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Universal Horror Unleashed
Attraction type Year-Round Attraction
Slogan Year-round horror in the heart of Sin City

A Year Round Horror Spectacle.

Event Universal Horror Unleashed
Park AREA15
Area Las Vegas
Year 2025-
Housed in AREA15
Based on Original/Licensed Properties

Universal Horror Unleashed is a year-round attraction themed to Halloween Horror Nights. First opening on August 14th, 2025, it's featured in a 20-acre expansion of Las Vegas’ immersive AREA15 entertainment district that opened to the public in September of 2020.

Occupying a 110,000-square-foot space, the new Universal experience serves as an integral component of Area15’s roots in experiential art and entertainment.

Information Timeline[]

  • January 11th, 2023: Halloween Horror Nights Orlando and Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood announced Universal Horror Unleashed coming to Las Vegas as a part of the Area15 entertainment district. It would feature some of Universal's classic monsters. This would be the studio’s first permanent horror attraction outside of its theme parks. Universal said it would offer live-action shocks and thrills based on the studio’s legacy of horror, which continues even today in collaborations with Jason Blum, James Wan, and Jordan Peele. The attraction would be continuously updated to encompass new films and franchises. The merchandise was promised to be "one-of-a-kind," and seasonal events were planned.
  • October 28, 2024: Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood would together put out a teaser for the attraction and an October 31st announcement.
  • October 31st, 2024: Universal Horror Unleashed announced that it was set to open in Las Vegas in 2025. Universal Horror Unleashed would feature haunted houses based on Universal Monsters, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Exorcist: Believer, and Scarecrow: The Reaping with more details incoming on @UnleashedVegas.
  • February 19th, 2025: Universal would announce the opening date of the attraction as August 14th, 2025, along with a hype video of the attraction. The tickets also went on sale.
  • August 14th, 2025: Universal Horror Unleashed officially opened to the public.
  • September 29th, 2025: A holiday overlay entitled Krampus & Kin was announced for the attraction, which would be open for select dates from November 15th through January 3rd.

Event Overview[]

In a darkened warehouse on the edge of Las Vegas, a relentless spectacle of horror is rising – Universal Horror Unleashed. For decades, Universal’s masters of horror have created some of the world’s most frightening films and events. Now your greatest fears come to bone-chilling life in this year-round, fully immersive, high-quality horror experience.

Enter the evils of four haunted houses, each with their own terrifying stories: Universal Monsters, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Scarecrow: The Reaping, and The Exorcist: Believer. Surrounding the haunted houses are four fully themed immersive entertainment areas, each with its own unique live horror experiences, plus decadent food and drink offerings in select areas. Your deepest fears are closer than you think.

Backstory[]

Step inside of Universal Horror Unleashed and you’ll find yourself in Warehouse 25, an abandoned production warehouse filled with cursed and haunted set pieces, film props, and other mysterious paraphernalia from Universal’s legacy of horror.

Shadow World[]

The Shadow World is a world that's been hidden throughout many peoples' lives. When you were younger and afraid of what was under your bed or what you thought was in the darkened closet, you thought that was something that was going to get you. Something that lived with monsters and maniacs. You believed it was just the stuff of imagination, but now you're entering and witnessing that world of the shadows.

Attractions[]

Haunted Houses[]

  • Universal Monsters - Horror’s most emblematic icons await in the Universal Monsters haunted house, where the cinematic legends have broken free from the silver screen to stalk unwitting victims.
  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Based on the 1974 horror masterpiece, “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” haunted house will bring to life the original film for the first time in a linear sequence, placing guests in the footsteps of the victims as they face horrifying iconic scenes and characters. Their journey starts in a Texan cemetery – the first fateful stop – followed by an encounter with the Old Man at the dusty gas station featured in the chilling barbecue scene. As they enter the infamous dilapidated home, guests will come face-to-face with Leatherface and every member of his deranged family and their victims, as the terrifying sound of chainsaws haunts them at every turn.
  • The Exorcist: Believer - Share the fate of two possessed girls as you withstand the assault of an ancient demon in Blumhouse’s The Exorcist: Believer
  • Scarecrow: The Reaping - Scarecrow: The Reaping plunges you into the middle of a dusty nightmare. You’ll explore a farm during the great Midwestern Dust Bowl of the 1930s where horrifying scarecrows come to life to wreak havoc on those who’ve ravaged their land.

Immersive Areas[]

  • Kill Vault - Surrounded by rusty knives and machetes, the eerie characters at Kill Vault – from a strange surgeon to psychotic slashers – are lurking in the shadows attempting to lure their next victim as they interact with everyone in sight.
  • Prop Graveyard - The line between inanimate and alive blurs, as guests face a supernatural collection of unsettling dolls, dismembered mannequins and other haunted objects from abandoned film sets that seem to move as guests walk through.
  • Dead Storage - Echoing the grandiosity of Universal’s earliest horror productions, Dead Storage will envelop guests in a shadow-filled sanctuary with forgotten set pieces and eerie relics that have been reclaimed by night-dwelling creatures – vampires, a werewolf in mid-transformation, and others that emerge without warning.

Dining[]

  • Rough Cuts - Guests can feast on “chainsaw” carved small plates as they witness a variety of show moments.
  • Premiere House - Premiere House serves a variety of signature cocktails and a surprising selection of signature shareable bites set amid an eerie atmosphere filled with movie props and twisted décor representing some of Universal’s most recent Blumhouse horror films.
  • The Boiler Bar - The Boiler is equal parts hellish spectacle and welcome reprieve, offering guests a perfect vantage point for those seeking momentary respite while remaining immersed in the action, enjoying craft cocktails underneath a monstrous flaming machine.
  • Jack's Alley - Step right up to Jack’s Alley Bar at Universal Horror Unleashed! Sip on spooky cocktails & witness acrobatic mayhem as Jack the Clown & Chance unleash their twisted carnival of chaos!!

Special Events[]

  • Krampus & Kin (Nov. 15–Jan. 3): The all-new Universal Horror Unleashed is getting even more sinister for the holidays. Face four relentless haunted houses and nightmarish winter legends. Capture photo ops with the Germanic punisher Krampus, Icelandic troll Grýla and more. Indulge in fiendishly festive food and drink. And witness a processional of horrific beings throughout the night.

Pictures[]

Videos[]

Merchandise & Collectibles[]

Trivia[]

  • Area 15 worked closely with Universal in expanding what they currently do to a whole new district. They will be District 1 of the area, meanwhile Universal Horror Unleashed will be District 2, a whole other piece of real estate and a whole other complex with a 100,000 sq ft. building, which is larger than the current Area 15 building.
  • According to T.J. Mannarino, they wanted to avoid the concept of having the attraction of being flashy as the other areas around Las Vegas. Therefore, Universal Horror Unleashed is themed to be an abandoned-like warehouse or a well-kept hidden warehouse that seems to be fortified, not keeping anyone from getting in but something getting out. This is accomplished with minimal lighting, among other tricks of the haunt trade.
  • According to Nate Stevenson, the team wanted to make an overarching story very simply and quickly. This resulted in The Shadow World, the main setting that is featured in the attraction. A thin veil is uncovered between our world and the Shadow World, and it grows so thin in certain other areas because of all the spiritual activities surrounding it, and creatures, ghouls and goblins and other terrible things come through.
  • Universal would bring back Legendary Truth and have them as one of the focal points of the attraction's story. They serve as on-site monitors, making sure that the living horrors do not leave the vicinity of the building and into our reality.
  • According to TJ Mannarino, Universal scavenged through their warehouses to collect many props to fit in this attraction.
  • Various props from the past Halloween Horror Nights events can be spotted throughout the building, such as the RUN sign from Halloween Horror Nights XI, Universal Palace Theater sign from Halloween Horror Nights: Ripped From the Silver Screen, and Lady Luck's Roulette Wheel from Halloween Horror Nights 21. Assorted costumes and masks from the past also reside here, like Treaks and Foons, Agnus Strickler and Rosalia the Mask Maker, among many others.
  • The soundtrack for the attraction was composed from scratch by Midnight Syndicate, who have collaborated with Halloween Horror Nights many times before.


Universal Horror Unleashed
Characters: Scarecrows  • Jack the Clown  • Chance  • Leatherface  • Angela Fielding  • Katherine West  • Frankenstein's Monster  • The Bride of Frankenstein  • Count Dracula  • The Wolfman (Character)  • Vampire Queen
Haunted Houses: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Area 15)  • The Exorcist: Believer (Area 15)  • Scarecrow: The Reaping (Area 15)  • Universal Monsters (Area 15)
Immersive Areas: Kill Vault  • Prop Graveyard  • Dead Storage  • Jack's Alley
Dining Experiences: Rough Cuts  • Premiere House  • The Boiler Bar  • Jack's Alley
Special Events: Krampus & Kin
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