Halloween Horror Nights: Tales of Terror

"Born of Gorewood from cold, dead ground
The Queen be lost, the Queen be found
Know ye witness the season come
Know ye witness our Queen be done"

"Each word sends a chill down your spine. Each page sends your pulse racing."

“Through the fog a gnarled tree is visible, its thick branches moving in the wind.  But as you approach, the awful truth becomes clear.  Those are not branches.  Those are people, hanging from the tree and writhing as they are drained of blood by horrible creatures from another world. Screams in the air. Chaos and horror on the ground. ”

-Press release

Halloween Horror Nights Orlando event
Halloween Horror Nights: Tales of Terror
Slogan	Tales of Terror/ No one will live happily ever after/Not just another Fairy Tale
Year	2005
Icon	The Storyteller
Icon attraction	Where Evil Hides
Number of haunted houses	7
Number of scarezones	4 (Official) 2 (Unofficial)
Preceded by	Halloween Horror Nights XIV
Followed by	Halloween Horror Nights: Sweet 16

Halloween Horror Nights: Tales of Terror was the 15^th Halloween Horror Nights event in Orlando.

Located in Islands of Adventure exclusively for the third time, it was the first time that all of the houses, scarezones, and shows were linked in a large event backstory. The Storyteller, Elsa Strict, weaved the tale of the “middle earth meets modern” world of Terra Cruentus, its ruler the Terra Queen, and her subjects. The event featured seven houses (and Rat Run), four scarezones (and The Hollows), and two special shows and ran for 19 nights from September 30 to October 31, 2005. On peak nights, parts of Universal Studios Florida would be opened through Maldaken Pass, allowing guests to ride some of the rides there and Rat Run.

In 2006 it was awarded by Amusement Today with the Golden Ticket Award for Best Halloween Event.

 Dates & Times

Event Nights

September 30 2005

October 1, 7-9, 12-16, 20-23, & 27-31 2005

Event Times

Sunday through Thursday ran from 7:00 PM to 12:00 AM

Friday and Saturday ran from 7:00 PM to 2:00 AM

Ticket Prices

Single Admission: $59.75 + tax

Attractions

Haunted Houses

• Demon Cantina (Carnage Warehouse)
• The Skool (Thunderfalls Terrace)
• Body Collectors (Jurassic Park Discovery Center)
• Terror Mines (Poseidon's Fury)
• Where Evil Hides (Soundstage 18)
• Cold Blind Terror (Soundstage 20)
• Blood Ruins (Soundstage 22)

Scarezones

• Terra Guard Run (Port of Entry)
• Blood Thunder Alley (Marvel Super Hero Island)
• Cemetery Mines (Jurassic Park)
• Fire Pits (Lost Continent)

Unofficial Scarezones

• The South Hollow (Toon Lagoon)

• The North Hollow (Seuss Landing)

Shows

• Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure (Toon Lagoon Amphitheater)
• Terra Throne (Port of Entry)

Other Attractions

• Caro-Seuss-el (Seuss Landing)
• One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (Seuss Landing)
• The Cat in the Hat (Seuss Landing)
• Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast (Peak Nights only) (Production Central)
• Shrek 4-D (Peak Nights only) (Production Central)
• Twister: Ride it Out (Peak Nights only) (New York)
• Revenge of The Mummy: The Ride (Peak Nights only) (New York)
• Rat Run (The Boneyard)
• Dueling Dragons (Lost Continent)
• The Flying Unicorn (Lost Continent)
• Jurassic Park River Adventure (Jurassic Park)
• Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls (Toon Lagoon)
• The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man (Marvel Super Hero Island)
• Doctor Doom's Fearfall (Marvel Super Hero Island)
• Incredible Hulk Coaster (Marvel Super Hero Island)
• Storm Force Accelatron (Marvel Super Hero Island)

Themed Dining Areas

• The Fatted Calf

• The Burning Oak (Enchanted Oak Tavern)

• Maldaken Pass (also doubling as a carnival game area and passageway to Universal Studios Florida)

Website Pictures

Images from the Halloween Horror Nights: Tales of Terror website until otherwise noted.

The Halloween Horror Nights: Tales of Terror archive drawer. The rest of the images are from the Halloween Horror Nights: Sweet 16 website until otherwise noted.

The Halloween Horror Nights: Tales of Terror archive registry.

The 2005 drawer after the icons added their notes.

A picture of the Halloween Horror Nights: Tales of Terror map.

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

Image from HHN Yearbook

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Website Videos

Halloween Horror Nights 2005 Commercial

Videos are from the Halloween Horror Nights: Tales of Terror website.

Halloween Horror Nights 15 Podcast

Website Audio

(music from Midnight Syndicate)

Audio that played on the Main Page:

Audio that played on the Event Map Page: Mansion in the Mist by Midnight Syndicate

Audio that played on the Library Page:

Audio that played on the Terra Cruentus Map Page: Graveyard by Midnight Syndicate

Audio that played when the Terra Cruentus symbol was clicked on the Terra Cruentus map Page:

Pictures

A picture of a computer with the HHN 15 website on its monitor. Photo from the owner of HorrorNightsCollector.

One of the scareactors that appeared at the event.

Image from dreamworlds.org.

Image from the now defunct nogodforme.com.

Image from the now defunct nogodforme.com.

Image from the now defunct nogodforme.com.

Image from chainsawwolf's Photobucket.

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Image from chainsawwolf's Photobucket.

Image from dreamworlds.org.

Image from the now defunct airtimecentral.com.

Image from the now defunct airtimecentral.com.

Image from Odessablue's Photobucket.

From HHNYearbook

Graphic from one of the maps from this year.

Image from Erik Johnson on the TPR Forums.

Image from Erik Johnson on the TPR Forums.

Image from Erik Johnson on the TPR Forums.

Image from Erik Johnson on the TPR Forums.

Image from Erik Johnson on the TPR Forums.

Image from Erik Johnson on the TPR Forums.

Image from Erik Johnson on the TPR Forums.

Image from HHNYearbook

Image from Screamscape.com

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Videos

Halloween horror nights 15 commerical.

HHN 15 - Commercial For Halloween Horror Nights 15 (Coke Version)

Soundtrack

Relic Uncovered

Theme that did played in the Ticket area.

Halloween Horror Nights: Tales of Terror Merchandise and Collectables

The front of the house shirt.

The back of the house shirt.

The cover of one of the Event Guides for the event.

HHN 15 Event Guide [12 AM Nights] [From HorrorUnearthed]

HHN 15 Pin [Image from HorrorUnearthed]

HHN 15 Poe/Seuss Pass [From HorrorUnearthed]

Halloween Horror Nights 15 Not Just Another Fairy Tale Storyteller T-Shirt [From HorrorUnearthed]

Halloween Horror Nights 15 Evil Diva Women's T-Shirt [Image from HorrorUnearthed]

Halloween Horror Nights 15 Tales of Terror Buy Your Tickets Now! Button [Image from HorrorUnearthed]

Halloween Horror Nights Terra Queen Symbol Small Temporary Tattoo Image from EvilTakesRoot

Halloween Horror Nights Terra Queen Symbol Large Temporary Tattoo Image from EvilTakesRoot

Halloween Horror Nights 15 Cloisonne Medallion Image from HHNCrypt

Image from HHN Yearbook

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Trivia

• Technically the Terra Queen could be considered the icon as there was some advertising and merchandise in store that had her visage.
• 2010 would feature an presentation and the vinyl albums of 2020-2021 featured 5 sound bites from the website.

Resources

• http://web.archive.org/web/20051013055205/http://www.screamscape.com/html/universal_orlando.htm
• https://www.islandsofadventure.com/hhn15.htm
• https://www.themeparkinsider.com/columns/joeslash/274.cfm
• http://www.horrornightnightmares.com/hhnforever/2005/