Aug. 21, 2024

NEWS: Universal Expands Halloween Horror Nights to NYC

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Jimmy Fallon and NBCUniversal introduce Jimmy Fallon’s Tonightmares this Halloween season at Rockefeller Center; Tickets are now on sale for Delusion: The Red Castle; The Vampire Circus returns to Hollywood, CA, September 19th - October 6th; Howl-O-Scream at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay celebrates its 25th anniversary with new haunts, scare zones, and entertainment; Deadmonton Haunted House announces its three maze themes for 2024; HalloweenCostumes.com and Distortions Unlimited are collaborating to release an officially licensed Deluxe Alien Xenomorph collectible mask. Read the stories here.

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Coming up your weekly roundup of news from around the

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haunt industry. Welcome to the show. I'm Philip on the

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hn Show. We bring you the haunt news, information, and

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education you need to prepare for Halloween. On Tuesdays, we

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bring you a roundup of news from haunts worldwide. Read

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and as always for the news roundup, I'm passing it

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off to.

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Darryl Jimmy Fallon an NBC Universal introduces Jimmy Fallons Tonightmares

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this Halloween season at Rockefeller Center in New York City.

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Select night September twentieth through October thirty. First from a

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cornfield with killer scarecrows, to an abandoned subway with not

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so humanlike creatures, to performance with a zombie boy band.

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Journey through ten chilling rooms each week featuring one of

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Fallon's spine tangling nightmares. This original concept was developed in

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collaboration with NBC Universal's Global Franchise Management Group and the

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design team behind Helloween horror Nights. Each year, we bring

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Helloween to life in new and exciting ways across NBC

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Universal through Halloween themed content and experiences, said David O'Connor,

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president of Franchise Management and brand Strategy. Whether it's expressed

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on our theme parks or through film and television, we're

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building on our rich horror legacy, and we're thrilled to

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support Jimmy Fallon to pair his true fandom of the

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holiday with the expertise of our company to create a

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one of a kind experience. Tickets will be available to

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start purchasing on Thursday, August twenty second to ten am

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Eastern daylight time. Join the wait list for exclusive access

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to pre sale tickets by following the links in our

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show notes. Tickets are on sale now for Delusion The

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Red Castle in Los Angeles, California. An epic and haunting

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adventure await those willing to play their part in Delusion's

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latest interactive play. Taking place in an all new location

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in the heart of Los Angeles. Guests will play the

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role of doctor Frederick Lowell's most prized patients found sleepwalking

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on the grounds of the Red Castle. Yet this time,

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when they awake, their memory is faded and Doctor Lowell

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is nowhere to be found. General admission tickets start at

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one hundred and nine ninety nine to one hundred and

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thirty two ninety nine per person, or an even more

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immersive night upgrade to the war D VIP Experience. War

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D tickets feature a private bar in the VIP Lounge

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where guests might stumble upon a few hidden surprises and performances. Afterwards,

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guests will don mental asylum garb and act as mad

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patients in an actual scene within the play. The Vampire

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Circus returns to Hollywood, California, select dates September nineteenth through

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October sixth. Step into an extraordinary immersive theater experience through

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the Vampire Underworld, Blending mystery, terror, and exhilaration with aerobatics,

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captivating characters enjoy the family friendly fun where thrills and

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excitement wait audiences of all ages. Tickets are on sale now,

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starting as low as thirty nine dollars for opening weekend

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balcony seats. Hallowscream in Bush Gardens, Tampa, Florida is celebrating

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their twenty fifth anniversary select nights September sixth through November two.

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To mark this milestone, Helloscream will feature five haunted houses,

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including the new Shadows of Wonderland and the Enhanced Witch

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of the Woods, Rise of the Coven, five new scare

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zones and new entertainment offerings designed to make guests jump

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out of their seats. The new Scare Zone includes Hallowscream,

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twenty five, Terror Through Time, The Tree Lot, Massacre, Sawgrass Slaughter,

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Legend of the Skuncape, Little Nightmares, Trick or Treat, and

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Ragnar's Wrath, joining returning entertainment favorites Scaryoke and Cirquex. Scream

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is the reckoning in which seemingly innocent mortal Lark awaits

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her ultimate judgment day when she meets the Gatekeeper in

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the fiery depths of Hell. Tickets for hallow Scream are

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on sale now, starting as low as thirty four to

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ninety nine for single night tickets during their limited time

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Monster Sale. Evil upgrades include front of the line passes

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as low as sixty nine ninety nine, behind the Scenes

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tours for twenty nine ninety nine, and the Ultimate VIP

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Tour for two ninety nine ninety nine. Deadmonton Haunted House

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in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada has announced the three haunted themes

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for its eleventh season of scares Pray. The wrath of

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which is power. In Curse of the Mucklebone Coven, explore

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the dark and twisted halls of an ancient ministry in

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the abbey, and finally face night Maris creatures in the

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Puppet Factory. Deadminton runs select nights September twenty seventh through

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November ninth. Tickets are on sale now starting at forty

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two ninety nine to forty seven ninety nine Canadian for

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regular admission and fifty seven ninety nine to sixty two

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ninety nine Canadian for speed passes. Halloween Costumes and Distortions

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Unlimited or collaborating to release an officially licensed deluxe Alien

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Xenomorph collectible mask. Distortions originally offered a Xenomorph alien mask

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in the nineteen eighties, cast from one of the original

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Alien movie molds sculpted by hr Giger. For this new

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limited edition Collector's grade mask, they made a cast from

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the original foam Master and brought in four artists to

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painstaking the resort of the Xenomorphs details by hand. The

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hand painted Latex masks will be available on both Halloween

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Costumes dot Com and Distortion Unlimited's official website for seventeen

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hundred and eighty nine dollars. Some upcoming events this August

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through October include creep It Real Nostalgic September fourteenth and

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fifteenth in Santa Ana, California, creep i e Con September

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twentieth through twenty second in Ontario, California, and Son of

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Monster Palooza October eleventh through thirteenth in Burbank, California. Some

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events in southern California include the Oogie Boogie Bash at

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Disney California, Adventure in Annahim, Halloween Horror Nights at Universal

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Studios in Universal City, Bright Fest Extreme at Magic Mountain

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in Valencia, not Scary Farm at knotts Berry Farm in

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Buena Park, The Vampire Circus in Hollywood, California, Delusion the

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Red Castle in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Haunted Hey

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Ride in Los Angeles, Queen Mary's Dark Harbor and Long

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Beach Beer farm Ie in Chino, Hello Scream at SeaWorld

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San Diego in San Diego, The Reign of Terror in

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Thousand Oaks, and Creep La Ghosts in Los Angeles. Coming

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this fall is the Haunted Attraction Network's haunt Athon, a

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sixty one day celebration of haunted attractions. In twenty twenty three,

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we broke records with one hundred and forty million views

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from horror and halloween fans worldwide. Hantedth On twenty twenty

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three explored haunts of all sizes, from the legendary to

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the unsung, through videos, podcasts, virtual visits, and even VIP

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in person experiences. Presenting daily content from September first through

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October thirty first, the group of nine programming partners helped

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raise awareness of the haunted attraction industry, giving viewers unparalleled

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peaks into more than seventy haunted attractions worldwide. The Haunted

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Attraction Network and hanted On twenty twenty three were featured

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on television with NBC's California Live and Fox Dew Detroit,

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and on national radio at Marketplace. Twenty twenty four's programming

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partners include Attractions Magazine, Sharp Productions, Kevin Heinbach, The Haunted

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Attraction Association, and The Scare Factor. Keep your eyes and

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ears peeled for the Haunted on twenty twenty four a

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tractions coming soon to your favorite social media platforms.

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And that's all for the news this week. Today's episode

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was produced by me Philip Hernandez, with reporting by Daryl Plunky,

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post production by David Swope. This HANT News Update is

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a production of the Haunted Attraction Network and you can

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