ATTRACTIONS UPDATE
Having begun in September , Halloween Horror Nights has returned to town , terrorizing visitors for over a quarter of a century . HHN 2018 is running for a record-breaking 36 select nights which began September 14 and runs through November 3rd . This year , the specially-ticketed event will feature the most haunted houses in its history . Cinematic greats , slasher films , cult classics and original nightmares inspired by the past will come to life via ten disturbingly real haunted houses , five sinister scare zones and more . Read on , if you dare , for some highlights of this year ’ s event .
Some of the more anticipated houses include Stranger
Things , based on the mega-hit Netflix series . The parallel universe , referred to as the Upside Down , which terrorized the town of Hawkins , will bring the chittering , predatory Demogorgon to “ Halloween Horror Nights ” to stalk unwitting guests as they encounter iconic scenes , characters and environments from the mesmerizing series .
Poltergeist Restless spirits have overrun the infamous house atop a cemetery , and they ’ re drawn to your light . You ’ ll be lured up into the house by the TV ’ s glowing whisper and cross into the light . Enter a surreal landscape , where your brief sense of wonder will soon shift to horror as you ’ re menaced by the Beast . Don ’ t get lost in the light .
Halloween 4 :
The Return of Michael Myers Evil has returned in an all-new house . The infamous Michael Myers has escaped , and he ’ s out for blood . Wherever you turn , he ’ s moving in for the kill , ‘ til your heart is screaming out of your chest . This masked maniac is unstoppable , and there ’ s nowhere to hide .
Horrors of Blumhouse The haunted minds behind Happy Death Day and The First Purge have spawned another horror house . Your shock shifts to alarm as you go from a campy thriller to a brutal world . It ’ s the last day of the rest of your life as you witness a college student try to break a murderous cycle . Then enter the testing ground for a barbaric experiment , where all crime is legal for twelve hours . Will you live to see tomorrow ?
Dead Exposure : Patient Zero The world doesn ’ t get any darker . The planet has been infected with the ultimate pandemic . A ghoulish biological outbreak is turning swaths of humanity into a plague of
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