Halloween Horror Nights | Universal Orlando 2023

Halloween Horror Nights is almost here- the sun is setting on summer nights, and the fog will soon roll across Universal Studios Florida.

I will be the first to admit that I am not a true horror fan, but something about HHN has pulled me in year after year since my first walk through the fog in 2018. It’s a brilliant production that is nearly flawless in it’s execution for horror fans. Throw in world class coasters and attractions and you have a masterpiece of an event.

Halloween Horror Nights 2023 Guide

Here is everything we know so far about HHN 32!

HHN 2023 Dates

This year Halloween Horror Nights will take place on select nights from Sept. 1 through Nov. 4, 2023, with ten haunted houses, five scare zones, and a new live show.

The dates for Halloween Horror Nights 2023 are:

September: 1-3, 6-10, 13-17, 20-24, & 27-30

October: 1, 4-8, 11-15, 18-22, 25-29, & 31

November: 1-4

HHN TIP: Weekdays are the best time to go, as the lines are shorter and you can see more houses.

HHN Tickets

Halloween Horror Nights is a separately ticketed event and is NOT included with your regular Universal Orlando Resort theme park admission. Tickets for Halloween Horror Nights are now on sale. There are a variety of tickets to choose from, including single-day, multi-day, Frequent Fear passes, and tours.

Single Event Tickets

Single-night tickets start at $79.99 a person and go up to $119.99 a person, depending on the date.

Stay & Scream Option

Start the thrills early at Universal Studios Florida from 3-5 pm. At 5 pm you’ll wait in a Stay & Scream area until the event begins. Event admission for the same day is required and not included. Guests who arrive at Universal Studios after 5 pm forfeit their Scream Early Ticket.

The Scream Early Ticket costs $40 to add onto your regular Universal Studios Florida admission.

HHN Tip: If you want to get your bearings and see things while it’s still light outside, this is a great way to do so! I did it for my first HHN and knowing where things were before the dark rolled in helped a lot.

HHN Express Pass

Want to get all of the haunted houses done in one night? Universal offers Express passes for Halloween Horror Nights. They are an extra fee but are definitely worth it if you only have one night at HHN.

Halloween Horror Nights 2023 Express Pass prices start at $109.99 a person and go up to $219.99 a person depending on the date. These do sell out, so purchase yours in advance.

Rush of Fear Pass

The Rush of Fear ticket is valid only for Halloween Horror Nights 2023 event date(s):

Sept. 1–3, 6–10, 13–17, 20–24

Rush of Fear is $179.99 per person plus tax.

Frequent Fear Pass

Get up to 30 nights of HHN with this pass and visit Sun-Thurs.

Dates for the Frequent Fear Pass are:

Sept. 1–3, 6–7, 10, 13–14, 17, 20–21, 24, 27–28
Oct. 1, 4–5, 8, 11–12, 15, 18–19, 22, 25–26, 29, 31
Nov. 1-2

Frequent Fear Pass is $229.99 per person plus tax.

Frequent Fear Plus Pass

Get up to 40 nights of HHN with this pass and visit Sun-Fri, PLUS the first and last Saturday.

Dates for the Frequent Fear Plus pass are:

Sept. 1–3, 6–8, 10, 13–15, 17, 20–22, 24, 27–29
Oct. 1, 4–6, 8, 11–13, 15, 18–20, 22, 25-27, 29, 31
Nov. 1-4

Frequent Fear Plus Pass is $269.99 per person plus tax.

Ultimate Frequent Fear Pass

Get up to 48 nights. Experience EVERY night of the event, plus, get FREE Regular parking after 5 pm on all event nights.

Dates for the Ultimate Frequent Fear Pass are:

Sept. 1–3, 6–10, 13–17, 20–24, 27–30
Oct. 1, 4–8, 11–15, 18–22, 25–29, 31
Nov. 1-4

The Ultimate Frequent Fear Pass is $374.99 per person plus tax.

HHN RIP Tours

Halloween Horror Nights RIP Tour is the ultimate HHN experience. The RIP Tour features a guided experience allowing front-of-the-line access to all of the haunted houses, shows, and attractions.

Halloween Horror Nights R.I.P. Tour Includes:

Priority V.I.P. entry to haunted houses and participating park attractions (once per house, based on itinerary) while on tour with the R.I.P. Guide. Tour inclusions are subject to itinerary and Houses toured are at the discretion of Universal Orlando Resort.
Commemorative R.I.P. Tour credential, lanyard, and pin (one each per guest)
Complimentary Valet Parking (one (1) vehicle based on availability and advance purchase)
Pre-Tour Reception in Cafe La Bamba
Access to exclusive cash bar locations (must be 21+ with valid photo ID to purchase and consume alcoholic beverages)
Universal Express Unlimited ride access (with R.I.P. credential) at all participating rides & attractions for the date of their tour (valid upon check-in at VIP Experience lobby to be used before or after a tour during normal event operating hours; excludes Halloween Horror Nights haunted houses)
Reserved seating at select event show(s) during the tour

Important Information:

Event admission is not included in the listed price. Separate Halloween Horror Nights event admission is required for all R.I.P. Tour experiences AND must be valid for the same calendar day as the R.I.P. Tour ticket.
Pricing and availability vary depending upon the date and product selection.
R.I.P. Tours are available for individual parties of up to six (6) persons only and will include multiple parties in the same tour group. Parties or groups of seven (7) or more will need to book a Private R.I.P. Tour which will include only members of their individual group.

Halloween Horror Nights 2023 R.I.P. Tours start at $299.99 a person and go up to $449.99 per person depending on the date you choose.

Behind The Screams: Unmasking The Horror

Experience the horror of Halloween Horror Nights, with the lights on and no scareactors. Pick from a 3 or 6-house tour. Theme park and/or event admission is not included or required to participate in a tour.

Halloween Horror Nights Behind-the-Screams: Unmasking the Horror Tour prices start at $119.99 for the 3-house tour and go up to $149.99 depending on the date.

The 6 house tour starts at $169.99 and goes up to $199.99 depending on the date you choose to go.

HHN Vacation Packages

Universal Orlando hotel guests can stay near the fear and receive exclusive benefits, including Early Park Admission to the theme parks during the day and access to priority event entrance to Halloween Horror Nights at night as well as complimentary transportation to the theme parks and Universal CityWalk.

Vacation packages are available that include one-night admission to the event, Universal hotel accommodations and admission to all three of Universal Orlando’s thrilling theme parks. And for the first time ever, the fog has spread to all eight of Universal Orlando’s hotels with exclusive activations and experiences for hotel guests inspired by this year’s event, including Universal’s Cabana Bay Beach Resort’s exclusive “Chucky’s Twisted Playground” photo illusion experience based on the USA and SYFY series, plus, the Universal Monsters Gallery of Legends lobby photo opportunities in all other hotel lobbies and more.

Click here for more information and to book a fall getaway.

10 Haunted Houses

From original houses to horror favorites this years line up is sure to bring the horror!

The Last of Us
For the first time ever, Naughty Dog and PlayStation’s award-winning post-pandemic video game “The Last of Us” comes to life in an all-new haunted house that propels guests into an obstacle course of carnage and mayhem as they join a brutal journey in a world overtaken by a fungal virus that turns humans into various forms of a new threat known as the Infected. Guests will find themselves navigating iconic locations from the video game in a desperate attempt to escape and survive.

Stranger Things 4
Season 4 of Netflix’s original series “Stranger Things” is brought to life in a terrifying all-new haunted house that transports guests to Hawkins, Indiana where they will be immersed in the eerie Upside Down for a heart-pounding experience while traveling through iconic scenes. Guests will confront their deepest fears and come face to face with otherworldly creatures like demobats, and even Vecna himself within his blood-red Mind Lair in a race against the clock to escape and save mankind from his deadly curse.

The Exorcist: Believer
Inspired by Universal Pictures’ terrifying new horror film from Blumhouse and Morgan Creek Entertainment (in theaters Friday, October 13), “The Exorcist: Believer” haunted house will transport guests to a bustling street market in Haiti, where an innocent purchase of a strange folk doll with three eyes leads to the opening of a demonic portal, the awakening of sinister spirits and the subsequent disappearance of two 12-year-old girls in the U.S. The girls are found three days later with no memory of what happened to them. After the girls begin to exhibit unsettling behavior, it soon becomes clear that only an exorcism can save them – and everyone who comes in contact with them, including unwitting guests, is suddenly at risk of losing their souls.

Chucky: Ultimate Kill Count
Inspired by the hit USA & SYFY series and cult classic films, “Chucky: Ultimate Kill Count” casts this killer doll as the star of his very own haunted house for the first time. A true sadistic killer, Chucky has been mired in the agony of disrespect he feels from his peers at not being taken seriously. Thus begins his quest to turn his haunted house into a living slaughterhouse by killing every person who enters.

Universal Monsters: Unmasked
The dank Catacombs of Paris house a much darker secret sixty feet beneath the bustling streets, as the all-new haunted house “Universal Monsters: Unmasked” takes guests down into the infamous burial grounds where every corner and crevice overflows with millions of skeletal remains and even more sinister secrets. Deep within the Catacombs, Universal’s most notorious creatures – The Phantom of the Opera, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Dr. Jekyll and his deranged alternate personality Mr. Hyde, and Dr. Jack Griffin, aka The Invisible Man – lie in wait as they bide their time and seek vengeance against guests after the opening of the Catacombs to public visitation. These desperate and dangerous fiends have become filled with a rage toward guests navigating the twisted tunnels of their underground labyrinth home.

Dr. Oddfellow: Twisted Origins
In the 1930s Dust Bowl era, guests won’t be able to resist going inside Dr. Oddfellow’s menacing menagerie of twisted oddities where they’ll encounter grotesquely distorted animals and freakish fiends. In “Dr. Oddfellow: Twisted Origins,” the price to enter this creepy caravan is steep as souls feed his immortal power.

Dueling Dragons: Choose Thy Fate
The great wizard Merlyn has been transformed into the Enchanted Oak, leaving a power vacuum. When two powerful warlocks invade his castle to steal his spell book, they are turned into dragons of fire and ice. Now guests are caught in the middle of their battle and are forced to choose a path and a victor. But beware, one never knows who will win in “Dueling Dragons: Choose Thy Fate.”

YETI: Campground Kills
In a 1950s campground, a group of towering, terrifying yetis are running rampant, ripping apart campers, rangers and anyone else who gets in their way. In “YETI: Campground Kills,” guests must flee through the campground into cabins, a bait shack and even the outhouse in hopes of making it to the ranger tower before it’s too late.

The Darkest Deal
In the Mississippi Delta, blues musician Pinestraw Spruce meets at a crossroads with a diabolical entity known as The Collector to make a deal: his soul for musical glory. Guests will witness his big break performing for a crowd before The Collector drags him to Hades with the other musicians who learned the terrible price of fame in “The Darkest Deal.”

Bloodmoon: Dark Offerings
Colonial-era villagers begin to worship the moon obsessively. When the blood moon rises at their fall festival, they take it as a sign that they must hunt down any non-followers within their village. Guests will need to try not to become part of the sacrifice as they gather body parts to form a grisly offering in “Bloodmoon: Dark Offerings.”

5 ScareZones

As the sun sets on Universal Studios Florida and ominous clouds fill the sky, Dr. Oddfellow steps out of Halloween Horror Nights past to fill the streets with hordes of taunting scareactors in five all-new scare zones where guests:

Come face to face with the devious legend who is promising immortality for those who dare to enter “Dr. Oddfellow’s Collection of Horror”
Cower in fear as the signs of the zodiac come to life in “Dark Zodiac” where Dr. Oddfellow uses his power to transform the zodiac signs into horrifying horoscope creatures
Venture into the “Jungle of Doom: Expedition Horror” where Dr. Oddfellow’s twisted and bizarre experiments combine elements of nature and animals to create vicious jungle creatures looking to satisfy their cravings
Attend a music festival crashed by bloodthirsty vampires let loose by Dr. Oddfellow in “Vamp ’69: Summer of Blood”
Stumble upon Dr. Oddfellow’s crates and cages that once housed monsters of all kinds who have escaped in pursuit of chaos in “Shipyard 32: Horrors Unhinged”

While the houses are always visually stunning the scarezones are arguably my favorite part of HHN. They are never the same as the scareactors feed off fear, and you never know what to expect lurking beyond the fog.

Nighttime Show

Nightmare Fuel Revenge Dream
The show that sparked the darkest of dreams has reignited. Nightmares burn out of control as pyro and aerial performers fire guests up to the beat of metal and electronica.

CHILLING EXPERIENCES AND KILLER FOOD

Guests can enjoy the all-new disturbingly entertaining show, “Nightmare Fuel Revenge Dream,” that features a new dreamer confronting the creature that’s been turning her dreams into nightmares.
While shopping the latest Halloween Horror Nights merchandise and treats in an all-new Tribute Store, guests can enter a mysterious NYC Comic Book Shop and experience the “Tribute to Terror” by stepping into the pages of this original, terrifying, horror comic book.
Guests can enjoy a drink at the Red Coconut Club as it will once again transform to the Dead Coconut Club donning a new theme and menu.
When guests want to take a bite out of the horror, they can enjoy a monstrous menu of all-new food & beverage items, including Bloody Campground Poutine, El Pastor Torta and Sour Apple Pie Funnel Fries, in addition to returning fan-favorites like Pizza Fries.
New this year, Peacock’s Halloween Horror Bar will feature themed libations within an ominous nightclub vibe, photo opportunities, and more.
For those dying to experience this year’s “killer” food & beverage before the event even opens, Taste of Terror will offer guests an exclusive preview of select items that will be featured at Halloween Horror Nights select nights from August 10 through August 26. For more information and to purchase tickets to Taste of Terror, click here.

Are you ready for the fog? I can already hear the chainsaws buzzing!

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