Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood: Reflections of Fear

Icon: Bloody Mary

Backstory: Over 122 years ago, the foundation of Universal's Backlot was once a small village. The townsfolk were honest and hardworking, one of the inhabitants was a spinster woman named Mary Worth. Her occupation was a healer, who dabbled in the mythical arts. There were many rumors about her that she was a descended of one of the Salem Witches. Things went well until an epidemic spread through the community, targeting the children. The townsfolk took the blame on Mary of the cause of the children's death. On October 1st, 1896 an angry mob burned the cabin with Mary inside it. The next morning, police investigated the charred remains of the house, but they never found Mary's corpse, only an ornate mirror. The mirror traveled to various antique stores until it was picked up a prop master and put into the Universal Studios prop department. Now Mary as returned bring her vengeance on the world of the living, by conjuring the world's most frightening fables, urban legends and superstitions at Universal Studios. 

Houses

Step into the looking glass and into mad psychedelic world that is Wonderland, the nightmare that Alice couldn't escape.  Try not to loose you're head and you're sanity as brave through this waste land of optical delusions, we're all mad here.

The ancient traditions of Samhain or All Hallows have survived years into what is now known as Halloween, but after years of commercialization have left these traditions to the history books but there's a reason these rules were meant to never be broken, now you will see why humans used to fear this time of year as Zombies, Vampires, Witches, Ghosts, Werewolves, psychos and the spirit of Halloween himself descends upon the small town of Waren Valley, Ohio. So put on your costume, light your jack-o-lanterns and remember check your candy! Or you'll never live for another year.

The small english town of Crythin Gifford is rumored to be cursed, when sighting of a woman in a black dress foreshadows the death of a child. Venture through the darkened corridors of the decrepit Eel Marsh House, as the vindictive soul of The Woman in Black haunts you through the house. 

Step into the pages of Edger Allen Poe's works, as he weaves his tales of lost love, insanity and death. From The Tell Tale Heart, Fall of the House of Uhser, Masquerade of the Red Death, The Black Cat, Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Pit and the Pendulum, and The Raven. Each chapter will lead you to the brink of madness.  

You were learned not to step on a crack, never break a mirror, or let a black cat cross you're path. Those weren't silly old superstitions, they were warning. You may scoff at these old wives tale, but you will learn that truth is frightening than fiction. 

In 1994, three student film makers went further in the woods of Burkittsville Maryland to film a documentary of the legend of The Blair Witch. What they got was more than they bargained for, as you relive through the trauma and madness of the film that brought life to a new meaning of the horror genera.   

Scare Zones

 Rediscover classic fairy tales with a dark twist, a you brave through the dark forest and an accursed kingdom inhabited by trolls, warlocks, big bad wolves, goblins, wicked stepsisters, and evil faeries.

 In the backwoods of Louisiana, a legendary race creatures half man and half beast have been hiding from the presence of man. With their resources diminishing, these creatures will do what ever it takes to protect their beloved homelands from the invaders. 

Walk back in time to the streets of London's east end where The Ripper murders took place. But the past never dies as Jack the Ripper is now looking for a fresh victim. 

By day, you are lured by the song of the sirens to gaze on their beauty. At night, these temptress of the deep will revel their true form and drag you into the abyss. 

 Bloody Mary and other creatures of urban legends wreaking havoc on the modern day world. 

Harvest of Souls: In the farming community of Ravens Hollow, scarecrows protect their precious fields for the harvest. But as night descends these sentinels leave their posts and reaper the blood of intruders for their harvest. 

Terror Tram

The Legendary Truth are broadcasting live at The Universal Backlot, when alleged sightings of a ghostly apparition of the infamous Bloody Mary and other supernatural entities of urban legends. You have become apart of the investigation, as you travel through the sets of Universal Backlot and discover that some urban legends are real.