Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood attraction | |
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Monster Masquerade | |
Attraction type | Scarezone |
Event | Halloween Horror Nights 2018 |
Park | Universal Studios Hollywood |
Area | Upper Lot |
Year | 2018 |
Housed in | French Street |
Based on | Original |
Preceded By |
Mask-a-Raid (2014) |
Monster Masquerade was one of the five scarezones that were featured during Halloween Horror Nights 2018. It was located on French Street.
Description[]
Step into the fog-enshrouded streets of old Paris and enter “The Danse Of The Dead”, a macabre monster masquerade ball inspired by the original Universal Classic Monster films, The Phantom Of The Opera and The Hunchback Of Notre Dame.
Scareactors[]
- Quasimodo
- Masquerade Ladies
- Red Death
- Masquerade Gentlemen
- Female Vampire Masquerade Dancer
- She-Wolf Masquerade Dancer
Pictures[]
Videos[]
Soundtrack[]
Trivia[]
- This scarezone was conceived as an extension of the Universal Monsters maze. Since the maze exited on French Street, it seemed natural to extend the maze with Hunchback & Phantom since both of their films take place in France [1].
- But you can’t have a zone with just 2 characters so they conceived this idea of the masquerade ball with the other monsters wearing themed masks to conceal their true identities [2].
- They thought of the Idea of monster masquerade from the masquerade ball from The Phantom Of The Opera [3].
- There was Count Dracula where his mask was bat shaped [4].
- The female characters were given elaborate period gowns with masks that also hinted at the characters underneath, some lesser known female movie monsters like Dracula’s Daughter, She-Wolf of London and Acksunamed’s Mummy [5].
- The master of ceremonies was The Hunchback of Norte Dame in his “Festival of Fools” look. This was also eluded to in the set decor in the street [6].
- The zone was choreographed to look like a dance with the scareactors doing figure eight moves in and out of the set pieces in the street [7].
- With the long ball gowns, lighting and fog, the effect was as if the characters were floating around the street almost like ghosts of the studio’s past [8].
- A character wearing a mask resembling the Gill-Man from Creature From the Black Lagoon can be seen in concept art, but due to the character's removal from the maze, this character did not appear.
- Some of the decorative vignettes have text on them referring to Le Théâtre du Grand-Guignol, a famous French theater from the late 1800s and early 1900s known for its controversial and graphic horror shows.
References[]
- ↑ https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1371578011275907076?s=20&t=ogY6UtnTKQ7f3cGAZRcqwQ
- ↑ https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1371578908177485826?s=20&t=ogY6UtnTKQ7f3cGAZRcqwQ
- ↑ https://youtu.be/5-FEf4v498M
- ↑ https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1371578908177485826?s=20&t=ogY6UtnTKQ7f3cGAZRcqwQ
- ↑ https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1371580319627886595?s=20&t=ogY6UtnTKQ7f3cGAZRcqwQ
- ↑ https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1371581982841446406?s=20&t=ogY6UtnTKQ7f3cGAZRcqwQ
- ↑ https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1371581379490816005?s=20&t=ogY6UtnTKQ7f3cGAZRcqwQ
- ↑ https://twitter.com/john_murdy/status/1371582996197834758?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 |