While summer temperatures are still smoldering in Orlando, the folks at Universal Studios are already working on some chilling new themes for its 21^st annual Halloween Horror Nights event.

According to the theme park’s website, one of the haunted houses for this year’s HHN event will be themed around “The Thing,” a film by Universal Pictures scheduled to open in October. The movie, a remake of a 1982 film by the same name, is set in a research site in Antarctica and features a terrifying alien with the ability to turn itself into an exact replica of any living being.

The house will feature elaborate sets and disturbingly real alien creatures to create an authentic fright experience based on the new thriller film.

Halloween Horror Nights runs for 25 select nights between Sept. 23 and Oct. 31. For more information, visit the Halloween Horror Nights website at www.halloweenhorrornights.com/orlando.

The frights return to Universal Orlando again this fall with Halloween Horror Nights 21.

The annual Halloween fright-fest will kick off Sept. 23 and continue on for 25 nights, offering the usual mixture of haunted houses and scare zones at Universal Studios theme park.

HHN 21 dates include: Sept. 23, 24, 29, 30; Oct. 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31.

For complete pricing details and other preliminary event information, visit www.halloweenhorrornights.com/orlando.

Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights Ripped from the Silver Screen

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Step inside living cinematic terror at Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights® as the most demented films of all time come to life. Torn from their upcoming films, The Wolfman and Saw join with Chucky to descend upon you, with a host of terrifying horrors close behind.

On select nights in September and October, Universal Studios Florida® theme park is transformed into the nation’s premier Halloween event. Venture into a nightmarish maze of horrid Haunted Houses, lurid Live Shows, and shocking Scare Zones while an army of mutants, monsters and maniacs roam the darkened studio streets.

Now in its 19th year, Halloween Horror Nights annually draws hundreds of thousands of horror fans from around the globe to this one-of-a-kind event. Tony Timpone, Editor of Fangoria Magazine, said, “After visiting scream parks all across the US for the last 20 years, I can easily say that Universal’s is the best in the business… Halloween Horror Nights is the ultimate Halloween experience.”

It’s the greatest exhibition of pure terror ever unleashed anywhere, and you can experience it all, LIVE, only at Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights.

Select Nights
• September 25-26
• October 1-4, 8-11, 15-19, 21-25, 28-31

WARNING! EVENT MAY BE TOO INTENSE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 13. NO COSTUMES OR MASKS ALLOWED.

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