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"He changed the face of Halloween and he's back!"

Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood attraction
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Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Attraction type Haunted Maze
Event Halloween Horror Nights 2018

Halloween Horror Nights 2021

Park Universal Studios Hollywood
Area Upper Lot
Year 2018

2021

Housed in Waterworld Queue
Based on Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
Preceded By Halloween: Hell Comes to Haddonfield (2016)
Followed By Halloween (2022)

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (Hollywood) was one of the eight haunted mazes that were featured during Halloween Horror Nights 2018 (Hollywood). It was located in the Waterworld Queue. The maze would later return three years later during Halloween Horror Nights 2021 (Hollywood). This version of the maze would be in the same location and would remain mostly unchanged.

Descriptions[]

2018[]

Fall victim to the silver screen’s most deplorable slasher with Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers. Based on the cult-classic horror film franchise, Halloween, this new maze will truly have you on edge…of Michael Myer’s knife that is.

October 30, 1988, a seemingly comatose Michael Myers is being transferred back to Smith’s Grove Sanitarium. It has been a decade since his last killing spree in Haddonfield, but the townspeople know pure evil never sleeps. Michael awakens and slaughters the medical personnel transporting him, escaping into the night. Fortunately, Michael’s former psychiatrist, Dr. Loomis, knows exactly where he is heading; unfortunately for you, no one is safe from Michael Myers…

2021[]

Evil has returned. Michael Myers has escaped, and he’s on his way back to Haddonfield spreading blood and mayhem in his wake. Your only hope is Dr. Loomis – Myers’ fire-scarred former psychiatrist. But will he get there before it’s too late? It’s clear that this time, Michael Myers is unstoppable.

No Tricks. No Treats. Just Terror.

Evil has returned. Michael Myers is on the loose once again, spreading blood and mayhem in his wake. You realize this time, there's no stopping him.

Experience[]

Facade[]

The facade was Penny's Service Station with projections in the windows of Michael Myers killing a waitress. The audio was a radio broadcast explaining that there was a crash in which Michael Myers escaped. Guests then entered the maze.

Haunted Maze[]

The first room of the maze was the Mechanic's Garage where guests could see the Mechanic hanging down from a chain as Michael Myers popped out with a wrench. Guests then head further into the garage and saw a burned victim on the wall with electricity panels going off with lighting while Michael Myers popped out from the right.

Guests would then head down a hallway to enter the interior of a diner, where Samuel Loomis could be seen shooting Michael who would appear via a scrim screen illusion. Guests would pass by a dead waitress as Michael Myers popped out from behind a wall panel before guests left the diner.

Guests would then enter an outdoor scene with a pumpkin scarecrow sitting on a bench surrounded by fences and lights hanging above it. The lights would turn on with a sound effect as Michael Myers jumped out with a knife.

Guests would enter another area with fences where Trick 'r Treaters would pop out from above with shaker cans. Guests would then see a bunch of pumpkins that would light up with a sound effect while Michael Myers popped out.

Then, guests entered an area with sheets where there were two Michael Myers scares. Guests could hear the sound of Sundae barking and then dying before entering the Meeker's House.

Inside the Meeker's House, guests could see the Sheriff on the couch dead with a pumpkin on his head and Kelly Meeker impaled on the wall with a shotgun. To the left of her, Michael Myers would pop out. Also in the scene was a TV playing the commercial from Halloween 3.

Guests would then enter a hallway where Sundae could be seen dead. Then, guests would go into another hallway where Michael Myers would pop out. Guests would then go into Jamie's Bedroom where Michael would appear in the mirror and then disappear. Jamie Lloyd would pop out from underneath the bed and to the left of the bed Michael Myers would pop out.

Guests would exit the house and enter an area where multiple Michael Myers would appear via Pepper's Ghost effects. There were three Michael Myers scares in this area.

Guests would then enter the Power Plant where Bucky could be seen behind a fence being electrocuted as Michael Myers popped out to the right.

Guests would then enter a black hallway with three Michael Myers scares before exiting the maze.

Changes in 2021[]

The following is a list of changes made to the Halloween Horror Nights 2021 Version of the Maze compared to the 2018 Version.

  • The facade is now much smaller.
  • There is now a fence portion to the left of the facade with posters of the upcoming Haddonfield Festival.
  • The facade has a shadow silhouette of a mechanic being killed with a crowbar instead of a waitress being choked to death.
  • The entire opening scene is laid out different and is scenically different.
  • The hanging by chains mechanic is now behind a window with a light flashing on him.
  • Mr Sandman plays in the opening scene instead for the facade audio.
  • The first trigger is now different instead of the sound of the chains of the mechanic falling.
  • "Why now? You've waited 10 years?" plays in the hallway leading to the diner scene now.
  • The transition to the diner is now a double scare with Michael Myers on the left and Bucky on the right behind glass.
  • All of Michael’s breathing audio is from the video game, Dead by Daylight now.
  • A spotlight now goes on Dr. Loomis when he is shooting Michael.
  • The recreation of the opening scene with the scarecrow doesn't have lights that flash on as a scare anymore. They just flash on and off.
  • They replaced the "Don't go to Haddonfield" line that plays at the recreation of the opening Scene with audio of the kids from 1978 Halloween saying "Trick or Treat! Trick or Treat! Give me something good to eat!".
  • They replaced the Michael Myers fence wall panel scares with scrim effect scares with him behind the fences.
  • The laughing sound effect from the lights scare in the 2018 Version now is one of Michael’s trigger for one of his scrim scares.
  • They replaced the Halloween 3 shaker can scares and the Michael popping out after Pumpkins go off with a Welcome to Haddonfield Sign where lighting Flashes on it and shows graffiti of Hell written on it and an effect where Michael rips off someone's head.
  • They moved the "Don't go to Haddonfield" line from the recreation of the opening scene to the Welcome to Haddonfield Scene.
  • The sheet section only has 1 Michael instead of 3 but he doesn't pop out behind the sheets this time around. He pops out behind a window.
  • The sound of Sundae barking at Michael before entering the house is now gone.
  • The house facade is much larger.
  • They replaced the under the bed Jamie Lloyd with a static figure of Jamie in her clown costume in bed.
  • There is no longer a Pepper's Ghost effect of Michael behind the mirror.
  • Michael's trigger is now Jamie's scream.
  • The hallway leading up to Sundae is now a black hallway and has Michael scare behind a door with a window.
  • They replaced Michael popping out of a door scare in the living room with Michael popping out behind a window.
  • The living room scene now has 2 Michael Myers instead of 1 like in 2018.
  • They replaced the Halloween 3 Commercial playing on the TV with the Screecher Footage from Titans of Terror.
  • The lights in the living room now flash before Michael Myers pops out.
  • There is now a new scene where Jamie Lloyd comes out in her clown costume with a knife and Dr. Loomis prepares to shoot her.
  • The black hallway ending is now a mirror ending with static figures of UV Michael Myers. 2 of them were real and would pop out at guests. 2 Michael Myers would appear behind mirrors as scrim effect scares.

Scareactors[]

Quotes[]

  • "Hey! Hey there! Hello! Hello? Uh is anybody here?" - Samuel Loomis
  • "Michael. I knew this day would come. God damn you." - Samuel Loomis
  • "Don't go to Haddonfield. Leave those people in peace." - Samuel Loomis
  • "Michael Myers is here in this town! He's here to kill that little girl and anybody else who gets in his way!" - Samuel Loomis
  • "Deputy Logan?" - Kelly Meeker
  • "He's been here." - Samuel Loomis
  • "Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to keep if I should die before I wake. I pray the Lord my soul to take." - Jamie Lloyd
  • "Help me! Help me!" - Jamie Lloyd
  • "Is that him?" - Ben Meeker
  • "Yes" - Samuel Loomis
  • "Oh Christ Doc." - Ben Meeker
  • "Dear God." - Samuel Loomis
  • "Hey you. This is city property. No trespassing." - Bucky
  • "The power line is down!" - Officer
  • "Maybe nobody knows how to stop him" - Samuel Loomis


Pictures[]

Videos[]

Soundtrack[]

Trivia[]

2018:[]

  • This maze was initially rumored to be based on Blumhouse's Halloween (2018), but the theme was switched at some point in development. It's unknown if this is true, but rumors for the reason for this change range from the parties involved wanting to avoid spoilers to Miramax's partial ownership by Disney getting in the way [1].
  • Opening night on the red carpet Murdy was doing an interview when he suddenly got hip checked by Jamie Lee Curtis. When he saw who it was he said, “Hey! I sat next to you at a Spinal Tap concert back in the 90’s!” Which was true. Her husband is Christopher Guest [2].
  • Murdy admitted that he and his team could have opted for a mask design more accurate to the film, but that he wasn't fond of how it looked so he chose not to.
  • Dwight H. Little Director of Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers & Tranca Films' Malek Akkad were given a special preview of the maze by John Murdy [3].
  • The facade has a sign that for a soda called Haddonfield-ECola that is a play on Coca=Cola, and the font is the same style as the one used for the soda [4].
  • John Murdy plays the Michael Myers in the video that plays outside of the facade of the house [5].
  • The woman playing the waitress that Michael is strangling in the facade video is one of the production coordinators of the team [6].
  • There was audio on the outside of the facade of the depicted the transport vehicle carrying Michael Myers crashing.
  • The car in the opening scene of the maze was the same one used in Friday the 13th: Camp Blood.
  • Michael's first trigger is when the mechanic falls down from the chains [7].
  • The charred body in the garage scene was from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Blood Brothers.
  • The furnaces in the garage scene were from A Nightmare on Elm Street: Freddy's Nightmare.
  • The interior of Penney’s diner was Murdy's favorite environment in the maze. All the details from the film were there from the menus to the pictures of Abraham Lincoln, the smashed phone, the dead waitress Michael strangled and even the pies in the display case she never got to serve [8].
  • They recreated Loomis encountering Michael live for the maze with Myers appearing via a scrim screen illusion [9].
  • The scene right after the Loomis shooting Michael scene is a direct reference/easter egg to the opening of Halloween 4.
  • The audio for the opening of Halloween 4 is from Titans of Terror.
  • Michael could hit a trigger that would activate sound/lights for Halloween decor to pull guests focus before he attacked [10].
  • Many references to Halloween III are featured in the house [11].
    • The trick 'r treaters from Halloween 3.
    • The witch, pumpkin, and skull wall Halloween decorations.
    • The Silver Shamrock commercial in Deputy Logan and Kelly Meeker's death scene.
  • In the sheets section, guests could hear the dog (Sundae) barking and then whimpering (something you don't hear in the movie since in only shows Sundae when he's dead). Later in a hallway you then see Sundae dead (as you see him in the movie).
  • They wanted to get all the details from the film right, including Kelly Meeker’s t-shirt [12].
  • The dead dog was from Alice Cooper Goes to Hell 3D.
  • In the interest of available space they made the Meeker and Lloyd residence the same house [13].
  • Michael is after his niece Jamie so they wanted to recreate that scene complete with Jamie being dragged under the bed which was a special effect controlled by a performer off set. This effect was intended to pull your focus away from Michael [14].
  • There was a double distraction in the scene. They also had Michael appearing ghost like in Jamie’s dresser mirror which was a 50/50 glass illusion [15].
  • The last major set piece of the maze was the power plant scene. Guests see poor power repairman Bucky get electrocuted which is kind of a bookend for the maze since another guy got charred in the garage [16].

2021:[]

  • This maze was initially rumored to be based on Halloween lll: Season of the Witch but the theme at some point during development was changed. The facade can be spotted being originally the Silver Shamrock Factory before being switched to Penny's Service Station [17].
  • One of the Haddonfield Festival posters outside the facade has the address as Fairview Avenue which is actually the real life street (In Pasadena, California) where Lynda and Laurie are walking home in 1978 Halloween.
  • There was a different shadow silhouette that played on the facade Window that showed Michael Myers killing a mechanic. [18].
  • All of Michael Myers's breathing Audio is from the Video Game, Dead by Daylight [19].
  • The boxes in the opening scene have a label for a oil manufacturer being HNH which stands for Horror Nights Hollywood.
  • One of the signs in the first scene in the 2021 version has a phone number and the last 4 digits are 1988 which was the year Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers came out.
  • The caricatures in the diner are members of the Prop and Set Design Team [20].
  • The Morley's Cigarettes in the diner are a fake brand of cigarettes that has appeared in various tv shows, films, and video games.
  • The door in the diner next to the static bandaged Michael Myers is from Creepshow.
  • The Welcome to Haddonfield sign is from Halloween: The Life & Crimes of Michael Myers. Also in the film at 1:16:37.
  • The head rip effect is from Friday the 13th: Camp Blood.
  • Some of the plushies in Jamie's room are rabbits from Us.
  • In Jamie's bedroom is Chicho the Monkey. Which is a maze protector and also mascot similar to Logs Bunny for Terror Tram [21].
  • In Jamie's bedroom there are her drawings on the wall (in the film at 8:07).
  • Compared to the 2018 version, Jamie's room in the 2021 version takes place at the point in the film where Jamie is sleeping in the Meeker home and Michael is breathing in the room (1:03:00).
  • In Deputy Logan and Kelly Meeker's death scene, the Screecher promo from Titans of Terror played on the T.V.
  • The ending is reused from Halloween: Michael Myers Comes Home.
  • Originally Murdy almost added the Costume Shop scene in the maze but opted for something else [22].

References[]

  1. https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1106113405298053125?s=19
  2. https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1372670776546095104?t=9Hi1HbHRPB6x2eu2jaxCBw&s=19
  3. https://twitter.com/HorrorNights/status/1038202319517544449?t=YUGHQBFShkjSg-o20dhe6g&s=19
  4. https://twitter.com/HorrorNights/status/1046194609305669633?s=20&t=XGqt1X0mVOypgfJRN0Ggjw
  5. https://twitter.com/HorrorNights/status/1051958438555725825?s=19
  6. https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1372670604399218689?t=5VeACvSxu1-3JJXg1WcqMQ&s=19
  7. https://youtu.be/QHVa7ZbJ218
  8. https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1372670644144500739?t=ikeY-wyHRyilcF4UckJ8lw&s=19
  9. https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1372670662322630658?t=5VDNvdNIot2qBXjrtMcxUA&s=19
  10. https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1372670672367927299?s=19
  11. https://twitter.com/HorrorNights/status/1046194299090743296?s=20&t=XGqt1X0mVOypgfJRN0Ggjw
  12. https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1372670690940362753?t=DWzrGSL_NlFSFEm6FmMsCw&s=19
  13. https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1372670698607550464?t=qQdbfxbwJZBSeJWAzxXS6A&s=19
  14. https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1372670708485095426?t=_Cnuu-hgzoR-bSmZJpoF4w&s=19
  15. https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1372670718538842115?t=80CBczZMnoOmAXWtCQAqpg&s=19
  16. https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1372670740697382919?t=ZT9ca7VgHcGjylS0Ak6UhA&s=19
  17. https://twitter.com/rideguy70/status/1396171722768846851?t=xqafoxGX8t1um1QoYlL7hg&s=19
  18. https://twitter.com/thehorrorchick/status/1436403852610244651?t=n6phrDye6YfenlT5Ovz89A&s=19
  19. https://youtu.be/CW5J3AJu0Cw
  20. https://twitter.com/DearJamieMR/status/1444841421366652931?t=LUALv0obH8J95bdjlA7PdA&s=19
  21. https://youtu.be/OuJ9QQ05hrc
  22. https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1428519330480738304?t=TmwaD_hLKrjXVVtY_kYeRg&s=19
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