During my weekend at ScareLA I had the chance to check out Dark Harbor and see what they are up too this season! Last year I visited for the first time and I loved it, This year I plan on going at least twice! The Panel included senior events entertainment manager Charity Hill, Executive talent director David Wally, creative director JJ Wickham, and The Ringmaster!!!!! She’s soooo funny love her!
The Mazes
Returning this season are CIRCUS, DEADRISE, SOULMATE, B340, And VOODOO VILLAGE
New Stuff
ALL NEW! LULLABY MAZE Ring around the rosey, a pocket full of nightmares. The new Lullaby maze takes the visitor on a spine tingling trip through the story of little Scary Mary. Gone, but certainly not forgotten, Mary’s looking for playmates to join her on the other side of hell. Will you succumb to the youngster’s pranks and tricks, or will you escape with your soul intact?
ALL NEW! SIDE SHOW OF FREAKS AND ODDITIES
Don’t be afraid to peek behind the curtain. Our all new Side Show of Freaks and Oddities gives you a glimpse into the secretive world of our side show circus performers. Enjoy a cocktail and take in a performance by one of our oddities as they put their highly unusual talents on display for your enjoyment.
Halloween: Michael Myers Comes Home,” Based on the Cult-Classic Horror Film,Slashes through Universal Studios Hollywood in an All-New Terrifying “Halloween Horror Nights” Maze, Beginning Friday, September 18
Michael Myers, aka “The Boogeyman,” takes a stab ata psychiatric hospital to take bloody revenge on new and unsuspecting victims.
Guests will have the sensation of stepping through the silver screen directly into unsettling and shocking film scenes as they navigate their way through Haddonfield, adorned in classic Halloween décor on a similar Halloween night in 1963. Meyer’s abandoned family home and its blood-splattered walls, where the violent murder took place, will set the stage for a new crime scene as guests attempt to evade the relentless killer–armed with his signature bloodstained knife.
“Halloween is the ultimate classic slasher film that spawned an entire horror film genre,” said John Murdy, Creative Director at Universal Studios Hollywood and Executive Producer of “Halloween Horror Nights.” “Bringing John Carpenter’s disturbing, cutting-edge vision to life as part of ‘Halloween Horror Nights’ is the ideal complement to our maze lineup as we continue to break creative ground with outstanding horror icons that raise the intensity level of our experience.”
“We are extremely excited to team up with Universal Studios Hollywood’s fantastic event, ‘Halloween Horror Nights,” said Malek Akkad, President of Trancas International Films and Compass International Pictures. “The attention to detail that the creative team gives to the Halloween maze creates a realistic and terrifying experience for guests that is truly authentic to the film. This year’s maze will be the best yet.”
“Halloween Horror Nights” 2015 at Universal Studios Hollywood kicks off on Friday, September 18 and continues on select nights through November 1. The popular event brings together the sickest minds in horror to immerse guests in a living, breathing, three-dimensional world of terror. Featuring an all-new slate of unrivaled film production quality mazes, frightful scare zones and a fully re-imagined “Terror Tram” experience uniquely themed to today’s most definitive horror properties, “Halloween Horror Nights” will taunt, terrorize and torment guests with spine-chilling haunted attractions during Southern California’s most extreme Halloween experience.
Recent maze announcements include, “Guillermo del Toro Presents Crimson Peak: Maze of Madness,” based on Legendary and Universal Pictures’ much-anticipated Crimson Peak film directed, co-written and produced by celebrated filmmaker Guillermo del Toro; “The Walking Dead: Wolves Not Far,” based on season 5 of the critically-acclaimed, Emmy Award®-winning television series, and “Insidious: Return to the Further,” based on the bone-chilling Insidious film trilogy. This year’s event will also feature the global phenomenon and multi-talented dance crew, Jabbawockeez, direct from Las Vegas in an all-new original show, performing multiple times per night throughout the run of “Halloween Horror Nights.”
We are about 6 weeks away from Knott’s Scary Farm, hard to believe its getting closer since the silence of whats happening this season, but ScareLA is sure to set some light to that darkness!Plus expect a Passholder preview with in the next few weeks later. They are working fast with more mazes popping up.
The Gunslingers Grave:
Maze under Silver Bullet and around Camp Snoopy Railroad, The train is still open for now, once the summer crowds die down, which will be soon :)))) Camp Snoopy Railroad will close down till before Thanksgiving!
Some walls are up temporary to help with the show from the train ride. 🙂
Looks like it will be Gunslingers Grave!
Black Magic:
Lots more added to the backside of Black Magic
Forevermore:
Still looks about the same from this view but I’m sure a lot more going on backstage.
Trick Or Treak:
I still have not been on Ghostrider but you can see the facade a little from under Ghostrider.
Voodoo and Dominion od the Damed
Not much to see here
Wilderness Dance hall has been cleared out since my last visit.
Trapped round 4?
We will find out soon enough if Trapped will make it back for a 4th year!
Thats it for this update, also some Halloween deco is starting to show up at The Emporium at The Market Place! I’ll be back Monday for another update! This weekend i’ll be at ScareLA follow me on Instagram and Twitter for live updates and be sure to check back for my review on the weekend 🙂 I hope to see a lot of you there and i’ll and lots of buttons stickers and patches 😉 I’ll be talking lots of photos so look spooky and have a great weekend! See you in THE FOG!!! 😉
Sunday I was able to make a fast trip into Knott’s. It was a little crowed but expect the summer crowds to die down in just a few weeks, get in those summer nights in!
Black Magic:
More framing layed out for the floor of the maze in the back and half of the facade is up!
Forevermore:
More Painting has been done!
Voodoo:
The new exit has been painted black on the outside!
Thats it for this weeks Scary Farm Build update, This Weekend we can find out a little of wants in The Fog this 2015 season at ScareLA! I’ll be there all weekend to keep you updated 🙂 If you want to visit ScareLA this weekend which you should its going to be super spooky 😉 Plus get a taste at what Drunken Devil Productions has been up too 😉
We are 9 weeks till the Fog rolls in! I got a chance to get a few build photos for Haunt 2015 😉
First look is Voodoo, It looks like the exit path will be extended. 🙂
Next up is Dominion of the Damned, Cant see much of whats going on back there but if you ride Ghostrider im sure you’ll see 😉 I will not get back on Ghostrider till off season again 😉
Took a ride on Skycabin to get a few shots of Forevermore process!
Black Magic is well under way on the inside, not completely sure if Black Magic is coming back but lets hope so 🙂
Thats it for now 🙂 as always will check back weekly can keep you all updated for Scary Farm 🙂
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