Universal Studios Hollywood marked the highly anticipated opening of Halloween Horror Nights featuring eight all-new haunted house, a menacing all-new Terror Tram experience, frightening scare zones and daring live entertainment. Halloween Horror Nights spans 40 select nights through Sunday, November 3, 2024.

Halloween Horror Nights continues on September 12-15, 19-22, 29-29; October 3-6, 9-13, 16-20, 23-27, 30-31; November 1-3, 2024.

At a glance, here’s this year’s Halloween Horror Nights killer lineup of haunted houses and attractions inspired by the biggest names in horror:

  • “The Weeknd: Nightmare Trilogy,” an immersive experience curated by the multi-award-winning artist.
  • “A Quiet Place,” a terrifying new experience based on Paramount Pictures’ critically acclaimed franchise that will incorporate American Sign Language (ASL) into a haunted house for the very first time.
  • “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire,” inspired by Sony Picture’s latest installment of the Ghostbusters franchise.
  • “Insidious: The Further” based on the latest films in the hit supernatural horror film series produced by Blumhouse Productions in association with Sony Pictures.
  • “Universal Monsters: Eternal Bloodlines” an all-female monsters led haunted house inspired by Universal Pictures’ classic monsters, featuring music by GRAMMY award winning musician Slash.
  • “Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Legacy of Leatherface,” which pays tribute to the 50th anniversary of the iconic maniacal monster.
  • “Monstruos 2: The Nightmares of Latin America,” a sequel to the 2023 hit haunted house.
  • “Dead Exposure: Death Valley,” an original concept house with petrifying radioactive zombies.
  • “Terror Tram: Enter the Blumhouse,” a terrifying experience taking fans on a close encounter with characters from Blumhouse Production’s popular franchises, including M3GAN, The Black Phone, Freaky, The Purge and Happy Death Day.
  • “The Purge: Dangerous Waters,” a live stunt show that takes visitors on a fiery, rock-fueled adventure while they fight to survive the night, inspired by Blumhouse Production’s popular film franchise.
  • “Luchadores Monstruosos,” an all-new scare zone.
  • “Skull Lordz,” a scare zone featuring a gothic inspired royal court of the dead.
  • “Chainsaw Punkz,” a troop of chainsaw killers will confront guests as they enter the event.
  • “Murder of Crowz,” a flock of menacing crow stilt-walkers will terrify guests.

A variety of tickets are available for sale. Click here to purchase tickets and for Terms and Conditions. Details for each ticket type are subject to change.

  • General Admission: general admission ticket to Halloween Horror Nights
  • Universal Express: One-time (per day) express access to each participating haunted house, ride and attraction. Does not include early event access.
  • Universal Express Unlimited: Unlimited express access (per day) to each participating haunted house, ride and attraction. Does not include early event access.
  • Frequent Fear Pass: Experience up to 33 nights (based on your selected first visit date during purchase) of General Admission to this year’s event. Valid on select nights only; blackout dates apply. Does not include early event access.
  • Ultimate Fear Pass: Experience the scares over and over for up to all event nights (based on selected first visit date during purchase). No blackout dates on return visits. Does not include early event access.
  • After 2 PM Day/Night: Daytime General Admission to the Theme Park after 2:00 p.m. and same day evening General Admission to Halloween Horror Nights.
  • Early Access Ticket: Early access, beginning at 5:30 p.m.(subject to change) to select haunted houses prior to event opening. A Halloween Horror Nights admission ticket must be purchased separately.
  • R.I.P. Tour: Enjoy V.I.P treatment with an evening of first-class horror, expert shared guided tour of the haunted house, exclusive experiences along the way and a gourmet dinner.
  • Pass Member Special Pricing: Platinum Annual Pass Members can reserve their complimentary Halloween Horror Nights General Admission ticket, select nights apply.

Adding to the scares, guests also can experience select theme park attractions open during the event, including “Jurassic World—The Ride,” “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter™” featuring “Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey™” and “Flight of the Hippogriff™,” “Transformers™: The Ride-3D,” “Revenge of the Mummy—The Ride” and “The Simpsons Ride™.” The interactive land SUPER NINTENDO WORLD will be accessible to guests purchasing select tickets.

In addition to Halloween Horror Night, Universal Studios Hollywood is adding a new themed after-hours event from the creators of Halloween Horror Nights. In Spring 2025, Universal Studios Hollywood will debut Universal Fan Fest Nights, an all-new limited-run, separately ticketed event that will tap into fan favorite genres: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Gaming and Anime. Guests and fans can look forward to partaking in immersive, in-world experiences, that to date will include activations inspired by Star Trek™, Back to the Future and DUNGEONS & DRAGONS. More details will be announced soon and fans are encouraged to sign up at Universal Fan Fest Nights to be among the first to learn about event as details become available.

On the red carpet our host interviewed John Murdy (Creative Director/Executive Producer of Halloween Horror Nights), Nikki Hahn (Actress from Adventures in Babysitting and Hysteria!), Emjay Anthony & Kezii Curtis (Actors from Hysteria!), Jabari Banks (‘Will Smith’ in Bel-Air), Lidya Jewett (Actress from The Exorcist: Believer and Good Girls), Axelle Carolyn (Director of Tales of Halloween), Frankie Grande (TV Personality), Zackary Arthur (’Jake Wheeler’ in Chucky Series), Piper Rubio  (’Abby’ in Five Nights at Freddy’s), Bill Moseley (Actor from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 and The Devil’s Rejects), Émilie Bierre (‘Meryl Chenoweth’ in Teacup), Stephen Siercks (Senior Director, Entertainment Production at Universal Studios Hollywood), Jacob Chase (Director of The Girl in the Woods), Nick Antosca (Executive Producer of Chucky Series) & Timothy Granaderos (Actor from 13 Reasons Why and Runaways).

Host and editor Steve Sievers of Bionic Buzz.

Our YouTube Shorts interview with Émilie Bierre (‘Meryl Chenoweth’ in Teacup).

Our YouTube Shorts interview with John Murdy (Creative Director/Executive Producer of Halloween Horror Nights),

Our YouTube Shorts interview with Nikki Hahn (Actress from Adventures in Babysitting and Hysteria!)

Our YouTube Shorts interview with Emjay Anthony & Kezii Curtis (Actors from Hysteria!).

Favorite Food & Drinks

Our favorite food and drinks during the night came from Dia de Los Muertos (located in Universal Plaza).

As a huge fan of Tacos, we savored every but of Beef Birria Tacos with Red Sauce which is corn tortilla tacos with birria de res served with onions, cilantro and red consomé sauce. We shared Carne Asada Nachos which is fried corn tortilla chips topped with carne asada, pico de gallo, queso fresco and guacamole. For drinks we ha El Charro which is a spicy tamarind vodka, pickle brine, margarita mix and triple sec served with chamoy, tajin and a chocolate dipped pickle spear and Horror-Chata which is rum, horchata, banana syrup served with whipped cream and dried banana chips. Both in a souvenir cups!

Favorite Haunted Houses

While all the houses were amazing, we understand that sometime people don’t have enough time to make through all of them in one night. So here is our list of the top 5 along with YouTube Shorts teasers.

 

1.“Terror Tram: Enter the Blumhouse,” Had one of the greatest intros for a haunted house. I did not include it in the video as it should be a surprise for you. The Purge zone is located in War of the Worlds Set which was epic.

2. “Insidious: The Further” This was a close second. Featured so many jump scares, this haunted house lived up to the hype.

3. “Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Legacy of Leatherface,”  features some of the coolest sets and a ton of blood.

4. “A Quiet Place” features some amazing animatronics and great storytelling.

5. “Dead Exposure: Death Valley”  An original zombie house has been done so many times before, but this one sticks the landing. Bringing something fresh to this haunted house.