Roundup: Theme Parks Nationwide Announce Halloween Events

0:07 Coming up your weekly roundup of news from around the haunt industry. Welcome to the show. I'm Philip on the h An 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 Daryl. Three terrifying new IP mazes will be coming to Halloween Horror Nights Orlando and Hollywood. The Exorcist Believer, inspired by the new Universal Pictures film from Blumhouse Morgan Creek Entertainment, Chucky Ultimate Killcount based on the popular USA and sci fi series, And Universal Monsters Unmasked, inspired by Universal's legacy of cam cinematic monsters, with an original score from Grimy Award winning musician Slash. At each event, these mazes will join the Last of Us and Stranger Things four IP mazes. Additionally, Halloween Hornites Orlando announced five all new original haunts. Doctor Oddfellow, Twisted Origins, Dueling Dragons, Choose Thy Fate, Yeti Campground Kills, The Darkest Deal, and Blood Moon Dark offerings.

1:26 These original mazes will join five unnerving scare zones, the new Nightmare Fuel, Revenge Dream Show, and all new Tribute Store and specialty food and beverages. For those dying to experience this year's killer food and beverages. Before the event opens, Taste of Terror will offer guests an exclusive All You Care to Enjoy preview of select items that will be featured at Halloween Horror Nights. The special preview event will run on select nights from August tenth through twenty six at one hundred and fifty nine ninety nine per person. Halloween Horror Nights Orlando runs forty eight select nights from September first through November fourth. Tickets are on sale now starting at seventy nine ninety nine for a single night general admission. Universal Studios Hollywood's Halloween Horror Nights Universal City, California announced an all new original maze for twenty twenty three, Monstruos The Monsters of Latin America. While HHN Hollywood has explored original mazes based on Mexican folklore with Laurona and El Kakui, this Haunt will feature three new creatures, the La la Chusa, also known as the owl Witch from Mexican and Texan folklore, Klawelpucci from the Clascala region of Mexico, and El Sibone from the Los Lanos region of Colombia and Venezuela.

2:44 The haunts cemetery of the Lost Facade is inspired by graveyards from Guadalaja and Guana Wato. The Haunt will exit to a new scare zone, Alta de las Mumias, which will be connected story wise to the house. The scare zone will be inspired by nineteen fifty Mexican horror films about Aztec mummies Amias as Tecis. Halloween Horror Knights takes place on select nights from September seventh through October thirty. First tickets are on sale now, starting at seventy four dollars for single night general admission. Two popular ips will be coming to Six Flags Magic Mountain for the thirtieth anniversary of Freight Fest in Valencia, California. The Conjuring and Saw X. In the Conjuring Maze dare to enter the secluded farmhouse of the Perrone family, which has been terrorized and plagued by sinister spirits. Then in saw X, experience the return of Jigsaw as you attempt to survive as ingenious and terrifying traps in the untold story of his most personal game yet. These mazes will join six returning favorites and seven scare zones, entertainment, specialty, food, beverages, and more. Tickets are on sale now with park admission and Haunted Attraction pass bundles starting at eighty five dollars. Legoland, Florida in winter Haven, Florida announced a new fire works show and Zombie pep Rally for Bricker Treat twenty twenty three. The new fireworks spectacular is hosted by Lord Vampire, who cast a spell to make his Monster's party last forever. With three d Lego brick bursting fireworks, music and lights that will leave everyone's spellbound.

4:15 Join Lego Zombie Cheerleader and here Crew at the all new Zombie pepper Rally. Additionally, the event will feature many returning favorite activities including the v Im Dance Party Jam and Jack's Signature Bricker Treating through at the Park, character meet and greets, and more. Bricker Treat runs select nights from September sixteenth through October twenty nine. Admission is included with park tickets and select passes. Learn more on the park's official website or follow the links at our show notes for everything you need to know. On August twenty fourth, not Scary Farm will unearth the mysteries of this year's Haunts with Scary Farm fifty Nightmares revealed During a panel at Midsummer Scream, the creative team revealed concept art for the all new Legacy Haunts store and museum, featuring throwback photo ops an exclusive Tith anniversary merchandise.

5:00 They also announced several interactive elements would be added this year, with specialty lanterns that can awaken the spirits in special interaction points. Thirteenth Floor Entertainment announced details for their upcoming So Cal offerings at their Midsummer Screen panel this weekend. The Los Angeles Haunted Hey Ride from Los Angeles, California is adding a new maze, hell Billy Helloween, updated wagons with hay bail or bench seating and axe throwing for this year's event. Delusion will return to the Phillips Mansion in Pomona, California for their newest production Delusion, Nocturns, and Nightmares. This year's experience will be an anthology of interactive short stories based on previous show, tied together through an underlying narrative. You're going to get a taste of all the delusions from the past in this show, said Delusion creator John Braver in the panel. Some of your favorite characters are coming back some of your favorite storylines as well. Shaktoberfest in Long Beach, California will expand to the Queen Mary for twenty twenty three with a secret VIP entrance and a new trial called The Gray Ghost. This year's event promises to be darker with new scares and elements.

6:02 Skeleton Sam from Lovecraft will host the nightly block party again, and Shack himself will return to the event. Finally, Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group announced Magic of the Jack o' Lanterns will premiere at Whittier Narrows in Los Angeles, California. This scare free, family friendly event features a glowing trail of thousands of magnificent hand carved pumpkins. The Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California presents a new terrifying chapter select night September twenty second through October thirty feet Unhinged Housewarming. Miles and Flora Taylor, an esteemed Hollywood couple, have taken residence in the infamous Winchester Mystery House and invited you to the grandest housewarming event of the century. But beware. As the night progresses, the mysterious air settles in, revealing that there is more to this gathering than meets the eye. Will you dare to confrontwood lurks with the halls of the home. In addition to the signature haunt within the mansion, the event also features Beware the Mists, a new outdoor scares, a lavish garden party with sideshow entertainment, interactive games, photo ops, pud and drinks, and the all new Halloween Museum, where you can immerse yourself in an immersing collection of vintage Halloween decor, artifacts and memorabilia. Tickets are on sale now starting at sixty four ninety nine for general admission and eighty nine ninety nine for rip tickets. Jfive Productions announced the return of their immersive theater production, The Willows in Los Angeles, California.

7:25 The Willows transport guests into the captivating world of the Willows Family, offering an unparalleled immersive dinner theater experience that blurs the lines between theater and reality. As active participants in the evening's events, audience has become entwined in an unfolding narrative delving deep into the mysteries and dynamics of the Willows Family. The show will run from September fifteenth through November nineteenth, with performances scheduled Thursdays through Sundays. Tickets start at two hundred dollars and for twenty one plus only. Tickets will go on sale Tuesday, August fifteen. A new Haunt Experiences coming to Pomona, California this fall. Fear Plex presents the Lights Out Step into three Mazes, Zombie Escape, Carnival of Evil, and Toxic Terror Experience. The thrill of a lifetime at the Zombie Ball Experience, where guests face off against the undead Army with lightweight jellyball markers. Other highlights include photo ops, horror themed video games, esports, vendor Village, live entertainment, and creepy treats.

8:22 Fear Plex Presents Lights Out will run fourteen select nights October six through thirty first Tickets are on sale now, starting at twenty seven to thirty three dollars per person. Spirit Halloween held the grand opening for its flagship store in Egg Harbor Township in New Jersey on Saturday, July twenty ninth. The event kicked off the retailer's fortieth Halloween with spooky style. Stores around the country will begin to open up in the coming days. Check out Spirit Halloween's store locator. If the shop closest to you, mark your calendars. The Spooky Swap Meet will return to the Heritage Square Museum in Los Angeles, California, April twenty sixth through twenty eight of twenty twenty four. Haunt Kon in Orlando, Florida is accepting applications for Haunt Master Instructors for their February ninth through eleventh, twenty twenty four event. Some upcoming events this August through October include Creep at Real oce Expo in Santa Ana, California, September sixteenth and seventeenth, The West Michigan Halloween Expo in Grand Rapids, Michigan, September twenty three and twenty fourth, and the Son of Monster Palooza in Burbank, California, October thirteenth and fourteen.

9:28 A few haunts are still doing additions in casting calls, including arks Mortis in killin Alabama, Blood Prison in Mansfield, Ohio, Creatures of the Night at Zoo Tampa, Tampa, Florida, Crooked Descent in Herkimer, New York, The Darkness in Saint Louis, Missouri, Darkside, Haunted Estates in Middlesex, North Carolina, Deadmonton, Haunted House in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Dent Schoolhouse in Cincinnati, Ohio, Demon Acres in Hannibal, New York. Elouise Asylum in Westland, Michigan, Arabis Haunted Attraction in Pontiac, Michigan. Extreme Fierce Scare Grounds in Kinston, North Carolina. Field of Screams Kentucky in Brandenburg, Kentucky, frit Night's West Virginia and Daniels, West Virginia. Haunted Hills, Farm Trail and Hayride in Jasper, Georgia, Interlent Haunted Attraction, Ashley, Michigan, Nightmare Cleveland in Cleveland, Ohio, Phobia, Haunted Trail in Caledonia, Ohio, Scream Hollow and Smithville, Texas. Terror Vault in San Francisco, California, and the Woods of Terror in Greensboro, North Carolina.

10:30 Just to note, the Haunted Attraction Network team will be taking a brief spooky summer break these next two weeks. Will we prepare for this year's Halloween season and Haunt of thon. Our weekly newsletters will resume Monday, August twenty one, and that's all for the news this week. Today's episode was produced by me Philip Fernandez, with reporting by Darryl Plunky, post production by David Swolk. This Haunt News Update is a production of the Haunted Action Network and you can sign up to our weekly newsletter at Haunted Attraction Network dot com. Support for this episode comes from Guatam Lighting and Controls. Until next time, Haunters Stay Scary. This is a Haunted Attraction Network production.