NEWS: SAW The Musical, Spongebob's Dark Ride, and More!

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. Pre sale tickets for Midsummer Scream will go on sale on Saturday, March second. This year's event is July twenty six to twenty eighth at the Long Beach Convention Center in California. It's all the thrills and chills of October packed into one summer weekend, featuring walk through haunts, celebrity guests, vendors, performances, and more. Attend Ye adgistration opens on March first for the Texas Haunters Convention, happening in July thirteenth and fourteenth at the Mesquite Convention Center. The Texas Honors Convention features over fifty five thousand square feet of family friendly vendors, events, demonstrations, and classes. Ticket prices for the Texas Honors Convention start at ten dollars to twenty dollars for single day passes or twenty five dollars for the weekend. Twenty twenty four marks twenty five years of Bat's Day at Disneyland in California. This year's Bats Stay in the Fun Park will take place May fifth, but the Spooky Goth Fund won't stop there. The team plans a full year of surprises celebrating their anniversary through their twenty twenty five event for all the event's Instagram account for announcements and more in

1:41 the coming months. And now for some event news happening throughout the country. First up, The Vegas Theater Company and Las Vegas Horror Show have announced the return of Abandon, a frighteningly kinky and darkly humorous theatrical production delivered in rapid fire, wordless vignettes and enhanced by original killer soundtrack and terrifying visual effects. Abandoned mix's psychological thriller, grotesque Beauty and edgy kink to create a horror production like no other. The production will run on felect dates from May eighteenth through July twenty eighth. Tickets are on sale now starting at thirty nine ninety nine Circus Circus Las Vegas will debut their new SpongeBob SquarePants themed dark Ride on Friday, March First created by Sally dark Rides, SpongeBob's Crazy Carnival Ride will utilize vibrant sets, special effects, animatronics, and vivid integrated projections to bring Bikini Bottom and its characters to life. Learn more about this exciting new family attraction from our Haunted Attraction Network IAPA interview that we did with Sally dark Ride Chief creative Officer Rich Hill. The national tour of Saw the Musical is coming to Los Angeles, California, on February twenty ninth through April seventh. The musical parody the first film's events in the iconic horror franchise, a love story with fluidity and lots of other fluids. Saw the Musical, the unauthorized parody of Saw, is a little Shop of Horror meets Avenue Q, pushing the boundary

3:15 on sexuality and how to love. Due to the explicit content, parental discretion is advised. Tickets around sale now starting at thirty five dollars. What's your favorite scary musical? Screamed, an unauthorized musical parody, is now playing in Las Vegas Fridays and Saturdays throughout March, from the team that created the long running The Craft and unauthorized musical parody Screamed parodies the hit ninety eighteen horror movie turned Millennial franchise set to a pop playlist accompanied by a live rock band. Tickets around sale now starting at forty nine ninety nine for general admission. This show is a parody of an R rated movie that combines violence, language, and adult themes. Although that the has no age restriction, its suggested for ages sixteen and above. And Now for some horror film news, a teaser trailer has been released for the upcoming horror film All Swalled Down the Rabbit Hole.

4:12 The film features a sinister version of the now public domain Walt Disney creation Oswald The Lucky Rabbit. The teaser will give people a taste of the gruesome and nightmares journey that takes the characters from an exciting adventure of finding themselves to one they hope to make it out of alive. The film centers around a main character named Art and some of his friends who get transported to a place shrouded by dark Hollywood magic. When the group encounters Oswald, the cartoon rabbit has come to life, and they must work together to escape their magical prison before the rabbit gets to them first. The film is still in casting, but the website says updates are coming in the next few months. And now wrapping up with some retail news, the Disney Fairytale Weddings Collection from a Lower Bridles has released their first ever line of dresses inspired by the Disney villains.

5:02 Brides to be can currently choose from four different designs inspired by the Evil Queen ja'far, Maleficent, and Ursula. The gowns come in black and ivory variants, allowing brides to either embrace their sinister beauty or opt for a more traditional elegance. And that's all for the news this week. Today's episode was produced by me Philip Hernandez, with reporting by Daryl Plunky post production by David Swope. This haunt News Update is a production of the Haunted Attraction Network and you can sign up to our weekly newsletter at Hanta Attractionnetwork dot com. Support for this episode comes from Gantum Lighting and Controls. Until next time, Haunters, Stay Scary. This is a Haunted Attraction Network production,