- Sep 29, 2022

Halloween Horror Nights 32 (2023)

Updated: Sep 22

HALLOWEEN HORROR NIGHTS 32 (2023)

YEAR:

2023 (HHN 32)

EVENT NAME:

Halloween Horror Nights 2023

LOCATION:

Universal Studios

CATCH PHRASE:

"See You in the FOG!"

"Never Go Alone"

ICON/ICONS:

Dr. Oddfellow

THEME:

Circus spiraled into chaos/Haunting history of Universal attractions past

DATES:

Sept. 1–3, 6–10, 13–17, 20–24, 27–30

Oct. 1, 4–8, 11–15, 18–22, 25–29, 31

Extended/Additional Dates: Nov. 1-4

HOURS:

6:30 PM - 2:00 AM

Event operates rain or shine.

TICKETS:

Single Night Ticket - Starting at $79.99

Single Night Express Pass - $109.99

Rush of Fear - $179.99

Rush of Fear w/Express: Starting at $529.99

Frequent Fear: $229.99

Frequent Fear w/Express: Starting at $609.99

Frequent Fear Plus - $269.99

Frequent Fear Plus w/Express - $699.99

Ultimate Frequent Fear - $374.99

Ultimate Fear w/Express - $919.99

Scream Early Add-On - $40.00

Single Night Tickets for #HHN2023 went on-sale on March 23, 2023.

Single Night Tickets start at $79.99.

Single Night HHN Express Passes for #HHN2023 went on sale on March 23, 2023.

Single Night Express Passes start at $109.99.

Multi-night ticket options for #HHN2023 went on sale on July 13, 2023.

RIP Tours and Unmaksing The Horror Tours for #HHN2023 went on sale on March 23, 2023. RIP tours start at $299.99 & UTH tours start at $119.99.

FYI:

Single night tickets on sale date for HHN 31 (2022):

March 24, 2022.

Single Night HHN Express Passes on sale date for HHN31 (2022):

May 17, 2022

Multi-night tickets & Express Options on sale date for HHN 31 (2022):

July 26, 2022.

(EVENT ARTWORK COPYRIGHT UNIVERSAL ORLANDO RESORT.)

EVENT GUIDE COVER:

EVENT MAP:

HAUNTED HOUSES:

House #1 Name:

CHUCKY: Ultimate Kill Count

House Location: Fast & The Furious Queue

House Description:

Inspired by the hit USA & SYFY series and cult classic films, “Chucky: Ultimate Kill Count” casts this killer doll as the star of his very own haunted house for the first time. A true sadistic killer, Chucky has been mired in the agony of disrespect he feels from his peers at not being taken seriously. Thus begins his quest to turn his haunted house into a living slaughterhouse by killing every person who enters.

House #2 Name:

The Last of Us

House Location: B108S (Parade Building #2)

House Description:

Set in a ravaged civilization, where Infected and hardened survivors run rampant, Naughty Dog and PlayStation’s “The Last of Us” video game, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, has captivated audiences since its release. And now, guests can immerse themselves in a real-life experience that puts them directly into the game’s frightening world. “The Last of Us” haunted houses (on both coasts) will propel guests into a world of carnage and mayhem as they follow in the footsteps of the game’s protagonists, Joel and Ellie, who endure a brutal journey in a world overtaken by a fungal virus that turns humans into various forms of a new threat known as the Infected. As guests encounter the Infected – Runners, Stalkers and Clickers – along with The Hunters, a band of hostile humans, they will need to navigate the Pittsburgh Quarantine Zone, including iconic locations from the video game such as the creepy and desolate The Hotel Grand and a labyrinth of dark and dank tunnels, in a desperate attempt to escape and survive.

House #3 Name:

Stranger Things

House Location: Soundstage 23

House Description:

This year’s petrifying haunted house will once again transport guests to Hawkins, Indiana, where they will encounter the newest supernatural villain, Vecna, who is hell-bent on obliterating the volatile barrier between the eerie Upside Down and the real world in an attempt to reign supreme.

The “Stranger Things” haunted house mirrors the mind-bending twists and supernatural terror of Season 4, immersing guests in a heart-pounding experience alongside valiant characters from the series, including Eleven, Max, Eddie and more. Guests will find themselves on the front line of Vecna's deadly attacks on the citizens of Hawkins while traveling through iconic scenes, including the notorious Hawkins Lab, the enigmatic Creel House and Vecna's chilling mindscape. Along the way, guests will confront their deepest fears and come face to face with otherworldly creatures like demobats and even Vecna himself. In a race against the clock, guests find themselves in the ultimate showdown within Vecna's blood-red Mind Lair, striving to escape and save mankind from his deadly curse.

“From the opening shots of ‘Stranger Things 4,’ episode one, we knew this was meant to be an experience at Halloween Horror Nights,” said John Murdy, Executive Producer of Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood. “We’re excited for our fans to live Vecna’s curse as we recreate the iconic and terrifying moments from the show,” added Lora Sauls, Assistant Director, Creative Development and Show Direction at Universal Orlando Resort.

House #4 Name:

The Exorcist: Believer

House Location: Soundstage 22

House Description:

Inspired by Universal Pictures’ terrifying new horror film from Blumhouse and Morgan Creek Entertainment (in theaters Friday, October 13), “The Exorcist: Believer” haunted house will unleash an entirely new level of terror to Halloween Horror Nights. In this new chapter, guests will be transported to a bustling street market in Haiti, where an innocent purchase of a strange folk doll with three eyes leads to the opening of a demonic portal, the awakening of sinister spirits and the subsequent disappearance of two 12-year-old girls in the U.S. The girls are found three days later with no memory of what happened to them. After the girls begin to exhibit unsettling behavior, it soon becomes clear that only an exorcism can save them – and everyone who comes in contact with them, including unwitting guests, is suddenly at risk of losing their souls.

House #5 Name:

Universal Monsters: Unmasked

House Location: Parade Building B-79

House Description:

Lurking sixty feet beneath the bustling streets of the City of Lights, the dank Catacombs of Paris house a much darker secret. . . The all-new haunted house “Universal Monsters: Unmasked” takes guests down into the infamous burial grounds where every corner and crevice overflows with millions of skeletal remains and even more sinister secrets. Deep within the Catacombs, Universal’s most notorious creatures – The Phantom of the Opera, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Dr. Jekyll and his deranged alternate personality Mr. Hyde, and Dr. Jack Griffin, aka The Invisible Man – also lie in wait as they bide their time and seek vengeance against guests after the opening of the Catacombs to public visitation. These desperate and dangerous fiends have become filled with a rage toward guests navigating the twisted tunnels of their underground labyrinth home. It is here, in the darkness, where they hunt these trespassers and where the sounds of guests’ screams will go unheard.

House #6 Name:

Dr. Oddfellow's: Twisted Origins

House Location: Sprung Tent #2

House Description:

In the 1930s Dust Bowl era, guests won’t be able to resist going inside Dr. Oddfellow’s menacing menagerie of twisted oddities where they’ll encounter grotesquely distorted animals and freakish fiends. In “Dr. Oddfellow: Twisted Origins,” the price to enter this creepy caravan is steep as souls feed his immortal power.

House #7 Name:

Dueling Dragons: Choose Thy Fate

House Location: Soundstage 24A

House Description:

The great wizard Merlyn has been transformed into the Enchanted Oak, leaving a power vacuum. When two powerful warlocks invade his castle to steal his spell book, they are turned into dragons of fire and ice. Now guests are caught in the middle of their battle and are forced to choose a path and a victor. But beware, one never knows who will win in “Dueling Dragons: Choose Thy Fate.”

House #8 Name:

YETI: Campground Kills

House Location: Soundstage 24B

House Description:

In a 1950s campground, a group of towering, terrifying yetis are running rampant, ripping apart campers, rangers and anyone else who gets in their way. In “YETI: Campground Kills,” guests must flee through the campground into cabins, a bait shack and even the outhouse in hopes of making it to the ranger tower before it’s too late.

House #9 Name:

The Darkest Deal

House Location: Sprung Tent #1

House Description:

In the Mississippi Delta, blues musician Pinestraw Spruce meets at a crossroads with a diabolical entity known as The Collector to make a deal: his soul for musical glory. Guests will witness his big break performing for a crowd before The Collector drags him to Hades with the other musicians who learned the terrible price of fame in “The Darkest Deal.”

House #10 Name:

Bloodmoon: Dark Offerings

House Location: Soundstage 23

House Description:

Colonial-era villagers begin to worship the moon obsessively. When the blood moon rises at their fall festival, they take it as a sign that they must hunt down any non-followers within their village. Guests will need to try not to become part of the sacrifice as they gather body parts to form a grisly offering in “Bloodmoon: Dark Offerings.”

SCARE ZONES:

Scare Zone #1 Name:

Dr. Oddfellow’s Collection of Horror

Scarezone Location: Entrance Area/The Front Lot

Scarezone Description:

Dr. Oddfellow will lure guests into Halloween Horror Nights with a promise of immortality. As he lifts the veil on all the horrors to come, they’ll soon realize they may not even survive the night.

Scare Zone #2 Name:

Dark Zodiac

Scarezone Location: Hollywood Boulevard

Scarezone Description:

Dr. Oddfellow has entered a dark dimension to harness the power of the Zodiac and live forever. He twists the signs into malevolent beings who foretell one’s doom. As his star rises, yours falls.

Scare Zone #3 Name:

Jungle of Doom: Expedition Horror

Scarezone Location: Central Park

Scarezone Description:

In the 1920s, Dr. Oddfellow ventured deep into the darkest jungle, performing horrific experiments on nature. Now his monstrous creatures are running amok and on the hunt.

Scare Zone #4 Name:

Vamp '69: Summer of Blood

Scarezone Location: New York

Scarezone Description:

At a 60s music fest in a small New York town, guests will jam to popular bands with fellow concert-goers until Dr. Oddfellow unleashes vicious vampires on the audience that are out for blood.

Scare Zone #5 Name:

Shipyard 32: Horrors Unhinged

Scarezone Location: San Francisco

Scarezone Description:

Enter a 1940s San Francisco shipping yard full of mysterious crates and cages bearing Dr. Oddfellow’s symbol. Beware, his nightmarish oddities have now escaped spreading fear and chaos in their wake.

RIDES & ATTRACTIONS:

Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit

TRANSFORMERS: The Ride 3D

Revenge of the Mummy

Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts

MEN IN BLACK Alien Attack

Death Eaters Encounter

M3GAN Roaming Performance/Photo Op

SHOWS:

Show #1 Name:

Nightmare Fuel Revenge Dream

Show Location: Fear Factor/World Expo Stage

Show Description:

The show that sparked the darkest of dreams has reignited. Nightmares burn out of control as pyro and aerial performers fire guests up to the beat of metal and electronica.

OTHER INFORMATION/EVENT TIMELINE:

10-31-22

Universal announces first haunted house for the 2023 season. It will be based on the USA/SYFY series "CHUCKY" and will appear in Hollywood and Orlando!