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Halloween Horror Nights Orlando: A Horrifying Look Back

Tuesday, May 14th, 2013

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Haunt season 2013 is only 4 months away! As we impatiently wait to hear what’s in store for Halloween Horror Nights 23 at Universal Orlando, let’s pacify ourselves with a nostalgic look back at the HHN icons and classic commercials from the past 10 years.  We have to say that HHN Orlando has some of the best haunt commercials ever made. These commercial spots not only entice us to want to attend year after year but they’re also pretty damn scary.

It was fun putting the list together as it brought up memories and nightmares from our visits to HHN in the past ten years when we went to 2007′s Carnival of Carnage and last year’s HHN 22. There’s no question that Universal Orlando has one of the premier theme park haunts and we can only hope to see them make it even bigger and scarier for 2013.

Now check out all the icons and commercials from the past 10 years and be sure to VOTE for your favorites in the survey links at the bottom of this article.

 

 

Halloween Horror Nights 13  was the second year that HHN was located in Islands of Adventure. The Director, Paolo Ravinski , hosted the event, telling guest that “The Director Will See You Now.” The event featured six houses, six scarezones, and two special shows.

Haunted Houses: All Nite Die-In • ScreamHouse Revisited • PsychoScareapy • Jungle of Doom • Funhouse of Fear • Ship of Screams

 

 

 

 

Halloween Horror Nights XIV asked guests “What’s Your Breaking Point?”, it featured the first, and so far only time, that parts of both Universal Studios Florida and Islands of Adventure were used in the event. 2004 was the first time since 1999 that the event didn’t have an icon, instead advertisements featured a bald victim in a straightjacket in the confines of Shady Brook from the PsychoScareapy maze. Featuring seven houses, four scarezones, a show, and parade.

Haunted Houses: Castle Vampyr  • Deadtropolis  • Disorientorium  • Ghost Town  • Halloween Horror Nights Nightmares  • Hellgate Prison  • Horror in Wax

 

 

 

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Halloween Horror Nights: Tales of Terror was the 15th Halloween Horror Nights event in Orlando. Located in Islands of Adventure exclusively for the third time, it was the first time that all of the mazes, scarezones , and shows were linked in a large event-wide backstory. The Storyteller, Elsa Strict, weaved the tale of the world of Terra Cruentas, its ruler the Terra Queen, and her subjects. The event featured seven mazes, four scarezones, and two special shows. In 2006 it was awarded by Amusement Today with the Golden Ticket Award for Best Halloween Event.

Haunted Houses: Blood Ruins  • Body Collectors  • Cold Blind Terror  • Demon Cantina  • The Skool  • Terror Mines  • Where Evil Hides

 

 

 

 

Halloween Horror Nights: Sweet 16 was the 16th Halloween Horror Nights event in Orlando. Located exclusively in Universal Studios Florida for the first time since 2001, it was advertised as “Horror Comes Home”. The event featured the four original event icons The Storyteller, the Director, the Caretaker and Jack the Clown returning in mazes and in two shows. The mazes and scarezones featured were remakes of some of the greatest mazes in the history of Halloween Horror Nights.

Haunted Houses: All Nite Die-In: Take 2  • Dungeon of Terror: Retold  • People Under the Stairs: Under Construction  • PsychoScareapy: Maximum Madness  • Psycho Path: The Return of Norman Bates  • RUN: Hostile Territory  • Screamhouse: Resurrection

 

 

 

 

Halloween Horror Nights: Carnival of Carnage was the 17th Halloween Horror Nights event in Orlando. Located at Universal Studios Florida, it featured the return of Jack the Clown as event icon and leader of the traveling Carnival of Carnage. His carnival had brought together a number of attractions to present for the event, including three modern horror icons Leatherface, Freddy Krueger and Jason. In addition,  there were houses with Mary Shaw, from Universal’s film Dead Silence (one of our all time favorite HHN mazes) and a house that was a sequel to The Thing.

Haunted Houses: A Nightmare on Elm Street: Dreamwalkers  • Dead Silence: The Curse of Mary Shaw  • Friday the 13th: Camp Blood  • Jack’s Funhouse in Clown-O-Vision  • PsychoScareapy: Home for the Holidays  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Flesh Wounds  • The Thing: Assimilation  • Vampyr: Blood Bath

 

 

 

 

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Halloween Horror Nights: Reflections of Fear was the 18th annual Halloween Horror Nights event  and at the time was the largest Halloween Horror Nights in the event’s history. With Bloody Mary as icon, fears, fairy tales, and urban legends formed the overall arching theme of the event.

Haunted Houses: Body Collectors: Collections of the Past  • Creatures!  • Dead Exposure  • Doomsday  • The Hallow  • Interstellar Terror  • Reflections of Fear  • Scary Tales: Once Upon a Nightmare

 

 

 

 

Halloween Horror Nights: Ripped from the Silver Screen featured classic, 80′s and modern horror movie franchises with Child’s Play (Chucky), Saw (Billy /Jigsaw), and Universal’s The Wolfman taking top billing. Ripped from the Silver Screen’s theme surrounded a mysterious old movie theater, the Universal Palace Theater and  The Usher (aka Julian Browning), the undead usher Icon who (s)cares for the theater.

Haunted Houses: The Wolfman  • Dracula: Legacy in Blood  • Frankenstein: Creation of the Damned  • Leave it to Cleaver  • Saw  • The Spawning  • Chucky: Friends till the End  • Silver Screams

 

 

 

 

Halloween Horror Nights XX: Twenty Years of Fear  featured a nostalgic celebration of HHN’s 20 years with the Icons characters of HHN past. The logo was a lantern with 2 X’s on it that featured the faces of the Usher , the Director , Jack the Clown , the Storyteller , the Caretaker , Billy , the Gentleman , and the Mad Hatter in the flame. The actual icon was said to be “fear itself” which was visualized with a vicious monster mouth. This was the first year that featured  three houses based upon the previous Horror Nights  featuring a cameo by one of the icons.

Haunted Houses: Legendary Truth: The Wyandot Estate  • PsychoScareapy: Echoes of Shadybrook  • Hades: The Gates of Ruin  • ZombieGeddon  • The Orfanage: Ashes to Ashes  • Havoc: Dogs of War  • Catacombs: Black Death Rising  • Horror Nights: The Hallow’d Past

 

 

 

 

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Halloween Horror Nights XXI: No One Beats the House The icon for HHN 21 was Lady Luck. The year’s theme appeared to be set in the roaring 20′s with gambling, speakeasy, and gangsters. We all know Blackjack is 21 which was apropos for this year’s event. We though that this was a very unique and creative theme; but we wouldn’t expect anything less from HHN Orlando.

Haunted Houses: Winter’s Night: The Haunting of Hawthorn Cemetery  • Nightingales: Blood Prey  • The Thing  • H.R. Bloodengutz Presents Holidays of Horror  • Saws N’ Steam: Into the Machine  • Nevermore: The Madness of Poe  • The In-Between  • The Forsaken

 

 

 

 

Halloween Horror Nights 22: There Is No Escape featured houses based on Silent Hill and The Walking Dead which were both featured in Orlando and Hollywood. This was also the first HHN since 2007 to have one huge park-wide scare zone rather then multiple scare zones scattered throughout the park. It will also was the first event since 2006 to have only 7 houses rather then the usual 8, which was due to the construction of new new Harry Potter and Transformers: The Ride attractions. While the movie/tv show based haunts were fun our favorites were Universal’s original creations, Gothic, Dead End and Universal’s House of Horrors.

Haunted Houses: Dead End  • Gothic  • Universal’s House of Horrors  • The Walking Dead: Dead Inside  • Welcome to Silent Hill  • Alice Cooper: Welcome to My Nightmare  • Penn and Teller: New(kd) Las Vegas

Check out Scare Zone’s HHN 22 REVIEW HERE!

 

Now, we ask you to click the links and VOTE for:

Your FAVORITE HHN ICON

and  

Your FAVORITE HHN COMMERCIAL  

 

* Additional HHN info provided by:  http://halloweenhorrornights.wikia.com

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My Bloody Valentine: Be Mine 4 Ever

Wednesday, February 13th, 2013

Happy Valentine’s Day Haunt Stalkers!

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Here’s a little Valentine’s treat for all of you:  a video walk through of the 2009 HHN maze “My Bloody Valentine: Be Mine 4 Ever” .

The idea to use this movie theme for a maze was a good idea, but unfortunately, it never fully delivered the scares and was one of the weaker 2009 offerings. This was thought to be a late addition after the plans to have a Wolf Man maze fell through. Like all the other HHN mazes, this maze did have very detailed sets and a strong linear story, which closely followed the plot of the 2009 remake. The mine shaft sets were well detailed and added to the foreboding sense of claustrophobia. However, one of the biggest issues had to do with the scare timing (you’ll see in the video), which was affected by the very elaborate sets that were hard for the scareactors to quickly “reset”  with the streams of people going through. Perhaps, had they added the 3D effect to this maze to complement its theatrical namesake, that would’ve upped the fear factor some. Nonetheless, it was still fun and an unique maze for HHN Hollywood.

See more haunt and theme parks videos from Sharp Productions  - here

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TerrorVision: The American Scream

Saturday, October 27th, 2012

This weekend is both happy and mournful for all of us haunt stalkers and creators. Happy because we still have a good 5 nights of looking and behaving like monsters in public without being considered a disturbance to the peace. Sad because less than a week from now, the Haunt Season of 2012 will be nothing more another memory.

We won’t turn to despair yet as there’s still enough time to celebrate and “get your scare on”. In addition to going out to experience all the Open Haunts, you can also experience some of the most elaborate home haunts from the comforts of your living room with Chiller’s new documentary movie ‘The American Scream’. If you’re going to be out Haunt Stalking or early Trick O’ Treating this Sunday Night, as you should be, then be sure to set your DVR to Chiller at 8P ET.

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From the same director/producer of the critically-acclaimed hit documentary Best Worst Movie, The American Scream is an unconventional look at the Halloween cultural phenomenon of homemade haunted houses and the enthusiasts behind the scenes. Filmed in the sleepy enclave of Fairhaven, MA, The American Scream follows the creative minds behind three local homemade haunts and their passionate – and sometimes harrowing – efforts in igniting their town’s Halloween spirit each year.   

Filled with personality, humor, trouble and triumph, The American Scream offers a moving, real-life look into the lives of people for whom horror is much more than just a hobby.

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TerrorVision: Creepy Haunt Commercials 2012

Tuesday, September 18th, 2012

The first day of fall is only 3 days away and the official haunt season is set to begin. The signs are everywhere with the days getting shorter and the nights longer. There’s candy overflowing in the grocery store aisles and Halloween stores are appearing on every corner. Now our favorite signs of haunt season are the commercials that are materializing for this year’s major theme park and local haunt attractions.

We think our fellow Haunt Stalkers would like to get into the spirit of the season with us so take a look at some this year’s best haunt commercials. In particular, we really love Knott’s Scary Farm’s 40th Haunt commercial and just can’t wait to see what they have in store this year. The U.S. versions of Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights share the same spots as do the other Cedar Fair theme parks, who all have a variation of the Cedar Point HalloWeekends spot. Howl-O-Scream’s commercials are creepy  and the Tampa Icon, Trickster, is one of the scariest haunt characters we’ve seen this season. The major local haunts have also put a good amount of production value into their commercials to scare us into coming… and you can bet we plan to go to as many as possible!

After you to watch these creepy commercials don’t forget to keep checking our Open Haunts 2012 page to get the latest info on haunts around the world (but mostly in America).

Knott’s Scary Farm

Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood

Halloween Horror Nights Orlando

Halloween Horror Nights Japan

Howl-O-Scream Tampa

Howl-O-Scream Williamsburg

HalloWeekends at Cedar Point

Sinister Pointe (CA)

Winchester Mystery House (San Jose, CA)

Six Flags Fright Fest (Nationwide)

Blood Manor NYC

Killers: A Nightmare Haunted House NYC

House of Torment (TX)

Goretorium (NV)

The Dent Schoolhouse (OH)

The Mortuary Haunted House (LA)

Jason’s Woods (PA)

Haunted Plantation (HI)

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Happy Birthday Elvira, From Scare Zone

Monday, September 17th, 2012

Today we wish a very scary and happy birthday to our favorite ghoul gal, Elvira!

As our Haunt Stalkers know, we truly love Elvira and have been fans since she first appeared on the 80′s boob tube with her infamous Movie Macabre TV series. Elvira has had a long run in the haunt world, hosting Knott’s Scary Farm for 20 years and during that time she even had her own mazes– Elvira’s Nightmares and Elvira’s Red Moon Massacre – a haunted log ride (her favorite kind). There’s also a 3D Elvira stimulation err… simulation ride call Superstition which can be found at parks across the country.

We miss her sexy shenanigans at the Scary Farm but the ageless Mistress of the Dark has no signs of laying down on the retirement couch yet (unless there’s a very rich and  old guy laying on it). In fact, she’s been very active ushering in the 2012 Halloween season. She just appeared at Stan Lee’s Comikaze in L.A. this past weekend where she  hosted her own amateur horror film competition and she’ll soon be rolling in the hay at the Los Angeles Haunted Hayride. She’ also be making a special appearance at the Fright Dome and riding in the legendary Las Vegas Hearse Parade. You can keep up with Elvira’s other haunt season appearances by visiting her site Elvira.com

To further celebrate, here’s Elvira’s birthday cakes in action at Knott’s Scary Farm!

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The ‘Lil Old Town Haunt from Pasadena

Tuesday, July 17th, 2012

Can it be that the Old Town Haunt in Pasadena, CA is really haunted? According to a recent paranormal investigation by manofmystery24 on HubPages it is. We’re not sure if it’s coincidental that this “investigation report” has come out as we rapidly approach the 2012 ‘season of the witch’. Nonetheless, for those of us who do believe, soon it will be time to explore and find what’s truly waiting for us in the catacombs beneath Pasadena.

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The Old Town Haunt

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During the Halloween season in Pasadena, CA, there is a haunted attraction that takes place on the corner of Colorado and Raymond. It’s known as the Old Town Haunt. For $20.00, you can experience this haunted attraction. However, it is more than just a haunted attraction. This old town haunt is the site of the Pasadena Catacombs.

Discovered in 2005, the catacombs were discovered under a grate. Body parts of at least 36 different human remains were found scattered throughout the catacombs. An old abandoned mission use to be on the corner of Raymond and Colorado during the Mexican war. The catacombs that were underneath the mission were used to keep prisoners locked up. Mysteriously, these prisoners disappeared under unknown circumstances and they were found crazed into insanity. People believe that an evil spirit roams the catacombs to this day.

The mission was torn down and bank was built. In 1901, the bank was robbed by three robbers. They blew open the bank vault and escaped with gold. Even though the police surrounded the entire building, the robbers were never found. What’s amazing is when they blew open the bank vaults, the dynamite also blew open a wall. The wall opened up a path to the sealed off catacombs. People think that the robbers tried to escape through the catacombs and died there. “The ghost of the bank robbers” are said to roam the catacombs.

In 1946, after the end of World War II, Pasadena started to expand, so a new sewer system was required for the growing population. The sewer workers discovered what was later believed to be the old Spanish catacombs. The discovery of human remains were found and it appeared that it was the missing bank robbers. The only thing unexplained is that the body parts were found scattered about, and found spread out over several different areas of the underground. Then, after several mishaps, collapsing caverns, and vanishing sewer workers, the city decided to abandon the sewer plans. They thought it would be best to move to another location. The catacombs were then sealed up again.

The most talked about story of the Pasadena Catacombs is the story of Sarah Winsor. She was the 7 year old daughter of the banks president. One day, she was drawn to the catacombs and went into a bank vault when suddenly the vault door closed on her. She was locked up in the vault for nine days. When the vault was opened, her remains were found.

I was recently their doing an investigation of the Catacombs to see if it really is haunted. It was an interesting night. Getting locked up in the vault where Sarah’s body was found, my group tried to communicate with her and any other spirits that were present. I asked how many spirits there were with the SB7 Spirit Box. A voice came through saying 34. What’s interesting about that is the number of human remains that were found was 36. The number is very close and it’s possible there were 34 instead of 36 human remains found in the Catacombs.

Before we asked if any spirit were present, a voice was coming through. We asked for the name of the spirit and numerous names were coming through. The names were difficult to make out, but I did make out a Ron and a Kim. In the middle of our spirit box session, one of my team members battery died on his video camera. He had fully charged it before the investigation. Suddenly, a voice came through saying hello, so it’s possible that a spirit used the energy from the camera to communicate with us.

We then tried to communicate with Sarah. One of the people that works at the Old Town Haunt guided us that night and asked if she liked it when they scare people during Halloween time. We heard a female voice say “yes.” Shortly after that, it started to get cold in the room. This took place on a warm June night and it was about 75-80 degrees. The temperature drop was at least a 10-15 degree drop. I could feel it immediately because I was sweating and suddenly it cooled down. Using an infrared temperature gun, we looked around the room. It was 75 degrees and we detected an area that was 61 degrees.

We then decided to do a rapid EVP session where you ask questions quickly in a 2-3 minute time span. My fellow teammate had plugged in his video camera to charge up his battery. After 30 minutes, it was full again. He claims that it takes at least 2 hours to get a full battery on his camera. Back to the EVP session, I asked if something lured Sarah down to the vault. After about 10-15 seconds, a female spoke into the recorder. It was hard to make out what she was saying, but it sounded like a D word. Listening to it repeatedly, I think she said demon.

On the last part of the investigation, we went to the front of the catacombs where shadow figures have been reported. We began another spirit box session and our guide said he saw a shadow of what appeared to be a little girl. We stopped the session for a moment to check out the area. We began again and asked if it was Sarah that showed up. After a few seconds, a female voice said “yes.” That was the last part of our investigation.

After the investigation that night, I’d have to say that the Old Town Haunt is an active paranormal location. If you’re in Pasadena during Halloween, be sure to go check it out. Just don’t get locked in the bank vault.

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The Haunted Plantation: 7 Years of Fear!

Sunday, June 24th, 2012

With less than 4 months to go, there has been a lot of activity going at the Haunted Plantation in Waipahu, HI. They recently announced their 2012 dates promising 10 nights of horror running October: 12,13,19,20,21,26,27,28,30,31!!

They also shared that last year they were planning on doing a SPECIAL Haunted Plantation Night called “Haunted Plantation Blackout” but decided on canceling it due to “prior engagements”. It would of been a special 18+ night and you must sign a waiver to enter. They’re now reconsidering Blackout for 2012 but only if they reach over 70 likes on their Facebook post (which as of our last check on their page, they’re at 235 likes). We’re not sure exactly what they exactly have in store for the Blackout event, but it does sound promising.

They’re also are slowly dropping hints about their new 2012 charters. So, let us know if you can guess who or what it is.

HP 2012 Icon Character Clue - There are two stories about two dolls that reside in the Plantation Village. One in the Portuguese house that is said to move around at night and one in the Okinawan Christian house that keeps escaping from its glass case!

   

Finally, while more sinister news begins to to creep in from across the Pacific, here’s a look at their brand new 2012 teaser video:

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Scare Zone Review: Monsterpalooza 4

Friday, April 20th, 2012

This past weekend Scare Zone was back in Burbank, CA, to attend Monsterpalooza 4. This event is geared toward the horror film industry and fans. The convention focuses on “the art of monsters,” such as horror makeup, sculpture, and artwork. It’s a must-attend for anyone interested in horror makeup, art, and special effects. And of course, the presentations from horror makeup artists can be very useful for haunt actors and haunt makeup artists.

Like the previous years, this year’s convention’s was at full capacity. We attended on Saturday and had to wait nearly 2 hours just to get inside. even with the few “scareactors” roaming around the line offering some minor entertainment; the wait was still tedious.  We’re not sure what their arrangement is with the Marriott but the convention has obviously outgrown this location and would be more enjoyable at a larger location. In addition, their ticket purchasing system at the door was slow with an inefficient set up that seemed to be the main cause of the unnecessarily long and slow moving line.

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Besides the wait to get in, Monsterpalooza 4 offered another year, for lack of a better phrase, monster fun.  There were many familiar vendors along with some interesting new monster designers and artists. Our favorite exhibit, the Monster Museum, was back with a new collection of infamous Hollywood movie monsters and characters.

Monsterpalooza 4 also offered a some compelling and fun panel sessions including the Fright Night panel which reunited the original 1985 cast, writer and director, and FX artists. This session was a nostalgic look back the classic horror movie where they deconstructed the movie’s key scenes and reminisced about what it took to make them come to life.

We also attended an interesting panel on Jack Pierce, “The Man Behind the Monsters” hosted by John Murdy, creative director of Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood. The panel provided a look back at how the classic Universal monsters such as Frankenstein, the Mummy, and the Wolfman were brought to life from the 1930s and 40s.

We enjoy going to Monsterpalooza each year and feel that it’s a great way to start our countdown to haunt season. For those of you who weren’t able to attend, this year you’ll have a second chance with Son of Monsterpalooza coming this Halloween weekend. In the meanwhile, here’s a short video of Monsterpalooza 4.

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Behind the Screams at Halloween Horror Nights 2011

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

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Now that Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood is over for the season (sadly along with most all of the other haunts) here’s all their 2011 “Behind The Screams” Videos. Along with revealing what it took to pull off the scares you also get a glimpse into what we believe to be one of their best Horror Nights yet. For those of you who couldn’t or didn’t go, here’s what you missed.

La Llorona

Alice Cooper’s Welcome 2 My Nightmare

The Thing

Hostel: Hunting Season

Rob Zombie’s House of 1,000 Corpses

Terror Tram: SCRE4M For Your Life

Klownz Scare Zone

HHN 2011 Guest Reactions

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2011 Haunt Preview: Halloween Horror Nights 21

Friday, September 23rd, 2011

Here’s a first look at what Lady Luck has in store for tonight’s opening of HHN 21 at Universal Studios Orlando. This video was officially released by Universal from their preview night, and shows not only inside the scare zones but also a few of the haunted houses and shows.

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