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The Director is another of Halloween Horror Nights’ icons; he was the main event icon at Halloween Horror Nights: 12 and co-iconed for Halloween Horror Nights: Sweet 16 with the Caretaker, Jack the Clown, and the Storyteller. He also appeared in Halloween Horror Nights XX as the Fear’s minion, Sacrifice- fitting for a director who sacrificed real people to make his movies. Born in Eastern Europe, Continue reading Universal – Halloween Horror Nights Icons: The Director The second event icon developed for Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights was the Caretaker. One of the creepier of the event icons, Albert Caine was a respected surgeon until it was discovered that he would use deceased patients’ bodies for experiments. He became the Shady Oaks Cemetery caretaker, converting the Victorian mansion his family lived in into a mortuary and funeral parlor. There, his gruesome family- Continue reading Universal – Halloween Horror Nights Icons: The Caretaker Our last post covered some of the back story for popular Halloween Horror Nights icon Jack the Clown. Here is the rest of the story: After his body and the bodies of the 13 children he murdered were found and consequently vanished in a freak accident, Universal found and bought the box, unleashing the clown. He was turned mortal and placed in an asylum. Shady Brook Continue reading Universal: Halloween Horror Nights Icons: Jack the Clown part 2 Following the theme from the last blog post about The Fear, let’s talk about one of the most popular event icons: Jack the Clown. Jack the Clown, real name Jack Schmidt, was the first original character created by Universal just for Halloween Horror Nights. He is said by many to be the most popular Halloween Horror Nights A former circus clown gone completely mad, he is Continue reading Universal: Halloween Horror Nights Icons: Jack the Clown part 1 The internet is buzzing with excitement for this year’s most terrifying Halloween event: Halloween Horror Nights 21! With not much news to go on, we’re going to devote a few blog posts to educate you about past “icons.” Let’s begin with last year’s icon: The Fear. The Fear, tagline Twenty Years of Fear, was discovered to be preparing everyone for his return, masterminding the previous 19 years Continue reading Universal – Halloween Horror Nights Icons: The Fear Halloween Horror Nights 21 is still shrouded in mystery; but we know two things so far- the event seems to have a gambling theme this year, and the upcoming movie, The Thing, will have its own haunted house this year as well (there was one before, based on the original 1980’s movie; this one will focus on the new movie coming out this October). There has Continue reading Universal- Halloween Horror Nights 21, No New News Yet Some people out there might remember an old 1982 movie called The Thing. It had its own haunted house in Halloween Horror Nights Orlando in 2007, called The Thing: Assimilation. The movie is about a research facility in Antarctica, abandoned, where researchers find themselves infected by something out of this world. Well, Universal is rebooting it; it comes out in theaters October 14th of this year. Continue reading Universal – Halloween Horror Nights 21: The Thing Chances are, if you haven’t heard of Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights, you will soon. Guests come from all around the world every year to this exciting, terrifying event, which is not suitable for children under 13. (There are even tons of websites all over the internet devoted to Halloween Horror Nights, active all year long!) Beginning in 1997, this year marks its 21st year. Continue reading Orlando Vacations: Halloween Horror Nights: 21 Ride Raves Part 8:Universal’s Islands of Adventure Continue reading Universal Islands of Adventure: Ride Raves 8 Don’t forget- Universal’s Mardi Gras, held at Universal Studios, is still being held every Saturday (and select nights) until April 23rd! There’s still time to listen to: April 1 – Sean Kingston April 2 – Ne-Yo April 9 – Lifehouse (a personal favorite!) April 16 – The Beach Boys April 23 – Thirty Seconds to Mars Past concerts were: February 12 – Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons February 19 Continue reading Universal’s Mardi Gras – The Fun Isn’t Over Yet! |
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