Every year, at the beginning of October, Universal Studios Hollywood turns into one big real-life horror flick. Using inspiration from popular Universal Horror films, there are mazes, rides, scare zones, shows and of course, the Terror Tram.
I’ve been to Universal Studios Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Nights the past couple years and have never been disappointed. I always wonder how they are going to make it better next year.
Then they do.
Halloween Horror Nights 2009 has four brand new mazes, new scare zones (when you are walking place to place in the park), new shows and a revamped Terror Tram. Plus, all the rides (Jurassic Park … in the dark, Revenge of the Mummy and The Simpsons' Ride) are open.
The first maze is “Halloween: The Life and Crimes of Michael Myers.” There are a lot of good hiding spots, so there’s a lot of possibilities of someone popping out at you, which I view as a good thing. But don’t worry, if you do get scared and want to leave, there are a lot of exits. It’s a pretty good and original maze, so if the line is long, it’s worth your time.
The second maze is “My Bloody Valentine: Be Mine 4 Ever,” which is based on the 2009 remake of the original in 1981. A complete slasher flick, this maze was easily my favorite and I think my guest would agree. It’s set in a mine and this guy with a pick axe freaked the hell out of me. It was mainly due to the flashing lights that impaired my vision. Great maze, seriously.
The next maze is “Saw: Game Over,” based on the Saw franchise. This is probably the most talked about maze. If you are a fan, this maze will be your favorite. If you’re not a fan, this maze would be just ok. Not bad, but not great.
The last maze was “Chucky’s Funhouse.” This one is interesting, because it’s located in the House of Horrors daytime maze, so it’s very elaborate and long. If you’ve been to the maze in the daytime, it’s still pretty different, so I’d recommend going.
The mazes are completely different than last year, so make sure to catch them all.
The shows this year are “Rocky Horror Picture Show: A Tribute” and the “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure Show.” I missed both shows. I’ve never seen Rocky Horror, so I didn’t see the show. However, I heard positive reviews of it. I saw the “Bill and Ted Show” last year (It’s different this year) and thought it was funny. It’s basically a parody show and makes fun of current events.
Article comments
1 - Bryan (Haunted House Master)
I don't recommend the "Chucky’s Funhouse" if you have little ones. Our daughter became quite tired after walking thru the maze for 10 minutes.
Bryan
2 - Brain Storm
HHN is not recommended for "Little ones" in the first place
3 - Tom P
I went, and the show, "Bill and Ted" is one homophobic "gay people are so gay/feminine/repulsive/etc." so-called-joke after another.
I was so offended that I heckled the stage until they threw me out.
It was one anti-gay 'joke' after another, to the point that it was bizarre.
Don't go.
Or do go, and heckle them like I did. It was empowering.
4 - Jason
My girlfriend and I wasted our money on Universal Studios this year, trying something new instead of the usual Knott's Scary Farm. The way we figured it, Universal Studios shoots those horror movies, they should have an awesome halloween haunt. When we got there, we saw a few monsters before going through our first tour, it took us an hour and a half to get in, just to walk through for 2 minutes. Waste of time #1! Then we walked the rest of the park and all the monsters were gone, til we got downstairs where they had the Saw maze. Pigs from that movie were all over the place, not really doing much, amazing to see that there were only about 20 to 30 monsters for the Whole park. We stood in line for 2 and a half hours to get into the Saw maze, which in my opinion was not worth it. Waste of time #2! Finally we got sick of everything and left, I for one can't believe how badly Universal Studios failed to make a good halloween themed attraction. My gf went to Knott's Scary Farm a couple days after and she hit all 20 or so mazes, each having a 5 minute line and she said it was WAY more amazing. So basically, everyone, don't make the mistake we made, spend half the money to go somewhere twice as fun. Universal Studios is NOT the place to go.