All 8 haunted houses, ranked

Universal Studios Hollywood Offers thrill-seeking guests something exciting and new every Halloween season with Halloween Horror Nights. Not only will you find creepy characters, some wild chainsaws, running around the streets, but there are haunted house mazes to experience throughout the park. The mazes are the biggest draw, building lore behind Universal-owned characters and also exploring some of the most popular horror franchises.

Halloween Horror Nights 2024 Features eight terrifying haunted houses: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Legacy of Leatherface, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Insidious: The Further, The Weeknd: Nightmare Trilogy, Universal Monsters: Eternal Bloodlines, Monstruos 2: The Nightmares of Latin America, Dead Exposure: Death Valley, and A quiet place Haunted houses. Although they are all filled with incredible visuals and creatures lurking around dark corners, some are better than others. Here are all eight of the new haunted houses featured in Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood 2024, ranked.

8

Universal Monsters: Eternal Bloodlines

An incomplete storyline puts this at the bottom

Although Universal Monsters: Eternal Bloodlines is considered the weakest of the 2024 haunted house mazes, It’s still a very cool experience. As guests walk through, they are shown the story of Van Helsing’s daughter, Saskia Van Helsing, as she teams up with the Bride of Frankenstein to take down Dracula’s daughter. Each hallway has a voiceover that explains the next part of the tale, but with all the screaming and sound effects, it can be a little difficult to understand.

There are some great visuals when it comes to the scenes that play out in front of guests, however, It doesn’t seem like the story is complete at the end. Without spoilers, it’s a setup for something with no real payoff. Seeing an all-female house is empowering and exciting, though.

7

Game Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

It’s strangely hot for a frozen storyline

It should come as no surprise that The Game Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Maze essentially regurgitates the key events of the film of the same name. Starting off at Ray’s Occult Books store and working his way through the plot, there are a lot of things that Ghostbusters fans will absolutely love to see. This maze has a lot of Easter eggs and references to the franchise – of course, Slimer makes an appearance too.

This haunted house is more cute and fun than scary. Even the ghosts hiding around dark corners are more silly than terrifying. Something that is beyond Universal’s control, but should be mentioned, is that on a hot night guests are completely removed from the “frozen” part of the passage. Rooms have ice and frozen characters, but it’s sweltering hot walking through the maze. Other haunted houses pump in air conditioning, so it’s surprising that this isn’t part of the Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire experience.

6

Monstros 2: The Nightmares of Latin America

The popular maze is back for a second year

Coming hot off the heels of 2023’s wildly successful Monstrous Haunted House, Universal Studios Hollywood brings to light three new monsters in Monstros 2: The Nightmares of Latin America – The soul-stealing raider, El Charo; the supernatural, dog-like spirit El Cadejo, who roams silent roads at night in search of prey; and the kid-eating horror movie staple, The Boogieman, El Cucuy. The maze is split into three separate sections, each of them prominently featuring one of the mythical monsters.

This haunted house includes a lot of really great visuals and unique scares, Especially when it comes to the El Cucuy section. Not only is the creature design impressive, there are a lot of actors popping up in unexpected places. That said, the El Cadejo scares, which are in the middle section of the maze, get repetitive. They get less and less scary as a puppet dog pops out at you as you walk around the corner multiple times.

5

A quiet place

The animatronic puppets make the maze

The A quiet place Maze details the events of the first two films of the franchise, Complete with actors in the maze who closely resemble the actors from the moviesCompletely immerse guests in the world. You are urged to remain quiet so as not to draw the attention of the creatures, which are designed to look exactly like those in the films. The louder you are, the more the scare actors punish you.

It is placed inside the A quiet place Haunted houses are impressive. You will really feel as if you are stepping onto the set of the movies. This house is not necessarily relying on jump scares, But there are some to be found. The animatronic creatures are wonderfully done, which is what makes this maze memorable.

4

Insidious: The Next

The longest walk-through wins points for originality

Insidious: The Next is called the most terrifying house of 2024 by many guests. As you explore the house, demons seem to lurk around every corner as they lead you deeper and deeper into the house. Easily the longest passage of them all, Every time you think your nightmare is over, you realize it’s not.

The maze itself is filled with twists and turns, Creating a lot of dark corners that are almost never empty. One of the best effects of the entire Halloween Horror Nights 2024 is in the haunted house – a hallway that is lined with windows where all that separates you and the demons is a bit of glass. Perhaps the biggest problem with this maze is allowing other guests to hype it up so much that they can’t meet expectations.

3

Dead Exposure: Death Valley

Easily the most comprehensive storyline of The Mazes

For guests who enjoy a good zombie story, Dead Exposure: Death Valley is for you. Enter a top-secret government facility where their experiments go horribly wrong. This maze is not just about the scares – although there are many of them – But it tells an interesting story about how the radioactive zombies came to be.

Props and sets are impressive in this house, as are the looks of the zombies. Dead Exposure: Death Valley is easily the best real storyline to unfold in a maze of Halloween Horror Nights 2024, and is amazing and fun. It’s easy to get invested in the hows and whys of the zombie outbreak, Keeping things interesting as you go through it.

2

This week: Nightmare Trilogy

The music makes the mouse

The Weeknd returns with a whole new maze this year, The Weeknd: Nightmare Trilogy. Even those who are not a fan of his music Can appreciate all the hard work that went into this haunted house. For the fans, many iconic moments from his music videos and live performances are referenced throughout.

With a banging soundtrack, It’s hard not to lose yourself in this. There’s no doubt about it, The Weeknd: Nightmare Trilogy features the coolest, most unique, and most exciting visuals of the 2024 haunted houses. Never know what to expect when you enter a room, you may meet a friendly dancer, or a murderous creature. This maze is also the most fun to experience, fan of the weekend or not.

1

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Legacy of Leatherface

This one is not for the easily frightened or gross-out

Everyone knows who Leatherface is, even if you’re not a fan of horror films. He did a terrible job and now, in this maze, his family also receives guests. put in a fully-filled slaughterhouse, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Legacy of Leatherface honors the iconic film’s fiftieth anniversary.

Universal does such a good job with this haunted house that Some scenes may be a little too much for some guests. This is definitely the bloodiest, and the most gory, maze of them all, as you are forced to go through hanging “human flesh”. There are some jump scares, incredibly costumed characters, and even some chilling moments.

Halloween Horror Nights 2024 at Universal Studios Hollywood runs on select nights from September 5 to November 3.

Tickets can be purchased HereAs it is ticketed separately from general admission to the park.