Halloween Horror Nights Returns to the Upside Down With ‘Stranger Things Season 4 House.
Halloween Horror Nights is taking Stranger Things fans back into the Upside Down for the 2023 season.
The house marks the return of the Netflix series to the annual Halloween event at Universal Studios parks in around four years, with this year’s home inspired by the fourth season of the Duffer Brothers series. Parkgoers will be transported again to Hawkins, Indiana, where they’ll meet with supernatural villain Vecna amid his effort to obliterate the barrier between the Upside Down and the real world.
In the house, guests, Eleven, Max, Eddie, and more characters from the show will emerge on the front line of Vecna’s deadly attacks. While moving through iconic scenes like the Hawkins Lab, the Creel House, and Vecna’s chilling, blood-red mind lair, guests will confront familiar and terrifying creatures like demo bats and Vecna himself as they race against the clock not only to escape but save humanity from his deadly curse.
This marks the third time in HHN’s history that Stranger Things has been the basis for one of the houses and mazes. The Orlando and Hollywood parks hosted one inspired by the show’s first season in 2018 and 2019, followed by another pulling from plot elements in seasons two and three. Notably, the second house picked up where the first had left off scene-wise, meaning attendees might get a brief sequence referencing season three at the start of the 2023 house.
“From the opening shots of Stranger Things 4, episode one, we knew this was meant to be an experience at Halloween Horror Nights,” said John Murdy, executive producer of Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood.
“We’re excited for our fans to live Vecna’s curse as we recreate the iconic and terrifying moments from the show,” added Lora Sauls, assistant director of creative development and show direction at Universal Orlando Resort.
The Stranger Things house is the latest IP-based attraction announced in this year’s bi-coastal event. Last month, a Last of Us house was announced for HHN based on the Naughty Dog and Playstation game. HBO’s live-action adaptation, which stars Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, received 24 Emmy nominations on Wednesday.
Halloween Horror Nights 2023 begins Sept. 1 at Universal Orlando Resort and Sept. 7 at Universal Studios Hollywood.
