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"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
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Halloween Horror Nights 13
Slogan The Director will see you now/ You want to be in pictures?/ 13 Years in the Making
Year 2003
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The Director

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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[]

Scarezones[]

Shows[]

Other Attractions[]

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

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Website Videos[]

Pictures[]

Halloween Horror Nights 13 Merchandise and Collectables[]

Videos[]

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.
Halloween Horror Nights 13
Characters: The Director (Event Icon)  • Incubus  • Succubus  • The Sentinel  • The Fire King  • The Ice Queen  • The Caretaker  • The Inmates of Shadybrook Asylum
Haunted Houses: All Nite Die-In  • Funhouse of Fear  • Jungle of Doom  • Psycho Scareapy  • Screamhouse: Revisited  • Ship of Screams
Scarezones: Boo-Ville  • Hide & Shrieeek!  • Immortal Island  • Night Prey  • Port of Evil  • Toxic City
Shows: Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure  • Infestation
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