Universal Studios has announced that this year's Halloween Horror Nights will feature mazes based on Netflix's The Haunting of Hill House. Based on the Netflix original series from 2018, The Haunting of Hill House tells the story of a family's past and present in regards to the haunted house that they grew up in. The series finds them facing their horror-filled past in order to move forward as a family. The series was created and directed by Mike Flanagan, director of Doctor Sleep and other cult horror hits.
Originally known as Fright Nights, theme park Universal Studios rebranded their special event to Halloween Horror Nights. At night, during the listed event dates, the park is turned into scare zones and haunted houses that are in the spirit of the Halloween season. The event originally started at the Florida location in 1991 and moved to the Hollywood theme park in 1997. The park often sets its attractions around popular horror films and television shows, which rotate each year. Halloween Horror Nights was cancelled in 2020 due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, although it's set to return for 2021.
Universal Studios announced that this year's upcoming Halloween Horror Nights will feature mazes based on The Haunting of Hill House at both the Hollywood and Orlando locations. The annual event will be returning on select nights starting on September 3 in Orlando and September 9 in Hollywood, with both events ending on October 31. Famous scenes will be recreated for the maze, including the Red Room and the Hall of Statues. Some of the characters that will make appearances include The Tall Man, The Ghost in the Basement, and The Bent-Neck Lady. See below for the comments made by Flanagan, Charles Gray, the Senior Show Director for Entertainment Creative Development at Universal Orlando Resort, and John Murdy, Executive Producer of “Halloween Horror Nights” at Universal Studios Hollywood, on the new mazes:
Flanagan: “I have loved Halloween Horror Nights for so long. Some of my favorite memories of Halloween were made at Universal Studios, screaming and laughing with my friends. It is such an honor to be included among such fantastic Haunts, and I’m so glad that fans will be able to walk the halls of Hill House this Halloween. This is – without a doubt – one of the coolest things that’s ever happened to us at Intrepid. We are so excited to visit the Red Room again – we hope to see you all there!”
Gray: “It’s a nightmare come true to bring Netflix’s “The Haunting of Hill House” to life for our guests this year at ‘Halloween Horror Nights. The show brought true horror to the masses, similar to what we’ve provided our guests at this event for nearly 30 years – Hill House is a perfect fit for “Halloween Horror Nights” as it enters a new decade of fear.”
Murdy: “Mike Flanagan has elevated the horror genre with his supernatural thriller, ‘The Haunting of Hill House.' We continuously challenge ourselves to raise the bar with each maze we create, and we look forward to creating a unique experience for our guests that combines both the psychological and visceral twists from the series. The goal is to make our guests feel as if they are walking in the footsteps of the Crain family, re-living all the horrors that they experienced.”
Given the high level of popularity for The Haunting of Hill House, this is an excellent fit for a maze at Halloween Horror Nights. The team always does an amazing job recreating iconic moments from the properties that their mazes are inspired by, so this will likely be no exception. This Netflix series gives the theme park a lot to work with. If the maze is received well, perhaps there will be a maze for the follow-up, The Haunting of Bly Manor, in the future.
Some years, Halloween Horror Nights has repeated its mazes and scare zones with the use of properties such as The Walking Dead. While that's unlikely to be the case here, perhaps it could lead to other similar shows getting a maze in the following years. It was previously announced that another title getting the Halloween Horror Nights treatment is Beetlejuice, which should be another marvelous addition to the annual event. Given that some folks still may not feel comfortable going to a theme park with the pandemic not entirely being over, it'll be informative to know how this year performs compared to previous years. However, The Haunting of Hill House maze will likely be a draw for many people.
Source: Universal Studios
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