Halloween Horror Nights 2025 at Universal Studios Hollywood (California): All haunted houses, scare zones, tickets, dates
Halloween Horror Nights 2025 at Universal Studios Hollywood will begin Sept. 4 with haunted houses, scare zones, and the Terror Tram — plus the event’s debut of “Five Nights at Freddy’s” and an attraction from Universal Japan in the U.S. for the first time.
This guide focuses on the Los Angeles, Calif., version of Halloween Horror Nights. Looking for the east coast details? Check out our guide to Halloween Horror Nights 2025 at Universal Orlando.
Dates for HHN 2025 in California
Halloween Horror Nights 2025, Universal Studios Hollywood’s annual haunt, will kick off with opening night on Sept. 4, 2025 and continue select nights through Nov. 2, 2025.
Full dates for Halloween Horror Nights 2025 (California):
- Sept. 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, & 28
- Oct. 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, & 31
- Nov. 1 & 2
Tickets
Tickets for Halloween Horror Nights 2025 in California are now available, including R.I.P. Tours, Express Passes, and multi-night Frequent Fear Passes.
Ticket options:
- Single-night ticket: starting at $77
- Express Pass: starting at $229 (includes HHN admission ticket + one-time Express access for each haunted house)
- Express Unlimited: starting at $269 (includes HHN admission ticket + unlimited Express access for all haunted houses)
- Express Pass add-on: starting at $152 (HHN admission required but not included)
- R.I.P Tour: starting at $419 (includes HHN admission ticket + guided tour)
- After 2 p.m. ticket: starting at $117, or Express option starting at $299 (includes HHN admission ticket + admission to Universal Studios Hollywood starting at 2 p.m.)
- Early Access ticket: starting at $15 (HHN admission required but not included) (grants entry into park at 5:30 p.m.)
- Frequent Fear Pass: starting at $179 (includes admission for up to 33 event nights)
- Ultimate Fear Pass: starting at $299 (includes admission to all 41 event nights)
Haunted houses at Halloween Horror Nights 2025 (California)
Below are the announcements for all eight of HHN 2025’s haunted houses in California.
‘Poltergeist’
Based on: “Poltergeist” film
Announced Aug. 7, 2025
Restless spirits have overrun the infamous house atop a cemetery from the classic film, and they’re drawn to you. You’ll be lured up into the house by the TV’s glowing whisper and cross into another world. Enter a surreal landscape, where your sense of wonder will soon shift to horror as you’re menaced by the rage-fueled Beast. Don’t get lost in the light.
Universal
‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’
Based on: “Five Nights at Freddy’s” 2023 film
Announced on July 29, 2025
Description:
Get ready for the night watch at the creepy, abandoned Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria, where nothing is what it seems and possessed animatronics are lurking around every corner.
Universal
The “Five Nights at Freddy’s” haunted house will also be part of the east-coast Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Florida.
‘WWE Presents: The Horrors of The Wyatt Sicks’
Based on: WWE and Bray Wyatt
Announced on July 29, 2025
Description:
Horror fans brave enough to travel through the light of the lantern will find themselves transported into the maniacal minds of The Wyatt Sicks, where each member reigns supreme within their own horrific domains.
Universal
The WWE haunted house will also be part of the east-coast Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Florida.
‘Scarecrow: Music by SLASH’
Based on: Original concept from Universal Studios Hollywood; not based on existing horror franchise
Announced on July 22, 2025
Description:
“Scarecrow: Music by SLASH” puts retribution at the forefront in which Mother Nature seeks vengeance on the homesteaders for their sins of the past that will be carried out by farmland scarecrows, mute witnesses who have become the guardians of destruction for anyone who crosses their path.
Universal Studios Hollywood
As indicated in the title, SLASH will compose music for the “Scarecrow” haunted house, marking the musician’s seventh year with Halloween Horror Nights. A vinyl-only album release will accompany the haunted house, titled “SLASH: Music of Universal Studios Hollywood – Halloween Horror Nights, Volume 2.”
‘Terrifier’
Based on: “Terrifier 2”
Announced on July 10, 2025
Description:
Try your luck against Art the Clown in the Terrifier funhouse. You’ll witness his grotesque handiwork of torture and be exposed to the spatter of his victims. It’s a whole new level of gore!
Universal Studios Hollywood
The “Terrifier” haunted house will also appear at the east-coast Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Florida.
‘Monstruos 3: The Ghosts of Latin America’
Original story not based on film franchise; sequel to previous HHN houses
Announced June 27, 2025
“One wails. One bites. One beguiles. La Llorona, La Muelona and La Siguanaba await in the dark. Three legends La Muerte wants you to meet, but you’ll wish you never did.”
Universal
‘Jason Universe’
Based on: “Friday the 13th” films
Announced on June 13, 2025
Description:
“Jason Universe” will take Halloween Horror Nights guests on a vengeance tour throughout the summer camp to see where it all began, from the creaking floorboards of Jason’s ramshackle cabin to the decaying main lodge and the eerie forest that offers no refuge for his victims. Around every corner, fans will be inundated with infamous killer moments from Jason’s heinous homicidal career as he taunts and stalks his victims who learn too late that the legend is real.
Universal
The “Jason Universe” haunted house will also be part of the east-coast Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood.
‘Fallout’
Based on: “Fallout” series (2024) on Prime Video, itself based on the video game series
Announced on June 5, 2025
Description:
In this terrifying haunted house, fans will encounter iconic scenes and characters that will put them into the frightening action of the popular series. The journey begins beneath the surface in Vault 33, where guests follow vault-dweller Lucy MacLean as she escapes a bloody massacre, only to discover an evil hidden secret. From there, visitors venture to the surface, where they must dodge attacks from Scavengers and Raiders, desperate survivors who will do anything to remain alive, as well as mutated cockroaches known as RAD Roaches. As guests travel through the hellish Wasteland, they will go through iconic locations like the Super Duper Mart and encounter The Ghoul, an ageless bounty hunter who has endured radiation exposure for centuries. Additionally, they will come face-to-face with a young squire named Maximus and gaze in awe at his T-60 armor. With frightful terrors at every turn of the eerily authentic haunted house, fans will question if they can ever escape the horrors of The Wasteland.
Universal
The “Fallout” haunted house will also be part of the east-coast HHN at Universal Studios Florida.
Scare zones at Halloween Horror Nights 2025 (California)
Guests can walk through four scare zones at Halloween Horror Nights 2025 on the west coast. Three are new, while one (“Murder of Crowz”) returns from last year.
Universal hasn’t revealed much about the scare zones for 2025, but did say this:
As they begin their terrifying evening at Halloween Horror Nights, guests will need to dodge a troop of chainsaw killers in “Chainsaw Clownz” and escape a maniacal fun house in “Carnival of Carnage.” After surviving this year’s haunted house, “Monstruous 3: The Ghosts of Latin America,” guests will stumble upon a dimly lit street to brave the “Noche de Brujas” scare zone. The ever-popular “Murder of Crowz” flocks back to Halloween Horror Nights and will do anything to defend their nest.
Terror Tram
By day, trams are the means of travel for Universal’s World-Famous Studio Tour. During Halloween Horror Nights, the vehicles become part of the Terror Tram experience. For 2025, “Enter the Blumhouse” is once again the theme of the Terror Tram. Guests will disembark from the tram and encounter:
- The Grabber from “The Black Phone”
- the possessed from “Exorcist: The Believer”
- M3GAN
- killers from “The Purge”
- demons from “Insidious”
- Blissfield Butcher from “Freaky”
- Babyface Killer from “Happy Death Day”
To get you in the HHN mood (or … spirit …), enjoy this POV of 2024’s Terror Tram experience featuring characters from Blumhouse Productions movies like “M3GAN.”
Live show
Returning from years past, “The Purge: Dangerous Waters” performs in the amphitheater that hosts the “Water World” show during the daytime.
This fiery stunt spectacular puts you in the world of The Purge like you’ve never seen it before.
Anime short from Universal Japan in the U.S.
“Chainsaw Man: The Chaos,” an anime short from Universal Studios Japan, will make its U.S. debut inside the DreamWorks Theatre (usually home to the “Kung-Fu Panda” show) during Halloween Horror Nights 2025.
The film will play in-language and recounts the tale of Denji and the Devil Hunters as they battle the Halloween Horror Nights Devil and his army of zombies. Denji, resurrected into Chainsaw Man, a devil-human hybrid with protruding chainsaws from his body, ultimately takes control in a quest to combat the Devils. It’s an extreme showdown that dares guests to survive a chaos of screams and blood.
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