Universal Monsters: Eternal Bloodlines (Orlando)

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Universal Monsters: Eternal Bloodlines (Orlando)
Attraction type	Haunted House
Event	Halloween Horror Nights 33
Park	Universal Studios Florida
Area	World Expo
Year	2024
Housed in	Sprung Tent 3
Based on	Universal Classic Monsters Original
Preceded By	Universal Monsters: Unmasked (Orlando) (2023)

Universal Monsters: Eternal Bloodlines (Orlando) was one of the haunted houses featured during Halloween Horror Nights 33. It was located in Sprung Tent 3.

History & Location

On July 25th, 2024 Universal announced that Universal Monsters: Eternal Bloodlines was the final haunted house coming to the event. The house would be a sequel to the Universal Monsters: The Bride of Frankenstein Lives (Orlando) haunted house from Halloween Horror Nights 30.

The house would be scored by Emmy nominated composer Sara Baron to elevate the experience for guests.

The house would be located in Sprung Tent 3. It is notable for being the first ever soundstage used for Halloween Horror Nights Orlando.

The codename for this house is Donut since a donut is a circle a symbol for something infinite or eternal.

Description

All Female. All Fearless. All Fatal.

Join Saskia Van Helsing and the Bride of Frankenstein as they face off against Dracula's Daughter and her monstrous alliance.

Backstory

See the story: Universal Monsters: Eternal Bloodlines (Story)

An ultimate battle between unexpected alliances of classic female Universal Monsters. Saskia Van Helsing, a new fearless huntress and daughter of Abraham Van Helsing who killed Count Dracula by driving a stake through his heart and destroying his reign of terror. Saskia now faces Dracula's daughter, Countess Marya, who arose from the dead to seek revenge for her father and destroy the Van Helsing bloodline killing her brother during their battle, meanwhile on her hunt she finds herself among a carnival path where many caravans are ripped and torn to shreds along with being stained with blood as she comes face to face with the dying Frankensteins Monster at the hands of The She-Wolf of London, as The Bride of Frankenstein was trying to search for it and avenge her fallen love, Saskia and Bride would come face to face only for them to put aside their differences and team up against Countess Marya and her new alliance of the She-Wolf of London and Anck-Su-Namun.

Settings

• Van Helsing Family Crypt
• Egypt (Innerstitchial Scene)
• Woods Caravan Camp
• Dracula's Manor
• Wine Cellar
• Church (Innerstitcial Scene)

Experience

Queue and Facade

The house takes place in Sprung Tent 3, which displays the illustration for the house right above the entrance. Inside, guests enter a graveyard near a crypt, the moon is bright overhead and the grounds are covered with snow. That same snow showers guests from above. As they walk past the graves, they see Saskia Van Helsing kneeling next to her brother's tombstone, vowing to avenge his death at the hands of Dracula's daughter, Countess Marya.

Haunted House

They then enter the crypt, where they encounter Saskia near her father's casket and a mural of him battling Dracula arming herself with her father's weaponry.

An illustration depicting Saskia riding camelback transitions the setting to Egypt, where guests enter the tomb of Anck-Su-Namun and are scared by a mummified protector before coming across the mummified princess herself, who exits her resting place to attack guests before being forced to retreat as a blast a steam comes out of nowhere. Guests then come across a limbless mummy screaming in pain as Saskia jumps out laughing confidently, having defeated the princesses guards.

Guests then enter a forest at night with a full moon. Saskia informs them that Anck-Su-Namun had escaped her grasp, but she will continue her mission, and believes the harvest moon will present her next target. On an open book recapping Saskia's narration, guests can see a woman transforming into the She-Wolf of London under the full moon howling, while the illustration above depicts Saskia confronting the wolf on top of the caravan with her crossbows.

Guests than comes across a couple of destroyed caravans. One of them features the deceased Frankenstein's Monster, with a set of claws piercing through his abdomen. To his right, the Bride of Frankenstein pops out holding some of his severed limbs. Saskia appears in the caravan aiming her crossbow out the window telling the guests to run. Guests then come across the She-Wolf herself, before she is sent flying back after getting hit with Van Helsing's crossbow.

After encountering an illustration showcasing Saskia arriving at her final destination, guests then enter Dracula's castle, where they come across the Bride of Frankenstein screaming as she holds the decapitated head of one of Marya's vampire followers. Above the entrance is a changing portrait of Marya that becomes more ghastly and monstrous. After they enter through the doors, they are attacked by Marya herself, who hisses at them. They then enter the cellar, which features the coffins of many of Marya's vampire followers. The Bride and Saskia are seen on the left and right respectively attacking the various vampires.

The next illustration features Saskia and the Bride preparing to swarm the castle, as the guests transition into the climactic showdown between the unlikely alliance and the trio of monsters. Guests are first attacked by Marya who has transformed into her bat form. The Bride emerges from a nearby window aiming her stake at her enemy. In the next room, guests can see a silhouette of Saskia and the She-Wolf battling above before they are attacked by Anck-Su-Namun and the She-Wolf. They then enter a room of candles that suddenly blow out.

The guests are attacked by Dracula's daughter holding Saskia's severed head while the Bride watches in despair. The final illustration depicts a somber Bride pulling a cart containing Saskia's corpse. They then return to the Van Helsing crypt, where the Bride brought back Saskia's headless corpse to rest alongside her deceased family. The guests are attacked one last time by the She-Wolf, Anck-Su-Namun, and Marya laughing maniacally before it ends with the Bride screaming in agony.

Scareactors

• Saskia Van Helsing
• The Bride of Frankenstein
• Dracula’s Daughter
• She-Wolf of London
• Anck-Su-Namun

Quotes

• "Blood is life, but it is also death. My name is Saskia. The last descendant of Abraham Van Helsing. Slayer of Dracula, destroyer of monsters. Valor runs strong in my family's bloodline, just as evil courses through the House of Dracula. I was given this name by my father. It means 'protector of mankind, valley of light'. But with my brother's death at the hands of Dracula's daughter, darkness has fallen, and our bloodline is dying out. I will take my revenge and destroy Dracula's vile progeny, and all the monsters she controls. I will avenge your death my brother, or I will die trying..." - Saskia Van Helsing
• "The first stop of my quest takes me to the great tombs of Egypt. Here is where I'll find the powerful Amon-Ra and destroy the monster who possesses it!" Saskia Van Helsing
• "Even though Anck-Su-Namun may have slipped through my grasp, I shall continue my journey to rid the world of these vile creatures. The harvest moon. The ferocious beast I seek must be close by." -Saskia Van Helsing
• "Let him live!" - The Bride of Frankenstein
• "Run! Go!" -Saskia Van Helsing
• "Die creature!" - Saskia Van Helsing
• "Alongside my unlikely ally we descend upon them that home to the spawn of Dracula, her bloodshed along with that and her followers will avenge the death of my family!" - Saskia Van Helsing
• "The time has come. These monsters forged together amongst us. We will be victorious! Vengeance shall be ours!" -Saskia Van Helsing
• "DIE, YOU FOUL BEAST" - The Bride of Frankenstein
• "NOOOOOOOO!" - The Bride of Frankenstein

Pictures

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Facade [From Attractions 360 on YouTube]

Videos

Universal Monsters- Eternal Bloodlines

Universal Monsters Eternal Bloodlines Haunted House at Halloween Horror Nights Orlando 2024

Trivia

• This is the first house ever located in Sprung Tent 3.
• The house takes place after Universal Monsters: The Bride of Frankenstein Lives, given the appearance of the Bride in this house.
• The candle blowing hallway from the Graveyard Games haunted house from Halloween Horror Nights 29 returns in this house.
• One of the moons from Universal Monsters: Legends Collide haunted house from Halloween Horror Nights 31 can be seen featured in the house during the village scene.
• Saskia Van Helsing was an original character who is to be the daughter of Van Helsing and was created specifically for the haunted house.
• The Van Helsing Crypt is the facade and the beginning of the story of the house as well as one of the facades to book end the haunted house with many different changes, in the beginning of the haunted house it is snowing and beginning of winter and at the ending of the haunted house is the end of winter and snow has completely fallen and shows the passing of time in the story.
• The Gargoyle on the gravestone on the left of the facade would be broken at the end of the house in the recreation of the Van Helsing's Family Crypt facade.
• The snow foam coming down in the house is being blown from a snow machine called Snoap or Snowy Soap which is a nontoxic soap that gives the setting a snowy atmosphere, the same they use for Grinchmas.
• The air blast when you enter into crypt is to symbolize the walls crumbling in the crypt revealing the hidden weapons to which Saiska chooses which she would use to battle Dracula's Daughter with.
• This is the very first haunted house in Halloween Horror Nights history to feature a completely all female cast. It also features as a female show director, a female composer, female lighting designer and female make-up artist, it is a female focused house.
• The Dagger in the beginning of the Egypt scene is a recreation to the one Ardeth Bey would hold in The Mummy (1932) film.
• In the first Egypt room, a bowl of Tana Leaves which are featured in many Mummy movies in the 40s and would be what could be used to bring The Mummy to life in those films.
• The Amulet of Rha chest piece that Anck-Su-Namun is the same effect that was used in Universal Monsters: Legends Collide (Orlando) haunted house from Halloween Horror Nights 31.
• This years' easter egg alongside the desserts are Snails, the snail in this house could be found in the Caravan Camp and would be found on the big wagon wheel by the campfire.
• The campfire lights up and smokes a little a bit and effect that was developed in house created by a woman named Wendy Fedett designed and it was dubbed the Wendy Special and has been used in previous haunted houses in past years.
• The boots that the Frankensteins' Monster static figure corpse is wearing are the actual boots that many of the Frankenstein Monsters scareactors had to wear in their house runs of the Universal Monsters: The Bride of Frankenstein Lives (Orlando) haunted house during Universal Studios Orlando Fall & Halloween Experience (2020) and Halloween Horror Nights 30 events.
• Each house would have a dessert hidden in the house based on their code names, this codename for the house is Donut. The donut could be found on a tray of food on the left side of the caravan before exiting the room.
• She-Wolf of London's first appearance is the same effect they used for The Wolfman in the Universal Monsters haunted house during Halloween Horror Nights 29 in which they lunge at you and pulled back into the darkness.
• Although The She-Wolf of London is featured in the house, the original film there was no werewolf in the movie, so this house is a newly recreated tale of The She-Wolf of London.
• In the Innerstitchial scene before entering the manor of Dracula's Daughter, a few items could be seen like a bottles of wine or could be blood as well as music box, the music box is a nod to the film Abigail which is a retelling of Dracula's Daughter and the film would feature her little music box.
  • In the Wine Cellar, a pair of bloody ballerina shoes could be seen on guests right which is another nod to Abigail.
• Additionally, in the Caravan and Ending scene, there is a wooden carving of the Gil-Man. This is most likely a reference to Universal Monsters: The Bride of Frankenstein Lives (Orlando), where the Gil-Man was also seen.
  • Furthermore, in the Caravan, the Phantom of the Opera's mask and the cloth used by the Invisible Man from Universal Monsters: Unmasked (Orlando) is seen.
• This is a story of revenge and bloodlust and bloodlines which is why Universal chose to go the evil route of the story and made Dracula's daughter the winner because Saiska's motivated by the death of her father, her brother and vengeance against these monsters that took their lives but Dracula's Daughter would lose her father at the hands of Van Helsing and would also have reasoning for revenge just as much as the Van Helsings want.
• The house would be House of the Week during the third week of the event.