Halloween Horror Nights 35
Season Start
August 28, 2026
Season End
November 1, 2026
Halloween Horror Nights 35 nights
This event runs on 48 select nights this season. Highlighted dates are event nights.
Season Start
August 28, 2026
Season End
November 1, 2026
This event runs on 48 select nights this season. Highlighted dates are event nights.
Universal published a room by room walkthrough of the Sinners haunted house one day before Halloween Horror Nights 35 opens. Show director Ramon Paradoa says the team locked the surreal montage set first and designed the scenes before and after it around that, which he says is not always how Universal builds a house. The Sinners house was not on the paid lights on tour that matched three other HHN 35 houses to their codenames last week.
The San Francisco Candy Factory has become the Carey Candy Company for Halloween Horror Nights 35, trading its Jaws decorations for props referencing more than a dozen past houses, scare zones and characters, plus a $25 set of Icons chocolate bars and a Stranger Things pie.
The 2026 Deathly Afraid necklace is on shelves at Universal Studios Florida two days before Halloween Horror Nights 35 opens. It glows red as a signal that you would rather not be scared out in the open, in scare zones and other common areas. It does not guarantee a scare free night, and it is not to be switched on inside a haunted house.
Universal Orlando finally said what is in the Halloween Horror Nights 35 menu, one day before the event opens. The Pleasure & Pain Brain is a custard dessert, the Ozzy Osbourne cake is carrot, and the Rigatoni Ritual Pie is at Louie's Italian Restaurant. Passholders get Cannoli Chips at Guido's Gelato and an Alien! Drink at the Dead Coconut Club. Still no prices anywhere.
Universal codenames its Halloween Horror Nights houses during development, and this year the theme was transportation. A paid lights-on tour matched three of the leaked codenames to their houses, credited the Hellraiser maze to designer Dylan Kollath, and revealed which small animal the scenic team is using as its hidden Easter egg for 2026.
Universal announced FORTNITEMARES back in July. The build showed up this week, and WDW News Today found the Battle Bus itself parked in Central Park, mechanical arms folded down its flanks and tombstones on the roof. Halloween Horror Nights 35 opens Friday.