Note: This guide is about the 2019 event. It will be updated for 2022 soon.
Horrific sights and bone chilling frights await guests at Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights. The fantastically spooky event has just kicked off and this year promises more scares than ever. From, Florida to California, fans of all things horror are in for the darkest night(s) of their lives at this year’s events.
Celebrating 29 years of scares, Universal Studios Florida has gone all out for Halloween Horror Nights (#HHN29). With 10 incredibly frightening Haunted Houses, multiple Scare Zones, and more, this year promises to be the most terrifying of all.
Tickets and Dates
Guests purchasing one night event tickets online can enjoy savings up to $52.00 off front gate price of a day of event ticket at $119.99.
- Save $28.00 on Saturday event tickets
- Up to $42.00 on Friday event tickets,
- Up to $52.00 on Sunday through Thursday event tickets.
- To receive savings, tickets must be purchased online.
Additionally, passes are available for those who want to get as many scares in this season as possible. Pass prices range from $109.99 to $679.99 (season pass)
| Dates and Times | Online Price | Savings from Gate Price |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, September 6, 2019 • 6:30 pm - 1 am | $77.99 | $42 |
| Saturday, September 7, 2019 • 6:30 pm - 1 am | $91.99 | $28 |
| Sunday, September 8, 2019 • 6:30 pm - 1 am | $67.99 | $52 |
| Thursday, September 12, 2019 • 6:30 pm - 1 am | $67.99 | $52 |
| Friday, September 13, 2019 • 6:30 pm - 1 am | $77.99 | $42 |
| Saturday, September 14, 2019 • 6:30 pm - 1 am | $91.99 | $28 |
| Sunday, September 15, 2019 • 6:30 pm - 1 am | $67.99 | $52 |
| Wednesday, September 18, 2019 • 6:30 pm - 1 am | $67.99 | $52 |
| Thursday, September 19, 2019 • 6:30 pm - 1 am | $67.99 | $52 |
| Friday, September 20, 2019 • 6:30 pm - 1 am | $77.99 | $42 |
| Saturday, September 21, 2019 • 6:30 pm - 1 am | $91.99 | $28 |
| Sunday, September 22, 2019 • 6:30 pm - 1 am | $67.99 | $52 |
| Wednesday, September 25, 2019 • 6:30 pm - 1 am | $67.99 | $52 |
| Thursday, September 26, 2019 • 6:30 pm - 2 am | $67.99 | $52 |
| Friday, September 27, 2019 • 6:30 pm - 2 am | $77.99 | $42 |
| Saturday, September 28, 2019 • 6:30 pm - 2 am | $91.99 | $28 |
| Sunday, September 29, 2019 • 6:30 pm - 2 am | $67.99 | $52 |
| Wednesday, October 2, 2019 • 6:30 pm to 1 am | $67.99 | $52 |
| Thursday, October 3, 2019 • 6:30 pm to 2 am | $67.99 | $52 |
| Friday, October 4, 2019 • 6:30 pm to 2 am | $77.99 | $42 |
| Saturday, October 5, 2019 • 6:30 pm to 2 am | $91.99 | $28 |
| Sunday, October 6, 2019 • 6:30 pm to 2 am | $70.99 | $48 |
| Wednesday, October 9, 2019 • 6:30 pm to 2 am | $67.99 | $52 |
| Thursday, October 10, 2019 • 6:30 pm to 2 am | $70.99 | $49 |
| Friday, October 11, 2019 • 6:30 pm to 2 am | $83.99 | $37 |
| Saturday, October 12, 2019 • 6:30 pm to 2 am | $91.99 | $28 |
| Sunday, October 13, 2019 • 6:30 pm to 2 am | $83.99 | $37 |
| Thursday, October 17, 2019 • 6:30 pm to 2 am | $70.99 | $52 |
| Friday, October 18, 2019 • 6:30 pm to 2 am | $83.99 | $42 |
| Saturday, October 19, 2019 • 6:30 pm to 2 am | $93.99 | $26 |
| Sunday, October 20, 2019 • 6:30 pm to 2 am | $70.99 | $49 |
| Wednesday, October 23, 2019 • 6:30 pm to 2 am | $67.99 | $52 |
| Thursday, October 24, 2019 • 6:30 pm to 2 am | $70.99 | $49 |
| Friday, October 25, 2019 • 6:30 pm to 2 am | $77.99 | $42 |
| Saturday, October 26, 2019 • 6:30 pm to 2 am | $91.99 | $28 |
| Sunday, October 27, 2019 • 6:30 pm to 2 am | $67.99 | $52 |
| Tuesday, October 29, 2019 • 6:30 pm to 1am | $67.99 | $52 |
| Wednesday, October 30, 2019 • 6:30 pm to 2 am | $67.99 | $52 |
| Thursday, October 31, 2019 • 6:30 pm to 2 am | $67.99 | $52 |
| Friday, November 2, 2019 • 6:30 pm to 2 am | $77.99 | $42 |
| Saturday, November 3, 2019 • 6:30 pm to 2 am | $91.99 | $28 |
Haunted Houses
This year, Universal Studios Florida promised more scares than ever and they delivered! With 10 Haunted Houses to scare you silly, guests will experience more frights than ever before.
Not sure where to start? Mack ranks all 10 Haunted Houses from this year's event.
Depths of Fear
- Depths of Fear: This house mixes all the elements of the unknown with underwater elements, monstrous creatures and a countdown to a disastrous fate.StoryThe workers of a deep-sea mining company have found themselves in a dire situation. They’ve delved too deep and encountered a parasitic race of creatures that turn out to be deadly. Panic ensues as you find yourself encountering infected miners and acidic creatures. The pressure builds as the self-destruct sequence counts down to the inevitable implosion of the facility.
Ghostbusters
- Ghostbusters: In this haunted house, you’ll be transported to the streets of New York as the rift between worlds opens, releasing ghoulish spirits, hideous specters and ectoplasm-dripping phantasms in every shape and size. Come face-to-face with the voracious Slimer, the all-power Gozer the Gozerian, Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man and more. Peter, Ray, Egon and Winston will have to save the day as these paranormal creatures materialize in unexpected places – but will their proton packs be enough?
Graveyard Games Coming to Halloween Horror Nights
- Graveyard Games: In the Ascension Parish Cemetery, it’s normal to find teens playing amongst the tombstones. You’ll find yourself witnessing the repercussions of the disrespectful antics of two teens who have awakened the spirits of the dead. Ghosts of every shape and form will rise from the tombstones to exact their revenge as you try to escape the maze of crumbling tombstones and mausoleums. Skeletal beings, ghastly apparitions and vengeful spirits will try to drag you to the grave. And in the end, you’ll find out what happened to those who set out to deface the cemetery.
House of 1000 Corpses at Halloween Horror Nights
- House of 1000 Corpses:This fall, you’ll discover firsthand why this house is built on horror. Come face-to-face with the psychotic Firefly family and their collection of blood and gore. Watch “The Legend of Doctor Satan” come to life right before your eyes. Keep a lookout for the latest addition to Captain Spaulding’s Museum of Monsters and Madmen, Fish Boy! And if you’re lucky, you’ll escape the house as fast as a rabbit, minus the fluffy bunny costume and tragic ending.
Universal Studios Resorts
- Killer Klowns from Outer Space: Go beyond the mayhem and madness of last year’s wildly popular scare zone and step right up for an entire haunted house experience based on the cult classic film, Killer Klowns from Outer Space. This new experience will feature a gaggle of new characters including the baby Klowns, Boco, and Klownzilla, as well as new scenery like the Klowns’ circus-tent spaceship, and the cotton candy cocoon storage room where they keep their victims.
Nightingales Blood Pit at Halloween Horror Nights
- Nightingales: Blood Pit: Ancient Rome is suffering its worst drought in centuries. The ruthless emperor has declared the gladiatorial games to continue nonstop until the rains return. The gruesome bloodshed of the games is horrifying enough, but then come the creatures. As the blood soaks into the earth, the nightingales feed on the dead and dying. You may think you’re familiar with their past feeding frenzies, but you haven’t seen them like this. You’ll try to survive alongside the gladiators as the ravenous nightingales tear into their victims and notice that fresh blood has come into their midst…
Stranger Things at Halloween Horror Nights
- Stranger Things: Okay, mouthbreathers, get ready! Netflix’s Stranger Things is returning to Universal Orlando Resort’s Halloween Horror Nights. This year, you’ll experience an all-new haunted house where you will travel back to the small town of Hawkins, Indiana and walk-through some of the most terrifying scenes from Stranger Things 2 and 3. Not only will you come face-to-face with snarling Demodogs, but you will also make your way through iconic scenes and locations, from Chief Hopper’s cabin to the Starcourt Mall.
- Universal Monsters: In this all-new haunted house the world’s most terrifying monsters unleash havoc – thirsty for anything and everything in their paths. As you try to escape to safety, you’ll step into each monster’s domain – but beware – they refuse to let anyone get out alive…Come face-to-face with Dracula in his gothic castle, the Wolfman in a dark Bavarian forest, and the man-made monster within Dr. Frankenstein’s lab. And if you survive them, you still may encounter the vicious Creature of the Black Lagoon, the ancient evil of the Mummy and more.
- Us: Venture through the unnerving tunnels that stretch for miles deep below America and come face-to-face with “The Tethered” – a group of terrifying doppelgängers of every living man, woman and child in the country. Follow in the footsteps of Adelaide Wilson as she experiences a horrifying and traumatic encounter with her tethered double, Red. Watch her face off with her menacing mirror image in a deadly dance with a fatal ending.As you venture deeper through the haunted house, you will be transported to modern-day, and witness “The Tethered” rise-up from their underground labyrinth, ready to take on their privileged upperworld counterparts – determined to enact their plan of murder and revenge. Prepare to run for your life, as there is no escaping yourself.
Yeti: Terror of the Yukon
- Yeti: Terror of the Yukon: Deep in the remote tundra of the Yukon, loggers and trappers seek refuge from the frigid grip of an arctic blizzard. But out in the darkness, a terror lurks far more dangerous than the deluge of snow and ice. Just when you thought the only thing to fear was the elements, an icy terror will descend over you. You’re in Yeti territory now. They’re stone cold vicious and will stop at nothing for a taste of blood. If the cold doesn’t get you, they will.
Shows and Live Entertainment
Need a break from walking through haunted houses? Why not enjoy a live show or take a stroll through five freaky scare zones.
“Halloween Marathon of Mayhem” Lagoon Show
Halloween Marathon of Mayhem
Halloween Marathon of Mayhem: Grab a bucket of popcorn and get ready as the lagoon lights up with iconic scenes from Netflix’s Stranger Things, Ghostbusters, Universal Monsters and Killer Klowns from Outer Space. This new show features a blend of fountain-based media, state-of-the-art technologies and special effects in a new way. This is one 80’s nightmare you won’t want to miss.
Academy of Villains: Altered States
Academy of Villains returns in an epic experiment of mind and body. Man’s true nature is dragged out into the dark, gothic streets of anarchy. This wickedly talented group of artists is back for an all-new performance featuring a killer mix of visionary dance and extraordinary theatrics.
Scare Zones
Creepy characters are roaming the streets of Universal Studios Florida. Featuring five frightening themed zones, guests can choose to experience as many terrors as they desire.
Anarch-Cade Scare Zone Halloween Horror Nights
- Anarch-cade: An 80s-inspired arcade has taken over Avenue of the Stars. At first glance, you may think it’s a party. However, you quickly learn that “Game Over” means a permanent end for you. A gang of neon slashers are out to play and this is one game you won’t want to lose.
Hellbilly Deluxe Scare Zones Halloween Horror Nights
- Rob Zombie Hellbilly Deluxe: You know his music, now it’s time to live it. Step into the heavy metal horror of Rob Zombie’s music and imagery in this pulse-pounding scare zone. From otherworldly beings to brutal maniacs, you’ll come face-to-face with his twisted creations as the music cranks to a frenzy.
Vanity Ball Halloween Horror Nights
- Vanity Ball: Beauty is pain. Literally. In the streets of Hollywood, your flesh becomes the canvas as blade-wielding artists slice up willing participants into horrific living works of art. Here, going under the knife takes on a whole other meaning.
Vikings Undead Halloween Horror Nights
- Vikings Undead: We’re all familiar with the brutal Viking warriors. It’s terrifying enough thinking about facing them alive. Now picture facing them as the undead. They have risen and laid siege to Central Park with an onslaught of gore. Bloodlust never dies.
Zombieland Double Tap Halloween Horror Nights
- Zombieland Double Tap: It’s time to brush up on those rules of survival. Based on the hit film and its upcoming sequel, this scare zone puts you in the middle of the United States of Zombieland. The infection has spread and bloodthirsty zombies are everywhere. The most important rule to remember: Always double tap.