In addition to the haunted houses and Terror Tram, The Purge: Dangerous Waters is back, along with four Scare Zones. Halloween Horror Nights begins on Thursday, September 4. Tickets are available at https://www.halloweenhorrornights.com.

Here’s the full list and official descriptions of the haunted houses and attractions available at 2025’s Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood:

Five Nights at Freddy’s

Five Nights at Freddy’s is one of the most popular video game franchises that spawned a hit movie, making it Blumhouse’s highest-grossing movie to date. With the new haunted house inspired by the film, guests will have to survive the possessed animatronics.

Synopsis: Guests will follow in the footsteps of Mike, who was recently fired and desperate for work so that he can keep custody of his little sister, after he accepts a position as a night security guard in an abandoned themed entertainment center: Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria. The terror will start as guests navigate the corridors and learn that nothing at Freddy’s is what it seems when they encounter the supernatural and become lured into the black heart of an unspeakable nightmare.

The journey will bring guests face-to-face with full-scale replicas of the eerie characters from the film—Freddy Fazbear, Chica, Bonnie, Foxy, and Mr. Cupcake—as they stalk visitors through iconic scenes, including the security room and the showroom where the chilling characters performed. The larger-than-life characters for the haunted houses were created in collaboration with Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, who also masterfully produced the animatronics and corresponding costumes for the fan-favorite film.

Fallout

Fallout is a huge video game franchise by Bethesda Game Studios, and the live-action series based on the game has become a hit with critics and fans, with season 2 on the horizon. The new haunted house will be inspired by the Prime Video series, which is set in the year 2296, 200 years after the nuclear destruction of civilization. There are state-of-the-art vaults, with many used as dark experiments, and above them is The Wasteland, which is filled with mutated animals and creatures.

Synopsis: In this terrifying haunted house, fans will encounter iconic scenes and characters that will put them into the frightening action of the popular series. The journey begins beneath the surface in Vault 33, where guests follow vault-dweller Lucy MacLean as she escapes a bloody massacre, only to discover an evil hidden secret. From there, visitors venture to the surface, where they must dodge attacks from Scavengers and Raiders, desperate survivors who will do anything to remain alive, as well as mutated cockroaches known as RAD Roaches. As guests travel through the hellish Wasteland, they will go through iconic locations like the Super Duper Mart and encounter The Ghoul, an ageless bounty hunter who has endured radiation exposure for centuries. Additionally, they will come face-to-face with a young squire named Maximus and gaze in awe at his T-60 armor. With frightful terrors at every turn of the eerily authentic haunted house, fans will question if they can ever escape the horrors of The Wasteland.

Terrifier

The Terrifier films are a few of the most disturbing horror films out there, and a fourth film is in the works. Art the Clown terrorizes his victims in the most gruesome and goriest ways. Now, the supernatural killer is getting his own haunted house at Universal Studios Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Nights.

Synopsis: During Halloween Horror Nights, guests will experience an unfathomable level of gore as they try to escape becoming Art the Clown’s next victim. “Terrifier” is a grisly haunted house oozing with a new sense of terror that takes guests into Art the Clown’s gruesome Funhouse, which first appeared in Terrifier 2. Guests will be overwhelmed by the sights, sounds, smells and dread of Art’s grotesque kills, gleefully displayed for all to see. As fans make their way through the claustrophobic corridors, they will encounter familiar faces, including Vicky and the Little Pale Girl, and witness iconic kills from the franchise. Chaos reigns at the Clown Café, terror festers in a revolting bathroom and holiday cheer turns deadly in a Christmas nightmare. Guests must escape Art’s twisted world—or become his next gruesome display.

Jason Universe

If we could name the holy trinity of horror villains out there, Jason would be one of the top three spots. The Friday the 13th franchise has spawned many movies and video games, and the killer will be having his own haunted house to stalk old and new fans.

Synopsis: “Jason Universe” will take Halloween Horror Nights guests on a vengeance tour throughout the summer camp to see where it all began, from the creaking floorboards of Jason’s ramshackle cabin to the decaying main lodge and the eerie forest that offers no refuge for his victims. Around every corner, fans will be inundated with infamous killer moments from Jason’s heinous homicidal career as he taunts and stalks his victims who learn too late that the legend is real.

WWE’s The Horrors of the Wyatt Sicks

WWE has had its fair share of creepy wrestlers, including the Undertaker and Kane. Currently, the Wyatt Sicks is taking that spot with Uncle Howdy, aka Bo Dallas, as the group’s ring leader. The Wyatt Sicks was born out of Bo’s mind to honor his brother, Bray Wyatt. Their intro in the WWE was unsettling as they frightened WWE superstars, even “slaughtering” some of them. The group even had Main Event Jey Uso shaking.

Synopsis: Horror fans brave enough to travel through the light of the lantern will find themselves transported into the maniacal minds of The Wyatt Sicks, where each member reigns supreme within their own horrific domains. There, Uncle Howdy together with Ramblin Rabbit, Mercy the Buzzard, Abby the Witch and Huskus the Pig will be waiting to take bloody retribution on a world that has abandoned them. Along the way, guests will be stalked by the eerie presence of The Fiend, Bray’s sadistic alter ego, who looms within the shadows and beckons them to let him in.

Poltergeist

Synopsis: Amazon MGM Studios’ supernatural cult horror classic Poltergeist will bring guests “into the light” only at Universal Studios Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Nights event. Considered one of the “scariest films of all time” when it debuted in 1982, the haunted house will transport guests into nightmarish scenes with terrifying characters from the movie, including the iconic Freeling family home.

Scarecrow featuring music by Slash

Synopsis: At an abandoned Depression-era farm, vengeance takes root. Scarecrows are taking revenge on those who ravaged the land. The only harvest that will be reaped is you. Features an original score by Slash.

Monstruos 3: The Ghost of Latin America

Synopsis: One wails. One bites. One beguiles. La Llorona, La Muelona and La Siguanaba await in the dark. Three legends La Muerte wants you to meet, but you’ll wish you never did.

Terror Tram: Enter the Blumhouse

Terror Tram: Enter the Blumhouse is back at the historic Universal backlot. Guests will encounter iconic villains from the Blumhouse franchise including The Grabber from The Black Phone, the possessed from Exorcist: The Believer, M3GAN, The Purge killers, demons from Insidious, Blissfield Butcher from Freaky and Babyface Killer from Happy Death Day.

Purge: Dangerous Waters

Synopsis: “The Purge: Dangerous Waters” stunt show returns to the Waterworld venue, taking guests on a fiery, rocket-fueled adventure while they fight to survive the night.

Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood will be scaring guests on select nights starting on Thursday, September 4 and ending on Sunday, November 2.

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The story follows Ella Purnell as Vault Dweller Lucy, Aaron Moten as a Brotherhood of Steel member, and Walton Goggins as The Ghoul, and the trailer is jam-packed with memorable moments from the video games.

Fans of the video game franchise will appreciate the many nods including the vault door opening, the Vault Dweller parties, the Vault Boy bobblehead, the sound of the radiation, “I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire” by The Ink Spots, the dangerous Wasteland, the Brotherhood of Steel’s Power Armor, a dog companion, a deadly robot, New California Republic faction, radroach and many more.

Executive producer Jonathan Nolan explained during the press conference for the trailer premiere that he wanted to make himself happy when making the show and why trying to please the fans is a fool’s errand.

Fallout Activation at SXSW

This weekend is also the start of SXSW in Austin, and Prime Video is back at the iconic Hotel San José (1316 South Congress Avenue, Austin, TX). Fans will be immersed in a post-apocalyptic world as they get to become a Vault Dweller and explore the Wasteland for the first time, just like Lucy.

Here’s the description of the activation below:

Prime Video will be transforming the Hotel San José parking lot on March 8th from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. and March 9th from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. into Filly, a bustling wasteland shanty-town outside of the Vaults that appears to be the result of nuclear fallout. With junk, repurposed vehicles and rust serving as the town’s backbone, guests (or fellow vault dwellers) will enter Filly through an old sewer tunnel, where they will be greeted by local residents (and maybe a few radroaches here and there) warning them about the harsh reality they are about to experience.

Venturing through Filly (which is teeming with activity and filled with easter eggs from the series), attendees will witness how unpleasant and dangerous outside of the Vaults actually is, as they take in sights and sounds from wandering lazeabouts and aggressive locals selling their wares and what seems to be the local cuisine. If they’re lucky, the locals will point them to the thing they need most: bottle caps. Collect some for trade, and maybe the wasteland won’t be so bad.

Further into the settlement, guests will come across some locals playing the ‘Shell Game’ (wait, is that an eyeball?!) in front of Ma June’s, the local sundries and trading post where the friendly shopkeeper will teach them a thing or two about collecting bottle caps. They will also be able to use the ‘Vault 33 Resident Portal (Va.R.P.)’ to complete scavenger quests, where photographing the wasteland, hunting for pre-war artifacts and interacting with the various elements throughout the town can earn them even more bottle caps. Fair warning: they may encounter a feral ghoul along the way.

Attendees will be able to bite on some snacks like Fancy Lad Snack Cakes or a cut of ass jerky before they try their hand at lassoing the (sort-of) taxidermied, wasteland creatures or test their shot with ‘Junk Jets’ in the shooting gallery. Don’t forget to snap a photo in the futuristic, yet post-apocalyptic dentist’s chair (where guests will notice that the doctor might like teeth just a little too much), with the power armor or even in front of the feral ghoul cage. While adventuring through Filly, visitors may even witness the town’s rival factions engaging in fisticuffs over the fate of a rumored vault dweller.

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The story follows Ella Purnell as a Vault Dweller, Aaron Moten as a Brotherhood of Steel member, and Walton Goggins as The Ghoul, and the trailer is jam-packed with memorable moments from the video games.

Fans of the video game franchise will appreciate the many nods including the vault door opening, the Vault Dweller parties, the Vault Boy bobblehead, the sound of the radiation, “I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire” by The Ink Spots, the dangerous Wasteland, the Brotherhood of Steel’s Power Armor, a dog companion, a deadly robot, New California Republic faction, radroach and many more.

Jonathan Nolan is attached as an executive producer along with Westworld’s Lisa Joy and Bethesda’s Todd Howard. Since the Fallout series is based on the popular video game franchise, there will be huge expectations from fans.

“I don’t think you really can set out to please the fans of anything, or please anyone other than yourself,” Jonathan Nolan said during the press conference for the trailer. “I think you have to come into this trying to make the show that you want to make it and trusting that as fans of the game, you know, we would find the pieces that were essential to us about the games and try to do the best version of those that we can. I think, you know, it’s kind of a fool’s errand to try to figure out how to make people happy in that way. You gotta make yourself happy. And I’ve made myself very happy with the show.”

About Fallout

Synopsis: Based on one of the greatest video game series of all time, Fallout is the story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have. Two hundred years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape their ancestors left behind—and are shocked to discover an incredibly complex, gleefully weird, and highly violent universe waiting for them.

The series is produced by Kilter Films with Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy serving as executive producers. Nolan directed the first three episodes. Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner serve as executive producers, writers, and co-showrunners. Also joining as executive producers are Todd Howard for Bethesda Game Studios, James Altman for Bethesda Softworks, and Athena Wickham of Kilter Films.

The series stars Ella Purnell (Yellowjackets), Walton Goggins (The Hateful Eight), Aaron Moten (Emancipation). Joining them are Moisés Arias (The King of Staten Island), Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks), Sarita Choudhury (Homeland), Michael Emerson (Person of Interest), Leslie Uggams (Deadpool), Frances Turner (The Boys), Dave Register (Heightened), Zach Cherry (Severance), Johnny Pemberton (Ant-Man), Rodrigo Luzzi (Dead Ringers), Annabel O’Hagan (Law & Order: SVU), and Xelia Mendes-Jones (The Wheel of Time).

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The photos feature Ella Purnell as Lucy, Aaron Moten as Maximus, Walton Goggins as The Ghoul, and Kyle MacLachlan as Overseer Hank.

Here are the character descriptions:

• Ella Purnell plays “Lucy.” Lucy is an optimistic Vault Dweller with an all-American, can-do spirit. Her peaceful and idealistic nature is tested when people harm her loved ones.
• Aaron Moten plays “Maximus.” A young soldier hides his tragic past as he serves in a militaristic faction called Brotherhood of Steel. He believes in the nobility of the Brotherhood’s mission to bring law and order to the Wasteland—and will do anything to further their goals.
• Walton Goggins plays “The Ghoul.” The Ghoul survives the Wasteland as a bounty hunter. He is pragmatic, ruthless, and hides a mysterious past.
• Kyle MacLachlan plays “Overseer Hank.” Hank is the Overseer of Vault 33 and Lucy’s father. He is eager to change the world for the better.

Here’s the synopsis from the show:

“Based on one of the greatest video game series of all time, Fallout is the story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have. Two-hundred years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape their ancestors left behind—and are shocked to discover an incredibly complex, gleefully weird, and highly violent universe waiting for them.”

The series is produced by Kilter Films with Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy serving as executive producers. Nolan directed the first three episodes. Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner serve as executive producers, writers, and co-showrunners. Also joining as executive producers are Todd Howard for Bethesda Game Studios, James Altman for Bethesda Softworks, and Athena Wickham of Kilter Films.

The series stars Ella Purnell (Yellowjackets), Walton Goggins (The Hateful Eight), Aaron Moten (Emancipation). Joining them are Moisés Arias (The King of Staten Island), Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks), Sarita Choudhury (Homeland), Michael Emerson (Person of Interest), Leslie Uggams (Deadpool), Frances Turner (The Boys), Dave Register (Heightened), Zach Cherry (Severance), Johnny Pemberton (Ant-Man), Rodrigo Luzzi (Dead Ringers), Annabel O’Hagan (Law & Order: SVU), and Xelia Mendes-Jones (The Wheel of Time).

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