Halloween Horror Nights line-up announcements, new ‘Haunted Mansion’ merch, and Netflix’s ‘Wednesday’ prepares for season two.
The vacation season at the theme parks is winding down as Halloween begins to creep into the dead of summer, with its fall events arriving sooner than later.
Here’s a roundup of this month’s happenings at major amusement parks and immersive experiences featuring Disneyland 70, Universal Horrors, and a Wednesday x Wendy’s not-so-happy meal coming soon to a drive-thru near you.Universal Studios Resorts – Hollywood and Orlando
Let’s kick things off with the biggest news: Halloween Horror Nights has unveiled the majority of its haunted house slate for 2025. Both parks for the most part will share IPs, but true fans know that the creative interpretations of the houses often differ between the East and West Coast teams. Universal Studios Orlando often has more room to do more and create its own original houses for Universal’s horror theme park universe, so we’re most excited for that.
Halloween Horror Nights — Houses at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Studios Orlando
Amazon Prime Fallout: This post-apocalyptic world will have the Ghoul draw in so many people.
Blumhouse Five Nights at Freddy’s: Jim Henson’s Creature Shop worked on animatronic puppets for these houses, and we cannot wait to see them in action.
Terrifier: Expect all-out gore… or water being splashed on you to simulate the bloodbath Art the Clown conducts in the Terrifier franchise.
Jason Universe: It’s Voorhees, not Bourne, and a romp through his many slasher incarnations.
WWE Presents The Horrors of the Wyatt Sicks: This house is inspired by more recent horror-tinged persona wrestlers, the Wyatt Sicks. Admittedly, it’s way past our WWE time; if you’re like us, you’re more familiar with Kane and the Undertaker as far as spooky wrestling lore goes.
HHN Hollywood Original Houses
Monstruos 3: The Ghosts of Latin America: The West Coast’s HHN has had great houses inspired by Latin folklore with frightful interpretations of legends and cryptids such as La Llorona.
