- YEAR: 2009
- EVENT TITLE: RIPPED FROM THE SILVER SCREEN
- TAGLINE: IT'S SHOWTIME!
- LOCATION: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS FLORIDA
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Horror Nights once again decided to match the medium of film with their event. This time thanks to a licensing deal with Lionsgate, Horror Nights was able to bring the very popular Saw films to the event, among some others.
The Usher was our Icon for the year, but plastered all over the advertisements were Chucky, The Wolfman, and Jigsaw. The Wolfman of course is no stranger to Universal, but a remake was supposed to be released around the same time as the event, but was delayed until the spring of that year. The house would be modeled after the remake and not the classic version. Ripped From the Silver Screen, also had two houses that were sponsored by the popular horror magazine Fangoria. The first scare zone in Horror Nights history would also be making a return, and getting a modern makeover. |
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DATES & TIMES
SEPTEMBER |
25, & 26 |
6:30PM - 2:00AM |
OCTOBER |
1, 4, 8, 11, 15, 18, 21, 22, 25, 28, & 29 |
6:30PM - 12:00AM |
OCTOBER |
2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, 30, & 31 |
6:30PM - 2:00AM |
TICKET PRICES
SINGLE ADMISSION |
$69.99 + TAX |
FREQUENT FEAR PASS |
$69.99 + TAX |
COMMERCIAL
ICON: THE USHER
EVENT MAP
LEGACY
- First appearance of The Usher
- First time Horror Nights had "sponsored" houses
CHUCKY: FRIENDS TIL THE END
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Ever wonder what happens when good toys go bad? Chucky has been hard at work, tinkering with your favorite childhood playthings. Nothing is what it seems as you step inside and experience what its like to live in Chucky’s world. This is no Child’s Play.
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DRACULA: LEGACY IN BLOOD
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Welcome to Castle Dracula on the night of “The Calling.” Vlad Dracula bids you welcome – be you one of the chosen women who has been called or merely a mortal man. Those who have been chosen must decide whether to join the Dark Prince in everlasting life as his brides, or reject his offer and suffer for all eternity. The blood must be renewed. The fate of the legacy hangs in the balance – Dracula’s legacy of blood.
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FRANKENSTEIN: CREATION OF THE DAMNED
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It has been a fortnight since his creation caused the castle to be engulfed in flames. Doctor Frankenstein now continues his work to perfect the art of resurrection and regeneration, surrounded by his creations. The Creature has also returned, to make the Doctor pay for the pain and suffering he has had to endure. The Creature will destroy everything in his path to gain redemption, and you are now caught in the middle of this epic battle.
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LEAVE IT TO CLEAVER
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Samuel Meetz works for the people of Carey, Ohio as a butcher, bringing them the freshest meat possible. With a steady livestock of transients and town lawbreakers with which to serve, and a staff of volunteers who will preserve their towns deadly secret by any means necessary, there is truly no end in sight for Samuel or his family business. As Sam always says: Meet Me at Meetz… The Z stands for cannibal.
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SAW
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For years you have come to celebrate Halloween and to witness the weakness of others. The only way to gain redemption for this voyeuristic obsession is to truly know what it means to bleed, to feel weak; to experience pain. Jigsaw will give you this experience. Happy Halloween. Let the games begin.
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SILVER SCREAMS
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Julian Browning has been the usher at the Universal Palace since it opened in 1922; of course, he’s been dead since 1940, but he still commands respect for his most beloved films from every patron. Buy a ticket to the Universal Palace, and let Julian usher you into a realm where the horror on the screen is ripped away to reveal a world that is truly terrifying. Features “Shaun of the Dead”, “The Phantom of the Opera”, “My Bloody Valentine 3D” and other popular horror films.
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THE SPAWNING
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Something “different” has moved in among the sewers of Wyandot County, Ohio. The locals claim that these creatures, the “Sculders”, are two feet tall, with the body of a snake. As a volunteer member of the local water district, it is your civic duty to venture into these pipes and restore the flow. But beware, the locals are wrong about the “Sculders” and the only thing that will be flowing is your blood as it leaves your lifeless body.
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THE WOLFMAN
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Pure. Animalistic. Rage. Take a journey through England’s countryside and come face to fangs with one of the most terrifying creatures to ever explode from the silver screen. Forget everything you thought you knew, and prepare yourself for the sights and sounds of the newest addition to Universal Pictures’ legacy of horror.
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APOCALYPSE: CITY OF CANNIBALS
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A whole civilization of war-like carnivorous humanoids emerges from the sewers and underground tunnels of New York, looking for fresh food. Half-humanoid, half-beast and ravenous, these tribal cannibals invade the streets of Manhattan. No one is safe!
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CIRQUE DU FREAK
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Inspired by Universal Pictures’ upcoming film “Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant,” which tells the fantasy-adventure tale of a boy who unknowingly breaks a 200-year-old truce between two warring factions of vampires. Pulled into a fantastic life of misunderstood sideshow freaks and grotesque creatures of the night, one teen will vanish from the safety of a boring existence and fulfill his destiny in a place drawn from nightmares.
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CONTAINMENT
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When an experimental bio-nerve gas is accidentally released into the atmosphere, the streets are filled with a toxic green mist that turns anyone that comes in contact with it into an infected, melting glob of flesh and blood.
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HORRORWOOD DIE-IN
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The Hollywood Drive-in has been closed for years, and some say the abandoned grounds are haunted, where late at night the dim flickering images of carnage and chaos, monsters and madmen leave the screen and enter the real world looking for fresh victims to star in their latest horrors.
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LIGHTS, CAMERA, HACKTION!
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Hollywood Boulevard is being used as a location for the filming of the next big horror movie to be released in October 2010: The CHAINSAW DRILL TEAM MASSACRE in 3-D. Lights, Camera, Hacktion! Our director, Mas Imair and noted horror film aficionado, is bringing the massacre to life in blood-red terrorcolor. But the actors seem to be taking their direction literally and are “hacking” through the cast and crew. It’s a close encounter of the worst kind as the backlot becomes a hacklot and the streets run red with blood. Are you ready for your close-up?
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WAR OF THE LIVING DEAD
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On a remote island in the Pacific during the last days of World War II, German military attempted to create the unthinkable – a new breed of super-soldier made from the reanimated corpses of the dead. American forces quickly seized the island compound, but not before the reanimate agent was released. The island was quarantined and has remained a secret until now. Fifty years later, the two opposing dead forces are still locked in immortal combat with you caught in the cross-hairs.
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BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT HALLOWEEN ADVENTURE
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The duo return for an all new excellent adventure featuring the famous and infamous in pop culture.
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THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
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A live performance of the cult film.
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