Extreme Hollywood Horror Make-Up and Gruesome Special Effects
Take Center Stage in Workshop Demonstrations as Universal Studios Hollywood
Slathers on the Gore in Preparation for “Halloween Horror Nights,”
Taking Place Select Nights from September 23 to October 31

Universal City, California, September 7, 2011—To resurrect the carnage and chaos, breathe new life into severed heads, oozing wounds and slashed throats, Universal Studios HollywoodSM hosted an extreme Hollywood horror makeup demonstration today in preparation for the theme park’s much anticipated “Halloween Horror Nights®” event, taking place on select nights from September 23 to October 31.

Collaborating with “Halloween Horror Nights’” Creative Director, John Murdy, Hollywood horror make-up artist Larry Bones and his innovative special effects team revealed how many highly dramatic, morbidly disturbing monsters will come to life during “Halloween Horror Nights” to complement the elaborate movie production quality mazes.

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Rock-Horror Icon Alice Cooper, Rainn Wilson, David Arquette and Jamie
Kennedy

Alongside Rising Stars Bailee Madison and Emma Bell to Receive “Eyegore”
Awards

at Universal Studios Hollywood as Theme Park Celebrates Opening Night of

“Halloween Horror Nights” on September 23

Universal City, CA- “Scream” stars David Arquette and Jamie Kennedy will
join Rainn Wilson, star of Rob Zombie’s “House of 1000 Corpses,” “Don’t
Be Afraid of the Dark” star Bailee Madison, “Final Destination 5″
actress Emma Bell and legendary rocker Alice Cooper as honorees at the
2011 “Eyegore” Awards, the opening night ceremony for “Halloween Horror
Nights” at Universal Studios Hollywood.

Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood is only a couple weeks away! This year, the spooktacular event has more mazes than ever – created by the sickest minds in horror.

La Llorona – According to legend, La Llorona is a woman doomed to wander the Earth forever consumed with the guilt of drowning her children and then herself. This spine-chilling maze takes you through the remains of a haunted Mexican village – and beware, for those who hear the screams of La Llorona are marked for death!

“Halloween Horror Nights” will take place on select nights beginning September 23 and continue on September 24, 30; October 1,7, 8,9, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31.

To order tickets click here.

La Llorona, the fearful story of melancholy and murder that has terrified Mexican and Latin American children for generations, is coming to life at this year’s Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood with its new terror-filled maze La Llorona: Villa De Almas Perdidas, with the help of Mexican-based film star Diego Luna serving as a creative consultant!

The new maze will tell the haunting story of “La Llorona,” doomed to wander the earth forever after drowning her children in a desperate attempt to win a lost love. She then drowns herself when this attempt to win her lost love fails. According to the legend, La Llorona’s dreadful, wailing cries—“My children! Where are my children?”—can be heard eternally piercing the night. La Llorona’s frail, drenched body lurking throughout the dead of night will invariably elicit unwavering dread from the helpless village inhabitants or maze guests as her presence …

Elite Hunting is open for business this September!

Eli Roth’s Hostel: Hunting Season, was just announced as Universal Studios Hollywood’s newest maze at this year’s Halloween Horror Nights. This is the horror auteur and star’s first effort at transforming his screen work into a live theme park experience.

The maze will mirror the film’s dehumanizing torture chambers and send guests on a spiraling journey through the corrupt halls of Elite Hunting’s torture factory. Through the re-imagining of the film, Roth will bring Hostel to life and give both fans of his film and horror fans a scare they could never have imagined. “People will have a chance to experience some exact moments from their favorite Hostel scenes, along with some new surprises,” the multi-talented director said.

Universal Studios Hollywood Presents “Eli Roth’s Hostel: Hunting Season,”
A Terrifying New Horror Maze at “Halloween Horror Nights”

Universal City, CA — Eli Roth, the multi-talented …

The Thing paranoia is spreading to Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights this year in an all-new horror maze inspired by Universal Pictures’ upcoming thriller THE THING, in theaters October 14th!

Guests at both Universal Studios Florida and Universal Studios Hollywood will experience the fear of the film in an abandoned scientific research facility in the midst of a vast and frozen Antarctica. The shape-shifting alien creature will come face-to-face with guests as they weave through the film’s Antarctic Thule station, which features elaborately designed and disturbingly real alien creatures and sets.

Halloween Horror Nights begins on September 23rd and continues on select nights through October 31st.

UNIVERSAL PICTURES’ UPCOMING THRILLER “THE THING” TO BECOME
HAUNTED HOUSE EXPERIENCE AT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS’ HALLOWEEN HORROR NIGHTS

Guests Will Experience the Fear of the Film at Both Universal Studios Florida and

Universal Studios Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Nights Events Before “The Thing” …