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AHS (Hollywood)

American Horror Story

Attraction type Haunted Maze
Event

Halloween Horror Nights 2016 (Hollywood)

Park Universal Studios Hollywood
Area Metro Lot
Year

2016

Housed in FDTD Area
Based on

American Horror Story: Murder House (2011)

American Horror Story: Freak Show (2014)

American Horror Story: Hotel (2015)

Followed By American Horror Story: Roanoke (2017)

American Horror Story (Hollywood) was one of the six haunted mazes that were featured during Halloween Horror Nights 2016 (Hollywood). It was located in the FDTD Area. The maze was based on the TV show of the same name.

History and Location[]

On August 16th, 2016: Universal Studios Hollywood announced American Horror Story as the final haunted house coming to the event. The house was based on the 1st, 4th and 5th seasons of the show.

The house would be located in the FDTD Area.

The codename for this maze was "Vespucci".

Description[]

Step inside the twisted world of American Horror Story, the award-winning anthology horror series that’s been terrorizing TV viewers since 2011. Your journey begins at MURDER HOUSE, a century old residence on the outskirts of Los Angeles with a tragic past. The unfortunate souls who perished inside are forever trapped within its walls and each room harbors its own horrible secret. Your next stop is the creepy backwater town of Jupiter, Florida where a struggling FREAK SHOW has taken up residence. The human oddities on display inside the big top are nothing compared to the murderous men and women who fight to control this psychotic circus. Finally, you will check in to the HOTEL Cortez, a ruinous relic of a bygone era that conceals a torture chamber of murder and madness! Inside the hotel’s haunted hallways lies a host of supernatural characters bent on making you a guest for all eternity.

Experience[]

Facade[]

The facade was a giant building with a projection of all of the season's intros along with cut outs on top of Rubber Man, Twisty, and Addiction Demon. Guests then enter the maze.

Haunted Maze[]

Guests entered the maze and then went down a short black hallway where there was a arch with a small projection of the murder house intro.

Murder House[]

Guests enter the Murder House to see boarded up windows and a static figure of Addy at the staircase. Guests then go down a hallway with a bunch of paintings where the Rubber Man pops out at guests from behind a painting.

Guests then are attacked by Larry Harvey from behind a door frame and enter a burned children's room as a burned Lorraine Harvey pops out from behind a wall frame.

Guests then enter the bathroom to see the Piggy Man behind a mirror and then he pops out from behind the shower curtain. Guests then go down a hallway with many doors as the Rubber Man pops out from behind one of them.

Guests then enter the basement of the murder house to see Dr. Charles Montgomery cutting Elizabeth Short to pieces on a table as he then experiments on her which shoots water at guests. Tate Langdon then attacks guests from the other side with a axe.

Guests then enter a room to see an abandoned bike where Infantata pops out from behind a door. Guests are then also attacked by Albino Langdon from behind a Door. Guests then see the arch frame for Freak Show and enter.

Freak Show[]

Guests enter the woods and see the Freak Show sign pointing right. Guests continue down into the Woods to see a static figure of Troy with scissors in him as Twisty the Clown pops out from behind a tree.

Guests continue on to see Twisty's Bus with static figures of his victims inside as Twisty then pops pops at guests from behind another tree.

Guests then see the Freak Show facade with the banners of the Freaks. In the scene were Ima Wiggles, Circus Dwarf, Tall Man Ghost, Twisty, and Edward Mordrake all popping out at guests.

Guests enter inside of the tent and Dandy Mott pops out at guests immediately. Guests see Chester Creb cutting Maggie in half. Guests are then scared by a Monkey Chimes black box boo hole scare. Guests then see a arch for Hotel.

Hotel[]

Guests enter Hotel and see a sign on the left for Devil's Night. Guests go down a hotel hallway where Countess Elizabeth and James March pop out at guests. There also was a Pepper's Ghost Effect of Holden behind a door.

Guests then enter Room 64 and are immediately scared by the Addiction Demon from behind a door. Guests then see the Bed Demon on the Bed popping out at guests.

Guests then go down a hallway and enter James March's Trophy Room where James March would pop out at guests from behind a wall panel. Guests then enter a empty room leading to a hidden vault.

Guests go down a hallway of the hidden vault where there are corpses all around as Natacha Rambova pops out at guests from behind a brick wall panel.

Guests then enter Bartholomew's Room to see Countess Elizabeth pops out at guests. Guests are then scared by 2 Curtain Monsters before exiting the maze.

Scareactors[]

Quotes[]

  • "Our tour concludes with one of the most famous houses of horror in the City of Angels. The Murder House." - Stan
  • "Murder House! Built by Dr. Charles and Nora Montgomery. They lived there with their son Thaddeus, That is until the baby was kidnapped and found dismembered! Legend has it that the ghost of Nora Montgomery still haunts these very halls As does her beloved if mutilated toddler! The Montgomery Murder Suicide was only the first of many to occur behind these bloody walls!" - Stan
  • "You are going to die in there!" - Addy
  • "You’re gonna regret it!" (x3) - Addy
  • "Trick R Treat!" - Larry Harvey
  • You're gonna die in there! - Larry Harvey
  • "I killed them... all!" - Larry Harvey
  • "Here Piggy, Piggy Pig." - Patient
  • Charles? Charles? Damn it Charles are you down in the basement again?" - Nora Montgomery
  • "For God's Sake! I'm working!" - Charles Montgomery
  • "What have you done with our baby?" - Nora Montgomery
  • "She looked so sad. I’ve decided to give her a smile that will last forever!" - Charles Montgomery
  • "We interupt this program to bring you breaking news. Jupiter police have confirmed the identity of the two bodies. Found murdered in their home in the quiet enclave of Bridgewater. Jeffrey and Mildred Bachman had been dead for at least a week. Before neighbors made the horrific discovery." - Radio Reporter
  • "The neighbors described the brutal scene as, and I quote, a blood bath! The couple’s eight year old son remains missing! This recent discovery…bring to four the number of shocking murders. That has terrified the residents of our peaceful hamlet in the past two weeks." - Radio Reporter
  • "Although police have not yet confirmed a connection, The grim fact that a similar weapon was involved in all four killings. Leads this reporter to conclude that a single maniac is preying upon the citizens of Jupiter township." - Radio Reporter
  • "It’s Halloween! No freak performs on Halloween!" - Ethel Darling
  • "If any freak performs on Halloween, they summon the spirit of Edward Mordrake and his demon half face!" - Paul
  • "Stop it Marjorie! Haven’t you done enough to ruin my life? I'll show you! Every one of you! Ta daaa!" - Chester Creb
  • "You're nothing without me." - Marjorie
  • "Chester! Chester stop!" - Maggie
  • "Devil’s Night is the real holiday around here. Halloween? That’s plastic pumpkins and paper costumes. But Devil’s Night is when the real ghouls come out to play." - Liz Taylor
  • "Lucky you! You’ve been invited!" - Liz Taylor
  • "Thank you all for being here on Devil’s Night. I’m March. I built this hotel." - James March
  • "Who are you? The man who built this hotel died over 85 years ago." - John
  • "Wanna play?" - Holden
  • "Room 64." - Iris
  • "My trophy room!" - James March
  • "The 10 Commandment Killings." - John
  • Finish my work John! Make it your own! - James March
  • "Valentino!" - Natacha Rambova
  • "Yes. Your god! Trapped within the walls of the palace I built." - James March
  • "Valentino’s dead!" - Party Goer
  • "Not anymore." - James March
  • "That’s what was back there?" - Countess Elizabeth
  • "We need more! 100 times more! This thirst is unslakeable!" - Rudolph Valentino
  • "My Child!" - Countess Elizabeth
  • "I'm going to make sure you suffer...immensely!" - Countess Elizabeth

Pictures[]

Videos[]

Soundtrack[]


Trivia[]

  • The treatment for this house was 127 pages.
  • AHS cast members Evan Peters, Denis O’Hare and Finn Whitrock all experienced the maze. [1].
  • They chose to Murder House because it was the first season and Hotel because it was (at the time) the latest season. They chose to also do Freak Show because they felt it was a different flavor and that Twisty was scary. [2].
  • Since this was an anthology maze, they had to come up with a neutral concept for the facade that could encompass all 3 seasons. Murdy really liked the opening titles for the show so they created this marquee and used a video screen to help communicate the seasons to the uninitiated. [3].
  • Each season maze was being set on their Halloween episodes. [4].
  • The Murder House section started with Addie Langdon sitting on the steps on Halloween night, from there you continued through the house and meet The Rubberman. [5].
  • There were many different timelines/parallel stories going on in Murder House so they tried to cover a lot of them in the maze. One of the stories they wanted to cover was Larry Harvey, who burned his entire family alive. [6].
  • This scene in the burned house with the ghosts of the Harvey family was Murdy's favorite in the Murder House section. [7].
  • The silicone masks designed for Mrs. Harvey & the Harvey girls featured invisible UV highlights to try & recreate the glowing embers that was a digital effect on the show. [8].
  • The set design and the work of the prop/dressing team in the Burned House Scene would later inform a scene in Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man. [9].
  • Next up was a trip into the bathroom to meet the Piggy Man. This scene was set up so guests would first see the Piggy Man materialize in the mirror. This was to pull their focus over to the sink, so they wouldn’t be ready for the real Piggy Man jumping through the shower curtain. [10].
  • The final section of Murder House took guests back in time to the original owner Charles Montgomery and the terrible things he did in his basement. This gave them a chance to recreate the real life Black Dahlia Murder as featured on the show. [11].
  • Albino Langdon was a character suggested to be put into the Maze by Ryan Murphy as an Easter egg for the fans. He was another of the Langdon children, mentioned on the show but never actually seen (his scenes were cut from the show) until the maze.[12].
  • The video dividers in the maze served as a transitions into each season to inform guests who may not have watched the show know where they were heading. [13].
  • Freak Show began with a trip through the woods where guests discover a murder scene and Twisty the Clown’s infamous school bus. Their scenic vendor made this half bus, it was computer carved out of foam. [14].
  • The grand reveal (Murdy's favorite sequence in Freak Show) was the midway facade with these amazing sideshow banners (which are files he got from the show’s art department). [15].
  • Freak Show was a short section due to the Size of the Freak Show midway facade. [16].
  • Inside the big top guests traveled past an audience of freaks, got attacked by Dandy Mott and watched Chester Creb saw Maggie in half. [17].
  • Murdy always thought the prop team did a great job in this scene creating all the freak show characters, the ventriloquist dummy Marjorie, etc. [18].
  • Freak Show ended with the guests being attacked by a cymbal clapping monkey, a character only featured in the opening titles for the show. [19].
  • Hotel was very tough to pull off scenically due to the elaborate Art Deco details. The art director, Chris Williams, came up with a solution for the doors. They were actually a digital print with plant on numbers and other dimensional details. [20].
  • The creepiest scene (and most complicated) in this section was the Mattress Freak. The scene was designed for the performer playing this character to rise up through the bed as part of his scare. Since he had a lot of air brushed body make up, that meant constant touch ups. [21].
  • The house eventually led you into the lair of James March, the deranged original architect of the Hotel. Inside his lair, was the Ten Commandments killer’s trophy case, which was all custom built by the prop team. [22].
  • The last scenes took guests through the bricked in section of the Hotel where they run into Valentino and his wife Natacha and finally into the Countess’ room where she is jealously guarding her baby. [23].
  • The final scare was inspired by the curtain hands from the Hotel main title sequence.

References[]

  1. ↑ https://mobile.twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1315780517950902272
  2. ↑ https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1315752338313875456
  3. ↑ https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1315753416824627205?s=20&t=ZC9-xX2aeY02cPvS2JidVg
  4. ↑ https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1315755763688759298
  5. ↑ https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1315755763688759298?s=20&t=ZC9-xX2aeY02cPvS2JidVg
  6. ↑ https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1315756834213502976?s=20&t=ZC9-xX2aeY02cPvS2JidVg
  7. ↑ https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1315757976574210052?s=20&t=ZC9-xX2aeY02cPvS2JidVg
  8. ↑ https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1315758921798352896?s=20&t=ZC9-xX2aeY02cPvS2JidVg
  9. ↑ https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1315757976574210052
  10. ↑ https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1315760100368437249?s=20&t=ZC9-xX2aeY02cPvS2JidVg
  11. ↑ https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1315761193760555009?s=20&t=ZC9-xX2aeY02cPvS2JidVg
  12. ↑ https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1315762902511562755
  13. ↑ https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1315763816131702784
  14. ↑ https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1315764781626908679?s=20&t=ZC9-xX2aeY02cPvS2JidVg
  15. ↑ https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1315766162169487362?s=20&t=ZC9-xX2aeY02cPvS2JidVg
  16. ↑ https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1315766162169487362?s=20&t=ZC9-xX2aeY02cPvS2JidVg
  17. ↑ https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1315768479623122944?s=20&t=ZC9-xX2aeY02cPvS2JidVg
  18. ↑ https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1315768479623122944?s=20&t=ZC9-xX2aeY02cPvS2JidVg
  19. ↑ https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1315769281985097728?s=20&t=ZC9-xX2aeY02cPvS2JidVg
  20. ↑ https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1315772218668978176
  21. ↑ https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1315775153243074560?s=20&t=ZC9-xX2aeY02cPvS2JidVg
  22. ↑ https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1315776428466733063?s=20&t=ZC9-xX2aeY02cPvS2JidVg
  23. ↑ https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1315777828852502531?s=20&t=ZC9-xX2aeY02cPvS2JidVg


Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood 2016
Characters: Hollywood Harry
Haunted Mazes: American Horror Story  • The Exorcist  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Blood Brothers  • Freddy vs. Jason  • Halloween: Hell Comes To Haddonfield  • Krampus  • The Walking Dead Attraction
Terror Tram: Eli Roth Presents: Terror Tram
Scarezone: The Purge: Election Year
Show: Jabbawockeez
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