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We'll say right of the bat, this is one of the strongest ever Halloween Horror Nights events in Hollywood. Maybe THE strongest year (although I do have a soft spot for 2019 which had 3 of my top 10 all time houses (Creepshow, Ghostbusters, Holidayz in Hell).
Before we start with our review and update, be sure to check out our Halloween Horror Nights Survival Guide, which did get some updates after our visit on Sunday September 11.
Let's head right in. We've got a lot of pictures and video to share.
Before checking in for the media event, we wanted to see some of the HHN Merchandise. It does not disappoint this year!
The face of a social influencer! LOL!
That's more like it!
We're home!!
Our first stop was The Weeknd, as we figured it would be one of the more popular houses of the event, we weren't wrong.
The Weeknd After Hours Nightmare Bar was definitely one of the more popular spots at the entire event.
This is the only place (for now) that you can get the Pizza Fries. We actually expect them to change this.
The reason we expect them to change where you can get Pizza Fries is this. The lines are very slow and most people are just there for the drinks. This would have been well over an hour from entering the bar. In addition, the bar is 21+ so anybody under 21 would not be able to get the fries.
Let's stay down on the Lower Lot with this years Universal Monsters House.
Making a return this year is Killer Klowns from Outer Space!
Some absolutely amazing photo ops this year!
The Terror Tram is back, let's head in to check it out!
In addition to the normal Terror Tram path, this year also features Jordan Peele's Nope and Us, and it works amazingly well!
Speaking of Hollywood Harry, his legend is growing and I really do wish they would make him the official face of the event, including merchandise, etc.
New this year the Death Eaters have invaded Hogsmeade, and it's absolutely fantastic. While not an official "Scare Zone", it works incredibly well.
There are two houses over near the Curious George parking structure, a return of a HHN Staple and an all new maze in Hollywood.
Despite being a returning theme that's been at a lot of events, this years version of Halloween does not disappoint. The cast is stellar, and while there's really nothing "new" here, it's still awesome to head back into the Myers house.
One thing I will mention, the queue for Halloween goes into the basement of the Curious George structure. While in a few weeks or a month from now, this would be fine, on Sunday night, with the high humidity, it was absolutely dreadful and had to easily be over 100 degrees in here. I would have expected park operations to see this and use the mostly unused queue from Scarecrow so people could wait outside.
Speaking of Scarecrow, this house has made it's way from Orlando, and it's absolutely stellar!
On the upper lot is the return of La Llarona, which had been at HHN Hollywood in I want to say 2009 and HHN Orlando in I think 2014.
Replacing The Walking Dead this years is Hollywood Horror Hotel. This was supposedly a last minute house but you wouldn't know it.
The last house for 2022 is Blumhouse which features two great movies, Freaky and The Black Phone.
What is HHN without fire?
There's also some great food throughout the park, we had planned on checking some of these out on Sunday but it was so brutally hot, we didn't get around to it. Next time!
Overall this is one of the best years of Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood, and you will not be disappointed in this years lineup.
Did you attend opening weekend? Share your thoughts below!
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