Universal's Halloween Horror Nights Adds New 'Creepshow' Maze
Things are getting very creepy at Universal Studios Hollywood's "Halloween Horror Nights."
The attraction is adding a new "Creepshow"-themed maze, inspired by the 1982 cult classic movie directed by George Romero and the new anthology series on the Shudder streaming service.
The "Creepshow" maze" will incorporate terrifying tales torn from the pages of a young boy’s horror comic book. Halloween Horror Nights kicks off Friday, September 13.
The five fables featured in the maze are:
- “Father’s Day” – Years ago Nathan Grantham, the cruel patriarch of the wealthy Grantham family, was murdered by his long-suffering daughter on Father’s Day. Now Nathan’s maggot-infested corpse has risen from the grave to take revenge on his inheritors…and finally claim his Father’s Day cake.
- “The Crate” – An unlucky janitor finds a long-forgotten shipping crate under the stairs of a science hall in a small east coast college. Little does he know, the crate contains a ravenous beast that’s been hibernating for over a hundred years…and it’s just woken up.
- “They’re Creeping Up On You” – Eccentric billionaire Upson Pratt lives in a hermetically sealed “germ proof” penthouse apartment in Manhattan but he still has a bug problem. When a citywide blackout cuts his power, Mr. Pratt’s pest problem is about to get a whole lot worse.
- “Gray Matter” – Ritchie Grenadine, an alcoholic former factory worker, unknowingly ingests a strange mutagen after guzzling a can of cheap beer. Now an alien fungus has taken over his rundown apartment and his body…creating in him an insatiable hunger that can’t be quenched by his favorite ale.
- “Bad Wolf Down” – The surviving members of a decimated American army platoon in the North of France during World War II are holed up in a small village jail awaiting the German army to overwhelm them. The clever lot, however, have an ace up their sleeve that the German’s won’t expect; the men are all werewolves and tonight is a full moon.
This year's Halloween Horror Nights will also feature mazes inspired by "Ghostbusters" and "Killer Klowns From Outer Space."