Your next misstep to Universal Studios is break to call for a circumstances more screech .
If you ’ve ever wished you could piss your pant in haunted revulsion all class around and not just at Halloween , Universal Studios is cursorily expound its bone - chilling frights into lasting 12 - month fixing , starting with an apocalypticWalking Deadexperience that unfold July 4th at Universal Studios Hollywood .
Walk throughThe Walking Dead
antecedently limited to Halloween Horror Nights programming at both Universal Studios Orlando and Hollywood , the new yet - to - be - namedWalking Deadwalk - through experience will be a real - life story re - creation of the show with animatronic undead walkers and live human thespian designed , fitted out , and made up by the same the great unwashed who make the TV show , including co - executive producer and special - effect makeup whiz Greg Nicotero . The attraction sport scenes ripped straight from plotlines , include Daryl and Beth ’s cabin engulfed in flaming , and the infirmary , consummate with its iconic " Do n’t Open Dead privileged " doorway for its synergistic queue . Decaying teeth , bloodshot eyes , and silicone polymer masks will make it difficult to tell who was once live , and who was created in Nicotero ’s KNB EFX studio apartment – and from the first peek at theWalking Deadattraction just released ( video below ) , you wo n’t want to get up close to find out .
" This is more intense than Halloween Horror Nights , " Universal Studios’Don Burgess told IGNthis spring . " We ’re really surprised we ’re admit to do something this intense . "
Get crushed by Kong
The terror come to Universal Studios are n’t uniquely undead , though . Skull Island : Reign of Kongis set to excite Florida to its Congress of Racial Equality when it opens at Universal ’s Islands of Adventure later this summertime , injecting the park with Halloween - grade scares on a solar day - to - day basis .
invitee will trip in a 72 - someone Jeep - like vehicle through the island as part of Universal ’s longest - ever and first - ever trackless ride , driving through 3D struggle between dinosaurs and monsters and culminating in a human face - to - face interaction with a 30ft - tall animatronic of Kong himself . Promising fully immersive interaction through caverns and jungles as visitors are to " feel his breathing place sweep across your peel " and learn his " earsplitting roar reverberate through every bone of your body , " it should be as naturalistic as being there in the shape – that is , if themassive mutant spider , insects , and nightmarish slugsyou’ll encounter do n’t consume you first .
Universal Studios has a storeyed history with horror , having created the originalFrankenstein , Dracula , andCreature from the Black Lagoonamong others , but staked its claim 25 years ago when Halloween Horror Nights began in Florida and made their debut at Universal Studios Hollywood six years later , employ maze , scare zona , and obsess houses themed to mega - popular moving picture likeInsidious , The Purge , and – new for 2016 –The Exorcist .
Walking Dead at Halloween Horror Nights|Universal Orlando Resort
Universal Studios is not the only parking area to programme seasonal blood - curdling fright – Six Flags has been book Fright Fests at its ballpark since 1989 , and Knott ’s Berry Farm has transformed into the terror - pack Knott ’s Scary Farm for the past 43 Halloweens – but with the enlargement of fright on both coasts , Universal is die all in on panic .
" With Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood , we ’ve continued to lift the bar by figure out direct with the creators of top film and television property to institute the most terrifying scenes to life , " aver John Murdy , creative music director at Universal Studios Hollywood and executive manufacturer of Halloween Horror Nights . " Soon guests will have a chance to face their fears year - pear-shaped . "
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Skull Island: Reign of Kong|Universal Orlando Resort
