Summary
Universal Studiosannounced one of the new haunted houses for Halloween Horror Nights this year, and it’sGhostbusters-themed. Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios have always stirred up excitement, and every year different haunted houses are unveiled to match the most popular spooky franchises.Universal Studioshas only released a couple of the haunted houses for this year, and it’s already stirring up excitement from horror fans.
For fans who enjoy a good scare, Halloween Horror Nights has been a popular event at Universal Studios since 1991, when the park first opened. Over the years, the event has grown, now running for a few months and having a large selection of haunted houses for guests looking for a fright. For every spooky season, Universal unveils a new set of haunted houses. Typically, these revolve aroundclassic horror franchisesor other unsettling movies.
As reported by USA Today, there are ten haunted houses for attendees this year, but Universal has been slowly revealing the themes. The most recent announcement was for theGhostbustershaunted house. This is to line up with the new release ofGhostbusters: Frozen Empirethis spring, so the storyline and theming will mainly revolve around the new addition to the franchise.
How Universal Studios Uses Ghostbusters for Its Haunted House
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empiretakes place in New York City, where the evil spirit of Garraka is set free and terrorizes the city by nearly bringing a new Ice Age. So attendees of Halloween Horror Night this year can expect the haunted house to have some snowy themes. However, Universal Studios promises that there will still be cameos and references tootherGhostbusterscharacters and creaturesfrom the series, to please older fans as well as the new ones. Universal Orlando Resort will unveil the haunted house on August 30th, while Universal Studios Hollywood opens on September 5th.
Universal Studios has established a wide fan base for its Halloween Horror Nights, with high-quality haunted houses and good scares. There’s a lot of excitement surrounding the announcement of theGhostbustershaunted house, especially since there was a previousGhostbustershouse in 2019 themed to the original films.
There’s speculation about whether the 2024 or 2019 haunted house will be the better event, especially sincelongtime fans ofGhostbustersmay prefer the older movies. Either way, it’s hard to deny that the frigid theming of the new haunted house provides a unique environment for attendees to get spooked. The new haunted house is definitely a draw for scare fans to return to the parks this Halloween season.
