A jack-o-lantern carved into the likeness of Count Dracula sits in front of a spooky, storm background as a VO announcer invites the viewer to "party with [their] favorite monsters" during the event at Universal Studios Florida. With each lightning flash, the jack-o-lantern transforms into other classic Universal Monsters, such as Frankenstein's Monster, The Bride of Frankenstein, and The Mummy. More details about a discount via Pepsi was shared throughout the ad, as a pumpkin transformed into a Pepsi bottle before turning back into a pumpkin again. After another lightning flash, the pumpkin suddenly had the Halloween Horror Nights logo carved into it, with the event dates shown at the bottom of the screen. Finally, one last pumpkin had a large knife cutting from the inside, and a grinning, glowing face appeared with a scream in the background.
Being one of the earliest commercials for Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando, it is also considered to be a staple of nostalgic Halloween commercials in general.
The commercial was hosted by The Cryptkeeper from his television show, "Tales From The Crypt". With the combination of various clips, he showed viewers what to expect for the fifth Halloween Horror Nights event, complete with his traditional brand of puns. As he described it, guests could "meet some new FIENDS, play a SCAR-ring role in a KILLER show, and ROTS more!" More clips of the event and "Tales From The Crypt" were shown as The Cryptkeeper told any guests attending the even they'll "DIG it!" before laughing maniacally.
For this commercial, we're shown various shots of a thunderstorm and a pair of sleeping eyes, cut between the message "You'll Never Sleep Again..." As the camera zooms in on the eyes, a small green winged demon - Eyegore - flies on an eye lid, forces it open and bites into it. The eyeball looks around in frantic and frightened movements. What followed was a shot of the Universal Orlando archway surrounded by lightning and the Halloween Horror Nights VII logo. Finally, Eyegore flies in front of the camera, snarling and growling before zooming towards the camera, ending the commercial.
A woman comes home during a thunderstorm, frantically opening the door. When she goes in her kitchen, her lights have been cut out. Then a screaming face suddenly appears and she screams back, dropping her Pepsi, which the face then drinks. She screams while looking at the Pepsi and the commercial ends.
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The Primal Scream face logo's appearance in the commercial Image from Universal Orlando Resort
The commercial starts with a banner displaying the Halloween Horror Nights X logo as various scareactors terrify two teenagers. They soon discover a photo booth standing alone in the Amity area of the park. They step inside to take a picture, and Pop Goes the Weasel begins to play. As the song dies down, the camera cuts to the outside of the booth, and flashes and screaming are both seen and heard. The photos develop, and we see Jack the Clown terrorizing the two. As a final scare, he bursts out of the photo booth laughing at the camera.
Another commercial was produced incorporating a Coca Cola promotion with an entirely new plot. A man is in a therapist's office, resting hist head on his partner's lap while trembling in fear. The doctor insists on turning off his lights to "reveal [their] nightmare." The man describes the incident occurring at the tenth Halloween Horror Nights. After making an aside about saving money via the Coca Cola promo, he recalls seeing a clown named Jack, following him everywhere while his laughter constantly rings in his head. We see a flashback of the couple and their friends being followed by Jack in the park, with the demented clown laughing maniacally all the way. The poor man frantically tells the doctor that the nightmare could be real, and it turns out to be true as Jack, himself, suddenly appears at the doctor's chair, ready to strike at the screaming couple while he laughs even more.
A picture of some of the concept art for the commercial.
A picture of some of the concept art for the commercial.
Halloween Horror Nights X (2000) Commercial - Coca Cola version
A group of teenagers walk through the park, searching for Jack. Unbeknownst to them, his brother, Eddie is watching them through the unglazed portions (spelling ICU) of a glass window. He crashes out of the window at them, wearing a cloth mask that looks like Jack's face. He peruses one of the teens and the scene cuts to his silhouetted face as he sarcastically quips his brother's slogan, "I'm back!"
Halloween Horror Nights XII Commercial (Meet The Caretaker)
The Caretaker is seen washing his hands and trying to pick a tool to kill his victims strapped to a table. "Eeny, meenie, miney, moe. Catch a body by the toe. If he hollers, cut him low. Eenie, meenie, miney..." He stops, and picks his weapon: The oversized scissors. "Moe." A closeup shot of a frightened man is seen on the table before the Caretaker uses his shears to begin his work.
Another commercial shows the Caretaker spying on a teenage couple walking down an alley. Suddenly, the girl hears a noise. The boy looks behind her to see the Caretaker wielding his scissors.
Another commercial has the Caretaker play This Little Piggy with four bodies, saying, "This little piggy went to market, this little piggy should have stayed home, this little piggy had roast beef and this little piggy was all alone..." The commercial ends with the him covering one of the bodies with a sheet.
HHN 13 - The Director Icon Tease For Halloween Horror Nights 13
The first ad features a series of little excerpts with The Director interspersed with clips from the other two ads. It plays out like an interview with Paolo, himself, as he talks about his passion for "real blood on film" and how "[his] actors only get one take... it's a short take."
Halloween Horror Nights XIII Extended Electrocution Commercial (Color)
The second ad features The Director playing the song, "You Ought to Be in Pictures" on a record player while setting up a scene. A robed man is bound to a bathtub with no hope of escape. Then it cuts to The Director pulling a switch which electrocutes his victim.
Halloween Horror Nights XIII Extended Jester Commercial (Color)
The third version features The Director playing the song, "You Ought to Be in Pictures" on a record player while torturing a man dressed up as a jester by stretching his mouth into a smile with hooks. Near the end, a bloodied jingle bell is seen falling to the ground.
A man runs out of a white room filled with medical equipment. Suddenly, the walls warp and stretch as creatures try to emerge from them and grab the frightened man.
The door on the other side of the room opens, revealing the same man, only this time there's a body bag sitting on the medical chair. The body bag quickly sits up, startling the man, who promptly leaves as the bag unzips itself.
He runs out the door he came in, and comes back in the same room. Suddenly, the walls begin to bleed and close in on him and he drops to his knees and screams in insanity.
In the hotel version, the man runs into his hotel room, breathing heavily and relaxing in a chair before a hand emerges from the wall and grabs his face.
The Storyteller is seen finishing telling a tale in the North Hollow Household to a frightened man, who is wrapped up in a blanket. She touches his sweating forehead and says "Oh, dear, you look a little warm!" She quickly removes the blanket, and reveals he is on a bed of spikes and above him is an anvil. "Sweet dreams!" she exclaims, laughing. She then grabs a pair of scissors, cuts the rope holding up the anvil and it drops on him.
This was the only 02-09 era ad Dean Karr did not direct (It was directed by someone named Amanda Evans).
In an alternate version, The Storyteller says, "Remember the moral of the story, dear: one man's treasure, is another man's PAIN!" before uncovering the bed of spikes.
Halloween Horror Nights XVI Commercial (Extended Version)
A music box version of "The Happy Birthday Song" begins to play as footsteps are seen walking slowly on the floor. We get glimpses of a man realizing he is trapped inside a coffin with a glass top. The figures are seen walking down various hallways, carrying a cake with flickering candles. The man struggles to break free, but to no avail. The footsteps stop and the music builds as it's revealed the figures are Jack the Clown, The Caretaker, The Director and The Storyteller. They look down on the poor man as he hyperventilates inside his coffin prison. The Caretaker then places the cake on the box, brings out a meat cleaver, and cuts the cake along with the screaming man.
In the hotel version of the commercial, a couple is getting settled in a hotel room when they hear a knock on the door. The man opens the door and is startled to see The Caretaker staring at him.
A man enters a fortunetelling booth at a carnival, with the silhouette of a fortuneteller beckoning him closer. Then he is dealt three different tarot cards, each of which feature Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger, and Leatherface. With each card presented, the man's breath becomes more frantic and panicked. When the man asks what his future is, the fortuneteller is revealed to be Jack the Clown who tells him, "You don't have one!" Then he laughs maniacally as Jason, Freddy, and Leatherface kill the man.
In the uncut version of this commercial, a bit of blood (presumably from the victim) is splattered onto the camera when he is attacked by Leatherface.
Halloween Horror Nights 2008 RARE Full TV Commercial Footage Version 2
In her own world, Bloody Mary is in her office, surrounded by motifs of her previous victims. She prepares to make her appearance as she sloppily puts red lipstick on, brushes her messy hair and trims her fingernails, making them sharp.
Suddenly she tenses as she hears a man saying, "Bloody Mary." She wipes the dust off her mirror to see the man as he says, "Bloody Mary" for the second time. Then we see him in his bathroom, saying "Bloody Mary" for the third and final time. At that point, Bloody Mary bursts out of the mirror and screams as glass shatters in every direction, sealing the man's fate.
2008 Universal's Halloween Horror Nights Full Length Bloody Mary Video
In the hotel version, a woman is getting ready in front of a mirror in her hotel room. The lights suddenly go out and Bloody Mary screams at her in the reflection as the woman turns around to find her. The extended version of this scene includes Mary choking the woman suspended above the floor.
We are first shown a movie screen playing the "Let's All Go to the Lobby" cartoon. It's break time at a movie theater, and a teenage boy leaves his date to go get some treats.
Hiding behind the ticket booth, the Wolfman growls and licks his lips. Hiding in the broken popcorn machine is Chucky who smiles and looks at the boy. Then, Jigsaw's puppet, Billy rides his tricycle behind the food counter and stares at the man.
The man walks into the lobby, finding the area to be damaged with broken glass on the floor. Billy rides up to him on his tricycle and says, "Let the game begin." Then the Wolfman prepares to pounce on the man. The man backs into the popcorn machine, and is attacked by Chucky. Billy's face then appears on the movie screen and exclaims, "Game over!"
“I tracked down the original Chuckie puppeteer, Peter Chevako, and convinced him to retro fit a Chuckie replica doll purchased online with original Chuckie eyes and add animatronic capabilities for our production. Peter became one of the puppeteers for our production. Also cooordinated with the production company that had the only Billy (aka "Jigsaw") puppet in existence to borrow for our production. They also loaned us an original Wolfman mask but Universal preferred to use a clip from the upcoming movie instead. Did I mention I hate Halloween and was on edge the entire production?”
Full TV commercial for Halloween Horror Nights 2010 - 20 years of Fear
A security guard is doing his rounds at Universal's Horror Nights prop warehouse. He stumbles across the Lantern, which bursts into flame as Fear is released. As he approaches the Lantern with slow steps, we get glimpses of various props from the past 19 years of Halloween Horror Nights displayed on various shelves. A large, ominous shadow is seen on the wall behind the security guard, who quickly turns behind him only to be greeted with nothing. Then Fear attacks the guard who screams in fright as his flashlight drops to the ground.
HHN 21 - Commercial For Halloween Horror Nights 21
The main commercial features a man tied to a roulette wheel in a dark gambling room. Lady Luck enters the room and taunts the man, laughing while she says "Red you win. Black, you lose", all the while Frank Sinatra's cover of "Luck be a Lady" from Guys and Dolls is playing in the background. Then she spins the wheel until it reaches black, and the man screams more violently as Lady Luck reveals her true form, getting ready to feast on the man.
Halloween Horror Nights 22 at Universal Orlando - TV Commercial
A group of teenagers walk down an alley, when they hear screaming sounds from the other end. Their male friend shouts at them to run, as a horde of zombies chase after him. The teenagers run towards Universal Studios and lock the gates, keeping the zombies outside. Suddenly, they hear a noise behind them and they turn to see a group of monsters and humanoid creatures carrying a variety of ghoulish weapons. Trapped between a rock and a hard place - or in this case, a horde of zombies and a gang of monsters - the teenagers scream in horror as the monsters advance toward them.
HHN 23 - Commercial for Halloween Horror Nights 23
HHN 24 - Commercial for Halloween Horror Nights 24
Halloween Horror Nights 25 TV Spot Director's Cut
A group of people are seen standing in the woods. They all turn around to see a horde of horrific creatures running towards them (the only ones shown in detail are a man holding a cleaver and a Walker from The Walking Dead). The group then scramble to the ground, and the horde is shown completely ignoring them except the Walker who turns around but keeps running. The group then get back up, but one of the women in the group gets lunged at by some unseen force.
A group of friends are sitting down waiting for their flight to be called laughing and conversing. A woman announces that the flight from Atlanta has just arrived to Orlando and loud bangs begin to be heard from the arrival door. The door gives way and a hoard of Walkers begin to enter the airport, attacking everyone insight. Finally, a girl falls to the ground and walkers begin to lunge towards her as she begins to scream.
Drops of water hit a puddle as Chance begins to make her way to two people, a man and woman tied up on chairs. They begin to look around, disoriented and confused where they are, Chance strolls around and slides into their vision smiling. The man and woman are scared, looking around the room in bewildered terror. Chance grins and backs up, when they see hand pulling down a needle on a vinyl, and then a glimpse of Jack's smile.
As he begins laughing, a dark-sounding Pop Goes The Weasel is playing. Chance begins to turn a handle and we begin to see that two hostages are on a homemade spinner wheel with the floor painted as a target and an arrow sticking out of its side. Chance spins the wheel faster as Jack's laughter grows.
We see a glimpse of Jason Voorhees in his cage breathing heavy, the man and woman begin to be terrified at the sight of him. They are quickly turned to a wider a cage in the far distance of Walkers trying to break out and reach out for them. The wheel spinning faster and now their vision is turned to Freddy Krueger branding his claws smiling and beckoning to them. Jason violently bashes against the cage with a grunt, the Walkers violently shrieking, Freddy scratching at the cage and reaching out, then Jack turns off the vinyl.
Once the music ends, Chance stops spinning the wheel as we notice that the couple have been stopped in front of The Walkers. They begin to start crying and sobbing as Jack starts laughing menacingly and says "Looks like I win... Again!" He pulls down a lever which frees the Walkers as they begin to make their way to the helpless victims. The victims scream and Jack thinks to himself, exclaiming "Why not!" as he pulls the lever down for Freddy and Jason, setting them free as he watches the carnage before him unfold.
An alternate version of this ad featured an additional cage for Ghostface, as the original plan was to have a "Scream" haunted house for the event before it was scrapped.
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Image from James Keaton on Instagram
Halloween Horror Nights 25 Commercial Make Up Crew and Cast
A man is screaming as the camera pulls backward away from him. As his screams begin to be muffled and drowned out by operatic music, Twisty from American Horror Story's Freak Show appears in front of the screen and seen running towards the man, swinging a bowling pin. He is soon followed by Leatherface from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre looking at the camera with chainsaw in hand running in the same direction. The camera continues to pull back as we are revealed to couple of Walkers groaning in front of a cage like area, then once more the camera pulls back to Reagan from The Exorcist levitating from her bed looking at the direction of the camera. The camera quickly returns revealing Chance in front of an asylum wall background, screaming as the music begins to turn static.
Halloween Horror Nights TV Spot Directed by Eli Roth - Universal Studios Hollywood-2
The commercial begins with a fire breather performing in front of a mansion, where a group of friends gather toward and bump into a stilt walker as they make their way to the entrance. A group of creepy guests including Papa Legba from American Horror Story's Coven are seen enjoying the festivities.
The group are seen walking in, seeing some entertainment happening around the mansion, such as a swinging dancer, fire eaters, and a magician performing a split magic trick, which looks to have left the person fatal. The group are amazed at all these sights as they pass by a man with bloody bite marks by vampire girls. A woman with Day of the Dead makeup can be seen walking past them, beckoning to them to follow her upstairs. As they follow her, some of the guests downstairs look up at them menacingly.
The group walks past a type writer with a stack of paper which is a reference to The Shining. They stop as they look at the woman ahead of them in the hall as she snaps and transforms into The Grady Twins. The group, scared of what just happened, try to walk past the sisters. As the twins gaze at them, one of the men looks at the door they past with "REDRUM" written on it, thinking about going in. An axe suddenly smashes through the door, scaring the man as he runs away to the others.
The group find themselves in another part of the house as they open gates to what seems to be a game from the SAW franchise. A victim is seen wearing the reverse beartrap, she looks over to them scared and shaking. Billy the Puppet slowly appears into frame towards her and the group of friends as his eyes glow red and begins his signature laugh. The girl with the beartrap begins to scream as the group runs away to another area.
They find a door that one of the girls opens, and they look inside with concerned faces as they see Piggy Man from American Horror Story's Roanoke stabbing a latest victim in a bathtub. One of the guys pushes her in a little, which breaks Pig Man's attention. He looks at her and the others, breathing heavily and runs towards the girl. As the others begin to run away, Piggy Man quickly grabs her and slams the door.
The girl wakes up to what she realizes was only a nightmare. She gets up and goes to her closet mirror to close it as Pig Man appears in her mirror. She turns in horror and her scream echoes.
This commercial for Halloween Horror Nights was directed by acclaimed horror director, Eli Roth.
The commercial starts with a girl name Sophia inside a dark place which is realized to be the Void from Stranger Things. She walks forwards until a flashing blue light flickers behind her and Carol Anne echoing "Mommy!" is heard. She turns to see a TV across from her, flickering static referencing Poltergeist. She walks towards to it and kneels to look at the screen, Carol Anne is heard again - "I can't hear you mommy! where are you?" Sophia puts her hands on the screen, only to quickly pull away as a demonic hand reaches out of the screen towards her.
She quickly moves back and turns, only to see a line of drawn-out sheets in front of her. She turns back to see another line of curtains, the curtains are quickly torn down as Michael Myers is revealed holding his signature butcher knife. Sophia quickly moves back with her hands to her mouth trying not to scream, but Michael Myers appears behind her in the darkness. She bumps into him and is greeted by his pale masked face, she quickly runs away from him as slips and falls to the watery floor.
Sophia sits quietly trying to catch her breath when something appears behind her. As she begins to get up, it is revealed to be the Demogorgon from Stranger Things. Sophia turns and begins to stammer as the Demogorgon screeches at her revealing its mouth.
She is heard screaming as a group of friends are seen running towards The Upside Down version of the Universal Studios Archway. One of them calls out to her as they hear her screaming. The commercial ends with Sophia awaking in the Upside Down tangled.
Behind the Scenes[]
Image from averagejam on Instagram
Image from averagejam on Instagram
Image from averagejam on Instagram
Image from averagejam on Instagram
Image from averagejam on Instagram
Image from averagejam on Instagram
Image from averagejam on Instagram
Matte Painting created for the Halloween Horror Nights Commercial by Sr Concept Artist Didier Konings
Matte Painting created for the Halloween Horror Nights Commercial by Sr Concept Artist Didier Konings.
The commercial opens like a beginning of a movie trailer, a girl can be seen across a hallway fixing her looks in a bathroom mirror. A song called "Lets Get Twisted" (which is a mock song version of "Everybody Want Some" from Van Halen) is heard. The next scene is a shot from outside a window looking on another girl making popcorn in a kitchen. Two guys are seen heading towards the front door talking about The Wolfman defeating Frankenstein's Monster in a fight. Red hair girl calls for her friend to answer the door for her as she finishes fixing her hair in the bathroom. As the guys enter the house, one of them hears a noise behind him, he looks but sees nothing and enters inside while The Wolfman is heard growling from afar.
The two guys begin to continue conversation about Wolfman and Frankenstein's Monster while the red-haired girl is annoyed about them still on the conversation and she brings them popcorn. One of the guys hears a text and answers it as they begin to watch Stranger Things on the tv in front them. As they are watching, the door behind them swings forward and back to reveal they've disappeared and have been entered into The Upside Down.
They realize the room around them is full of spores and tangles as the Stranger Things opening can be heard. One of the guys goes to the window and sees the Mindflayer in the sky as the lightning strikes and a Demodogs attempts to jump through the window. Scaring the man back, he fall backs on the couch as his friend is looking nervously to his left to see another Demodog walking towards them. They begin to scream as the Demodog roars and charges forward.
Meanwhile, we go back to the house with two remaining girls, one of them is back in the bathroom fixing her looks, and a bunny rabbit can be see hopping away, referencing Jordan Peeles' Us. The girl begins to whistle The Itsy Bitsy Spider as she turns her left out the window and sees doppelgänger versions of her friends staring at her. She then hears the whistling of the song by someone else behind her as she looks in the hallway to see a doppelgänger version of herself, wielding golden scissors and running towards her as she begins to scream.
The red-haired girl finishes making another batch of popcorn in the kitchen and grabbing another snack until the lights flicker off. She gets bummed out and begins to get concerned when lightning strikes multiple times. She begins to call out to the others but no response. She peers out the kitchen door, hoping one of her friends heard her, but as lightning strikes, Count Dracula is seen looking at her. Suddenly, he appears behind her and pulls her back into the dark kitchen as she begins to scream.
The ending of the commercial is with one more friend ringing the doorbell asking to be let in while The Wolfman runs towards him, causing him to scream and leave his fate unknown.
Halloween Horror Nights 2021 - “Trapped” Full-Length Video
Halloween Horror Nights 30 Commercial
The commercial begins a security room revealing televisions with many different people trapped in cells screaming to be let out and taken away to be another person trapped. A maniacal laugh can be heard grabbing a set of keys and revealed to be Jack the Clown taking a tour through the halls to see each victim that have been locked up.
A woman screams to be let out, her begging falling on deaf ears. She turns to see her hands that were touching the bars now have blood on them as her vision begins to blur and screams in terror. Jack continues down the hall walking past another room, where another woman is seen in sitting strapped in a wheel chair and covered in spiders crawling up and down her. She wants to cry and scream, but her mouth opens to reveal another spider crawling out. Another room reveals a man with his eyes forced opened and strapped tight in front of a tv that shows many different images with words like "Never Go Alone" appearing among it. He's begging for the television to be turned off while as rat is seen below him, tugging at his shoelace and giving up as it runs into a crack in the wall to the next room. Another a man is seen hanging bloodied and in pain, begging to be let go when a chainsaw noise can be heard buzzing louder. A woman in another room is suffering sleep paralysis as she looks up frightened, clutching the bed and trying to move as The Bent-Neck Lady from The Haunting of Hill House floats above her. She manages to breath and scream at the horrifying sight. Jack is then seen opening a door of a man huddled in a corner carving into the wall next to him "Never Go Alone" as Jack grins devilishly.
Jack continues to walk down the hall of rooms as he looks up and notices popcorn falling down a vent above. He begins to laugh while hearing the screams of the prisoned people behind him. The camera pans up above ground revealing Sting Alley where a few friends are scared by a scareactor, causing one of the friends to drop her popcorn on the ground. The commercial ends with Jack laughing maniacally and enjoying the security camera footages of the prisoned victims he's collected.
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Test Shots for the commercial Image from Joshua Hoffine
The Bent-Neck Lady's concept for the commercial Image from Joshua Hoffine
One of the victims featured in the commercial Image from Joshua Hoffine
Image from Joshua Hoffine
Test shot for the commercial Image from Joshua Hoffine
Halloween Horror Nights 2022 - Scream Squad Full-Length Video
A group of friends are walking through Sting Alley and start to plan where to go next before getting scared by a chainsaw actor, causing one of their friends to drop their pizza fries and spilling it on one of the girl's jacket upsetting her. Because of this the others leave him behind. The guy tries to clean up his mess when from behind he hears a growling only to turn around and be attacked and dragged away by The Wolfman (Character).
The girl is seen next now in a bathroom cleaning what was left off her jacket. She then takes a selfie, but she then checks the photo and sees an unknown man in a bandaged face and red suit behind her by the stalls. She then begins to panic when the man reveals himself to be The Weeknd. He and his followers make their way towards the girl and attack her.
The next victim is walking through a little zone where a few scareactors try to scare her and fail to do so. She doesn't react until she turns a corner and comes face to face with Michael Myers looking down at her as she begins to scream. He raises her knife as the scene then cuts to another girl entering a cornfield. She is uncertain where she is and eventually encounters with two Scarecrows. She begins to step back only for a third to grab her as they disappear.
The final victim is walking through a haunted house amazed with the setting around him while getting scared by a chainsaw pumpkin. He continues and sees and is impressed by what he thinks is a scareactor. It reveals itself as the Grim Reaper and beckons to him. It eventually stops him dead in his tracks as its eyes glow red and begin to suck the soul of the man. A few other guests walking through notice the man and run away screaming. The scene then cuts to black.
Halloween Horror Nights 2023 - Scream Squad Full-Length Video Orlando
The commercial begins with a girl name Sofia who claims to survive Halloween Horror Nights alone only to be interrupted by her friend Drew comes into frame and says she is not. She turns her off as her and group of friends are walking down Delancy St. and stop by Madame Baisels' psychic shop where the group notice a symbol that seemed to be painted on the window of the front door. Drew tells the rest that he has seen the symbol before as Sofia agree seeing it as well. The door opens slowly for them as Drew talks his friends into entering the shop, upon entering the shop, they all look around and then come together when they see a table before circular row of candles and the same cryptic logo in the middle. Suddenly, a gust of wind blows the candles out, plunging the group into total darkness. Jordan comes to as she finds herself in a strange place, she is spooked, but thinks it's a trick until she realizes her friends aren't with her. She begins to hear guttural screeching and continues forward discovering mold growing on the wall behind her. Jordan covers her mouth when her phone begins to loudly ring. She struggles in fear trying to shut it off, but its too late as the guttural sounds begin to come closer. Jordan then realizes that she is being hunted by Clickers from The Last of Us, and turns to her left as one lunges at her. The next victim, Drew, awakens as he finds himself bound to a chair in a summoning circle. Scared and confused, he tries to call for help, only to be spooked by a now-possessed Angela, who laughs at him while tied to a chair behind him. He continues to struggle, screaming into the air as he begins to fade into himself and Katherine from The Exorcist: Believer. The scene that follows is a light flickering as Ava finds herself walking down a high school hall and notices a figure ahead. She calls out to it believing it's her friend Sofia, but the figure stands still as she continues to walk towards it. Meanwhile, Sofia is in Vecna's Mind Lair and calls out for Ava to no avail. Ava walks towards Sofia's possessed body and turns her around to notice she's in a trance and tries to wake her up. Sofia, continuing in the lair, finds herself face to face with Vecna, who tells her not to be afraid. He places his hand on her face and pursues to kill her as Ava in the other world witnesses Sofia floating up in the air, breaking apart. The scenes cuts to black and then cuts to the front of the shop as the door that had opened to them slowly closes, thus ending the commercial.
Fear Cannot Be Contained Video – Halloween Horror Nights 2024-2
The ad begins with shots of the entrance to Universal Studios at night, the Halloween Horror Nights medallion hanging proudly with huge rain puddles just below it. Then it cuts to a shot of the Halloween Horror Nights logo projected on a building, which really is a puddle on the ground as a park janitor cleans it up. He is all alone, but he notices the sounds of distant screaming echoing in the air around him. Confused, he stops sweeping and discovers the screams are coming from one of the sewer drains on the sidewalk. The camera pans below his feet underneath the ground, and we see a dimly-lit backstage hallway. The screams become more intense as a large steel door is revealed further down the hall, locked tight with a metal bar. Slimy looking branches ooze from underneath the door and we see what the room contains: an enormous, pulsing cocoon-like blob, hanging from the ceiling and dripping onto the floor. Suddenly, the blob gurgles and writhes to life, becoming more restless until it bursts open and unleashes a horrible screaming noise. The sound wave of the noise destroys the steel door, unleashes itself out of a sewer cover on the streets and spreads throughout the entire park. The sky turns a horrible red, a deep siren-like noise builds, and we see another shot of the Universal Studios entrance, only this time the rain puddles underneath it show a horrible reflection - a replica of the entrance as a horrible disgusting monster. The camera slowly pans upward towards the blood-red sky and the picture glitches to black.
We been with a group of friends getting ready to watch tv - something scary, no doubt - when one of them gets up to go to the kitchen. As she opens her fridge, the lights turn off and she hears screaming coming from the tv room, which is left disheveled with her friends completely unseen. The woman explores the room to find the screaming sounds coming from the tv, itself, the screen covered with static. She inches closer with a worried look on her face as the static turns to a shot of the Universal Archway, covered with overgrown vines in the middle of a storm.
The group of frightened friends are seen being terrorized by ravens and gargoyles before suddenly being transported into the Super Duper Mart from Fallout. They are surrounded by ravenous ghouls who promptly chase them. The tv's static then sends them into the funhouse from Terrifier, with its disorienting hall of mirrors. Art the Clown starts to corner them with an axe as they bang on the tv screen, begging their friend to let them out. She can only watch with horror, a helpless look in her eyes.
She attempts to set them free with her remote, but winds up trapped with the one and only Freddy Fazbear from Five Nights at Freddy's, his eyes eerily glowing in the dark. Her friends catch ip to her as Freddy, Bonnie and Chica close in on them inside their pizza place. Now, all of them are banging on the tv screen, begging and pleading to be set free. Unfortunately, there is no hope that can save them as the living room is left completely vacant.
The commercial ends with the event logo being show within The Conservatory, inviting guests to "live the horror you love to watch", showcasing the top three IP's featured for this particular year and offering more.
Production credits[]
2001- Ross Cibela was the director, Steve Montrowl was the producer,
2005- Amanda Evans was the Director, Jonathon Ker executive produced for Tight, with freelancer Bridget Blake-Wilson serving as line producer. The DP was Ross Richardson. The dng team consisted of creative directors David Angelo and Liz Gumbinner, copywriter Melissa Pipeling, art director Anne Bioty and producer Erin Sullivan. Editor was freelancer Alycia Daniels, who worked through Union Editorial's facility in Santa Monica. Online editors were Todd Iorio and Seth Silberfein of Union Editorial. Colorist was Mike Pethel of Company 3, Santa Monica. Audio mixer was Matt Lewkowicz of Union Editorial. Visual effects were done by Sway, Los Angeles, and Union Editorial. Sound designers were Jon Klok of Agent Jackson, New York, and Union's Lewkowicz. Music composer was Michael Fitzpatrick of Agent Jackson. Principal actors were Shannon Wells and Donovan McGrath.
2002-2003; 2006-2009- Dean Karr was the director of all of these commercials.
2008- Chief Creative Officer was David Angelo, Creative and Art Directors were Ben Purcell and Laurenne Sala respectively, copywriter was: Mike Van Linda, Producers were Carrie Lighthall, the production company was Karma Kollective, director of photography was, Adam Santelli, executive producers were Yamani Watkins and Edgar Enriquez, Line producer was Arthur Gorson, “Spinach” served as the editing house, commercial was edited by Adam Bright, Producer: Jonathan Carpio, Music House: Amber, Composer: Bill Kessler, Producer: Patrick Oliver, Audio Mix: Eleven, Mixer: Jeff Payne, VFX: Riot, Compositor/Inferno Artist: Andy Davis
2015- Agency was TM Advertising, Chris Bettin; Marc Mintle served as the creative directors, Hal Dantzler was the agency producer, RSA Films Inc. / Los Angeles, CA served as the production company, Director was Andreas Roth Director of photography was Roland Stuprich, executive producer was Marjie Abrahams, the line producer was Lynee Pateman, Production Company (location): Pioneer Productions Kft. / Budapest, Hungary, Producer: Eszter Répássy EDITORIAL Editorial Company: CharlieUniformTango / Dallas, TX, Editor: Jack Waldrip, Executive Producer: Mary Alice Butler
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