Halloween Horror Nights California haunted house reveal — Dead Exposure: Death Valley

Dead Exposure: Death Valley

Halloween Horror Nights (HHN) will return to Universal Studios Hollywood in California select nights Sept. 5 – Nov. 3, 2024. Today, Universal revealed Dead Exposure: Death Valley as the second of eight haunted houses that guests can experience at this year’s event.

Universal teased the backstory of Dead Exposure: Death Valley on social media by saying, “A secret lab’s attempts to create super soldiers takes a turn for the worse, creating radioactive zombies who escape just as you arrive!”

Dead Exposure’s Shared Universe

The Dead Exposure narrative is original to Halloween Horror Nights and not based on an existing film or television franchise. Universal debuted the storyline in a haunted house titled simply Dead Exposure in 2008 at Universal Studios Florida. This was followed by Dead Exposure: Patient Zero in 2018, also on the east coast. This year’s Dead Exposure: Death Valley marks the story’s first haunted house in California.

Take a look at Dead Exposure: Patient Zero in this video from our Attractions Magazine YouTube archives:

HHN 2024 at Universal Studios Hollywood

Dead Exposure: Death Valley is the second haunted house announced for California’s HHN 2024, following the previously revealed haunted house based on “A Quiet Place” (which will also be part of Florida’s HHN this year).

Halloween Horror Nights tickets are now on sale. Check out the full dates and ticket information in our previous story:

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