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Halloween Horror Nights 35 is open at Universal Orlando, and this year’s Infernal Carnival of Nightmares runs 10 haunted houses. We walked all of them at Premium Scream Night, and the gap between the best and the rest is wide this year. Our ranking runs best to worst, with a read on which houses are […]
John Carpenter‘s Cathedral graphic novel and companion soundtrack album are out now, and we talked to the project’s iconic co-writer
The limited-entry Keyholder Bar at Halloween Horror Nights 35 is just a snack stand behind some barriers. The Keyholder Bar The “bar” is to the left of the Music Plaza Stage at Universal Studios Florida, behind simple barriers with “The Keyholder Bar” on them. It’s one of the permanent outdoor snack stands of the plaza ... Read more
North Texas sculptor and mold maker Edyn Rashae‘s new art exhibit, Familiar Faces, opens this weekend, featuring masks heavily inspired
Showtimes are now available for Nightmare Fuel: Blood Noir and Stranger Things: Return to Hawkins at Universal Studios Florida during Halloween Horror Nights 35. Halloween Horror Nights Showtimes Nightmare Fuel: Blood Noir, the sixth version of the recurring HHN stage show, will be performed nightly at 8 p.m., 9:30 p.m., 11 p.m., and 12:30 a.m. ... Read more
A Barney-like kids show icon goes on a killer rampage in the new horror movie Buddy, hitting theaters this week,
A map of Halloween Horror Nights 35 offerings is now available in the Universal Orlando Resort app. Halloween Horror Nights Map 2026 To find the map of only Halloween Horror Nights offerings, look for “Halloween Horror Nights 2026” on the home page and select any menu option. At the bottom of the page will be ... Read more
The houses at Halloween Horror Nights 35 in Universal Studios Florida open in four phases between 2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., the official start time of the event. Guests participating in Stay & Scream can visit houses during the early opening phases. Halloween Horror Nights House Opening Times To enjoy Stay & Scream, guests must ... Read more
Collectible Halloween Horror Nights 2026 medallions are now available in a machine inside the Tribute Store at Universal Studios Florida. The designs feature characters from some of the IP-based haunted houses. Halloween Horror Nights Medallions There are four coin designs. One coin is $12 and all four are $35. The machine does not take cash. ... Read more
Evil Dead Burn merchandise has arrived at Universal Studios Florida in honor of the film’s haunted house during Halloween Horror Nights 35. Find these items in Five and Dime, the HHN Tribute Store, and San Francisco Candy Factory. Orange “Kunda” T-Shirt – $35 This ombré orange tee features a demonic face with “Kunda,” the first ... Read more
Party City is open for Halloween again, its first spooky season since the chain went bankrupt and closed all of its company-owned stores at the start of 2025. The brand is back in two places this year, and the difference between them matters if you are shopping for costumes. The full Halloween assortment lives online […]
Follow live updates from Halloween Horror Nights 2026 opening weekend, beginning with Premium Scream Night and continuing throughout the official opening night.
Universal Studios Hollywood is adding a giveaway element to Freaky Nikki encounters during Halloween Horror Nights 2026. Nikki will roam the darkened streets of the park as the latest victim of the One Wish Willow’s curse. Guests who find her and share that night’s secret phrase can receive a surprise. To participate, follow @horrornights on ... Read more
Dorney Park Halloween Haunt returns in 2026 with seven haunted mazes, five scare zones and four live entertainment experiences. Here’s what to expect, including the new Blair Witch: No Signal maze and separate Haunted Attractions Pass requirement.
The San Francisco Candy Factory at Universal Studios Florida has been transformed into the Carey Candy Company for Halloween Horror Nights, now offering themed candy and confections inspired by the event. Carey Candy Company The candy shop was previously decorated with Jaws elements as part of the temporary “Little Amity” land. Now signage at the ... Read more
Sure, carving up bots looks to be fun in IllFonic’s Halloween: The Game, but what if you want to take the stalking online? And just how does the upcoming game’s matchmaking system work? Luckily the devs are ready to explain it with the new overview trailer. Halloween: The Game uses a role-based matchmaking system, which […]
Halloween Horror Nights 35 at Universal Orlando does not stop at the mazes. The event’s dessert cart is themed just as carefully, with each sweet built around one of this year’s houses or icons. We got a first look at several of them, and the standout is a Universal-made chocolate bat with the late Ozzy […]
Camelback Resort is giving its summer waterpark a very different second season. The Pocono Mountains destination is launching a new Halloween haunt, The Curse of Camelback, that transforms Camelbeach Mountain Waterpark and the mountain around it into the site of a fictional chemical outbreak. It runs Thursday, September 17 through Sunday, November 8, 2026. The […]
The storybook is bleeding. Ever After, an independent horror film billed as “the bloodiest fairy tale,” opens exclusively in theaters on September 4, 2026, with a stacked bench of horror-genre faces and a premise that drags Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf into a survival slasher. An On Demand release follows on […]
It's Pumpkin Spice Week, and the theme park season is nearly all open too. In this week's newsletter: every major U.S. theme park Halloween event is either running or opens within the next three weeks, and haunted houses are the roller coasters of fall, the dedicated attractions that give the theme park industry its pricing power. Meanwhile, Thirteenth Floor is running a licensed Jason walkthrough at nine haunts, a bigger footprint than Six Flags has with the same brand, and The Scare Factor launched a free tool that re-ranks every haunt around each guest's preferences. In this issue: - Haunted Houses Are the Roller Coasters of Fall: The Hard-Ticket Holiday - A Jason Haunted House Is Coming to 9 Cities This Halloween - Find the Best Haunted Houses for You With The Scare Factor's Haunt Advisor - Oogie Boogie Bash Opens With Madame Leota's Swinging Wake - Knott's Scary Farm Announces 2 New Mazes and 2 New Shows - Six Flags Makes Its Halloween Bet - A Petrified Forest Adds Five Original Attractions for Chaos Reigns - Dark Arts Returns to Hogwarts Castle After Three Years - Shanghai Disneyland Expands to Ten Spook-tacular Days - Nocturne Theatre Stages Frankenstein: Resurrection - Fall Food Roundup: Every Chain's Menu, From PSL to Caramel Apple - Midnight Syndicate Releases Plankett's Grove - IT: Welcome to Derry Renewed for Season 2 Read the news here.