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\n\tEach year, Universal<\/a> Orlando Resort and Universal Studios<\/a> Hollywood\u2019s Halloween Horror<\/a> Nights pushes the limit on what a seasonal after-hours event can be. For Mike Aiello, creative director of HHN for Universal Orlando<\/a> Resort, this year is about ramping up the scares across the park, while also introducing new event experiences like roving zombie carhops and a DJ dance area.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThere\u2019s always something for everybody at the event, but I think it\u2019s most true this year with the diversity of content, from the IP and original house ideas, and the connective tissue, which is our Scare Zone program,\u201d he tells The Hollywood Reporter. \u201cThis year has evolved into something I think everyone\u2019s going to like as a creative entity.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLora Sauls, assistant director of creative development and entertainment for UOR, says, \u201cWe\u2019re filling in all those locations that had a moment to breathe, to bring a lot more characters, a lot more haunting, effects and lighting to the entire park. The Cat Lady of Cricket Lane scare zone? You\u2019re going through Central Park. We got to expand that scare zone beyond the trees and into the circle, so you\u2019re going to see the cat lady\u2019s house, some cat beds and get some more scares in there. It\u2019s a house moment in the streets.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAlongside a bar themed to rock icon Slash and vinyl featuring original HHN tracks, for John Murdy, creative director for Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood<\/a>, one of this year\u2019s big creative needle movers is Five Nights at Freddy\u2019s full-scale animatronics. \u201cIf you had come to me five, 10 years ago and asked if we could do a house on Five Nights at Freddy\u2019s?\u2019 I probably would have said it\u2019s impossible,\u201d says Murdy. There\u2019s also WWE<\/a> Presents: The Horrors of the Wyatt Sicks, \u201ca good example thematically of how we\u2019re pushing the boundaries of what can be horror.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOur fans have been asking for some of these properties for years, so this year we really wanted to go, \u2018Let\u2019s give it to them. Let\u2019s straight up curate this year with what our fans\u2019 greatest desires,\u2019\u201d Murdy explains.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a first interview discussing their larger lineup for this year\u2019s bicoastal event, Murdy, Aiello and Sauls share a number of new details about what attendees of both the Hollywood and Orlando parks can expect out of their respective and shared IP houses, original houses and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe first house announced as part of this year\u2019s event involved working closely with the Fallout team and Amazon\u2019s Prime Video. The teams were provided asset access to recreate the TV series\u2019 universe, including full turnarounds and 3D models of The Ghoul (the character played by Walton Goggins) and his face so the even\u2019s masks are identical to the look in the show. There was also a teaser created specifically to aid the house\u2019s creation that \u201cfilmed one of their characters for us to tease their second season in the house,\u201d says Sauls. <\/p>\n

\n\tWithin the house experience, Aiello notes that it will be different from one of 2023\u2019s most popular houses, The Last of Us, in that structurally, the experience will take on a montage feel \u201cwhere there\u2019s an order of events to the house, but we\u2019re using time as the connective tissues, jumping to places so we\u2019re able to deliver the variety of environments the series and game possess.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe experience on both coasts will be appearance-heavy, primarily through Lucy (Ella Purnell\u2019s character) and her journey. Still expect to see The Ghoul and Maximus (Aaron Moten\u2019s character), but also as Aiello and Sauls note, the radroaches, T-60s and raiders \u2014 all set to the franchise\u2019s 1950s-inspired soundtrack. Orlando\u2019s team hypes traveling to Philadelphia and a battle between The Ghoul and life-size T-60s. For the Hollywood house, Murdy says eventgoers will get to experience stepping out into the wasteland with a \u201cbig cyclorama to make it feel endless all around you and convey that post-apocalyptic horror.\u201d Fans can also navigate the Ghoul\u2019s graveyard and Ghoul-infested Super Duper Mart, alongside an encounter with an irradiated bear, \u201cone of the biggest creatures we\u2019ve ever built \u2014 with the clay alone on it, the sculpt weighs over 500 pounds.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tConceptualization on the house began ahead of Terrifier 3\u2019s release, and will feature an onslaught to your senses that not only includes a litany of smells (bad and good), but extensive effects that evoke the feeling of being \u201cshowered\u201d in a \u201csymphony of blood,\u201d both teams tease. \u201cThere\u2019s probably more of those types of effects created for this house than we\u2019ve ever done before,\u201d says Murdy. It\u2019s so intense, Sauls notes that Orlando eventgoers should not only prepare but also consider taking the second ending to the house if they want to avoid getting wet. \u201cOur drip lines that we have above your head in houses are typically about 10 to 20 percent. They\u2019re opening those up to 100 percent. There\u2019s two of them over your head, there\u2019s a water blast coming at you from the side, and it\u2019s all doused in red light,\u201d she says.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tAll that blood spatter will be in tribute to Art the Clown, who Murdy notes \u201chas invited us into this Funhouse to view his works of art\u201d in a narrative that is not a greatest hits of Terrifier but a single setting with a narrative. So in addition to the expected Funhouse locations, fans will traverse the Clown Cafe food court and Art\u2019s bathroom for a sequence that\u2019s \u201cworse than it is in the movie,\u201d Murdy warns, along with a moment that embodies \u201cHalloween\u2019s revenge on Christmas\u201d and a tunnel of love, with Sauls teasing a \u201cgory\u201d and \u201cdisgusting\u201d environment featuring decapitated swan boats. Murdy notes that eventgoers can look up amid all that terror to find that Art has given his scenes \u201cfun names like silly saws and naughty potty made on little signs out of blood.\u201d And within those scenes, the house will feature Art\u2019s best kills from across all three films, \u201csometimes twisted in an even more disgusting way,\u201d notes Saul, but also \u201csome new, fresh kills that are in line\u201d with the new horror icon\u2019s style.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\t\tFive Nights at Freddy\u2019s House\u00a0\t<\/p>\n

\n\tIn 2023, Hollywood\u2019s \u201cBlumhouse<\/a>: Behind the Screams\u201d showcase highlighted Five Nights at Freddy\u2019s eight-foot-tall animatronics, a moment for Murdy that led to a decision: \u201cthe only possible way to do this is with Jim Henson\u2019s Creature Shop.\u201d Both the Orlando and Hollywood teams connected and brainstormed on their ideas before bringing their blueprint to Henson, who helped affirm what was possible. Then, Murdy notes, they \u201cdivided and conquered\u201d with Hollywood taking the lead on creating \u201cthe most complicated animatronic figure that we\u2019ve ever done\u201d for [Halloween Horror Nights]. <\/p>\n

\n\tWhile the animatronics are impressive, Sauls explains that guests will see these characters in a variety of ways, with some \u201cfully animatronic, some that are puppeteered, and some that will move in a way that you think they\u2019re costumes.\u201d Adds Aiello, \u201cThe Blumhouse film team and Five Nights at Freddy\u2019s filmmaker were building those costumes and their setups to get a shot. For our application, it\u2019s about how we create something that can sustain the amount of time it is in front of our guests and the length of time that our event is open.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tWithin the house, Murdy teases HHN-goers will \u201csee a fully animated Freddy Fazbear performing like he would in the movie or the video game,\u201d in a space that mirrors \u201cthe textures, tones, the carpet, the pizzeria booths\u201d of the film, according to Sauls. In addition to the dilapidated showroom, she teases walking through the pizzeria\u2019s kitchen, janitor\u2019s closet, and security room where there\u2019s \u201ca complete one-for-one replica.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tWhile much of the focus is on the house\u2019s advanced tech, Murdy notes they haven\u2019t forgotten the human element essential to delivering the jump scares with a little more gore. \u201cIt\u2019s also in the films, but it\u2019s the kids who live inside the animatronics. So there is a thread going on in the house of the ghost kids showing up, and there are all those guys who broke into trash the place. You get quick shots in the film of Carl when his face has been ripped off by that horrible torture chair, but I wanted to know what happened to all of them and to bring that level of scare to the experience as well.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\t\tWWE Presents: The Horrors of the Wyatt Sicks House\t<\/p>\n

\n\tA collaboration led by Orlando\u2019s Aiello, the idea was conceived \u201cthe Wyatt six debuted, and their entrance<\/a> was them wreaking havoc and destroying environments unique to the backstage of a WWE live show,\u201d recalls Aiello. \u201cIt looked like one of our haunted houses on live television, so I placed a call as soon as RAW ended.\u201d After reaching out to Marty Miller, senior vice president and director of WWE TV, the parks\u2019 teams came together with WWE Director of Character Development Rob Fee, for what Aiello teases as \u201ca haunted house experience that recreates the entrance as if you\u2019re walking in the footsteps of the cameraman.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tIn Orlando, you\u2019ll venture through the derelict and abandoned Firefly Funhouse featuring remnants of The Fiend\u2019s influence, before being surrounded by \u201cimagery of WWE media taken over by Uncle Howdy before you dive into the minds of the Wyatt six.\u201d Scary monsters and characters are promised in various environments, such as Abby\u2019s witch hut, where \u201cshe can crawl all around you,\u201d teases Sauls. Human victims are pecked and consumed in Huskus the Pig Boy and Mercy the Buzzard\u2019s realms, alongside Rambling Rabbit\u2019s spiraling tea-party-inspired dimension, where their mouths are sewn shut. That\u2019s along with new characters unique to the house, and a ton of easter eggs for WWE fans within environments that \u201clive and breathe the same level of textures that exist in the ring,\u201d says Aiello.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tIn Hollywood, Murdy\u2019s take is partly inspired by seeing the wrestlers of the early \u201970s live, mingled with the creative universe and cinematic storytelling approach of Bray. Fans are greeted by Uncle Howdy at the Wyatt compound, \u201cthis Bayou in the middle of a swamp,\u201d and \u201can environment I\u2019ve never done at Horror Nights with fireflies\u201d that will feature music as part of the entry. Throughout the house, there will be inspirations, set pieces, or more tied to Bray\u2019s rocking chair, the cave Uncle Howdy said he brought the Wyatt Sicks from, the Uncle Howdy sessions<\/a>, and Bray\u2019s lantern. \u201cWe use that whole idea of follow the lantern and follow the light of the fireflies to take you into this supernatural realm of the Wyatt six,\u201d says Murdy. \u201cIn every scene you\u2019re going to see that lantern and it keeps showing up in different ways, in different locations.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\t\tJason Universe\t<\/p>\n

\n\tBoth Hollywood and Orlando have partnered with Horror Inc. and the Thirteen Hole group for houses that use distinctive storytelling treatments for Friday the 13th<\/a>\u2019s 40th anniversary. Hollywood\u2019s storyline is partly inspired by tourists who flock to the real-life summer camp that served as the original film\u2019s setting, alongside urban explorers \u2014 who visit abandoned and derelict locations \u2014 and dark tourists, who travel to places associated with death and tragedy. Guests will arrive in the present day, where they\u2019ll join a group of content creators working with the fictional company Death Tours, who \u201cmade the terrible mistake of breaking into Camp Crystal Lake,\u201d says Murdy. \u201cThey\u2019re making videos, and you\u2019re going to see snippets of their videos as you go along.\u201d Drawing material from the first eight films, attendees will see iconic franchise locations like the shack in the woods, the cabins, the graveyard, and barn, alongside appearances from the young Jason who drowned, sackhead Jason, Jason in the hockey mask as well as the \u201csixth and seventh film\u2019s version of that, where he\u2019s just a rotting corpse with maggots,\u201d says Murdy.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn Orlando, you\u2019ll see similar locations, and it\u2019s also set at the camp, but \u201cwe\u2019re really playing off the new vision that the Jason Universe has for Jason, that version of the character Greg Nicotero designed,\u201d says Aiello. That is the entire front half of the experience, which Aiello notes expands on the idea that Jason can be anywhere at any time. \u201cHe is relentless. We wanted this to be violent and unyielding, to be the idea that Jason Voorhees appears as a force that is unbelievable. As soon as he\u2019s there, you\u2019re around a corner, and there he is again.\u201d It\u2019s a very claustrophobic experience that exploits Jason\u2019s size and scale as you\u2019re moving through the house. <\/p>\n

\n\tIf the first half is intense, the second half will be brutal, Sauls and Aiello tease, noting that HHN-goers will walk through an oversized Jason hockey mask before they face down a gauntlet of Jasons from across eight films. \u201cImagine a quick, cut, living montage of every visage of Jason,\u201d says Aiello. \u201cI believe that back half is going to be some of the most intense scares we\u2019ve had.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\tPoltergeist and Blumhouse 15th Anniversary Terror Tram\u00a0\t<\/p>\n

\n\tAs part of Hollywood\u2019s 2025 event, Universal Studios Hollywood is bringing two experiences familiar to eventgoers. Anyone who attended either coast in 2018 will remember the Poltergeist <\/strong>house, based on the 1982 classic. This year, the West Coast event will revive it as part of a \u201cblast from the past,\u201d says Murdy. Fans can expect something very similar to the 2018 version, but in a \u201ccouple of places we went, \u2018Let\u2019s change this up,\u2019 because you learn things when you do a house,\u201d says the creative director while pointing to the original house\u2019s kitchen sequence featuring \u201crotting meat crawling on the counter\u201d but no actors. \u201cWe looked for the opportunity to increase the scare factor in different places like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAlso, back by popular demand, this year\u2019s Terror Tram builds directly on the 2024 Blumhouse-themed experience. Unlike Poltergeist, this 15th anniversary celebration will offer a different slate of horrors, centering on past and upcoming titles. After hijacking the Universal park\u2019s computing systems and security protocols, Megan will serve as the tram host, welcoming guests first into a living trailer for Black Phone 2, a winter nightmare featuring different iterations of the sequel\u2019s verison of The Grabber, before attendees are transported into \u201cThe Further,\u201d where \u201call the doors are red doors, and all of the different demons and ghosts from that franchise are going to be attacking,\u201d Murdy teases.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe next section transforms key creative elements (including that black and red demon dimension theme) from 2023\u2019s The Exorcist: Believer house into a walkable experience where you can now \u201crun into the possessed girls and the demons.\u201d The final leg will take fans through a black light-led Purge tribute featuring new characters created specifically for HHN Hollywood\u2019s terror tram experience. And then it\u2019s back to Megan, who will welcome guests into a real-life version of the Blumhouse, \u201cas if Megan conjured it with AI,\u201d says Murdy. Guests can expect Megan glam shots as they navigate all the night\u2019s icons for \u201cone final terrifying gauntlet.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Each year, Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood\u2019s Halloween Horror Nights pushes the limit on what a…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":127304,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[14348,171,37740,77918,3031,54,53,77919,67,132,941,77920,17814,77921,68,188],"class_list":{"0":"post-127303","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-blumhouse","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-fallout","11":"tag-five-nights-at-freddys","12":"tag-friday-the-13th","13":"tag-horror","14":"tag-movies","15":"tag-terrifier","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-universal","19":"tag-universal-orlando","20":"tag-universal-studios","21":"tag-universal-studios-hollywood","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-wwe"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114989511639391039","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}