Halloween Horror Nights: You Won't Stand A Chance in Hollywood

Icon: Chance 

Set ten years latter after Hollywood's Carnival of Carnage, Chance; Jack's acomplice has been caught and incarcerated Shadybrook Mental Hospital after the murders of serval park patrons. With no escape, expect the theater of her mind, she unleashes her dark imagination bringing it to life at Universal Studios. 

Houses 

Chucky has been hard at work creating an army of misfit toys to wreck havoc at the Good Guys factory, bringing your childhood playthings into nightmares. 

Place your bets as two iconic slashers face off against each other from the cursed camp grounds of Crystal Lake to the hellish boiler room of Freddy's domain. In the end winner takes all. 

Find yourself in The Further, a dark realm where tormented souls and demons lie waiting in the darkness to take hold your living body. 

For over the centuries, America's history has been filled with murders, hauntings, and other unspeakable acts of evil. Now get to relive the horror of the most acclaimed TV show, from the angry spirits of Murder House, Twisted the Clown and freaks, to the blood thirsty inhabitants of Hotel. 

Fall into the rabbit hole and into a third dimension where nothing is as it seems in this horrifying remming of the classic tale where Alice never escapes from this waking nightmare. Try not to loose your head. 

There's a B movie marathon at the All Night Drive In Theater where you get live the movies up close. You'll encounter Greaser Vampires, Mutant Swear Rats, Zombie Cavemen, Invaders from Planet Venus, Werewolf Boy Scouts, Demonic Daycares, and Swamp Yetis. You'll laugh, you'll cry, and scream, when the credit's roll heads will roll. 

Scare Zones

Chance has broken free from her confines of Shadybrook and her demented followers are wrecking havoc on the streets of New York for her big debut. 

The forgotten midways and carnivals where once filled with tourists, lights, and amusement. Now abandon and forgotten, but not quiet deserted. As gangs of demented carnies and sideshow freaks are looking for an unwilling volunteer for their next attraction.

By day, these silent sentinels watch over their precious crops for the harvest. But as night falls, the scarecrows scavenge the land to reap what the humans have sown. 

The one night a year where all crime is legal, where mayhem, anarchy and pandemonium fill the streets blood. Try to survive the night, as masked gangs prowl the alleyways looking for someone to purge. Blessed be our new founding fathers. 

Terror Tram Hosted by Chance

Chance has taken over the Universal Backlot took create her own playground of horrors from her deranged mind. From the infamous Bate's Motel and House to the War of the Worlds plane crash alien invasion, you'll wish it was just a movie. 

Scary Tales: Frozen in Time

Synopsis: The Snow Queen has cornered The Land of the Faeries with her army of frost giants and trolls, and brought a curse of eternal winter to the land. The curse also infected the pure of heart turning them into villains as well. 

Upon entering the maze, we are greeted by strong freezing winds and falling snow flakes to give us the suggestion that we outside in a mountainous region with Snow Queen's castle in distance. We hear the voice of The Snow Queen. "I call upon the North Wind to lay waste on the Land of the Faeries. My army of frost giants and trolls shall ravage the lands. The pure of heart shall become cold as ice, Winter shall reign forever."

We then navigate our way through a mirror maze in cavern. The sounds of breaking glass will trigger a scare actor as troll pop out a boo hole. 

We enter an underground cavern with glowing stalactites and gemstones. At the end is the sarcophagus of Snow White, her frost bitten corpse will emerge from her tomb to scare the guests. We are then ambushed by demented dwarves that brandish pix axes and shovels. 

Emerging from the dwarf mines and into a snow covered forest. A werewolf will emerge from behind the trees as it attacks guests, but it retreats by the sound of a gunshot by Red Ridding Hood in a fur coat and hunting musket. 

We come upon a clearing in the forest of a hut supported by chicken legs and surrounded by a fence with human skulls. It is the house of The Baba Yaga, the witch from Slavic folklore. The hag emerges from a small hut with cackle. 

We find ourselves inside a cottage filled with wooden figurines and marinates, on the workshop table is Pinocchio. He is seen flaying person, using his skin make himself look more human. A life size puppet comes to life from a conner and thrusts itself at us.  

We now find ourselves in anther forest, only with evergreen trees all decked out in Christmas ornaments and the sent of pine trees. A wounded solider cries out for help as he emerges from behind a Christmas tree. We are then ambushed by humanoid rats in military attire. 

We come a across a stone bride that seems to have been broken in half. Three heads of goats impaled on wooden stakes with a cauldron next to it. A troll emerges an alcove as he leads out a roar and brandishes his club. 

Preceding on, we enter an underwater grotto where lights coming from the ceiling suggests that we are underwater. Strewn around are the frozen corpses of King Arthur and his Knights, some of them will come to a scare the guests. The Lady of the Lake, now a vindictive spirit, emerges from a boo hole and screeches at the guests. 

After emerging from the lake, we are now in a castle courtyard with marble statues and overgrown rose bushes, despite bringing in the middle of winter. A camouflaged scare-actor posing as a vine of roses will frighten guests as well a statue that will come to life. But the main scare will be The Beast emerges from behind an alcove with a roar. 

We finally encounter The Snow Queen in her throne as she taunts us below, while we are ambushed by the trolls and frost giants. 

Halloween Horror Nights 29: Traditions of Terror

I was kinda of a bit disappointed with the theme for this years Halloween Horror Nights based on the 80s. If I had my way, this year's theme would be based on the holiday itself with it's history, lore, and customs from around the world. 

Houses

IPs

Lore

The Haunting of Hill House

The Woman in Black

The Blair Witch Project 

Universal Monsters

Originals

Underside

Urban Legends: Jersey Devil

Scary Tales: Sleepy Hollow

Kwaidan
The Shadow Over Innsmouth

The Harvest

Scare Zones

Happy Horror Days

Dead of the Dead

The Halloween Tree

Ghosts of London

Scream House Retribution

This is the fourth installment of the Scream House franchise, only emphasizing on the supernatural aspects. 

Facade: The Shadyoaks Funeral Home that was once home to Dr Albert Caine, aka The Caretaker. It has now fallen into a state of neglect and ruin, with windows all boarded up and trees with claw like branches.

Foyer: Inside the funeral home the furnishing is all covered in drapes all collecting dust, disembodied voices can be heard within the room. Warning guests not to proceed through the mansion. A badly wounded young man emerges from a curtained arch way and yells at the guests to leave, until he is dragged back by an unseen force. An antique covered arm chair comes to life and lunges at the guests. 

Viewing Room: Guest enter the viewing room where corpses in turn of the century style mourning attire are sitting on both sides of pews. Some of them will be scare actors that will lunge at the guests, other will be mannequins. At the end of the viewing room sits a large coffin, the occupant comes to life only the lid slums shut by itself. 

Gallery: The guests will pass through a hallway lined with photographs of people in a vintage style that will morph into images of decaying corpses. 

Seance Room: Guests find themselves in a small circular parlor that was used to summon spirits. People in period clothing are sitting around a table to communicate with the other side. The head medium becomes possessed lashes out at the guests. A ghostly manifestation will materialize in front of guests from a secret panel. 

Casket Hall: Guests then proceed through a hallway lined with coffins on both sides, which will give a claustrophobic feel. Muffle screams and cries for help can be heard behind closes lids, while undead corpses come to life and lunge at the guests. 

Morgue: They find themselves in the morgue where the sent of denying flesh and chemicals engulf the air. At the center of the room stands an operating table where sadistic nurses and surgeons dissect on a still live victim. The nurses will turn and brandish their operating tools at the guests. 

Crematorium: Guests enter the crematorium filled with the sent of burning flesh and wood, as smoke engulfs the entire room. A burnt corpse emerges from a hatchway of the cremation. 

Conservatory: The conservatory is filled with denying plants and flowers. A statue comes to life as it changes different positions, which will give a distraction scare. A ghostly gardener and camouflaged scare actor will emerge from dark corners to frighten the guests. 

Cellar: Inside the cellar is filled with crates, antiques, and curios. Relish light and unnatural sounds could be witnessed from the floorboards above. Ghostly children will emerge from behind crates.

Cemetery: Guests emerge out of the house and into the nearby cemetery. It seems all tranquil, until it interrupted by ghouls and ghostly apperations attack guests from different directions. 

Crypt: Inside the crypt, the ghostly figure of The Caretaker can been seen at the far end of the corridor. He vanishes and then reapers in front of the guests. He gestures guests to proceed through a dark tunnel. 

The Other Side: Guests emerge from the dark void an into a brightly lit area of a spirit realm, only it isn't what most people would except. Wraith like entities and banshees will attack guests from random spots that will chase guests out of the maze.

Scare-actors: Ghosts, corpses, ghouls, nurses, surgeons, statues, The Caretaker, wraiths and banshees.

Forest of Demons

This is one of my original house for Halloween Horror Nights based on Japanese ghost stories, folklore and urban legends. 

Facade: Guest will enter through a torii or shrine gate, all neglected with overgrown vegetation, sutra scrolls, and statues. 

Jubokko: Once guests enter the maze, they navigate their way through a forested area. Spectral lights flickr in the darkness, suddenly they will ambushed by claw like branches from the Jubokko, the vampire tree. 

Kappa: After escaping from the bloody thirsty Jubokko, they cross a bridge where the river is littered with drowned bodies. Kappas emerge from underneath the bridge and will squirt water at them. 

Jorogumo: Entering an abandoned house filled with enormous cobwebs, a geisha can be seen playing on a kabuki. But she is not human, she is a Jorogumo a spider woman, her victims emerge from behind webs as they warn guests what will happen to them. Another jurogumo will emerge in her spider form with multiple eyes, fangs, and spindly fingers.

Namahage: Guests walk through a wooded pathway with only paper lanterns to guide them through the forest. They are then ambushed by Namahage emerging from the underbrush as they brandish sharp blades.  

Statues: Guests will navigate through a pathway lined with statues of deities, saints, and demons. Some of them will be scare-actors that will come to life. 

Yuki Onna: Guests find themselves in snow covered forest with frozen corpses of victims of the Yuki Onna, The Snow Spirit. The temperature has dropped to 40 degrees as snow falls from the ceiling, suddenly the spirit of Yuki Onna materializes from out of nowhere as she delivers a shrill scream at the guests.

Gashadokuro: Guests are confronted by an enormous Skelton called Gashadokuro, as it gigantic bony hands try to grab at the guests. 

Hanoko-san: Guests enter a bathroom all neglected and stained with blood. They hear the voice a young girl saying "I'm here." The ghost of a young girl in red skirts manifests and shrieks at the guests, as water sprays guests from the toilets. 

Kichusake Ona: Guests navigate their way through a neglected graveyard, where a woman holding a fan over her face. She asks passing guests "Am I pretty?" She then removes her fan and exposes her disfigured mouth a hideous grin, and says "How about now?!" and brandishes scissors at the guests. 

Jigoku/Finale: Guests find themselves in the Japanese Underworld, Jigoku, which makes Dante's Inferno look like a children's book. Here Enma Daio, the judge and ruler of Hell, threats guests of their punishments as demonic Oni attack guests from different directions.

Horrors of Broadway

This is a random though for a haunted house that just came up in my mind passed on horror musicals.

Facade: A vintage style Broadway theater with a marquee of flickering lights of the shows that guests will expense inside. 

The Phantom of the Opera. Sweeney Todd; The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Jekyll and Hyde. Les Miserables. Little Shop of Horrors. Cats. Into the Woods.

 Guests will take a left turn through an alleyway that will lead them through the backstage door. A bum will emerge from behind a corner and warns guests of the dangers what awaits inside.

Backstage: Inside, guests will navigate through a corridor of the backstage area that are lined with doors on both sides. Sounds of knockings, pounds, and cries of people trying to get out can be heard from within each doors. One of the doors will open as ghostly apparitions pop out from inside. 

Prop Room: The prop room is littered with trunks, crates, knickknacks and costumed mannequins.  Scare-actors will camouflage itself as a mannequin and will come to life to scare quests. 

Dressing Room/Phantom of the Opera: Inside one of the dressing rooms is furnished with flowers. The Phantom can be seen within the reflection of a large antique looking glass and vanishes. Suddenly Christine emerges from behind the changing screen and says, "He's here, The Phantom of the Opera!" 

The Phantom's Lair: Guests will through a cavernous passageway and emerge into the lair of The Phantom of the Opera. Erick, the Phantom, can be seen playing on his organ which activates blasts of air on the guests as he turns to revel his deformed face. 

Jekyll and Hyde: After guests emerge from the Phantom's lair, they are transported into the seedy cobblestone street of 19th Century London. A prostitute pleads for help, but she is attacked by Mr Hyde. Hyde will then appear in a dark conner and chases the guests. 

Les Miserables: Guests navigate their way through an alleyway with a barricade comprised out of furniture. The sounds of gunshots can heard from within the barricade as blast of air pass through guests, suggesting that they being hit by bullets. From the conner alleyways, guests are ambushed by rebels and soldiers, and the occasional cameos of Javert and the Thenardiers. 

Sweeney Todd's Barber Shop: Guests will then enter a replica set of Sweeney Todd, where the character of Sweeney can be seen shaving a customer, until he slashes his victim's throat and lunges at the guests. 

The Bake House: After escaping from Sweeney's razor, guests will decent into Mrs Lovett's bake house where she disposes's Sweeney's victims and makes them out of her meat pies. Mrs Lovett appears from behind an enormous meat grinder and shouts at the guests to leave. A demented Tobias pops out from the grates. 

Rocky Horror: Guets enter a laboratory from the Rocky Horror Show, equipped with a slab of Rocky who will lunge at the guests. Dr Frank N Furter will emerge from an cold storage and brandishes a blood stained pix ax. 

Catwalk: Guests ascend to the catwalk of the theater. From below, guests can see what appears to be a performance on the stage. The floor starts to sway a little and vibrates, just give guests the feels that it's about to collapse. 

Cats: Guests find themselves in a scrapyard. From dark corners, glowing feline eyes can be seen within. Humanoid felines will emerge from behind piles of junk

Little Shop of Horrors: Guests enter a Flower Shop that has now been taken over by Audrey II, the man eating plant form Little Shop of Horrors, filled with vines as the song Mean Green Mother from Outer Space can be heard. Hapless victims and miniature killer plants attack guests from both sides, until they are confronted by a giant puppet of Audrey II. 

Into the Woods: The flower shop turns into a darkened forest, with trees topped over and uprooted. Within one of the trees, the apparition of woman materializes with a tree with a grave. Demented fairy tale characters emerge from the underbrush; Little Red Ridding Hood with a wolf skin coat, The Witch from Rapunzel, and the Stepsisters from Cinderella whose eyes have been pecked out from birds.

Auditorium/Finale: Guests then navigate their way through the auditorium with corpses of theater patrons in vintage evening attire. Some of them will be mannequins, while others will be scare actors that lunge at the guests. Just before leaving, guests will go through a series of curtains and will encounter many of the characters they've encountered in pervious scenes.