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Maxie Deville (or Maxi/Maximilian) was the main antagonist of the Universal Horror Hotel haunted house during Halloween Horror Nights 2022 (Hollywood). He also appeared as a scareactor in the house.
Backstory[]
Maxie Deville was what was called a "Drugstore Cowboy" in the 1920s. Maxie had swept a woman named Lillian Van Horn off her feet and she fell head over heels in love with him. They were eventually married much to chagrin of her mother Mildred Van Horn who was the widow who had her late husband's entire oil fortune, Maxie began to work on a new luxury hotel up in the Hollywood Hills that resided just below the famous Hollywoodland real estate development sign. Maxie had spent all of his wife's inheritance money, millions of dollars, building this beautiful luxury hotel and started to associate with the rich and famous celebrities in Hollywood.
A few months afterward, tragedy had struck. Twin sisters Dottie and Dolly Clampendorf were found dead on the hotel premises, with Dottie the maid being found swinging by her neck in the elevator and Dolly the Cook being found with her head in the oven, an apparent double suicide. More tragedies began to occur, including strange accidents that couldn't be explained and suicides. The Hollywood press began labeling Maxi's hotel, a "Hotel of Horrors".
One day, Mildred Van Horn was found dead in her bathtub. She was electrocuted by a radio which seemed to accidentally fall into it. Not long after, tragedy would strike again when Lillian Deville died in a freak fire in her bedroom. During the fire, Maxie claimed to have rushed to her side in an act of bravery and tried to put out the flames. He was badly burned but survived. The police were started getting suspicious. They began to suspect that Maxie Deville was behind all of the murders that took place at the hotel. A long trial took place and after several months, the jury returned a guilty verdict to Maxie Deville, and he was sentenced to death. Many appeals would consistently be made for over several years, but nonetheless Deville landed in San Quentin in a gas chamber. Deville came up to the glass laughing maniacally, with his final words being that he would come back. He would then die in the gas chamber.
his original last name was Kappowitz. Whether he has familial tie to another deranged person with that last name is yet to be known.
Appearance at Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood[]
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| Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood 2022 |
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| Characters: The Mummy • The Wolfman • Count Dracula • Michael Myers • Blissfield Butcher • The Grabber • The Weeknd • Killer Klowns • Kingcrow • La Llorona • Lillian Deville •Maxie Deville • Mildred Van Horn • Hollywood Harry • Edgar Allan Crow |
| Haunted Houses: Universal Monsters: Legends Collide • Halloween • The Horrors of Blumhouse • The Weeknd: After Hours Nightmare • Scarecrow the Reaping • La Llorona: The Weeping Woman • Universal Horror Hotel • Killer Klowns From Outer Space |
| Terror Tram: Terror Tram |
| Scarezones: El Pueblo Del Terror • Sideshow Slaughterhouse • Clownsawz |
| Unofficial Scarezone: Pumpkinsawz |
| Show: Jabbawockeez |
| Other Attractions: Haunted Forest • Dia De Los Muertos Plaza • The Weeknd: After Hours Nightmare Bar • Death Eaters Encounter • Halloween Horror Nights NFT Scavenger Hunt • Chucky's Good Guys Toy Box Photo Op • Every Day is Halloween Store • R.I.P Tour Lounge |