ORLANDO, Fla. — The 33rd Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando Resort opened Friday night with more select nights of terror and frights.

Universal Orlando’s premiere Halloween event will run for 48 select nights from Aug. 30 through Nov. 3 — the earliest it’s ever been open for the attraction.

Officials said that guests can expect a new collection of spooky experiences this fall, including 10 all-new movie-quality haunted houses inspired by cinematic greats and eerie original stories created by members of Universal themselves, and five scare zones filled with hundreds of menacing creatures who will reign the streets of the park.

Do you dare to enter?

10 Haunted Houses:

“A Quiet Place”

• Guests will need to silence their screams as they enter a terrifying post-apocalyptic world where they follow the Abbott family as they try to escape monstrous creatures with a sharp sense of hearing — ready to hunt down anyone who dares to make a sound.

“Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire”

• Guests will be transported to New York City where fans will team up with Ghostbusters new and old to protect the city from a second Ice Age as the vengeful spirit of Garraka threatens to freeze everyone to death.

“Insidious: The Further”

• Guests travel deeper into a paranormal dimension of tortured souls and demonic entities as they follow in the footsteps of the Lambert family.

“Universal Monsters: Eternal Bloodlines”

• Guests find themselves in the center of the ultimate battle between two unexpected alliances of classic female Universal Monsters, Saskia Van Helsing, Bride of Frankenstein, She-Wolf, and Anck-Su-Namun.

“Slaughter Sinema 2”

• Guests will head to the Carey Drive-in for a B-movie horror marathon full of spaghetti westerns, grindhouse gore and more.

“Goblin’s Feast”

• Hordes of bloodthirsty goblins, orcs, hobgoblins, and witches welcome new visitors to their village for dinner.

“Major Sweets Candy Factory”

• Guests join a field trip to a candy factory, only to realize the free samples have transformed the kids into candy-coated killers.

“The Museum: Deadly Exhibits”

• Guests are transported to the new folklore museum, The Rolling Stone, where there is evil lurking within, ready to destroy everything in its path.

“Monstrous: The Monsters of Latin America”

• Home to the blood-sucking Tlahuelpuchi, owl-faced witch La Lechuza and bone-ripping El Silbón, who can’t wait to prey upon guests.

“Triplets of Terror”

• Guests will celebrate the Barmy triplet’s birthday and soon realize they celebrate by recreating their family’s horrifying murders.

Screams and Scares

5 Scare Zones:

“Duality of Fear”

• Choose a path between SINIST3R, the manifestation of visceral horror, or follow SURR3AL, the incarnation of unearthly terror.

“Torture Faire”

• Brave the gloriously gory homemade torture devices ‘til they are put out of their misery in SINIST3R’s renaissance faire.’

“Demon Queens”

• Get caught in another wordly hellscape where four merciless queens loyal to SURR3AL rule.

“Swamp of the Undead”

• Wander onto private property where they are surrounded by zombies borne from the bodies of other brave trespassers.

“Enter the Blumhouse”

• Escape a terrifying gauntlet of Blumhouse characters including M3GAN, sinister sadists from the Purge and Black Phone, and more.

Need a scream break?

Haunting entertainment, sinful bites and retail tributes:

Nightmare Fuel: Nocturnal Circus

• An energetic live show featuring a new nightmare set in a dark circus full of pyro and aerialists to the beat of rock rhythms.

Halloween Horror Nights Tribute Store

• Guests can shop the latest Halloween Horror Nights merchandise as they are transported to the back alleys of New York City where an ancient evil has been unleashed.

New Food & Drinks

• Menu inspired by this year’s haunts include items like Pork Carniceria (“Monstrous: The Monsters of Latin America”), Mini Stay-Puft S’mores (“Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire”), Abbott’s Farm Corn Chowder (“A Quiet Place”), and fan-favorites like Twisted Taters.

For more information about Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights 2024 and to purchase tickets, visit www.universalorlando.com/Halloween.