I took that advice to heart and brought my partner, who functioned as a breathing barricade between me and the monsters. A single-night ticket starts at around $73 before tax.) (Note: I attended HHN as part of a media preview. What was a chicken like me doing at an event designed for horror fans with iron stomachs? I wanted to conquer my fears, for one, but I also wanted to share whatever tips I picked up from my nightmarish journey with my fellow scaredy-cats. These are no slipshod, homemade houses: Halloween Horror Nights “mazes” are movie-quality, with elaborate sets, dozens of “scare actors” whose sole job is to make you jump and squirm and dozens more severed limbs and bloody guts strewn about the set. While my friends went on about decapitation in “Hereditary” or the Bent-Neck Lady from “The Haunting of Hill House,” I preferred to pore over the Wikipedia plot summaries so I could talk about these scenes without having to witness the terror myself.Īnd yet, earlier this month, I found myself at Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando Resort, one of the most popular Halloween events in the US among hardcore horror buffs. I was the teen who would sit with my back to the TV during a sleepover to avoid jump scares in “Paranormal Activity.” I’d stay awake all night after watching “Insidious,” unable to forget its red-faced demon. For most of my life, I’ve identified as the latter.
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