ENTERTAINMENT
Halloween Horror Nights
REPORTER: Camila Basora
Halloween Horror Nights resurrected the supernatural
in the Orlando area for its 24th time this year on September
19. For select nights on the last few weeks of September and
throughout the month of October, one was able to experience
horror come alive in the Universal Studios Florida theme park.
With eight themed haunted houses ranging from movie-inspired
ideas to originally made ideas, street scare zones encompassing
all areas outside and in between the houses, live shows, and more,
the Amusement Today’s “Best Halloween Event” Golden Ticket
award-winning Halloween Horror Nights has never failed to elicit
screams and terror from its visitors, and it didn’t fail this year.
Annually, hundreds of thousands of people from around the globe
are drawn to this spine-chilling experience. Tony Timpone, Editor
of Fangoria Magazine, said, “After visiting scream parks all across
the U.S. for the last 20 years, I can easily say that Universal’s is
the best in the business… Halloween Horror Nights is the ultimate
Halloween experience.”
This year, AVP: Alien vs. Predator; Halloween; From Dusk Till
Dawn; Dracula Untold; and The Walking Dead were reinvented
into haunted houses in addition to three originally inspired ideas.
The Walking Dead, for the third consecutive year, made the
headline, as The Walking Dead: End of the Line allowed visitors to
attempt to survive through the most recent season of AMC’s The
Walking Dead in the largest, longest maze Universal Orlando had
ever created. This house was twice the size of any other house
previously built and featured more scare actors than the other
houses. Those who did not wish to enter the mazes were still
not safe from horror. The Purge: Anarchy, Face Off - In the Flesh,
Bayou of Blood, and MASKerade: Unstitched attacked the theme
park streets as scare zones. Scare zone actors enter restaurants
and stores, limiting any body’s attempt to hide. Although the
houses and other events span the length of the park, select rides
were still open to visitors such as Revenge of the Mummy and
Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit. Halloween aficionado or not, Universal
Orlando Halloween Horror Nights provides an unforgettable and
unique experience to your ordinary Orlando trip.