Feb. 25, 2025

NEWS: Universal's Horror Unleased and Transworld Prep

This week: Universal's Horror Unleashed Opens Aug 14; The Haunt Industry will gather in St Louis this week for the world's largest Halloween Trade Show; Highlights from IAAPA's Middle East Trade Summit; "Alien: Earth" invades SXSW with an immersive...

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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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more about these stories and so much more in our

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free weekly newsletter. Subscribe at the link in the show notes,

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

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off to Darryl.

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Trans World's Halloween An Attraction Show takes place this week

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February twenty seventh through March second at the America Center

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in Saint Louis, Missouri. For over forty years, trans World

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has created the marketplace for the haunted attraction industry where

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haunters can network, learn, gain inspiration, and purchase the newest

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products from industry vendors, with over five hundred exhibitors to browse,

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including more than ninety new exhibitors for twenty twenty five

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planned by mapping your route with a floor plan an

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exhibitor list by following the links in our show notes.

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Check out the daily seminars held by industry leaders, including

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the ahaa's Chaos Safety Seminar Thursday eight thirty am. Don't

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miss out on the many daily events, including highlights such

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as Thursday Night's City Museum Party, Friday's Haunted Attraction Association

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State of the Industry Seminar ten am, and the AHAA

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Live Auction five point fifteen to six thirty pm, and

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Saturdays HAA Oscares Awards Banquet from five to seven thirty

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pm and Transworld's first ever Zombie prom from eight to midnight.

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Transworld's Halloween Attraction Show is everything you need to succeed

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in your Halloween season. Register today at the event's official website.

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Iappa's Middle East Trade Summit in Riad, Saudi Arabia took

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place February seventeenth through nineteen. In addition to attending seminars

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from industry leaders and networking green tag Podcasts, Philip and

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Scott toured the new Kadia City Experience, BLVD World, and

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previewed six flags Kadia, home to the world's longest and

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fastest coaster, and the Aquaabia Water Park. Listen to their

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audio diaries of reactions and key takeaways in this week's

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episode of the Green Tagged podcast, Universal Horror Unleashed is

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going to be opening August fourteenth. Prepare for year round

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chills from the Universal Destinations and Experiences. Universal Horror Unleashed

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in Las Vegas, Nevada will open on August fourteenth of

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twenty twenty five. Housed in a one hundred thousand square

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foot warehouse in the area fifteen District, guests will journey

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through the nightmarish labyrinth of four themed immersive areas, Universal Monsters, Blumhouses,

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The Exorcist, Believer Texas Chainsaw, Massacre, and Scarecrow The Reaping

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Between Scares. Take refuge if you can in one of

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the themed bars offering craft cocktails, and grab a bite

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from the food location, each with its own twisted flare.

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Don't leave without checking out the retail store, where you

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can pick up some unique collectible merchandise to commemorate your

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unnerving adventure. Tickets are on sale now, starting a sixty

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nine dollars plus tax for one time access general admission

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and ninety nine dollars plus tax for unlimited access general admission.

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Learn more at the attraction's official website. FX's highly anticipated

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series Alien Earth is invading the small screen this summer,

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but first it will terrorize guests in three pop up

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experiences on March seventh and eighth, bans can step into

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a mysterious wreckage site in the heart of south By

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Southwest in Austin, Texas to unearth new details from the

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series via interactive elements and pulse pounding thrills that bring

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the series to life. Visitors will be scanned for alien

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parasites before receiving credentials and instructions, embarking them on an

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exploratory mission through the ship wreckage, where they will have

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a chance to get up close and personal with alien specimens.

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But beware, not all creatures survived the crash intact, a

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containment breach has occurred, and hidden dangers lurk within FX's

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Alien Earth. The wreckage will be opened to south By

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Southwest badge holders and the public. In this past week's

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donation of more than ninety three thousand dollars to the

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University of Michigan Health Sparrow's Children's Center and Lansing, Michigan

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Spirit Halloween has now donated over one million dollars to

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the hospital since two thousand and seven. It makes the

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hospital less scary for them, takes them out of everything

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that is happening with their families and themselves during challenging times,

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fighting illnesses, and just gives them some ordinary child support,

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said Spirit Helloween Zone manager Christina Mattone. Since two thousand,

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the Limax Spooky Town has brought the spirit of Halloween

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to life with hauntingly detailed villages, eerie animations, and spine

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chilling charm. The Lima's Village collection celebrated its twenty five

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year anniversary with a YouTube video chronicling their Helloween legacy,

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from haunted houses to creepy carnivals to sinister seafarers. The

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video showcases the past twenty five Halloween collections, including concept

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art highlights. See this year's full collection on Limax's official website.

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So Upcoming events this February through April include trans World's

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Halloween An Attraction show in Saint Louis, Missouri, February twenty

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seventh through March, Second Spooky Swap Meet in Los Angeles, California,

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April twenty fifth through twenty seventh, and the East Coast

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Haunters Convention in Oaks, Pennsylvania, April twenty sixth and twenty seventh.

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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 Ernandez, with reporting by Daryl Plunky.

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Post production by David Swape. This haunt News Update is

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a production of the Haunted Attraction Network and you can

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