AMC’s “The Walking Dead” Returns to “Halloween Horror Nights”
at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando Resort, Unleashing the Terror
of Season 5 Upon the Country’s Most Extreme and Highly-Anticipated Halloween Events

The horror world’s insatiable appetite for blood, guts, and zombies from AMC’s “The Walking Dead” will return to both Universal Studios Hollywood (The Walking Dead: Wolves Not Far,) and Universal Orlando Resort (The Walking Dead: The Living and the Dead) when the most intense moments from season 5 of the critically-acclaimed, Emmy Award®-winning television series take a bite out of “Halloween Horror Nights,” beginning Friday, September 18, 2015.

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Attempts to evade the terror of the undead and the inhumane brutality of mankind will be the underlying theme of these mazes as guests navigate authentic three-dimensional recreations of one of television’s most talked about shows, “The Walking Dead.”

The maze/house will start at the Terminus safe-haven compound, where the demented inhabitants have been driven insane with hunger.  Further into the experience it is promised that we will stumble upon dismembered “W” walkers, witness the horror of victims besieged by the living dead, and step onto the loading dock of the Del Arno Food warehouse to face hordes of “W” walkers. Sounds delicious doesn’t it?

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Executive producer and special effects makeup supervisor for “The Walking Dead was excited about the new maze saying, “I couldn’t be more delighted to continue and expand ‘The Walking Dead’ universe with Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando than by having fans experience some of the most harrowing and suspenseful moments of our show,‘Halloween Horror Nights’ is the gold standard to which all other Halloween-themed events try to emulate, so to bring authentic walkers to this event, alongside other horror greats, is the ultimate thrill.”

 

AMC Has also enjoyed this fruitful partnership with Universal Halloween Horror Nights but pointed to the fans as the reason for it all. “We love giving fans of ‘The Walking Dead’ as many ways as possible to experience the series, so we’re thrilled to be collaborating once again with the teams at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando on these mazes that really bring the intensity of the show to life,” said Theresa Beyer, senior vice president of promotion, activation and partnerships for AMC. “We’re excited to have fans come face to face with some of the most memorable and shocking scenes of season 5.”

This year Universal Studios Hollywood introduces the all-original “The Walking Dead: Wolves Not Far,” The new maze is promised to be the biggest, longest, most gruesome maze ever built at the West Coast destination of “Halloween Horror Nights.” The maze will also feature twice as many zombies and never-before-seen. We are happy to hear this as last year’s maze seemed to feel a little short. The maze will also be situated in “an entirely new theme park location.”  Any guess folks?

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“Just like the fans who wait anxiously for the next episode or season return of ‘The Walking Dead,’ this phenom of a show has become a ‘Halloween Horror Nights’ tradition” said John Murdy, Creative Director at Universal Studios Hollywood and Executive Producer of “Halloween Horror Nights.”

Noting the remarkable position that Universal Studios has over other haunts, Murdy continues, “We’re fortunate to have the expertise of the show’s creative team working collaboratively with us to create an authentic living representation of the series, and for fans, our maze experience is the next best thing to living in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse.”

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Universal Orlando Resort Halloween Horror Nights

At Universal Orlando Resort, the all-new house “The Walking Dead: The Living and the Dead” will feature hordes of walkers and eerily recreated  scenes, settings and terror from the show as well. The supremely talented, creative minds at Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights are bringing all-new, never before achieved tactics to bring the horror of season 5 to life in this year’s house, placing guests in the iconic flooded food bank scene where they’ll be surrounded by hundreds of gallons of water as flesh-hungry walkers attack. We’re gonna need a bigger boat.

“We’ve been fortunate to recreate many horrific moments over the past few years, and as the series raises its own bar every season, so have we with our environments, said Michael Aiello, Director of Creative Development for Universal Orlando’s Entertainment team. “Faithfully representing season 5 has brought with it all-new elements, and we will literally place our guests in the lead role as they escape hordes of walkers.”

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Universal’s “Halloween Horror Nights” is the ultimate in extreme Halloween events. Guests from around the world have visited “Halloween Horror Nights” in Orlando and Hollywood for over two decades now just to become victims of their own horror movie.

The popularity of The Walking Dead is just too much for Universal to pass up, we totally get it.  Last year, Universal Orlando’s version was one of the best things we had been through all year.  Let’s hope that both coasts knock this out of the park.  They are certainly setting themselves up for success.

We have Crimson Peak Maze of Madness, Insidious Return to the Further, and now The Walking Dead.  What terrors await us next?

Below we have the teaser video for you.

 


 

 

Halloween Horror Nights 2015 at Universal Studios Hollywood kicks off on Friday, September 18, 2015, and continues on select nights through November 1.

Updates on “Halloween Horror Nights” at Universal Studios Hollywood are available here on HorrorBuzz.com and online at HalloweenHorrorNights.com/Hollywood

You can find them on Facebook at: “Halloween Horror Nights – Hollywood,” on Instagram at @HorrorNights and Twitter at @HorrorNights as Creative Director John Murdy reveals a running chronicle of exclusive information. Watch videos on Halloween Horror Nights YouTube and join the conversation using #UniversalHHN.

About the Author

Norman Gidney is a nearly lifelong horror fan. Beginning his love for the scare at the age of 5 by watching John Carpenter's Halloween, he set out on a quest to share his passion for all things spooky with the rest of the world.