Fright Nights

Halloween Horror Nights Orlando event
Fright Nights
Slogan	Dying for a good Halloween party?
Year	1991
Icon's	The classic Universal Monsters Beetlejuice
Icon attraction
Number of haunted houses	1
Number of scarezones	N/A
Preceded by	Event established
Followed by	Halloween Horror Nights II

Fright Nights (marketed as Universal Studios Fright Nights) was the original Halloween Horror Nights event held in Orlando. The event had classic Universal Monsters serve as the first ever Icons, and asked, "Dying for a Good Halloween Party?". The event, which was held for three nights in October 1991, featured one haunted house and twenty shows. The event would advertise itself as having over 35 different monsters.

Dates & Times

Event Nights

October 25-26 & 31 1991

Event Times

All nights ran from 6:00 PM to 12:00 AM.

Ticket Prices

Single Admission (Advanced Purchase): $12.95 + tax.

Single Admission: &15.95 + tax

Single Night Admission (October 31st at special ticket kiosks): $7.95 + tax

Storyline

Deciding to enact his will to gather fear from the hearts of many, Adaru the Sumerian God possessed the workers at Universal to helm a Halloween event. Through his lantern, Adaru resurrected Beetlejuice and the Classic Monsters to helm Fright Nights.

Event Icons

Beetlejuice and the Universal Classic Monsters were the first Event Icons ever.

Attractions

Haunted House

• The Dungeon of Terror (JAWS Queue): Travel through a roadside haunt of gore and terror.

Shows

• Beetlejuice Dead in Concert! Featuring the Ghostbusters! (New York Library)
• Chainsaw Massacre (Outside Sting Alley)
• Dr. Death (Metropolis Tribune)
• The Human Pincushion (Gramercy Park)
• Magical Mania (Delancey Street)
• Madame Kuszel: Gypsy Fortune Teller (Delancey Street)
• Cobra Woman (Outside Delancey Street)
• Dragon Breath (New York)
• Starshower (Mel's Drive-In Stage)
• Paul Revere & the Raiders (Mel's Drive-In Stage)
• Thunderdome (Hollywood)
• Monster Mardi Gras Costume Contest (Hollywood)
• Prince Dragon (Amity)
• Iron Belly (San Francisco)
• Dr. Frankenstein's Theater Featuring Mistress of the Night, Frankenstein and Dracula (Beetlejuice Stage)
• The Human Impaler (San Francisco)
• The Gravediggers (World Expo)
• The Pendragons (Animal Actor's Stage)
• Universal Science Band (World Expo)
• Beetlejuice Graveyard Tours (Bates Motel)

Other Attractions

• The Funtastic World of Hanna Barbera (Production Central)
• Alfred Hitchcock: The Art of Making Movies (Production Central)
• Ghostbusters Spooktacular (New York)
• Kongfrontation (New York)
• Dracula's Tavern Sing-A-Long (Finnegan's Bar and Grill)
• Earthquake: The Big One (San Francisco)
• The Wild, Wild, Wild West Stunt Show (Amity)
• Back to the Future: The Ride (World Expo)
• E.T. Adventure (World Expo)
• The Gory Gruesome and Grotesque Horror Make-Up Show (Hollywood)
• The Hollywood Hi-Tones (Mel's Drive-In)
• Dynamite Nights Stunt Spectacular (Studio Lagoon)

Website Pictures

A picture of the Fright Nights archive drawer on the Halloween Horror Nights: Sweet 16 website. All images from the Halloween Horror Nights: Sweet 16 website.

A picture of the Fright Nights archive registry that appeared on the Halloween Horror Nights: Sweet 16 Website.

Concept art for The Dungeon of Terror.

A picture of the facade for The Dungeon of Terror.

A picture of The Rat Lady that appeared in The Dungeon of Terror house.

The map for Fright Nights.

Fright Nights Drawer with Storyteller's "Notes".

Fright Nights archive registry with The Storyteller's notes.

Fright Nights map with The Storyteller's notes.

The rest of the images are from the Halloween Horror Nights: Twenty Years of Fear website.

First scareactor made for Fright Nights Image from HHNQueen on Instagram

Image from Orlando Sentinel

Website Videos

1991 Fright Nights at Universal Studios Florida - the first Halloween Horror Nights

From the Halloween Horror Nights: Sweet 16 website and the Halloween Horror Nights: Twenty Years of Fear website.

Pictures

A picture of some of the scareactors that appeared at Fright Nights.

Image from Attractions Magazine's Fright Nights video.

Image from Attractions Magazine's Fright Nights video.

Fright Nights costume winner information Image from HHNMonster

Image from HHNQueen on Instagram

Image from Orlando Sentinel

Image from Orlando Sentinel

Image from Orlando Sentinel

Image from Orlando Sentinel

Image from Orlando Sentinel

Image from Orlando Sentinel

Carrie White's appearance during the event

Merchandise and Collectables

I Survived Fright Nights T-Shirt Image from EctoFreak

Trivia

• Due to legal issues with the Lugosi family, Universal could not use Bela Lugosi's likeness as Dracula for the Fright Nights logo.
• A performer called "The Elastic Lady" can be seen on an article. It is unknown if she actually appeared at the event.
• Reagan was a roaming scareactor with a priest scareactor wheeling her around on a metal bed throughout the night but due to a cease and desist, they would have discontinue to the scareactors' appearances. She was only featured one night.
• Finnegans Tavern was turned into Dracula's Tavern where a lot of the employees were dressed as Dracula.

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