Universal Orlando Resort celebrates 35 years of fear as the world’s premier Halloween event, Halloween Horror Nights, returns for 49 select nights from August 28 through November 1. This year will be one of the most expansive events in Halloween Horror Nights history as Universal Studios Florida transforms into the Infernal Carnival of Nightmares, where legendary icon Jack the Clown and his rival, Dr. Oddfellow, reign as the event’s twisted ringmasters – unleashing a sinister slate of horrors that includes 10 all-new haunted houses, immersive scare zones, live entertainment, themed food and beverages, and other haunting surprises.
10 HAUNTED HOUSES (* notates haunted house also featured at Universal Studios Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Nights)
Stranger Things*
Guests are hurled into the fifth and final season of Netflix’s Stranger Things as the barrier between reality and the Upside Down collapses over the town of Hawkins. Visitors will navigate iconic locations from the show such as the Wheeler House, Hawkins National Laboratory, MAC-Z military base and the Abyss while being hunted by Vecna and otherworldly creatures in a desperate battle for survival.
Sinners*
Inspired by the 2025 Oscar-winning original horror film, guests transport back in time to 1930s Mississippi Delta and visit Club Juke on its opening night, where they celebrate with twin brothers Smoke and Stack and other familiar characters from the film. Celebration turns to panic when a troupe of nefarious, red-eyed vampires crash the party and threaten to violently curse guests who must survive the night as the terror only relents once the sun rises.
Hellraiser*
Drawn from the original Hellraiser trilogy, guests enter the iconic Lament Configuration puzzle box and unwittingly summon the Cenobites, opening a gateway to a hellish dimension filled with unspeakable horrors. Their journey winds through Frank Cotton’s shadowy attic to the disturbing Channard Institute before culminating in the Labyrinth, where Pinhead and the Cenobites await new souls to claim for eternity.
Ozzy Osbourne: Prince of Darkness*
Guests will take a terrifying trip through Ozzy Osbourne’s disturbing world of rock and roll as Halloween Horror Nights pays tribute to the pioneer heavy metal icon across both coasts. At Universal Orlando, Halloween Horror Nights guests will venture through ancient ruins and foreboding dungeons before boarding the “Crazy Train” for a twisted ride into a realm inspired by the covers of his fan-favorite albums, Diary of a Madman, Bark at the Moon, The Ultimate Sin and Black Rain.
Evil Dead Burn*
Inspired by the iconic Evil Dead franchise’s latest installment, Evil Dead Burn, the haunted house will take guests on a terrifying firsthand journey through the film’s most frightening moments that begin at the Price family’s secluded vacation home in the woods. The nightmare grows more and more fierce as guests venture through the haunted house, encountering ferocious Deadites around every turn before succumbing to the evil forces themselves.
Jack and Oddfellow: Chaos & Control (original content haunted house)
Dr. Oddfellow guides guests through Jack the Clown’s twisted origin story until Jack interrupts – ultimately taking over and sparking a fierce battle between them. After realizing they are more powerful together, Jack and Oddfellow form an uneasy alliance…for the season…and now set out to wreak havoc amongst guests.
INVASION: Alien Abduction (original content haunted house)
Guests witness a terrifying encounter with an aggressive, unseen alien craft that has abducted a family and its livestock from a remote homestead…and is now plotting to tear everyone apart.
H.R. Bloodengutz Presents: A Halloween Fright-Tacular! (original content haunted house)
Fan-favorite creature feature host, Larry Kurtzberg (better known as H.R. Bloodengutz), returns in this all-new haunted house. After his descension into violent madness where he tortured his crew when his show was canceled (as featured in HHN 21), H.R. Bloodengutz has escaped from prison to return to WKNB Television Station for a final Halloween Special of gruesome proportions.
MADLANDS: Caged Cannibals (original content haunted house)
Guests will navigate a post-apocalyptic wasteland where almost all life is nearly extinct, causing humans to feast on each other for survival. As guests try to seek shelter in the ruins of an old zoo, they find they’re not alone when a tribe of predatory cannibals set out to make them their prey.
Cybergoria (original content haunted house)
Set thousands of years in the future, guests enter a cold, dead world where humans have awaken from a cryo-sleep to find that the machines built to make them immortal and invincible have been harvesting human flesh and replacing with synthetic parts.
4 SCARE ZONES (* notates scare zone also featured at Universal Studios Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Nights)
Fortnitemares*
Guests will “drop in” to the world of Fortnitemares, featuring ever-evolving and high-stakes environments as they entera Halloween-inspired living battleground overcome with a threatening force. Throughout the scare zone, fans will encounter the Battle Bus along with familiar Fortnitemares characters – plus a few new additions exclusive to Halloween Horror Nights – as they work to escape and claim victory.
Infernal Carnival of Nightmares
The ringmasters of horror, Jack and Dr. Oddfellow, invite guests to step right up and see what horrors hide beyond the gates at a sinister spectacle decades in the making.
Downtown Clowntown
When the Infernal Carnival of Nightmares rolls into the streets of New York, a troupe of maniacal clowns take over the city and convert it into Downtown Clowntown in honor of Jack. As guests weave through each borough, they will encounter a variety of clowns of different kinds and origins, including the Killer Klowns from Outer Space and Art the Clown. They all share one common goal – fill their streets with laughter and screams.
Sideshow of Decay
Within the Infernal Carnival lies a junkyard of discarded relics where Cindy Caine (daughter of legendary icon, The Caretaker), with the aid of Dr. Oddfellow, has opened a portal to resurrect decayed nightmares from the past and unleash them into our world. As guests witness these horrors emerge from the darkness, Cindy commands this grotesque spectacle, transforming the junkyard into a twisted sideshow that celebrates her long-awaited rise. Her time has come…
2 LIVE SHOWS
“Stranger Things Return to Hawkins” Lagoon Show
An all-new nighttime lagoon show honoring the legacy of Stranger Things will debut at Universal Orlando’s event, bringing the global phenomenon to life in a spectacular new way. Featuring beloved scenes from the series projected across towering water screens, dynamic lighting effects and immersive audio — including fan-favorite music from the series— this experience will take guests on an emotional journey in celebration of the series’ 10th anniversary.
Nightmare Fuel: Blood Noir
Guests will embark on a dark musical journey and resist temptation as death-defying stunts lure them deeper into a vampire-ridden metropolis.
Stay tuned – additional details about Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights 35 will be revealed soon.
