NEWS: Halloween Horror Nights Japan Partners with Chainsaw Man

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Coming up your weekly roundup of news
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as always for the news roundup, I'm

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passing it off to Darryl. Halloween
Horror Nights returns to Universal Studios Japan USJ

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from September sixth through November fourth,
twenty twenty four. USJ will collaborate with

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the hit anime series chainsaw Man to
create a Halloween special for the series,

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which will be shown during Halloween Horror
Nights in the four D Theater. In

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Chainsaw Man, the Chaos four D
character's Denny, Aki, Power and Kobeny

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battle the Halloween Horror Night, Demon
Smiley the Pumpkin, and a zombie Horde.

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The special will cast the same voice
actors as the show, be considered

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canon reference Halloween Horror Nights and be
exclusive to Universal Studios Japan. New additional

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experiences for twenty twenty four include Resident
Evil Knight of Heroes, an outdoor,

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immersive horror action plunging guests into the
world of the zombie video game Hakuma Shouted

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Out Party, a dance party with
HHN character Hamikuma featuring Ado's thrilling track show,

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and Hamikuma Greeting Photo, a photo
opportunity with hhn's star mascot as either

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the Dark Hamikuma or Pure White Hammikuma
Soul. Returning experiences include the Roaming Street

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Zombies Dance, Zombie Dance Party,
Chucky's Carnival of Chaos, three D walk

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through Death Eaters take Over the Wizarding
World of Harry Potter, and Ado ex

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Hollywood Dream the Ride. Daytime guests
can also experience the family friendly ha haa

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HAA Halloween Party with Pokemon minions,
My Melody and Kromi, and more.

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Halloween Horror Nights is included with a
day ticket to Universal Studios Japan Express passes

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and an rip tour can be purchased
to shorten your weight and enhance your experience.

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Learn more at the park's official website. The Texas Haunters Convention takes place

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this weekend July thirteenth and fourteenth at
the Mesquite Convention Center in Mesquite, Texas.

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The event features over fifty six thousand
square feet of family friendly vendors,

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events, demonstrations, and classes targeting
Halloween cosplay enthusiasts. The fun begins with

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the sold out Friday Night Haunt Tour
featuring Dark Hour Haunted House. Saturday and

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Sunday feature a show floor with over
one hundred and fifty exhibitors, demonstrations,

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classes, and more. Saturday Nights
Costume Ball includes a live DJ, giveaway,

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food trucks, a cash bar,
and an adult costume contest. While

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VIP passes are sold out, general
admission passes are available throughout the show,

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starting at twenty five dollars for adult
weekend show floor passes and ten to twenty

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dollars for single day adult show floor
passes. The countdown is on Midsummer.

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Scream returns to the Long Beach Convention
Center in Long Beach, California on July

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twenty six through twenty eighth. Enjoy
all of the frights and fun of Helloween

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over one summer weekend with spooky shopping
on the vendor floor, fright flicks in

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the Screaming Room Chills and Thrills in
the Hall of Shadows, live immersive entertainment

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with panels, presentations, and performances
across five stage and multiple breakout rooms and

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more. Featured guests include Cassandra Peterson
also known as Elvira, Mistress of the

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Dark, the Boulet Brothers, The
Black Phone Cast, Paranormal Activity Stars and

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creator and voice cast of Monster High, and many more. The Saturday night

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party, Midsummer Scream After Dark Party
for the Recently Deceased, will feature a

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dance party with DJ Carlos Savalla,
a five hundred dollars costume contest, a

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feature film screening, a photo op, and an original immersive experience with Jason

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Lalish. Tickets are on sale now, starting at sixty nine dollars for weekend

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passes, thirty eight to fifty three
for single day passes, and one hundred

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and fifty dollars for VIP Gold Bat
passes. Be sure to secure your passes

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soon. Weekend and Saturday passes sell
out quickly. Lovecraft and Christopher Young will

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premiere Screaming Warriors, an immersive audio
experience, exclusively at Midsummer Scream, on

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July twenty seventh and twenty eighth,
The Brave attendees will be treated to the

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ten minute long immersive audio experience set
in complete darkness within the kill room walls

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of a psychopathic madman. Those lucky
enough might even escape. The experience is

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presented in partnership with Dolby Labs,
with visuals by Strange Loop Studios, powered

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by the Forecast MVP Multimedia Visual Performer, a device for running time sink visuals

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and lights for live performances. Attendees
will be immersed inside an eighteen speaker nine

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point one point six Dolby ATMOS array, transporting them into a new terrifying world.

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Creep, a Real nostalgic in Santa
Ana, California, has announced an

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exciting new panel with the stars of
one of the horror and halloween community's favorite

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holiday classics, This Is Halloween,
a nostalgic look back at the Nightmare before

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Christmas. On Sunday, September fifteenth, Chris Sarandon, the voice of Jack

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Skellington, and Ken Page, the
voice of Oogie Boogie, will reunite to

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share stories of the film's production and
its ongoing legacy after over thirty years.

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The discussion will be hosted by Jeff
D. Paoli of Disney Coast to Coast

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podcast. Surandan in page will also
be available for photo and autograph opportunities.

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The entire weekend Tickets for creep It
Reel Nostalgic are on sale now, starting

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at twenty seven dollars for weekend passes, seventeen for single day admission, and

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forty nine for dual festival weekend passes
both creep It Real Nostalgic and creep It

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Real Festive. In November. The
Meadville Helloween Parade in Meadville, Pennsylvania,

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has announced its twenty twenty fourth theme, outer Space. Known as the longest

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nighttime parade in Pennsylvania, the Meadville
Helloween Parade will celebrate its fifty seventh installment

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on October twenty sixth. The parade
also raises money for area nonprofits. Last

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year, it raised ten thousand dollars
for the Crawford County CADA twelve Career Education

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Alliant. This year, the event's
beneficiary will be the Family and Community Christian

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Association. Updates on the twenty twenty
four parade will be posted soon to the

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event's official website. Follow the links
in the show notes for more details.

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The Haunted Forests and Clarence, New
York has announced its open casting dates for

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the upcoming Halloween season. Open interviews
will be held on Saturday, August tenth

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and Sunday August eleventh from eleven am
to one pm. Open positions include scare

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actors, operations crew and entertainment acts. No experience is necessary, but actor

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experience is highly desired. To RSVP, please email them at jobs at the

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Haunted Forests dot com. The City
of Canada Bay in New South Wales,

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Australia, has secured one hundred thousand
dollars in funding from the New South Wales

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Government's Open Streets Program to grow the
Major's Bay Road Halloween Festival. Organized by

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the Major Bay Chamber of Commerce with
support from the Council, the event drew

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thousands of visitors in twenty twenty three. With the additional funds for twenty twenty

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four, event organizers plan to expand
and the festival with a temporary street closer

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for pedestrian access to the festival's trick
or Tree trail base, painting roving performers,

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live music, street games, art
classes, temporary outdoor dining areas pop

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up retail spaces and more. It
has been wonderful to see our Halloween event

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grow from strength to strength over the
years, drawing more people to our Major's

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Bay Road precinct, said Major's Bay
Chamber of Commerce President Kristin Brocky. This

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injection of funding means we can create
an even better event for the community and

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maximize the benefits for our local businesses. Some events coming up this July through

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September include the Texas Haunters Convention July
thirteenth and fourteenth, and Mesquite, Texas

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Midsummer Scream July twenty sixth through twenty
eighth in Long Beach, California, and

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creep It Real Nostalgic September fourteenth and
fifteenth in Santa Ana, California. And

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that's all for the news this week. Today's episode was produced by me Philip

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Ernandez, with reporting by Daryl Plunky
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