Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood attraction | |
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Holidayz in Hell | |
Attraction type | Scarezone |
Event | Halloween Horror Nights 2018 |
Park | Universal Studios Hollywood |
Area | Metro Lot |
Year | 2018 |
Housed in | Metro Lot |
Based on | Original |
Followed By |
Holidayz in Hell (2019) |
Holidayz in Hell was one of the five scarezones that were featured during Halloween Horror Nights 2018 (Hollywood). It was located in the Metro Lot.
Description[]
Every day is Halloween in this irreverent send up of the Holidays of the year. Encounter creepy Cupids, lecherous Leprechauns and evil Easter bunnies as you take a terrifying trip through these psychotic seasonal celebrations… screaming all the way!
Scareactors[]
- Cupid (Valentine’s Day)
- Leprechaun (St. Patrick’s Day)
- Easter Bunny (Easter)
- El Señor (Cinco de Mayo)
- La Señorita (Cinco de Mayo)
- Uncle Sam (4th of July)
- Sheet Ghost (Halloween)
- El Muerto (Dia de los Muertos)
- Turkey Lurkey (Thanksgiving)
- Nightmare Elf (Christmas)
- Mrs. Claus (Christmas)
- Krampus (Christmas)
- Father Time (New Years Eve)
Pictures[]
Some photos taken by @denmotherknowsbest and @yaasss_universal on Instagram.
Soundtrack[]
Videos[]
Trivia[]
- The first year they did Dark Christmas, Pat Quinn thought to himself "Gee if I could ever do a maze what would I do?" and it was the Holidayz in Hell concept. Now that he was working on the Metro Area, he thought this was perfect for the concept [1].
- Based on guest rankings, this scarezone was allegedly the highest rated attraction in the event's history at the time, including scarezones and mazes. This was likely a major factor as to why it later became a maze.
- A majority of the masks and costumes from this zone would be reused the next year for the maze adaptation of the scarezone and its accompanying zone Christmas in Hell.
- This is one of Murdy's favorite zones of all time conceived by Pat Quinn on their team [2].
- This zone reuses several props, set pieces, and costumes from previous years.
- The static skeletons from The Shining.
- A cage from previous years.
- Bad Bunny (Hell-O-Ween) costume for a static figure for Easter.
- The wagon in the Cinco De Mayo section was from the Old Wild West Stunt Show [3].
- American Flags from The Purge: Election Year.
- The American light flags from The Horrors of Blumhouse.
- Several set pieces from Hell-O-Ween.
- A upside down hanging man from The Purge: Election Year.
- The burnt man from American Horror Story: Roanoke [4].
- The music and set pieces from Dark Christmas.
- The snowman from Krampus.
- The initial plan for the beginning of the zone was to have a large archway with a giant grandfather clock and actors portraying Baby New Year, but for unknown reasons this concept didn't make it to the final version of the zone [5].
- It’s starts with New Year’s Day which in the zone was just a scenic set up. For the maze in 2019 they made a bigger deal out of this section. Little shining “Gold Room” vibe going on here with a disco ball [6].
- The Cupid was loosely inspired by Bluto from Animal House [7].
- For Pat Quinn, Cupid was inspired by Danny Devito in Tax [8].
- Saint Paddy’s Day featured a funny Easter Egg that Murdy as a lifelong Laker fan found particular funny [9].
- They wanted to differentiate it from Bad Bunny that they had already done so they wanted to do the real Easter Bunny for Easter as if he rose out of the grave with a half exposed skull [10].
- The Easter section had a girl in a bunny outfit in a cage, which was a reference to House of 1000 Corpses [11].
- Murdy said at Monsterpalooza that visually it's a return to La Llorona [12].
- They had already done a Uncle Sam character before so they wanted to do it differently with a half skull exposed Uncle Sam. [13].
- They wanted to change up the sheet ghost design since they had done it for Hell-O-Ween so they had the idea of if a bucket of blood had been dumped on the character and the sheet is clinging to his face and it's skull underneath the sheet [14].
- The Halloween section was two parts, American Halloween with this Sheet Ghost character and a Day of the Dead section with UV skeletons. [15].
- They were having issues coming up with something for Thanksgiving that didn't look silly. They looked up Skinned Turkey Head to get the inspiration for Turkey Lurkey [16].
- They wanted to change up certain things with Christmas by having an Evil Elf having no Eyes. Since they had already had Santa Claus featured before they wanted to have Mrs. Claus in charge now. They wanted to change Krampus to change the look to be rock and roll [17].
- Father Time was at the end of the zone representing New Year’s Eve which brings us back to the beginning [18].
References[]
- ↑ https://youtu.be/FmdkYVllVFM
- ↑ https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1371588176607862784?s=20&t=ogY6UtnTKQ7f3cGAZRcqwQ
- ↑ https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1371595563527979015?s=19
- ↑ https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1371599389479866368?s=20&t=ogY6UtnTKQ7f3cGAZRcqwQ
- ↑ https://youtu.be/FmdkYVllVFM
- ↑ https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1371589634048790531?s=20&t=ogY6UtnTKQ7f3cGAZRcqwQ
- ↑ https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1371591261103267840?s=19
- ↑ https://youtu.be/FmdkYVllVFM
- ↑ https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1371592585425354763?s=20&t=ogY6UtnTKQ7f3cGAZRcqwQ
- ↑ https://youtu.be/FmdkYVllVFM
- ↑ https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1371594357149679620?s=19
- ↑ https://youtu.be/FmdkYVllVFM
- ↑ https://youtu.be/FmdkYVllVFM
- ↑ https://youtu.be/FmdkYVllVFM
- ↑ https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1371598542444363780?s=20&t=ogY6UtnTKQ7f3cGAZRcqwQ
- ↑ https://youtu.be/FmdkYVllVFM
- ↑ https://youtu.be/FmdkYVllVFM
- ↑ https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1371600828704907268?s=20&t=ogY6UtnTKQ7f3cGAZRcqwQ
Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood 2018 |
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Haunted Mazes: Stranger Things • Trick 'r Treat • The First Purge • The Walking Dead Attraction • Poltergeist • Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers • The Horrors of Blumhouse: Chapter Two • Universal Monsters: Music by Slash |
Terror Tram: Hollywood Harry's: Dreadtime Storyz |
Scarezones: Holidayz in Hell • Trick 'r Treat • Monster Masquerade • Hell's Harvest • Toxxic Tunnel |
Show: Jabbawockeez |