricted to specific "zones." Instead, there were a number of "hordes" which would change their location in the park every 90 minutes. By 2014, the traditional scare zones returned with The Purge: Anarchy (inspired by the film), Face Off: In the Flesh, Bayou of Blood, and MASKerade: Unstitched.
Live entertainment
Halloween Horror Nights has featured several live entertainment shows. Recurring shows have included "The Rocky Horror Picture Show: A Tribute",[91] "Bill and Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure",[92] and Robosaurus.[93] Bill and Ted's show has appeared in every Halloween Horror Nights edition to date, beginning with HHN 2 in 1992. It is "...a scatter-shot mashup of pop culture, popular radio and unexpectedly mature content" according to a recent review.[94]
Rides
Several of the rides at Universal Studios remain operational during the event.[95] In past event years, some rides were re-themed for the event such as Kongfrontation becoming Tramway of Doom during HHN II. Since 2015 Diagon Alley has been open for Halloween Horror Nights. It was closed-off in 2014 despite opening just a few months earlier and to date it has never been re-themed or have any scare actors present.[96]
Commercials and media
Universal's Halloween Horror Nights is known for the dark tone of its advertisements and commercials. In 2010, the directors of Daybreakers, Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig, directed the commercial for Halloween Horror Nights.
Universal Studios Florida has won Amusement Today's Golden Ticket Award for Best Halloween Event 10 of the 12 times it has been awarded, including the last nine years straight.[97]
See also
References
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