Try as you might, there is no winning
against Lady Luck. The house always wins.
This year at Universal Orlando's Halloween Horror Nights 21, Lady
Luck has meddled with eight lives, creating ruin and bloody
despair.
According to T.J. Mannarino, show director of the entertainment
team for Universal Orlando, this year will feature eight haunted
houses, six scare zones and two live shows.
Here's the Avenue's breakdown of the event, beginning with the
haunted houses.
Nevermore: The Madness of
Poe
Edgar Allen Poe is faced with the
decision of traveling to Baltimore or Boston after flunking out of
military school. The seller of his ticket, and secret goddess of
misfortune Lady Luck, comes into the picture, and Poe's sanity
dwindles.
While walking through the house, you are descending into the
madness of Poe's mind, and his greatest works come to life.
The Forsaken
The fourth ship of Christopher
Columbus will be put to light this year as the sailors of the
condemned voyage whisper in your ears and wreak havoc on
passers-by. A mutinous and cursed crew roams through the walls of
their watery graves, seeking vengeance.
H.R. Bloodengutz Presents:
Holidays of Horror
In this dark comedy-type of haunted
house, H.R. Bloodengutz will be presenting his annual televised
SCARE-athon. This year, however, his frustrations of being canceled
as a television host take form, and each national holiday is given
a new coat of horror. The Feaster Bunny, evil leprechauns and dead
presidents will join H.R. Bloodengutz on his final day on the air,
according to Mannarino.
The Thing
Based on Universal Pictures' upcoming
thriller "The Thing," an abandoned research facility in Antarctica
is infected with an alien phenomenon as the team encounters the
shape-shifting alien.
Saws N' Steam: Into the
Machine
In this utopian society, the water is
gone, and people chop up body parts and put them into grinders to
suck out the water for the city, Mannarino said.
The most humid of the houses, Saws N'
Steam incorporates the chainsaw alongside the gore of human remains
and forcibly extracted bloody water.
The In-Between
The In-Between is a three-dimensional
house where your eyes are not to be trusted. Creatures lurk and
blend in with the patterns of the walls. The question of what is
real and what is not will be put to the test.
Winter's Night: The Haunting
of Hawthorn Cemetery
The blue lights that have kept the
spirits at peace in Hawthorn Cemetery have died, and the ghouls
have risen to haunt the living.
"We put you in the wintertime; this house has a 65-degree
temperature. So when you walk in, you are physically very, very
cold," Mannarino said.
Nightingales: Blood
Prey
This haunted house has twists, turns
and man-eating nightingales. According to the press release, the
WWI-era trenches are filled with these monsters that prey on the
weak and helpless soldiers.
Scare zones:
This year's scare zones are
completely new.
Acid Assault has acid rain survivors follow you, the Canyon of Dark
Souls has tall, cloaked reapers above you and the seven deadly sins
are put on display as well.
Live Shows:
Bill and Ted's Excellent
Halloween Adventure is still playing. This year, Death Drums, a
moving live show with active drumming, will premiere as well.
Ticket prices begin at $41.99 for Sunday through Thursday nights,
$51.99 for Friday nights and $ 66.99 for Saturday nights.
For more information on the event or to purchase tickets, visit
halloweenhorrornights.com/orlando.
