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Experience three Valentine haunted houses plus three secret bars with new Valentine’s Day-inspired drinks: Cupid’s Cosmo, Box of Chocolates, Bloody Valentine, and Love Potion #666.

The new attraction will bring to life Universal’s library of horror films with a variety of unique, immersive experiences, bars and restaurants, seasonal events, and merchandise. The horror experience is set to be the anchor tenant in a new expansion of Area15.

The new year equals new fear at Dark Hour Haunted House (Plano, TX) with the launch of their newest event, “Dead by Dark Hour”. This survival-themed haunted attraction will transport guests into the world of 1980s-style slasher films, where they must outwit, outrun, and outlast the Slashers stalking the halls.

TJ Mannarino, Vice President of Art & Design, Entertainment Division at Universal will be teaching 3 seminars at this year’s show: Emerging Trends in the Haunted Attraction Business, Universal’s Great Movie Escape: Story is the Adventure, and Horror is Universal.

Unlock an otherworldly wonderland of amusement, art, and entertainment on December 31st with HUSH Haunted Attraction’s Legendary 2023 NYE Bash (Westland, MI). The party will be set on HUSH Haunted Attraction’s ‘mini’ Bourbon Street featuring soaring 2+ story facades, balconies and realistically-themed architecture and decor.

Netherworld Haunted House (Stone Mountain, GA) may have finished its 2022 haunt season, but there’s one more opportunity to see The Undying Horror and Parasitic before they are relegated to the Netherworld history books.

Celebrate the holidays with chills and thrillls as Season’s Screamings, the holiday event from the team at Midsummer Scream, returns to the Pasadena Convention Center this weekend (December 2nd – 4th).

A Haunted Hotel dark ride will debut at Funtown Splashtown USA (Saco, Maine) in 2023. The park has teamed up with Sally Dark Rides to create the Whispering Pines Hotel, an interactive ride-through attraction.

Universal Studios & Blumhouse Productions celebrated their partnership with the first-ever in-person Blumfest. The event featured screenings, film panels, and a Halloween Horror Nights Q&A with Universal Orlando Scenic Designer Dylan Kollath, Show Director Charles Gray, and Creative Director Michael Aiello.

It has only been one week since the end of this year’s Halloween Horror Nights, but the HHN team already has its sights on 2023. In a video posted to the HHN Youtube Channel on Halloween, Universal announced their first haunt of the 2023 lineup – “Chucky”.

Erebus Haunted Attraction (Pontiac, MI) is offering “Fun Without the Fear Tours” on Fridays & Saturdays from 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. for the rest of October. These weekend matinee shows allow guests to experience the sets, illusions, and sound effects without live actors.

SHAQTOBERFEST, the new Halloween Festival, opened this weekend next to the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California. SHAQTOBERFEST includes six thrilling Halloween-themed areas for guests to explore, each featuring Halloween trails, games, live entertainment, food and beverage vendors, and more.

ScareHouse (Pittsburgh, PA) offers fright fans a night of chills and thrills at their new location at the Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills.

For the first time, Disney fans will learn about the creation of the sell-out event, Oogie Boogie Bash at “AN OOGIE BOOGIE AFTERNOON.”

Universal Orlando Resort’s Halloween Horror Nights sold out for the first three nights of the event. The Haunted Attraction Network was there to experience all the spooky fun.

The Los Angeles Haunted Hayride (Los Angeles, CA) will return to Griffith Park on select nights from September 23rd – October 31st. Guests can expect a return to Midnight Falls – a strange town that’s Halloween year round, featuring fan-favorite mazes including the Hayride, Trick or Treat, Midnight Mortuary, and (S)Laughterhouse – a newly revamped maze for 2022.

Universal Orlando Resort’s Halloween Horror Nights released more gruesome details about this year’s event, featuring 10 haunted houses, 5 scare zones, and 2 shows based on everything from horror legends and pop culture heavy hitters to ghastly original stories that offer a terrifying twist on traditional Halloween haunts.

Howl O Scream returns to Seaworld San Diego with three ‘reimagined’ houses. Nightmare Experiment, Simon’s Slaughterhouse, Death Water Bayou.

The upcoming Halloween Horror Nights Tribute Store at Universal Studios Florida is planning a mausoleum-themed corridor, and guests can be part of it! Guests at Universal Studios Florida can get their photo etched onto a mausoleum monument in the Halloween Tribute Store.

Multi-award-winning artist The Weeknd is joining forces with Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights to inspire all-new, terrifying haunted houses based on his record-breaking “After Hours” album

Midsummer Scream will take place this weekend, July 29th – 31st at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California.

The all-new frightfully immersive haunt experience, Dark Nights, is coming to Hersheypark Halloween Event this Halloween season

Paranormal Cirque II’s unique blend of horror, acrobatics, and comedy. And haunt events happening this weekend: 15 – 17 July 2022.

Haunters Against Hate: The Event will take place this coming weekend – July 8th – 10th – at the Clarion Center North in Lexington, Kentucky. The event features vendors, workshops, competitions, drag shows, HAH Awards, and more.

Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights in both Orlando and Hollywood will feature a double dose of terror with “The Horrors of Blumhouse” haunted house.

Join HorrorBuzz and Haunted Attraction Network for a post-show Q&A with the twisted minds behind URBAN DEATH: CANNIBAL CORPSE Friday, June 24th at 8:30PM.

This summer, get a sneak peek at Universal Studios Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Nights at Midsummer Scream, the world’s largest Halloween and horror convention.

Disneyland Resort has announced more details surrounding its Halloween season celebrations. Halloween Time at the Disneyland Resort runs from September 2nd – October 31st.

Following a two-year break, Halloween Horror Nights will return to Universal Studios Singapore for 19 select nights September 30th – November 5th. Celebrating its 10th year, the event is set to feature new haunted houses, scare zones, laser tag, a dining experience, and a behind-the-scenes tour.

The Midwest Haunters Convention takes place this weekend (June 11th – 12th) at the Donald E. Stephens Memorial Center in Rosemont, Illinois.

Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood is currently seeking performers to portray various monsters for this year’s event. Scareactor auditions will be held on Friday, June 17 & Saturday, June 18 in Universal City, California.

Granite Insurance announced the debut of a new insurance plan specially tailored for the haunted attractions industry. They’ve put together an advisory board comprised of prominent figures in the haunted attraction industry to provide haunts with specific coverage options that are relevant and unique to them.

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