Halloween Horror Nights VII: Frightmares

Halloween Horror Nights Orlando event
Halloween Horror Nights VII
Slogan	Frightmares You'll Never Sleep Again
Year	1997
Icon/'s	N/A
Icon attraction	N/A
Number of haunted houses	3
Number of scarezones	1
Number of shows	4
Preceded by	Halloween Horror Nights VI
Followed by	Halloween Horror Nights VIII

Halloween Horror Nights VII: Frightmares was the seventh annual Halloween Horror Nights event held in Orlando. Located in Universal Studios Florida, the event was advertised with a small demon named Eyegore keeping an open touting, "You'll Never Sleep Again".

The event featured three haunted houses, one scarezone, three shows, and a parade, and ran for 17 days from October 3 to November 1, 1997. It also had around 450 scareactors.

Dates & Times

Event Nights

October 3-4, 10-11, 16-18, 22, & 24-31 1997

November 1 1997

Event Times

Non Peak Nights ran from 7:00 PM to 12:00 AM

Peak Nights (Fridays and Saturdays) ran from 7:00 PM to 2:00 AM

Ticket Prices

Florida Residents (In advance at Ticketmaster with coupon from Pepsi or Taco Bell): $24.75

Florida/ Georgia Residents Single Admission (Kids 3-9): $27.00 + tax

Florida/ Georgia Residents Single Admission: $29.75 + tax

Single Admission (Kids 3-9): $32.00 + tax

Single Admission: $39.75 + tax

One-Night Spooktacular (Hotel Stay): $59.00

Two-Night Gory Getaway: $99.00

Attractions

Haunted Houses

• Universal's Museum of Horror (Soundstage 22): The world's only museum where the guards have to warn the exhibits not to touch the visitors. Here, all your favorite Classic Universal Monsters and present-day horror icons come to life... much to your dismay.
• Hotel Hell (Nazarman's): Check into one of the trendiest hotels in New York... at least, it was before it became the crumbling home to hostile ghosts, menacing phantoms, demented staff members and violent bums.
• Tombs of Terror (Earthquake Queue): A terrifying journey into a New Orleans cemetery leads you deeper and deeper into the dark world of blood-thirsty vampires, murderous mutants and deranged, chainsaw-toting maniacs.

  

Scarezones

• Midway of the Bizarre (Amity), Beware the knife-wielding clowns and horrifying sideshow acts. Try your luck and win a prize, or lose your life.

Shows

• Festival of the Dead Parade (Parade Route): The streets come alive with the walking dead in this ghoulish procession of nightmarish floats, costumed creatures and ghostly surprises.
• Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure VI: The Final Frontier (Wild West Stage): Party on with Bill and Ted as these two most excellent dudes encounter awesome heroes and bogus villains from the movies and TV.
• Abra-Cadaver (Animal Actor's Stage): Evil magicians take to the stage in this horror magic show where member of the audience can "volunteer" to be sawed in half...And thirds...And quarters...And sixteenths...
• Frightmares (Mel's Drive-In Stage): Party loud enough to wake the dead! Your worst nightmares take center stage as some of your favorite stars gather for an all night, toungue-in-cheek rock n' roll spectacular.

Other Attractions

• Dracula's Tavern (Various Locations): Quench your thirst with Specialty Drinks at Dracula's Tavern or one of our other fine bar locations. The Count is offering a variety of "spirits" for your sucking pleasure.
• The Funtastic World of Hanna Barbera (Production Central)
• Stage 54: House of Frankenstein (Soundstage 54): Dance 'til dawn on the incredible nightclub set of NBC's exciting new miniseries, House of Frankenstein. See elaborate props, amazing special make-up effects and more.
• Hercules & Xena (Soundstage 44)
• Kongfrontation (New York)
• Beetlejuice's Graveyard Revue (San Francisco)
• Earthquake: The Big One (San Francisco)
• JAWS (Amity)
• Back to the Future: The Ride (World Expo)
• E.T. Adventure (World Expo)
• The Haunted Bar at The Hollywood Hotel (Cafe La Bamba): Rub elbows with your favorite Hollywood celebrities (living and dead) while you enjoy a variety of spirited drinks including The Vampire's Delight, The Werewolf's Bark, The Blood Brain and more. Have your palm read, and enjoy classic Universal horror films while you relax in the wine and cigar bars.
• The Horror Make-Up Show (Pantages Theater)
• Cybermirror (Pantages Theater): Kodak takes funhouse mirrors into the next dimension with Cybermirror: an innovative video experience that distorts your features so cruelly your own mother wouldn't recognize you.
• Terminator 2: 3-D (Hollywood)

Pictures

Photo copyrighted by "Reaper".

The map for the event.

Image from Sean Corey Adams.

The entrance to Cybermirror. Image from Unkle Heavy on Youtube.

Image from Sean Corey Adams.

Image from Yves-Richard.

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Advertising Art Concept Image from https://www.dismukes.com

Image from designingfear

Image from Yves-Richard on Youtube.

Image from Yves-Richard on Youtube.

Image from Yves-Richard on Youtube.

Website Pictures

The Halloween Horror Nights VII archive drawer. All images from the Halloween Horror Nights: Sweet 16 website page until otherwise noted.

The Halloween Horror Nights VII archive registry.

A picture of the Halloween Horror Nights VII brochure.

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

Website Videos

Commercial for Universal Orlando's Halloween Horror Nights 7 in 1997

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

Halloween Horror Nights VII Merchandise and Collectables

The front of the Halloween Horror Nights VII Staff shirt.

The back of the Halloween Horror Nights VII Staff shirt.

The front of one of the Halloween Horror Nights VII shirts.

The back of one of the Halloween Horror Nights VII shirts.

The front of the main event shirt.

The back of the main event shirt.

Halloween Horror Nights VII Houses Pass [From HorrorUnearthed]

Halloween Horror Nights VII Frightmares Abracadaver Pass [From HorrorUnearthed]

Halloween Horror Nights VII Maroon Dubloon Image from HorrorUnearthed

Halloween Horror Nights VII You'll Never Sleep Again Ask Me Button Image from HorrorUnearthed

Halloween Horror Nights VII Cloisonne Medallion Image from HHNCrypt

Videos

HHN 7 - Commercial For Halloween Horror Nights 7-2

Halloween Horror Nights (7) 1997 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS

Halloween Horror Nights VII at Universal Studios-October 24th 1997-Orlando, Florida-3

More Halloween Horror Nights VII at Universal Studios-October 25th 1997-Orlando, Florida

Trivia

• This year Universal would have a billboard for the event featuring Eyegore pulling an person's eye-lid biting and drawing blood as part of their campaign for the event. Many parents were upset with the billboard, so they ended up having to change the billboard's design.

Halloween Horror Nights VII
Characters: Eyegore
Haunted Houses: Hotel Hell • Tombs of Terror • Universal's Museum of Horror
Scarezone: Midway of the Bizarre
Shows: Abra-Cadaver  • Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure VI: The Final Frontier  • Festival of the Dead Parade  • Frightmares