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"Join Freddy Krueger and enter the world of nightmares, and he's got Jason and Leatherface to help him wreak havoc."

"Freddy Krueger the father of all nightmares has invaded Universal's Halloween Horror Nights and turned it and all it's attractions into a living nightmare! With Jack gone he runs the show, and dares park guest to take his Nightmare Tour where the world of Horror movies and the Realm of Nightmares collide and for the first time he is loose on the backlot where he dares you to "Live your worst nightmare!".

Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood event
Halloween Horror Nights 2008
Slogan Live Your Worst Nightmare/ Where Nightmares Come Alive
Year 2008
Icon Freddy Krueger
Icon attractions A Nightmare on Elm Street: Home Sweet Hell

Terror Tram: The Nightmare Tour

Number of haunted mazes 4
Number of scarezones 7
Preceded by Halloween Horror Nights 2007
Followed by Halloween Horror Nights 2009

Halloween Horror Nights 2008 (Hollywood) was the 9th year of Halloween Horror Nights at Hollywood. Whereas Orlando brought in a terrifying urban legend from the reflections of death, a being who existed in the realm of sleep has now plunged Universal Studios Hollywood into the Nightmare World.

Event Nights[]

October: 3-4, 10-11, 17-19, 24-26, & 30-31, 2008

November 1st, 2008

Story[]

In 2007, a mentally unstable man in a clown get-up who believed that the root of all evil was born on the Universal Backlot brought forth The Carnage Killers in order to wreak havoc on Universal Studios Hollywood. As soon as the madness ended, all the clowns went back to their realms, and the Ringmaster took a bus back to Orlando.

However, he did not count for what would be the fate of the Carnage Killers. One of them, a man in a red and green sweater and a burned visage due to revenge from a lynch mob, had the name of Freddy Krueger. Freddy, like his previous harlequin boss, was a sardonic monster who would lure children with wit, and then brutally take their lives. He was eventually found out and arrested, but due to a legal technicality, he was allowed to walk free, an action which drew forth the decision by the aforementioned lynch mob.

After his death, he lurked in one of the realms of sleep, where he would continue his crimes on the children of the mob, and then move on to innocents. Eventually however, the bewildered town of Springswood managed to find a way to get rid of him once and for all... or so they thought.

The stories of his crimes were made into the seminal horror series Nightmare on Elm Street. The aforementioned clownman, a big fan of the movies and the killer, managed to bring back the boogeyman as part of the Carnage Killer trio. Freddy would take guests to the asylum where he was born, where he tried to raise an Army of the Insane using the patients living in there.

While he claimed more lives, eventually the Ringmaster ended the carnage and took off to Orlando. Freddy, meanwhile, was trapped in the undermosts of Hell, neglected by the clown, and unable to find a way out. However he soon found a ticket.

In Springswood, the town where the burned man took his most vicious of crimes, a real estate agent tried to sell 1428 Elm Street, the place where Nancy and Jesse were tormented by The Nightmare Demon, to whoever had enough money. This allowed Freddy to spring into action and lay waste upon Springswood in retaliation.

Somewhere along the way, Freddy somehow gained abilities to submerge a state of land with the world of dreams. Wanting to unleash ravagement upon the masses, he returned to the place where he was allowed to wreak havoc: Universal Studios Hollywood.

With the joker away, Freddy upgraded from the Sensational Slasher into The Dream Demon sent Universal Studios Hollywood into some sort of ”awake sleep“ status, where on the warped version of the Universal Backlot, he would be loose and getting his claws on whoever prey. Freddy's Krueger Nightmare Minions, warped versions of child's toys, were to scourge for fresh prey on the park and the "Nightlot".

Freddy summoned two of his friends from the previous traveling fair: Jason, and Leatherface. Together, with the help of The Strangers, The Titans of Terror would claim the souls of those who did not escape this Literal Nightmare.

The Father of All Nightmares[]

Freddy Krueger appeared in all of the adverts, which depicted him in red colored woods. Jason and Leatherface would also appear in some of the adverts. Part of the nightmare campaign was a bunch of posters featuring pillows stitched with gruesome words.

Commercial

At the event itself, a cardboard image of him was at the gates with his red and green color scheme permeating. He appeared as a statue at the front of the park and once again had his own maze. Additionally, Freddy held a very large presence in the Terror Tram.

Attractions[]

Haunted Mazes[]

Terror Tram[]

Scarezones[]

Shows[]

Rides[]

  • Jurassic Park Nightmare
  • Revenge of the Mummy: The Ride
  • The Simpsons Ride
  • Terminator 2: 3D

Other Attractions[]

Pictures[]


Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood 2008 Collectibles and Merchandise[]

Trivia[]

  • The event was largely unchanged from 2007; minus the omission of Jack and new Freddy elements in his house and the Terror Tram.
  • While the reuse of New line Characters was inevitable as this was in the VERY early years of HHN Hollywood as a way to save money; John Murdy was unhappy with the shoehorning of Jack in 2007, so he would have brought them back regardless as to make them stand out more on their own (he said in an interview that using a original character as the focus was unnecessary).

Halloween Horror Nights 2008
Characters: Freddy Krueger (Event Icon)  • The Strangers  • Jason Voorhees  • Leatherface
Haunted Mazes: A Nightmare on Elm Street: Home Sweet Hell  • Friday the 13th: Camp Blood  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Back in Business  • Universal's House of Horrors: Meet The Strangers
Terror Tram: Terror Tram: The Nightmare Tour
Scarezones:The Nightmare Begins...  • The Black Death  • The Dead Shall Rise  • Deadwood • The Dark Streets of London • Revenge of the Pigs  • The Strangers
Shows: Slaughter World 3 • Chucky's Insult Emporium • Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure
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