NEWS: Halloween Horror Nights Returns Aug 30; Haunter Summer Camp

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Coming up your weekly roundup of news
from around the haunt industry. Welcome to

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the show. I'm Philip on the
HN Show. We bring you the haunt

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news, information, and education you
need to prepare for Halloween. On Tuesdays,

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from haunts worldwide. Read more about

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link in the show notes, and
as always for the news roundup, I'm

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passing it off to Darryl. This
year, the horror begins earlier than ever,

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as Universal Orlando's Halloween Horror Nights in
Orlando, Florida return on select nights

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from August thirtieth through November third.
This marks the first time that HHN is

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creeped into August, and the chills
and thrills will once again last past Halloween.

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Halloween Horror Nights twenty twenty four will
feature ten all new movie quality haunted

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houses, five scare zones, a
live show, food and beverages inspired by

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this year's haunts, new merch in
the Halloween Horror Nights Tribute Store, and

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Universal Studios Florida's most exciting attractions.
Single night event tickets, Express passes and

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vacation packages for Halloween Horror Nights are
on sale now starting at eighty two to

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ninety nine for single night general admission, one twenty nine ninety nine for the

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Express Pass upgrade, and three point
fifty nine ninety nine for the nighttime Rip

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tour. For guests who can't wait
to peek at what's in store this year,

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there is also a behind the Screams
on Masking the Horror Tour, available

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starting at ninety nine ninety nine per
person for select days beginning August eleven.

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This is the first time the tour
will be available prior to the opening night

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of Halloween Horror Nights. Guests can
also start to get into the Halloween Horror

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Nite spirit early with an all new
merchandise collection featuring a T shirt at and

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tumber celebrating that Universal Orlando is where
Horror Lives. This merchan is available online

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and at five dime at Universal Studios, Florida, as well as All Hellos

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Eve boutique at Islands of Adventure,
Double m Haunted hay Rides, and Haunted

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Houses in Boston, SPA. New
York is hosting a Halfway to Halloween event

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on May eighteenth. The event will
begin with the screening of Halloween from twenty

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eighteen. Stay alert as you watch
Michael slash and slay because the creatures of

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Double m will be lurking amongst the
crowd. Following the film, attendees will

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journey to two haunted houses, miss
Edna's Manor and Secret Society. Tickets are

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on sale now for twenty five dollars
per person. Children under the age of

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seventeen must be accompanied by an adult. May seventeenth and eighteenth, The Deranged

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Haunt Detroit in Romulus, Michigan,
returns for its third annual Halfway to Halloween

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celebration. This year, Deranged fictional
town of Covensfield will be hosting their election

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for mayor at the Halfway to Halloween
event. Come meet current mayor Conwell in

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his campaign as he fights for your
vote to this October's election, where guests

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of Deranged get to cast their ballot
and elect a mayor. Tickets are Onziel

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now, starting at twenty two dollars
for general admission and thirty two dollars for

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fast pass admission. Nostalgic Nebula presents
sleep Away Camp from nineteen eighty three commentary

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edition on Saturday, April thirteenth,
at the Guardina Cinema in Guardina, California.

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Join star Felyssa Rose and Dave Sheridan
for a special screening of sleep Away

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Camp as they provide live commentary during
the film, giving you a behind the

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scenes look at the production, hilarious
anecdotes, and cinema secrets. Stick around

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after the show for an opportunity to
meet Felissa and Dave, who will be

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attending as Ronnie, the camp counselor
get autographs, grab some prints and other

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killer merch. Tickets are onzel now
starting at twenty dollars for general admission and

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thirty dollars for VIP admission, which
includes a special edition poster and early entry.

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Nostalgic Nebula invites you to join Dave
Sheridan and John Abrams on on Saturday,

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April twentieth at the Guardiana Cinema in
Guardiana, California for a screening of

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Scary Movie as they provide live commentary
during the film, giving you behind the

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scenes stories and secrets. After the
screening, stick around to meet David,

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John, get autographs, and grab
some killer merch. Tickets are now on

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sales starting at twenty dollars for general
admission and thirty for VIP admission, which

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also includes a special edition poster and
early entry. A recent online article featured

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haunt Fest founder and CEO Roseanne Harpold
explaining her recent April Ghouls event in Athens,

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Georgia, their marketing efforts, and
plans for the future. After a

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successful debut of haunt Fest Mayhem in
May twenty twenty three, Harpold expanded the

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festival to two days this year,
utilizing Southern Brewing Company's expansive space to include

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more attractions, vendors, and based
on feedback from the previous year activities for

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all ages. Leading up to this
year's event, the haunt Fest team organized

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a plethora of auxiliary events to improve
outreach and help to the local community of

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horror fans. Haunt Fest pop ups, horror trivia nights, and flash dance

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mobs served as fun marketing tactics to
draw interest in the festival. A continuing

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weekly horror Enthusiast Meet and Greet invites
the community for a casual evening of games

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and getting to know each other.
This weekly gathering helps to foster and grow

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the local horror community as well as
create excitement for future events. Harpold has

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booked to venue to host a haunt
Fest event in Southern Carolina this December,

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and she hopes to continue an annual
festival in Athens as well as other traveling

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events year round. Children can have
spooky summer fun at Camp Nowhere Youth Haunt

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Actor Theater Day Camp presented by Nowhere
Haunted House in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota.

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This one of a kind summer camp
is designed for kids ages eight to

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twelve with an interest in acting,
haunted houses and theater. The five day

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camp will teach budding actors the genre
of haunt acting, as well as behind

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the scene tricks and techniques for working
in a haunted attraction, from scar acting

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to animatronics to make up. Kids
will develop an original character with its own

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backstory, motivations, and interests.
They will design makeup or a mask for

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their character, create props, and
put together a costume. Throughout the week,

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campers will learn scare acting techniques from
actors in the field, personalize a

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set for their character, and practice
what they learn inside Nowhere Haunted House.

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The final day of the camp,
there will be a performance for the campus

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families a walk through of the Haunt, complete with show lighting, audio,

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and newly trained Haunt actors in professional
makeup and costumes. There will be three

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sessions available for eight to twenty students
each June seventeenth through twenty first, June

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twenty four through twenty eighth, and
July fifteenth through nineteenth. Camp tuition is

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two hundred dollars. Learn more and
sign up by following the links in our

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show notes. Fear XBO takes place
this weekend, April twelve through fourteenth,

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at the Owensboro Convention Center in Owensboro, Kentucky. The fun begins with the

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pre show Haunt Tour on April eleven, visiting Evansville Nightmare Factory, Abattoir,

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Haunted Attractions, Shattered Nightmarees Haunted House, Necropolis Underground Haunted Attraction, and Nightmare

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on Edgewood Haunted House. Friday through
Sunday, the event will feature seminars,

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networking events and exhibit, floor,
make up, demo, stage, costume

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party, and more. Tickets are
still available on the event's official website,

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starting at thirty dollars for general admission
and one forty nine for VIP admission.

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Some upcoming events April through June of
this year include Beer Expo this weekend April

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twelveth through fourteenth in Owensboro, Kentucky. The Spooky Swap Meet April twenty sixth

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through twenty eighth in Los Angeles,
California. East Coast Haunters Convention April twenty

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seventh through twenty eighth at Oaks,
Pennsylvania. Monster Palooza May thirty first through

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June second in Pasadena, California.
The Midwest Hunters Convention June seventh through ninth

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in Rosemont, Illinois. If you're
in SOCl, here's some event highlights happening.

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Scream Break at Magic Mountain in Valencia, California, April twelfth through thirteen.

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Jacqueline Hyde a Musical at the Nocturn
Theater in Glendale, California, April

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twelfth through fourteenth, and eighteen through
twenty first. Nostalgic Nebula presents sleep Away

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Camp, Guardina, California, April
thirteenth, and Nostalgic Nebula presents Scary Movie

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in Guardiana, California, April twentieth. Also, the Halfway to Halloween Festival

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in Riverside, California is happening May
eleventh, and twelve, and that's all

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for the news this week. Today's
episode was produced by me Philip Ernandez,

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with reporting by Darryl Plunky post production
by David Swope. This haunt News Update

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