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17 action packed horror days to enjoy!

Main website: www.halloweenhorrornights.com/hollywood/index.html

Facebook: www.facebook.com/HalloweenHorrorNights

Twitter: www.witter.com/HorrorNights

“LA LLORONA”— THE BLOODTHIRSTY SPECTRE OF MEXICAN LEGEND
La Llorona, whose fearful story of melancholy and murder has terrified Mexican and Latin American children for generations, will cast a grim shadow upon guests at Universal Studios HollywoodSM this fall as her dreaded presence is unleashed upon guests at the 2010 Halloween Horror Nights® event, where the legends of horror come to life.

According to the legend, a beautiful Mexican woman fell in love and married the most handsome man in the village. She bore two beautiful children, but her husband soon fell in love with another woman. Blinded by jealousy, the woman ran with her children to a river, where her faithless husband was courting his new love. Enraged, she threw her children into the river, where the current carried them away. When she realized what she had done, she threw herself into the river as well.

But the woman did not leave this Earth. Late at night, in the deep woods, or by a small creek, children can hear her weeping, searching in vain for her lost children. “La Llorona,(“the crying woman”) they call her, for she frequently wails “My children, where are my children?” Her frail, drenched body is a chilling sight; any child wandering alone is sure to be snatched as her newest victim.

At the 2010 Halloween Horror Nights event, La Llorona will stalk guests as they make their way through the Universal back lot as part of the all-new “Terror Tram” experience and she’ll also terrorize her own “Scare Zone,” hiding within the shadows of a gauntlet haunted by the ghosts of her dead victims.

“A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET: NEVER SLEEP AGAIN!” MAZE
Freddy Krueger, the iconic undead dream stalker whose burned, disfigured face, tattered green and red sweater and four-bladed glove has been the searing central figure of nine movies, a television series, video games and comics, will provide a cutting edge for Universal Studios Hollywood’s SM “A Nightmare On Elm Street: Never Sleep Again,” an all-new horror maze experience for the 2010 Halloween Horror Nights®” event, where the legends of Hollywood horror will come to life, beginning September 24.

“A Nightmare on Elm Street: Never Sleep Again,” will bring guests back on a nightmare journey to the town of Springwood, the scene of Freddy Krueger’s unspeakable crimes. They’ll wind through the ominously twisting corridors of the Barham Day Care Center, glimpse ghastly scenes of carnage among the young people of Springwood and face the ultimate showdown with Freddy in his infamous boiler room lair.

The new maze is based upon the 2010 motion picture, “A Nightmare on Elm Street” which opened to number one at the box office earlier this year. The Blu-Ray and DVD is set to release on October 5.

The 2010 “Halloween Horror Nights” event at Universal Studios Hollywood will offer spine-chilling new mazes based upon the horror genre’s most compelling characters. Rob Zombie and other top artists are collaborating with Universal Studios Hollywood in the creation of new mazes, “scare zones” and backlot experiences.

The theme park’s favorite thrill-ride attractions will also remain open for “Halloween Horror Nights” as well, many with menacing twists. Favorites include “The Simpsons Ride®,” “Revenge of the MummySM – The Ride” and “Jurassic Park® In the Dark.”

INFORMATION ABOUT MAZES!
The fantastically creepy dance troupe will be just one of the legends that come to life for Halloween Horror Nights, and will echo one of this year’s all-new maze experiences, “Vampyre: Castle of the Undead.” Other features of this year’s spooktacular events will include a “House of 1000 Corpses” maze created by horror legend Rob Zombie, a new “La Llorona Scare Zone,” as well as Universal Studios Hollywood ride favorites with new, spine-chilling twists, such as ““The Simpsons Ride®,” “Revenge of the MummySM – The Ride” and “Jurassic Park® In the Dark.”
 
ARTIST PATRICK IAN MOORE TO SIGN COLLECTOR’S EDITION COPIES OF THE GRAPHIC NOVELLA, “VAMPYRE: CASTLE OF THE UNDEAD (BLOOD SECRETS OF THE IRON GUARD)” PUBLISHED BY UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD

IN CONJUNCTION WITH 2010 “HALLOWEEN HORROR NIGHTS”

FIRST 500 GUESTS WILL RECEIVE COMPLIMENTARY COPIES



Universal City, California – Collector’s edition copies of the new graphic novella, “Vampyre: Castle of the Undead (Blood Secrets of the Iron Guard),” will be personally signed by the artist and presented, free, to the first 500 guests checking in at the “Celebrity Terror Table” at Universal Studios HollywoodSM “Halloween Horror Nights”® on Saturday, September 25. Artist Patrick Ian Moore will sign autographs from 8:00pm -10:00pm at the event.

The new graphic novella –the first to be inspired by a Halloween theme park maze—can also be viewed on the official Halloween Horror Nights website.

“Vampyre: Castle of the Undead (Blood Secrets of the Iron Guard),” tells a modern tale of the vampires of Wallachia, Romania, the medieval realm of Vlad the Impaler, who inspired the 19th century Dracula legend. With drawings and design by Moore, the book was based on the new “Vampyre: Castle of the Undead” maze developed by “Halloween Horror Nights” Creative Director John Murdy.

Patrick Ian Moore is a Hollywood-based cartoonist, painter, actor, and performance artist whose cartoons and illustrations have been published in magazines, fanzines, books and alternative newspapers and whose paintings have been exhibited in Southern California galleries.

Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood begins Friday, September 24 and will continue on consecutive weekends and select weekday nights beginning Friday, September 24 through Halloween, Sunday, October 31. Event dates are: September 24, 25 and October 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16,17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30, 31. The event will begin nightly at 7 p.m.; closing hours vary by night throughout the event. Tickets are on sale now with special deals on “Killer Deal Nights” offering up to $25 off regular prices.

In addition to “Vampyre: Castle of the Undead,” Halloween Horror Nights” mazes will include “A Nightmare On Elm Street™: Never Sleep Again,” “Friday the 13TH™: Kill, Jason, Kill!,” Rob Zombie’s House of 1000 Corpses: In 3D ZombieVison” plus “Saw: Game On.” Among the six “Scare Zones” is a new “La Llorona” experience, based upon the timeless Mexican legend.

“Chucky’s Revenge” – an all-new “Terror Tram” experience -- plus an express visit to the new blockbuster attraction, “King Kong 360 3D” Created by Peter Jackson and an all-new “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Halloween Adventure” show will also be featured within the event.

Guests at this year’s Halloween Horror Nights event at Universal Studios Hollywood will have the exclusive opportunity to board trams bound directly for the blockbuster new ride, “King Kong 360 3-D” created by Peter Jackson. For the first time, round-trip “Skull Island Express” tram rides are being offered only during “Halloween Horror Nights” as an added feature to the nighttime event and will be separate from the park’s famous “Terror Tram” backlot attraction.

Universal Studios Hollywood’s favorite thrill-ride attractions will also remain open for “Halloween Horror Nights” nocturnal affair, many with menacing twists. Favorites include “The Simpsons Ride™,” “Revenge of the MummySM – The Ride” and “Jurassic Park® In the Dark.”

Updates on “Halloween Horror Nights” will be available at HalloweenHorrorNights.com and also on Twitter and Facebook, as Creative Director John Murdy reveals a running chronicle of exclusive information. Fans are invited to follow John Murdy on Twitter at: Twitter.com/HorrorNights or via Facebook at: “Halloween Horror Nights - Hollywood (Official).”
 
Last Friday, celebrities hit the red carpet to get their scare on at the 2010 Eyegore Awards, honoring stars of the horror genre and kicking off the 17-night Halloween Horror Nights event at Universal Studios Hollywood!

Filmmaker/actor Eli Roth, Christopher Lloyd, veteran horror icon Sid Haig and “Saw” stars Betsy Russell and Gina Holden were all honorees at the Eyegore Awards ceremony for their work in the genre. Other celebrities participating in the show included host Corey Feldman and award presenters Rob Zombie, Mariana Klaveno of “True Blood,” Tobe Hooper, Costas Mandylor of “Saw” and Denzell Whittaker from the cast of Wes Craven’s upcoming film, “My Soul to Take.”

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"Saw" actress Betsy Russell.

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Christopher Lloyd and "True Blood" star Mariana Klaveno.

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Denzell Whittaker from Wes Craven’s upcoming film, “My Soul to Take.”

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The red carpet, probably not blood stained.
 
Some great behind the scenes videos about HHN on their YT channel.

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