Universal Destinations & Experiences has already enjoyed a truly epic year thanks to the opening of the Epic Universe theme park, but that doesn’t mean it'll be phoning in the biggest event of the year. Halloween Horror Nights is here!
10 total houses are coming to Florida, with eight set for California, not to mention numerous other spooky attractions and ghoulish entertainment. There's a lot planned for Halloween Horror Nights 2025! Here's everything you need to know about this year's event.
Confirmed Universal Studios Florida Houses
Universal Studios Florida remains the marquee location for Halloween Horror Nights. With 10 houses to fill alongside numerous scary zones and other attractions, bigger is sometimes better. Here’s what's coming to the USF event in 2025.
Terrifier
The Terrifier franchise has become one of the most popular modern horror franchises, which makes its inclusion in Halloween Horror Nights not that shocking. What makes its inclusion surprising is that Terrifier is known for being one of the most gory and gross horror franchises. Fans will get to experience it in all its gory glory, as the house has two paths, one is "wetter" than the other.
Fallout
The first announcement of the year is usually the most exciting, and this year was certainly no exception. Fallout was an incredibly popular video game franchise for decades before becoming a hit streaming series (available with a Prime Video subscription). Now, the Fallout series has inspired an HHN house, and though it isn’t necessarily viewed as a straightforward horror franchise, the post-apocalypse certainly has its moments of gnarly gore and freaky characters. No matter how scary it is, fans of the franchise will be excited to visit the Wasteland. And the word is elements at the end of the house will tease fans on the upcoming Fallout Season 2.
Jason Un1v3rse
Horror movie slashers are a staple of Halloween Horror Nights, and it’s rare that we don’t have a year without the likes of Leatherface or Michael Myers. This year (on Friday the 13th, 2025, no less), the company revealed that Jason Voorhees would be making his return to HHN. Jason Universe, or Jason Un1v3rse as it’s being stylized, will take guests to Camp Crystal Lake, where rather than simply seeing a single Jason story unfold, we’ll get some of the best moments from the entire Friday the 13th franchise.
El Artista: A Spanish Haunting
The first original house announced for Orlando will be set in a country manor in 19th-century Spain. It will tell the story of a tortured artist who moves into the house to discover art that comes to life and possesses him. By the end, he will likely be a truly tortured artist.
Hatchet And Chains: Demon Bounty Hunters
Last year's HHN featured the house Slaughter Cinema 2, which included a fictional B-movie about demon bounty hunters. Now, fans who wish that movie were real will get their chance to go inside it as Hatchet and Chains: Demon Bounty Hunters is now a house all its own.
Dolls: Let's Play Dead
Plenty of horror movies have shown just how creepy dolls can be, and that's when they're small. In Dolls: Let's Play Dead, the guests become the size of dolls and are hunted by tortured toys. What if Toy Story was just Sid the whole time?
Grave Of Flesh
Most HHN houses try to kill you. In Grave of Flesh, it seems the story is that you're already dead. Unfortunately, the worst isn't over, as you're now in the underworld and being hunted by all manner of unspeakable creatures.
Galkn: Monsters Of The North
One of the great things HHN does is find scary monsters from other cultures and introduce them through houses. Galkn: Monsters of the North takes an old Norse monster you've probably never heard of, and makes you wish you still hadn't.
Five Nights At Freddy’s
Five Nights at Freddy’s is a franchise that fans have wanted to see at Halloween Horror Nights for a long time, and with the upcoming Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 movie hitting theaters this Halloween season, now is as good a time as any. While the fact that something FNAF-related was coming to HHN this year was announced early on, it was only recently that a full house was confirmed.
WWE Presents: The Horrors of The Wyatt Sicks
Potentially the most intriguing house of the year will see Universal partner with WWE to bring its horror-themed family of freaks, The Wyatt Sicks, to Halloween Horror Nights. The house will feature the current cast of terrifying weirdos but will also honor the legacy of Bray Wyatt, the man who started the Wyatt Family, and will include his alter ego, The Fiend, the first time the character has been used since the death of Bray Wyatt.
Confirmed Universal Studios Hollywood Houses
Universal Studios Hollywood isn’t as big as the park in Florida, so its HHN event doesn’t quite measure up. That said, USH traditionally gets eight houses, with several exclusive to the California park to make up for the smaller number. On top of that, this is the only place to get the Terror Tram, which is always a highlight. Here’s what we know about HHN at USH in 2025.
Terrifier
The Terrifier franchise will come to HHN in Hollywood as well as Florida. Elements from all over the franchise, including Art the Clown's Funhouse and a terrifying Christmas area, will both appear.
Fallout
Fallout is traditionally set on the West Coast, so it’s only right that the Fallout HHN house has a home in California as well as Florida. The story of Lucy McLean and the Ghoul will be highlighted here, along with all the RAD roaches and Deathclaws the Wasteland has to offer.
Jason Un1v3rse
Jason Voorhees will terrorize campers on both coasts when the Jason Universe HHN house opens at Universal Hollywood. It will be interesting to see how similar the two houses are. Even when HHN places the same house at both parks, they aren’t always exact replicas. Back when The Last of Us came to HHN, it was felt by many that the Hollywood version was noticeably better than Florida's. And since Jason Universe will be pulling from the entire Friday the 13th franchise, it’s at least possible that each house could get full set pieces from entirely different movies.
Monstruos 3: The Ghosts Of Latin America
The first Monstruos HHN house back in 2023 was a massive hit and widely regarded as the best house at Universal Studios Hollywood that year. Last year, that house made its way to Orlando, while a sequel house appeared in California. Now, the trilogy will be completed with three terrifying monsters, La Llorona, La Muelona, and La Siguanaba.
Five Nights At Freddy’s
The Five Nights at Freddy’s house confirmed at Universal Studios Florida is also happening at Universal Studios Hollywood. Freddy Fazbear's Pizza will come to life, as will the animatronics that want you dead.
Scarecrow: Music By Slash
Guns 'N' Roses guitarist Slash has partnered with Halloween Horror Nights to provide original music for the last six years in a row and 2025 will be no different. This year his full score will back a story of mother nature wreaking vengeance on homesteads via terrifying scarecrows.
WWE Presents: The Horrors of The Wyatt Sicks
The Wyatt Sicks will be coming to Universal Studios Hollywood as well as Universal Studios Florida. WWE fans who are also theme park fans, and there are a lot of those people, are sure to love this one. If the house is done well, knowledge of professional wrestling should not be required.
Poltergeist
The final house announced for HHN at USH in 2025 was Poltergeist, the iconic horror franchise will pull guests through the glowing TV screen and see them chased down by The Beast
Terror Tram: Enter the Blumhouse
Of all the HHN activities at Universal Studios Hollywood, the one that no other park, including other Universal parks, can ever hope to imitate is the Terror Tram. This is where the iconic Universal Studios Backlot Tour is transformed into a horror experience. For the second year in a row, Blumhouse will host the Terror Tram, with elements from Black Phone, Megan 2.0, Happy Death Day, and The Purge all teased to be part of the show.
On paper, this looks to be a great year for Halloween Horror Nights. The event launches on August 29 at Universal Studios Florida and on September 4 at Universal Studios Hollywood. Tickets are still available.
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