Halloween Horror Nights™ 2018


2018 • Halloween Horror Nights™

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Stranger Things Have Happened

If American Horror Story was popular, Stranger Things was monumental. The Netflix juggernaut brought the zeitgeist and mountains of licensed merchandise to Halloween Horror Nights™ Hollywood, along with a younger audience than ever before. Stampedes of adolescent horror fans were greeted with mazes based on adjacent gateway drugs, like Poltergeist and Trick ‘r Treat. Fans of the rougher stuff still had Michael Myers and the first full maze dedicated to The Purge. Scare Zones nearly doubled from the previous year and Holidayz in Hell would restart the La Llorona tradition of zones becoming mazes in 2019.

Year:
2018
Location:
Universal Studios Hollywood™
Dates:
September 14 - November 3, 2018
Event Name:
Halloween Horror Nights™ 2018
Event Phrase:
We Know What Scares You.
Hours:
6:30 PM-1:00 AM (Non-Peak)
6:30 PM-2:00 AM (Peak Nights)
Pricing:
$52.00 +tax - $80.00 +tax
Stats:
8 Maze(s)
5 Scare Zones
1 Shows

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Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
WATERWORLD® | X/5
October 30 1988 a seemingly comatose Michael Myers is being transferred back to Smith’s Grove Sanitarium. It has been a decade since his last killing spree in Haddonfield but the townspeople know pure evil never sleeps. Michael awakens and slaughters the medical personnel transporting him escaping into the night.
Poltergeist
Backlot Metro Sets | X/5
After moving to their new home in sunny Southern California the Freeling family discovers that dreams can come true—and that nightmares can too…
Stranger Things
Soundstage #29 | X/5
Step inside the hair-raising world of Stranger Things and prepare to brave the Upside Down of this pop culture series phenomenon!
Terror Tram: Hollywood Harry’s - Dreadtime Storyz
The Terror Tram | X/5
Hollywood Harry the phantom clown infamous for terrorizing the Universal Studios backlot has returned to Terror Tram as host of an all new bloodcurdling experience. Brace yourself for the unspeakable horrors depicted in this demented rendition of Harry’s 1950s television show.
The First Purge
Backlot Metro Sets | X/5
The New Founding Fathers of America (NFFA) have instituted the inaugural Purge a 12-hour period on Staten Island where all crimes including Murder are legal. Try to survive the NFFA’s experiment and make it through the night. Your government thanks you for your participation!
The Horrors of Blumhouse: Chapter 2
Backlot Metro Sets | X/5
Blumhouse Productions is back again with new suspense-filled moments from Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare Unfriended and a nightmarish surprise ending that will leave you screaming for more!
Trick ‘r Treat
Revenge of the Mummy Queue | X/5
Every year one small town is taught a terrifying lesson that some traditions are best not forgotten. Welcome to Warren Valley Ohio a sleepy suburban community that masks many dark secrets.
Universal Monsters
Upper Lot | X/5
Inspired by Universal’s legendary horror films the Universal Monsters maze features an original score produced and composed by Grammy award winning musician SLASH it will shake horror fans to the core with a petrifying modern rendition.
Trick ‘r Treat
New York | ??/5
The frightening characters from writer/director Michael Dougherty’s anthology horror film Trick 'R Treat have descended on the small Midwestern town of Warren Ohio during their annual Halloween celebrations. Lurking in the fog are vampires werewolves zombie school children and Sam the vengeful spirit of Halloween who will stop at nothing to ensure his rules for the season are being upheld.
Toxxic Tunnel
Backlot Tunnel | ??/5
There’s been a terrible industrial accident deep inside an underground utility tunnel. The noxious vapors that were released have transformed the emergency workers into radioactive monsters filled with an uncontrollable rage and hell-bent on our destruction!
Monster Masquerade
French Street | ??/5
Step into the fog-enshrouded streets of old Paris and enter “The Danse Of The Dead” a macabre monster masquerade ball inspired by the original Universal Classic Monster films The Phantom Of The Opera and The Hunchback Of Notre Dame.
Holidayz in Hell
Backlot Metro Sets | ??/5
Every day is Halloween in this irreverent send up of the Holidays of the year. Encounter creepy Cupids lecherous Leprechauns and evil Easter bunnies as you take a terrifying trip through these psychotic seasonal celebrations… screaming all the way!
Hell’s Harvest
Front Gate | ??/5
Enter a pagan harvest festival where the dark spirit of Halloween was born! The streets are filled with strange bewitched dolls brought to life through dark magic. This army of evil dolls are looking for the next victim for their human sacrifice…will it be you?
Jabbawockeez
Special Effects Stage | ??/5
With their signature white masks the diverse group of dancers will perform a repertoire of innovative synchronized choreography accompanied by a stunning laser lights display that will come to life in a full spectrum of color.

Event Facts

  • For the first time, the Universal Monsters earned their own dedicated maze. The resulting fan-favorite, featuring music by Slash, re-established them as icons of Halloween Horror Nights™ and the studio that practically invented the genre. This monster revival would continue in Hollywood and inspire a similar maze in Orlando the following year.
  • Though it wasn’t announced as the Terror Tram’s final year, the writing was on the wall. Recycling the Hollywood Harry character from 2016 and a hodgepodge of masks from unrelated mazes, Dreadtime Storyz was a compromise to the mounting costs of doing brand-name IPs justice. With Stranger Things taking up the entirety of Soundstage 29, the Terror Tram looked less like tradition and more like obligation.

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