NEWS: Halloween Horror Nights Japan Partners with Chainsaw Man

0:07 Coming up your weekly roundup of news from around the haunt industry. Welcome to the show. I'm Philip on the HN Show. We bring you the haunt news, information, and education you need to prepare for Halloween. On Tuesdays, we bring you a roundup of news from haunts worldwide. Read more about these stories and so much more in our free weekly newsletter. Subscribe at the link in the show notes, and as always for the news roundup, I'm passing it off to Darryl. Halloween Horror Nights returns to Universal Studios Japan USJ from September sixth through November fourth, twenty twenty four. USJ will collaborate with the hit anime series chainsaw Man to create a Halloween special for the series, which will be shown during Halloween Horror Nights in the four D Theater. In Chainsaw Man, the Chaos four D character's Denny, Aki, Power and Kobeny battle the Halloween Horror Night, Demon Smiley the Pumpkin, and a zombie Horde.

1:04 The special will cast the same voice actors as the show, be considered canon reference Halloween Horror Nights and be exclusive to Universal Studios Japan. New additional experiences for twenty twenty four include Resident Evil Knight of Heroes, an outdoor, immersive horror action plunging guests into the world of the zombie video game Hakuma Shouted Out Party, a dance party with HHN character Hamikuma featuring Ado's thrilling track show, and Hamikuma Greeting Photo, a photo opportunity with hhn's star mascot as either the Dark Hamikuma or Pure White Hammikuma Soul. Returning experiences include the Roaming Street Zombies Dance, Zombie Dance Party, Chucky's Carnival of Chaos, three D walk through Death Eaters take Over the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, and Ado ex Hollywood Dream the Ride. Daytime guests can also experience the family friendly ha haa HAA Halloween Party with Pokemon minions, My Melody and Kromi, and more.

2:00 Halloween Horror Nights is included with a day ticket to Universal Studios Japan Express passes and an rip tour can be purchased to shorten your weight and enhance your experience. Learn more at the park's official website. The Texas Haunters Convention takes place this weekend July thirteenth and fourteenth at the Mesquite Convention Center in Mesquite, Texas. The event features over fifty six thousand square feet of family friendly vendors, events, demonstrations, and classes targeting Halloween cosplay enthusiasts. The fun begins with the sold out Friday Night Haunt Tour featuring Dark Hour Haunted House. Saturday and Sunday feature a show floor with over one hundred and fifty exhibitors, demonstrations, classes, and more. Saturday Nights Costume Ball includes a live DJ, giveaway, food trucks, a cash bar, and an adult costume contest. While VIP passes are sold out, general admission passes are available throughout the show, starting at twenty five dollars for adult weekend show floor passes and ten to twenty dollars for single day adult show floor passes. The countdown is on Midsummer.

2:58 Scream returns to the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California on July twenty six through twenty eighth. Enjoy all of the frights and fun of Helloween over one summer weekend with spooky shopping on the vendor floor, fright flicks in the Screaming Room Chills and Thrills in the Hall of Shadows, live immersive entertainment with panels, presentations, and performances across five stage and multiple breakout rooms and more. Featured guests include Cassandra Peterson also known as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, the Boulet Brothers, The Black Phone Cast, Paranormal Activity Stars and creator and voice cast of Monster High, and many more. The Saturday night party, Midsummer Scream After Dark Party for the Recently Deceased, will feature a dance party with DJ Carlos Savalla, a five hundred dollars costume contest, a feature film screening, a photo op, and an original immersive experience with Jason Lalish. Tickets are on sale now, starting at sixty nine dollars for weekend passes, thirty eight to fifty three for single day passes, and one hundred and fifty dollars for VIP Gold Bat passes. Be sure to secure your passes soon. Weekend and Saturday passes sell out quickly. Lovecraft and Christopher Young will premiere Screaming Warriors, an immersive audio experience, exclusively at Midsummer Scream, on July twenty seventh and twenty eighth, The Brave attendees will be treated to the ten minute long immersive audio experience set in complete darkness within the kill room walls of a psychopathic madman. Those lucky enough might even escape. The experience is presented in partnership with Dolby Labs, with visuals by Strange Loop Studios, powered

4:30 by the Forecast MVP Multimedia Visual Performer, a device for running time sink visuals and lights for live performances. Attendees will be immersed inside an eighteen speaker nine point one point six Dolby ATMOS array, transporting them into a new terrifying world. Creep, a Real nostalgic in Santa Ana, California, has announced an exciting new panel with the stars of one of the horror and halloween community's favorite holiday classics, This Is Halloween, a nostalgic look back at the Nightmare before Christmas. On Sunday, September fifteenth, Chris Sarandon, the voice of Jack Skellington, and Ken Page, the voice of Oogie Boogie, will reunite to share stories of the film's production and its ongoing legacy after over thirty years.

5:12 The discussion will be hosted by Jeff D. Paoli of Disney Coast to Coast podcast. Surandan in page will also be available for photo and autograph opportunities. The entire weekend Tickets for creep It Reel Nostalgic are on sale now, starting at twenty seven dollars for weekend passes, seventeen for single day admission, and forty nine for dual festival weekend passes both creep It Real Nostalgic and creep It Real Festive. In November. The Meadville Helloween Parade in Meadville, Pennsylvania, has announced its twenty twenty fourth theme, outer Space. Known as the longest nighttime parade in Pennsylvania, the Meadville Helloween Parade will celebrate its fifty seventh installment on October twenty sixth. The parade also raises money for area nonprofits. Last year, it raised ten thousand dollars for the Crawford County CADA twelve Career Education Alliant. This year, the event's beneficiary will be the Family and Community Christian Association. Updates on the twenty twenty four parade will be posted soon to the event's official website. Follow the links in the show notes for more details.

6:13 The Haunted Forests and Clarence, New York has announced its open casting dates for the upcoming Halloween season. Open interviews will be held on Saturday, August tenth and Sunday August eleventh from eleven am to one pm. Open positions include scare actors, operations crew and entertainment acts. No experience is necessary, but actor experience is highly desired. To RSVP, please email them at jobs at the Haunted Forests dot com. The City of Canada Bay in New South Wales, Australia, has secured one hundred thousand dollars in funding from the New South Wales Government's Open Streets Program to grow the Major's Bay Road Halloween Festival. Organized by the Major Bay Chamber of Commerce with support from the Council, the event drew thousands of visitors in twenty twenty three. With the additional funds for twenty twenty four, event organizers plan to expand and the festival with a temporary street closer for pedestrian access to the festival's trick or Tree trail base, painting roving performers, live music, street games, art classes, temporary outdoor dining areas pop up retail spaces and more. It has been wonderful to see our Halloween event grow from strength to strength over the years, drawing more people to our Major's Bay Road precinct, said Major's Bay Chamber of Commerce President Kristin Brocky. This injection of funding means we can create an even better event for the community and maximize the benefits for our local businesses. Some events coming up this July through September include the Texas Haunters Convention July thirteenth and fourteenth, and Mesquite, Texas Midsummer Scream July twenty sixth through twenty eighth in Long Beach, California, and

7:44 creep It Real Nostalgic September fourteenth and fifteenth in Santa Ana, California. And that's all for the news this week. Today's episode was produced by me Philip Ernandez, with reporting by Daryl Plunky post production by David Swope. This news update is a production of the Haunted Attraction Network, and you can sign up to our weekly newsletter at Hantattractionnetwork dot com. Support for this episode comes from Gantum Lighty and Controls. Until next time, Haunters Stay Scary. This is a Haunted attraction, network production,