| Halloween Horror Nights Orlando attraction | |
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| Psycho Path: The Return of Norman Bates | |
| Attraction type | Haunted House |
| Event | Halloween Horror Nights: Sweet 16 |
| Park | Universal Studios Florida |
| Area | World Expo |
| Year | 2006 |
| Housed in | Sprung Tent 1 |
| Based on | Psycho franchise (1960-1998) |
| Preceded by | Psycho: Through the Mind of Norman Bates & Insanity (1999) |
Psycho Path: The Return of Norman Bates was one of the seven haunted houses that was featured during Halloween Horror Nights: Sweet 16. It was located in Sprung Tent 1.
It was a sequel to the past Psycho based houses The Psycho Path Maze and Psycho: Through the Mind of Norman Bates. It was the second Psycho house not to take place in the Bates Motel and Bates Mansion sets, following the demolition of the sets in 1998.
History and Location[]
For their 2006 event, Universal would decide to have all of their haunted houses (and scarezones) be sequels or prequels to landmark houses and scarezones in the past. One of these would be Psycho Path: The Return of Norman Bates, a prequel to both The Psycho Path Maze and Psycho: Through the Mind of Norman Bates. The house would be a spin-off, as it took place in the same world as the movies, but the story was made completely by Universal.
The house would be more similar in style as Psycho: Through the Mind of Norman Bates as it took you through the crazed mind of Norman. The house was the "disorienting house" of that year.
To compensate for the increase in haunted houses since the last time Halloween Horror Nights was in the park, Universal built two hurricane-proof tents behind the World Expo area of the park specifically for holding Halloween Horror Nights haunted houses. This house would be located in the southernmost one (called Sprung Tent 1).
Description[]
Unlock the door into the macabre nightmares of a pathological killer Norman Bates.
There is vacancy once again at the legendary Bates Motel. Unlocking the door reveals a portal into the darkest depths of insanity. Your eyes prove to be useless as your mind takes over and leads you through the macabre nightmares of a pathological killer. A killer named Norman Bates.
Website[]
On the Halloween Horror Nights: Sweet 16 website, guests could enter the backstory page for the house by clicking on the key for room one of the Bates Motel on its description page. There, guests would be able to click on and read Norman's psychological evaluation, a police report done on Norman's crimes, and a note from Norman to his mother. Guests could also click TV remote to see a short video of psychedelic imagery. Visitors could also click on a knife to hear a scream, and a police radio to hear a short audio clip. The page also had Norman Bates' mother costume, caution tape, and handcuffs.
Website Pictures[]
Website Audio[]
Audio that played on the Description Page:
Audio that played when the knife was clicked on in the Backstory Page:
Audio that played when the radio was clicked on in the Backstory Page:
Audio that played when the remote was clicked on in the Backstory Page:
Scareactors[]
- Norman Bates x Various
- Marion Crane
- Victims x 2
Experience[]
Queue and Facade[]
Guests entered the queue to the right of the entrance for People Under the Stairs: Under Construction. Allegedly, the queue would take guests through the extended queue of the Back to the Future ride, which had queue monitors playing the queue videos for the haunted house, which consisted of various scenes from the Psycho movies. Before entering the house, guests would be greeted with the facade, which was the outside of the Bates Motel complete with the famous sign next to it. Guests would walk up to the porch and enter the front door.
Haunted House[]
After entering the motel, guests would be inside the lobby, where Norman Bates would greet them. After that, guests would enter various offices in the Bates Motel before entering Norman's crazed mind through the revolving tunnel. Guests would enter scenes depicting floating knives and eyeballs, before entering a closet filled with the clothes of Norman Bates' Mother. The final scene of the house represented the shower scene.
Scene Order[]
0.Entrance
1.Lobby
2. Back Office
3. Back Office Hallway
4. Vortex
5. Knives
6. Eyeball
7. Mothers Closet
8. Heads and Torso
9. Shower Finale
Pictures[]
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Soundtrack[]
Trivia[]
- This was the first house located in Sprung Tent 1.
- The Revolving Tunnel (a spinning and disorientating tunnel that guests would walk through) appeared in this house. The effect would later be used in many haunted houses, with the next one being Jack's Funhouse in Clown-O-Vision during Halloween Horror Nights: Carnival of Carnage.
- On the website, the psychiatrist who evaluated Norman was named Grommoll. Grommoll is the name of one of the creatives behind Halloween Horror Nights.
| Halloween Horror Nights: Sweet 16 |
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| Characters: Jack the Clown • The Caretaker • The Director • The Storyteller (Event Icons) • The Projectionist • The Inmates of Shadybrook Asylum • Eddie Schmidt • Cindy Caine • Norman Bates |
| Haunted Houses: All Nite Die-In: Take 2 • Dungeon of Terror: Retold • People Under the Stairs: Under Construction • PsychoScareapy: Maximum Madness • Psycho Path: The Return of Norman Bates • Run: Hostile Territory • Screamhouse: The Resurrection |
| Scarezones: Blood Masquerade • Deadtropolis: Zombie Siege • Harvest of the Souls |
| Unofficial Scarezone: Horror Comes Home |
| Shows: The Arrival • Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure • Robosaurus • Sweet 16: The Director's Cut |