If you’re visiting Universal Orlando Resort in September or October, one of the most important questions to ask when booking your trip is “Are we going to Halloween Horror Nights?”
If the answer to that question is “Yes, obviously” and your tickets have already been purchased, this guide will help you plan your night and maximise your scares, but if you’re still not sure if Halloween Horror Nights is the event for you, by the time you finish reading we’re sure you’ll be ready to book your tickets!
When is Halloween Horror Nights 2025?
This year’s event begins on August 29th and finishes after Halloween on November 2nd. The exact event dates for Halloween Horror Nights 2025 are:
| August | 29, 30, 31 |
| September | 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 |
| October | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31 |
| November | 1, 2 |
Halloween Horror Nights 2025 Haunted Houses
There will be 10 haunted houses at Halloween Horror Nights 2025, including five terrifying houses based on popular horror franchises and 5 chilling original concepts. Here’s what we know about all of them:
Fallout
Face your fears in post-apocalyptic LA, devastated by nuclear war, based on the hit show and game franchise “Fallout.” You’ll travel into the vaults and be attacked by raiders alongside Lucy. You’ll escape to the wasteland and confront the bounty hunter, The Ghoul. You’ll even encounter Maximus with the Brotherhood of Steel and see T-60 power armour.
Terrifier
Nothing can prepare you for this grisly haunted house based on all three of Damien Leone’s Terrifier films. Try your luck against the sadistic Art the Clown in his twisted funhouse. Witness Art’s gleefully grotesque handiwork of torture. You’ll be left literally dripping with terror and drenched with fear. It’s a whole new level of gore!
Jason Universe
Come face to face with the iconic horror villain Jason Voorhees. Step into the terrifying world of this silent killer. Flee through the woods and into his sinister shack. Enter the summer camp where his gruesome legend began. Jason is back and nothing can save you now!
Five Nights at Freddy’s
You wouldn’t last one night at Freddy's, let alone five. You’re about to start the night watch at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria, where nothing is what it seems. You’ll be hunted by the deadly animatronics Freddy, Bonnie, Chica and Foxy as you flee through creepy, abandoned hallways. You’ll even encounter the ghosts in the machines.
WWE Presents: The Horrors of The Wyatt Sicks
You’re about to go head-to-head with the fiendish Wyatt Sicks at Halloween Horror Nights. Enter an eerie arena, where you’ll go through an ominous, lantern-lit doorway into the maniacal minds of Uncle Howdy, Rambling Rabbit, Mercy the Buzzard, Abby the Witch and Huskus the Pig. Beware,
you’re about to meet your match.
Hatchet and Chains: Demon Bounty Hunters
In this Old West town, all hell is breaking loose. Masses of red-hot lava demons are crawling out of Hell’s Well and trying to possess everyone, melting everything in their path. As you flee from the post office to the bank, the prison to the graveyard, your only hope is Hatchet and Chains with their arsenal of mystical weapons.
Dolls: Let’s Play Dead
You’re about to become doll-sized and witness the unnatural creations of a twisted little girl. You’ll be hunted by fashion dolls she’s melded and burned. Then you’ll go under her bed and be stalked by toys she’s stitched together. You’ll end in her creepy Victorian dollhouse, where undead horrors await you.
Grave of Flesh
Welcome to your funeral, where things are about to go from bad to worse. You’ll enter your grave and then pass through the gates of the underworld, where flesh-eaters who feed on the dead will be waiting for you. Get lost in their cavernous underground world, where an endless gauntlet of flesh-eating creatures will hunt you mercilessly for all eternity
Galkn: Monsters of the North
In a remote northern village, a wicked being rises from the dead, bringing a horde of monsters and demons from the fjords to wreak havoc on the townspeople. You’ll face icy, horned, winged and wolfish fiends that gradually merge into one giant horror. Then you’ll try to escape the belly of the beast
El Artista: A Spanish Haunting
In 19th-century Spain, a tortured artist moves to an isolated country manor to seek inspiration. Instead, as he wanders the ghostly hallways and haunted conservatory, malevolent spirits break into our realm through his paintings. He tries to resist, but the art comes to life and possesses him. Now, you’re about to be part of the permanent exhibition.
Halloween Horror Nights 2025 Scare Zones
Don’t think you’re safe from the scares when you’re not in one of the haunted houses! With four unnerving scare zones filling the streets of Universal Studios Florida, you’ll have to make your way through hordes of scare actors and spooky scenes as you head from one attraction to another.
The four scare zones for 2025 are:
- The Origins of Horror - Enter a decaying conservatory where artists carve tributes to Halloween Horror Nights. You’ll encounter monstrous crows, gargoyles and more.
- Masquerade: Dance with Death - You’re invited to a masquerade ball where blood thirsty vampires lurk behind ornate disguises. When their masks fall, you’ll be their prey.
- The Cat Lady of Crooked Lane - Travel a winding path to a mysterious home, where trick-or-treaters are transformed into feral felines. Be careful or you’ll be next.
- Mutations: Toxic Twenties - In a 1920s neighborhood, a BuzzCon truck with radioactive cargo crashes into a mobster getaway car sending the city into toxic pandemonium.
Halloween Horror Nights 2025 Live Entertainment
If you need a break from walking through haunted houses and scare zones, you can sit back and relax (as much as it’s possible to relax at Halloween Horror Nights!) by watching not one, but two exclusive shows! This year, Nightmare Fuel is back once again with their Circus of Decay, in a sinister spectacle of pyro, illusions and aerialists. Or head to the Universal Studios Lagoon for Haunt-O-Phonic: A Ghoulish Journey, a watery ghost story featuring towering water screens and haunting music.
NEW FOR 2025: Feel The Fear Medallion Quest
This year, you can experience Halloween Horror Nights like never before with a scavenger hunt throughout the park. Keep your eyes peeled amid the chaos to search for horror-themed medallions - find them all, and you’ll take home a piece of the horror… if you dare!
Halloween Horror Nights 2025 Rides and Attractions
Can't get enough of all the rides that Universal Studios Florida has to offer? If you haven't done enough screaming in the haunted houses, you can do a bit more on attractions that will be open throughout the event. The following rides will be open for guests to enjoy during Halloween Horror Nights 2025:
- Revenge of the Mummy
- Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts
- MEN IN BLACK - Alien Attack
- TRANSFORMERS: The Ride-3D
Halloween Horror Nights 2025 Food and Beverage Offerings
You’re sure to work up a serious appetite with all these scares, so be sure to stop and check out some of the themed food and beverage items available exclusively during Halloween Horror Nights. This year’s monstrous menu includes dishes themed after the event's haunted houses, including Terrifier-inspired Clown Cafe Bloody Popcorn, a Five Nights at Freddy’s-inspired cupcake with white chocolate eyes and teeth, and Fallout-inspired ‘devilled eggs’ made with coconut panna cotta, pineapple whipped ganache and chilli-lime seasoning.
Halloween Horror Nights 2025 Merchandise
From Terrifier bucket hats to Five Nights at Freddy’s blankets, there's all kinds of merchandise on offer this year... and what better way to remember your time at Halloween Horror Nights than with some themed keepsakes? All the merch is now available at the Universal Tribute Store, and it's available at all times so you don't need to spend your time shopping when you could be in the haunted houses!
Halloween Horror Nights at the Universal Orlando Resort Hotels
Guests staying at a Universal Orlando Resort hotel will have even more time to scream thanks to a dedicated entrance into Universal Studios Florida that will give them access to Halloween Horror Nights from 6:30pm (with valid event admission). All of the hotels will also have themed lobby experiences and photo opportunities, and Universal Cabana Bay Beach Resort, Universal Aventura Hotel, Universal Helios Grand Hotel, a Loews Hotel, and Loews Portofino Bay Hotel will have Halloween-themed lounges with themed speciality drinks.
Are you ready to book your tickets to Halloween Horror Nights 2025? The event is likely to sell out so book as soon as possible to avoid disappointment!
*Named Best Halloween Event by Amusement Today’s Golden Ticket Awards for 13 years (2006, 2008-2018, 2021-2022).
