Halloween Horror Nights 13

"Meet The Director. The screams he captures on film are real. And whether you realize it or not, you have been just cast in his next picture."

"After the gates of Islands of Adventure close, a plague of darkness creeps over the islands. Super heroes disappear, and toxic sludge falls from the sky.  The friendly Sunday morning cartoons run in fear from the Ink Blots.  The dinosaurs are declared extinct as a tribe of primates move in, hunting and stalking their unsuspecting prey.  A mystical world is burned and then frozen with a battle between fire and ice.  A land of laughs and rhymes is suddenly discovered deserted, and a harbor of welcome is suddenly turned upside down by beckons and warnings not to enter the paths that lay ahead ... paths ruled by a demented filmmaker ..."

Halloween Horror Nights Orlando event
Halloween Horror Nights 13
Slogan	The Director will see you now/ You want to be in pictures?/ 13 Years in the Making
Year	2003
Icon	The Director
Icon attraction	All Nite Die-In
Number of haunted houses	6
Number of scarezones	6
Preceded by	Halloween Horror Nights: Islands of Fear
Followed by	Halloween Horror Nights XIV

Halloween Horror Nights 13 was the 13th Halloween Horror Nights event in Orlando. The event was located in Islands of Adventure for the second year in a row. The Director, also known as Paolo Ravinski (later changed to Paulo in Sweet 16), hosted the event, telling guests that "The Director Will See You Now". The event featured six haunted houses, sixscarezones, and two special shows, and ran for 21 days from October 3 to November 1, 2003.

The Event

For its 13th year, the event's theme was based on the evil mind of The Director, a film creator who often did short snuff films in which his victims died on camera. The houses were all "sets", and the Director himself hosted his own stage show, Infestation, where guests were invited up on stage to live out their fears of creatures. The event's commercials featured a cover of the song "You Oughta Be In Pictures" by the Boswell Sisters. As with Halloween Horror Nights: Islands of Fear, the scarezones were featured in each of the Islands of Adventure-themed lands. Only Boo-Ville and the Port of Evil (in name) returned for 2003's event. An extreme house called Severe Fear was planned to be held in the Carnage Warehouse this year, but was eventually scrapped.

Meet The Director

Once a small-time director who never really found an audience, he now spends his days in his abandoned theater. The film industry didn't take his work seriously and he never became respected and revered as a filmmaker, but all that will change.

He now has learned that reality filmmaking is the new way to make his mark by pushing the boundaries of filmmaking and proving his critics wrong.

His "actors" sacrifice everything to become a piece of filmmaking history. He films their reactions to a variety of deadly situations. Their pain is his art and like a director should be, he is in total control.

Welcome to the world of The Director. Get a behind-the-scenes look at The Director's latest work and take a look inside his dark mind through his "on the set" interview. Is it time for an Oscar nomination or just a room in an asylum?

Dates & Times

Event Nights

October 3-5, 10-12, 15-19, 22-26, & 28-31 2003

November 1 2003

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: $51.95 + tax

Attractions

Haunted Houses

• Ship of Screams (Popeye and Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges Queue)
• Funhouse of Fear (Thunderfalls Terrace)
• Jungle of Doom (Triceratops Discovery Trail)
• Psycho Scareapy (Jurassic Park Discovery Center)
• All Nite Die-In (Soundstage 20)
• Screamhouse: Revisited (Soundstage 20)

Scarezones

• Port of Evil (Port of Entry)
• Toxic City (Marvel Super Hero Island)
• Hide & Shrieeek! (Toon Lagoon)
• Night Prey (Jurassic Park)
• Immortal Island (Lost Continent)
• Boo-Ville (Seuss Landing)

Shows

• Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure (Toon Lagoon Amphitheater)
• Infestation (Enchanted Oak Tavern)

Other Attractions

• The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man (Marvel Super Hero Island)
• Incredible Hulk Coaster (Marvel Super Hero Island)
• Doctor Doom's Fearfall (Marvel Super Hero Island)
• Popeye and Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges (Toon Lagoon)
• Storm Force Accelatron (Marvel Super Hero Island)
• Jurassic Park River Adventure (Jurassic Park)
• One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (Seuss Landing)
• Caro-Seuss-el (Seuss Landing)
• The Flying Unicorn (Lost Continent)
• Dueling Dragons (Lost Continent)
• Poseidon's Fury (Lost Continent)
• Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls (Toon Lagoon)
• The Cat in the Hat (Seuss Landing)

Reviews

https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/halloween-horror-nights-13-years-in-the-making.27702/page-2

https://web.archive.org/web/20050315084912/http://www.ioacentral.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2343&whichpage=3

Website Pictures

Images from the Halloween Horror Nights 13 website until otherwise noted.

The Halloween Horror Nights 13 archive drawer. The rest of the images are from the Halloween Horror Nights: Sweet 16 website page until otherwise noted.

The Halloween Horror Nights 13 archive registry.

A picture of some of the various scareactors that appeared during Halloween Horror Nights 13.

The 2003 drawer with edits from the icons.

The 2003 archive registry with notes from The Director.

Image from the Halloween Horror Nights: Twenty Years of Fear website.

Website Videos

Halloween Horror Nights 13 - Electrocution Commercial

First three videos are from the Halloween Horror Nights 13 website.

Halloween Horror Nights 13 - Jester Commercial

HHN 13 The Director Icon Tease For Halloween Horror Nights 13

A look at Halloween Horror Nights 13 in 2003 at Universal Orlando

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

Pictures

Image from the now defunct universal-excitement.com.

Image from the now defunct universal-excitement.com.

Image from the now defunct universal-excitement.com.

Image from the now defunct universal-excitement.com.

Image from Jared Clemons on Facebook.

Image from Darrell (Wylder on Flickr)

Image from Darrell (Wylder on Flickr)

Image from Universal Orlando Resort

Halloween Horror Nights 13 Merchandise and Collectables

The front of the main event shirt.

The back of the main event shirt.

The front of the long shot glass that was at the event.

The back of the long shot glass that was at the event.

A picture of a cup that appeared at the event.

Image from the now defunct universal-excitement.com.

Staff Shirt Front.

Staff Shirt Back.

The back of the event guide. Image from the now defunct usfhq.com.

HHN 13 Event Guide [2 AM Night] Small Guide [From HorrorUnearthed]

HHN 13 2 AM Night Pamphalet [From HorrorUnearthed]

HHN 13 12 AM Pamphalet [From HHN 13]

HHN 13 Director “Do You Want To Be In Pictures” Shotglass Image from HorrorUnearthed

Halloween Horror Nights 13 Houses Pass [From HorrorUnearthed]

HHN 13 Feelin’ Lucky Director T-Shirt [From HorrorUnearthed]

Halloween Horror Nights 13 VIP A&D Pass [From HorrorUnearthed]

Halloween Horror Nights 13 Do You Want to Be In Pictures Director T-Shirt Image from HorrorUnearthed

Halloween Horror Nights 13 Plastic Light-Up Shotglass [Image from HorrorUnearthed]

Halloween Horror Nights 13 Flyer [Image from HorrorUnearthed]

Halloween Horror Nights 13 Cloisonne Medallion Image from HHNCrypt

Halloween Horror Nights 13 Cloisonne Medallion Image from HHNCrypt

Halloween Horror Nights 13 Logo Pin Image from HHNCrypt

Halloween Horror Nights 13 Trucker Cap Image from Michael Sheehy

Videos

HHN 13 - Extended Jester Commercial (Color)

HHN 13 - Extended Electrocution Commercial (Color)

HHN 13 - Extended Electrocution Commercial (Hotel Packages)

HHN 13 - Extended Electrocution Commercial (Hotel Packages)

Trivia

• Originally A&D planned to do a parade for this event but decided to not to do it, they would do then do a parade apart of the event the following year for Halloween Horror Nights XIV.