Universal Orlando has announced its first original haunted house for this year’s Halloween Horror Nights, which kicks off on 29 August.
The new concept is called El Artista: A Spanish Haunting. The eerie experience is set in an isolated country residence in 19th-century Spain.
Universal’s description for the haunted house is as follows:
“In 19th century Spain, a tortured artist moves into an isolated country manor for inspiration, but the art comes alive and possesses him.”
At Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights, El Artista: A Spanish Haunting will join haunted houses themed to Amazon Prime Video’s drama series Fallout and Friday the 13th‘s Jason Voorhees.
Inspired by the post-apocalyptic TV show and Bethesda video game franchise, the Fallout experience will feature iconic scenes and characters from the series.
As for Jason Universe, guests will find themselves at the summer camp where the machete-wielding killer originated.
Meanwhile, Universal’s first year-round horror experience is opening in Las Vegas on 14 August as part of Area15’s 20-acre expansion.
New experiences at Halloween Horror Nights
The attraction includes four haunted houses. These are themed to The Exorcist: Believer (2023), Universal’s classic monsters, an original story called Scarecrow: The Reaping, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974).
In an interview with blooloop, Universal Orlando’s Lora Sauls said: “It’s going to be an amazing experience, we love that Halloween Horror Nights is now its own IP and has grown beyond even just the parks.”
Halloween Horror Nights runs until 2 November at both Universal Orlando and Universal Studios Hollywood.
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