Halloween Horror Nights 2026
Universal Studios Hollywood Halloween Horror Nights 2026 Features Eight New Haunted Mazes
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The Deville Family Funeral Home was founded in the early 1920s by hotel impresario Maximilian Deville and later expanded to include a morgue, embalming rooms, crematorium, mausoleum and cemetery. The facility closed in the late 1970s after its final director, Ambrose Deville, disappeared.
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Dead, Deader, Deadest begins in the funeral home’s lobby with narration from Ambrose Deville and takes guests through a chapel, Ambrose’s laboratory, a dungeon, morgue, crematorium and tomb before the finale.
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Evil Dead Burn opens at the crash site where Alice Price’s husband, Will, died, then moves through the Necronomicon-inspired space, an exterior shed and the Price family home. Its scenes include Alice killing the possessed Polly with a hedge trimmer and defeating the charred Deadite version of Will with a jackhammer.
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The Evil Dead Burn film was directed by Sébastien Vaniček, co-written by Vaniček and Florent Bernard, and produced by Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert. It stars Souheila Yacoub as Alice Price, who turns to her in-laws after her husband’s death before family members become Deadites.
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Beyond the two highlighted mazes, the 2026 event includes a Hellraiser maze based on the original film trilogy. The maze uses a puzzle box and chain-filled labyrinth before escalating into what the critic described as seemingly nonstop scares.
Universal Studios Hollywood's Halloween Horror Nights 2026 opens with eight haunted mazes, six scare zones, and the Terror Tram running through November 1. Two standout attractions—Dead, Deader, Deadest and Evil Dead Burn—lead the lineup with elaborate sets, relentless scares, and immersive effects that Critics say rank among the event's strongest offerings in recent years.
Dead, Deader, Deadest Brings Funeral Home Horror
Dead, Deader, Deadest takes guests through the abandoned Deville Family Funeral Home, a sprawling facility founded in the early 1920s by hotel magnate Maximilian Deville. The building later expanded to include a morgue, embalming rooms, crematorium, mausoleum, and cemetery before closing in the late 1970s after its final director, Ambrose Deville, vanished under mysterious circumstances.
The maze begins in the funeral home's lobby with narration from Ambrose Deville and guides guests through a chapel, his hidden laboratory, a dungeon, morgue, crematorium, and tomb. Along the way, zombies, dismembered bodies, crematorium scenes, and toxic skeletons bring to life dark rumors of body trafficking and an experimental drug called Ambrotox.
Evil Dead Burn Plunges Into Deadite Chaos
Evil Dead Burn follows Alice Price as she battles supernatural Deadites at her in-laws' home after her husband Will's death at a crash site. The maze recreates the film's most intense moments: Alice using a hedge trimmer to kill the possessed Polly, and defeating a charred Deadite version of Will with a jackhammer while the house burns around her.
The experience opens at the crash site, moves through Necronomicon-inspired spaces and an exterior shed, then escalates inside the Price family home. Critics praised Evil Dead Burn as one of the event's strongest mazes, highlighting its graphic set pieces, frequent scares, and fully immersive effects that keep guests on edge throughout.
Evil Dead Film Brings Hollywood Director Vision
Evil Dead Burn stems from a new film directed by Sébastien Vaniček and co-written by Vaniček and Florent Bernard. Producer Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert brought the franchise to life, with Souheila Yacoub starring as Alice Price, a widow forced to turn to her in-laws for help—only to watch them transform into terrifying Deadites one by one.
Hellraiser Maze Completes 2026 Lineup
Beyond the two highlighted attractions, Halloween Horror Nights 2026 includes a Hellraiser maze built around the original film trilogy. The maze opens with a puzzle box and chain-filled labyrinth, then escalates into what critics described as seemingly nonstop scares. The full event runs select nights through November 1 and marks one of the strongest Halloween lineups in recent years.
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