Halloween Horror Nights: Reflections of Fear

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Halloween Horror Nights: Reflections of Fear
Slogan	Reflections of Fear/ I dare you to say it one more time/Bloody Mary
Year	2008
Icon	Bloody Mary
Icon attraction	Reflections of Fear
Number of haunted houses	8
Number of scarezones	7
Preceded by	Halloween Horror Nights: Carnival of Carnage
Followed by	Halloween Horror Nights: Ripped From the Silver Screen

"She waits for you behind the mirror. She aches to hear you whisper her name. And before you know it, her cold breath is on your face and her icy hands reach out to pull you into her world."

"Chanting her name lures you through the mirror. A mesmerizing, swirling portal guides you through each world. You explore – nervous of what you might find, unsure of where Mary is taking you. Your own heartbeat quickens, but you can’t seem to draw yourself away from the spinning vortex. Did something just blink at you?"

Halloween Horror Nights: Reflections of Fear was the 18^th annual Halloween Horror Nights event at the Universal Orlando Resort. Held for 23 nights from September 26 to November 1, 2008, it included eight haunted mazes and six scarezones, was the largest Halloween Horror Nights up to that point, and held the second or third IP icon (although this case was a bit different from The Cryptkeeper).

Universal's creative team introduced the event and its icon Bloody Mary on the Halloween Horror Nights website in July, and expanded its backstory up to and during the run of the event. With Bloody Mary as icon, fears, fairy tales, and urban legends formed the overall arching theme of the event. With a press release on August 28, Universal revealed the names and descriptions of the mazes. Visible construction could be seen starting in August, and major scarezone construction began in early September. Although there was no elaborate opening show featuring Bloody Mary, the media event excluded, she made a number of appearances throughout the event.

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The Event Edit

The story started with an individual known as Mary Agana. Opening a facility in which she would perform experiments on fear, this would later spiral into a series of events in which she became a ruler of evil legends, Bloody Mary.

The theme of the event itself was that guests would step into "The Mirror" and enter a world that contained the twisted, disturbing, yet artistic visions of the violent Bloody Mary. With the exception of the shows, everything in the event was either tied into the Legend of Bloody Mary, or took place in a realm of the Mirror (Fears, Tales, Urban Legends, Nightmares, and Myths).

Attractions Edit

Every one of this year's haunted housed and scarezones was linked to Bloody Mary and her patients. Bloody Mary makes a brief appearance in every house, like an Easter egg.

Haunted Houses Edit

Reflections of Fear (Jaws Queue) - Bloody Mary's own haunted house, where guests were transported into 1958 and uncovered the gruesome scenes of the Doctor's facility.
Scary Tales: Once Upon a Nightmare (Parade Warehouse) - The third of the "Scary Tales" houses (the other two being Scary Tales in 2001 and Scary Tales II in 2002), this house invited guests to a wicked fairy-tale world ruled by the Evil Queen. Linked to Patient #5: Diane Bennett.
Creatures! (Soundstage 22) - Guests traveled through the Butchered Buck Roadhouse as comic book creatures attacked its backwoods inhabitants. Linked to Patient #4: John Deedle.
Interstellar Terror (Soundstage 20) - Guests boarded the NSO Columbus 1492, a ghostly spaceship that had disappeared for several years before returning to the orbit of Earth's moon with a mysterious artifact on-board. Linked to Patient #2: Lt. Von Stebler.
Dead Exposure (Sprung Tent 2) - Guests witnessed an invasion of zombies seen through the viewpoint of a celebrity photographer. Linked to Patient #3: Charlie McPherson.
Doomsday (Disaster! Queue) - Based on Universal's film Doomsday, guests had to survive a post-apocalyptic Scotland ravaged by a deadly virus. Linked to Patient #6: Thorton M. Kesterson.
The Hallow (Sprung Tent 1) - Guests traveled to an ancient ceremonial ruin haunted by the servants of Samhain, the Lord of the Underworld, to experience the traditions of Halloweens past. Linked to Patient #1: Eileen Harrell.
Body Collectors: Collections of the Past (Soundstage 20) - A follow-up to the 2005 Body Collectors house, it invited guests to Victorian London, where the Collectors were using Jack the Ripper as a cover-up for their ghastly business. Linked to Patient #7: Dr. Christian Kubsch.

Scarezones Edit

Dark Reflections (Front Lot) was where guests entered the bloody world of The Mirror and approached Mary's Mirror Minions.
Asylum in Wonderland (Hollywood Boulevard) permitted guests to "enter the Looking Glass", where Bloody Mary's Wonderland awaited them.
Fractured Tales (Woody Woodpecker's Kidzone) combined Halloween legends and fairy tales into an evil reality.
The Path of the Wicked (Plaza of the Stars) was an evil version of the Land of Oz, where the Wicked Witch reigned and Dorothy had been killed.
The Skoolhouse (Mel's Drive-In) took place in Mr. Renshaw's class, where Bloody Mary possessed everyone in the Skool and turned the formerly quaint teaching grounds into Mary's Murder 101.
American Gothic (Shrek Alley) was a twist on strange killings and American folklore legends from the past, with the evil Lizzie Borden as the guests' "tour guide".
Streets of Blood (New York) was where The Collectors awaited victims in the streets of Victorian London, using Jack the Ripper as their scapegoat.

In addition to this, Bloody Mary also provided three additional, unofficial horrorscapes:

Doomsday: The Infected (Doomsday Exit) - The Chainsaw Drill Team Scarezone for 2008 was linked to the House.
The Harvest (Central Park) - Light your way through Central Park with over 500 Jack-O-Lanterns.
Zombies! (World Expo) - Bloodthirsty Zombies lurk through the streets, hungry for their next victims.

Shows Edit

The Rocky Horror Picture Show Tribute (Beetlejuice Stage) - Mad scientist Dr. Frank-N-Furter, Rocky Horror, and other famous Rocky Horror Picture Show characters return, bringing the musical mayhem of the classic horror spoof to life on-screen and on-stage with live performers singing and dancing in outrageous costumes. The tribute was interactive with audience participation and on-stage guest involvement.
Brian Brushwood (Animal Actor's Stage) - Based on his popularity as a part of last year's Freak Show, Brian Brushwood returned, presenting some of his signature acts in his own show.
Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure (Fear Factor Stage) - Bill S. Preston Esq. and Ted Theodore Logan returned with an all-new, especially excellent Halloween adventure featuring a who's who of notorious celebrity guest stars.

Rides Edit

Revenge of the Mummy: The Ride is an indoor roller coaster inspired by The Mummy and its sequels.
The Simpsons Ride is a motion simulator ride which takes the rider through the world of Krustyland with The Simpsons characters.
Disaster!: A Major Motion Picture Ride...Starring You! put the rider in the middle of a new Disaster movie made by fictional company Disaster Studios.
Men in Black: Alien Attack is an interactive dark ride adventure where the guest joins the ranks of the Men in Black to save New York City from a recent alien invasion.
Jaws puts the guest aboard Captain Jake's Amity Boat Tours, where they'll journey around the island of Amity, hoping to avoid the menace known as JAWS.

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