If I Ran The Park : Trip Report Halloween Horror Nights 26

On October the 14th, my family and I went to Universal's annual Halloween Horror Nights event. Here are my thoughts on the house and scare zones.

American Horror Story

This house is probably one of the best houses in the event, they had every scene and characters from certain episodes from three seasons. Which included Murder House, Freak Show and Hotel, along with Pig Man, Tate, Rubber Man, Twisty and The Countess.

Tomb of the Ancients

I myself am fan and expert in mythology and folklore, and this is the second house they did with deities and monsters of ancient mythology including Egyptian ones like Set, Anubis, Sekhmet, and Ammit. The scenery was fantastic with the murals, hieroglyphs and statues. The costumes and make ups were great depicting the demons and gods of the Ancient World.

Ghost Town; The Curse of Lighting Gulch

The sets in this house felt like we were in an old west movies, but with ghosts. The make up for the ghosts looked like they were from old black and white photographs, the costumed characters from prospectors, saloon girls, gunslingers and an old school marm. They even had some rain effects inside the house.

The Exorcist

Much like An American Werewolf in London, this house did a great job at depicting scene from the film; including the spider walk, head spinning, and the levitation off the bed. The final scene of house was very creative and surreal where we came face to face with the head of a giant demon.

Halloween II

This house is a follow up to the Halloween house from 2014. The scare actors were mostly Michele Myers, but they did have some brief appearances of the heroine, Dr Loomis, and his victims. They did a great job of the screen projections.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

This house was based on the original 1974 film of the same name, they had each scene from the movie itself with Leather Face and his demented family.

Lunatics Playground:

The Icon house of the event, which it was 3D house and we had to step inside the mad mind of Chance, a formal accomplice of Jack the Clown. It had a very colorful and surreal aspect to it.

Krampus

Probably one the weakest of the houses of them all, but I'm not saying its not that bad. It had every scene from the film including the evil gingerbread men in the kitchen, the killer toys in the attic, and Krampus workshop. Though we didn't actually get to see the titular character himself and focused on his henchmen.

Vamp 55

This had a very fun feel to it, where all of the scare actors are dressed in 1950s clothing and make up that ranged from bloody to truly vampiric.

Dead Man's Warf

This scare zone kinda of reminded me of Pirates of the Caribbean and The Fog. The scare actors costumes looked as if they have been in underwater for long. They ranged from fishermen to divers.

Lair of the Banshees

The wooded area had a very mythical feel to it, with it's wraiths and evil spirits. They had some traditional Celtic music to go with it.

Apocalypse Survie or Die

This scare zone had a very Mad Max feel to it, where guests are to choose between two waring factions while being chased with chainsaws and motorcycles.