Halloween Horror Nights
April 21st, 2009 by John Wolfe
Discovered this great scarecrow and cornfield image from Universal Orlando Resort’s Halloween Horror Nights. The combination of sky, stalks and pumpkin-headed ‘crow make this shot one of my all time online favorites. Just goes to show simplicity often creates the best Halloween ambiance. Theme Park Review took this photo during a tour of the Halloween festivities in 2004.
April 22nd, 2009 at 4:27 am
Where’s all the creepy cult children when you need them?
April 22nd, 2009 at 11:52 am
This is truly one creepy image. It looks like it’s flying out towards you! I sure wouldn’t want to find that on a dark night! Your mention of the theme park reminds me of my Halloween night at Universal Studios in 1997. GREAT theme park I might add, sure would love to go back there sometime, anyhow, during the day the park was normal but as the sun would start to go down, the creeply crawling things began roaming the grounds.
What was interesting was the transformation from a mild G rated theme park, to this dreaded R rated horror theme park. Just as the employees in thick costume and make-up were roaming the grounds and acting out their character, the park suddenly started taking on more of a glow in the dark look, the buildings looked more run down, massive/immense spider webs were suddenly erected that I made the mistake of walking into. Yuck! The drinks went from soda and water to goo, blood and body parts–of course still edible. Fog machines were ALL OVER the park so you could never really see where you were walking. Employees/monsters were attached to cables so they would fly over head, there was a constant sound of bodily torture being done and screams that sounds just to real.
They even went to great length to dec out the rides too in a similar fashion that they did of the grounds. Great thing about it, yes I said great
, was how with each passing Halloween hour, the more spooky the setting became, the more the employees acted out, the scarier the monsters were unleashed on us. It was sort of like walking in the land of the dead because during the day, the employees left you alone, obviously, but at NIGHT, it was free game and it was their job to approach you, scare you, grab your coat or bag, drag you back a few steps from your friend or partner and so on. I just couldn’t make it all the way through midnight. It was truly sensory overload for me as each hour passed but I did make it till 10pm and as you know with “me”, that’s a huge accomplishment.
It’s ashame you can’t experience that because I think you would absolutely truly appreciate the amazing transformation of the theme park. If you change your mind and wanna go, call me up, I would love to experience such an event with you dear friend. We could be scared and shaking in our shoes together
This brought back alot of memories……..as your known to do with me, thank you. Take care hun and great post!
All My Best, As Always, Goldie
April 22nd, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Andrea,
Oh yeah, that’s right – “Children of the Corn”! That movie poster used to freak me out in the 80′s. I think I was about eight when it came out. On another note- I want you to know I haven’t forgotten about you regarding the “Scribbler Award”.
Goldie,
Don’t they have Knott’s Scary Farms, out your way, around Halloween too? In my life, I’ve yet to attend a major theme park, so it would be amazing to see one rocking the Halloween spirit on that grand scale. The closest I’ve come to visiting one was Sea World in Texas – which is obviously worlds apart from Disney or the Universal experience.
I will definitely keep your offer in mind. If I ever make it to the west coast (I’ve still yet to visit California) you’ll be the first person I call
and of course, I would plan the trip in late October.
Thanks for the great, detailed description of the festivities – all the cool stuff is on the west and east coasts!