Halloween Horror Nights are back for a second year at Universal Studios Singapore from October onwards.
From next October, Universal Studios Singapore once again morphs into a harrowing land of horror with the region’s largest and most elaborate scare-fest– Halloween Horror Nights 2.
Riding on the immense success of its debut last year, Halloween Horror Nights returns this year as a bolder and bigger incarnation. Universal Studios Singapore is upping the scare ante by doubling the number of scare actors and building three elaborate haunted-houses amongst a frightful maze of five highly immersive scare zones.
This year, guests will be transported into a terrifying nightmare, which will begin in the underbelly of the Puppet Master’s production line. His imaginary friends are more than what they seem, as guests stand witness to the Puppet Master’s brutal strive for perfection, only to discover the morbid truth about visitors to his puppet workshop that mysteriously went missing.
Thrill seekers will experience an intensifying series of scares from the event’s line-up of haunted houses from the foreboding atmospheres of The Insanitarium with Doctor Dementia and her ruthless experimental therapies, to the Dungeon of Damnation, a desolate realm of death where pure evil and suffering resides under the merciless hands of The Undertaker.
Ms Andrea Teo, Vice President of Entertainment, Resorts World Sentosa, said: “Halloween Horror Nights was a sell-out event last year. This year we have pushed the envelope in creating even better – and scarier – experiences for our guests. With even more scare-zones, haunted houses, effects, props and scareactors this year, we will surpass the high standards that we have set last year.”
Halloween Horror Nights 2 will increase its footprint to include an additional zone to take up part of The Lost World, where the all-new haunted house, The Insanitarium, resides. Nine of the park’s favourite theme park attractions, including TRANSFORMERS The Ride, Battlestar Galactica and Shrek 4D will also be open this year, elevating the fear and fun to entirely new levels.
“Those who found last year’s event thrilling should brace themselves for even more scares this year,” Ms Teo added.
Halloween Horror Nights 2 will run for seven nights over two weekends, from 19 to 21 October and 25 to 28 October 2012, from 8 pm to 12 midnight each evening.
Halloween Horror Nights 2 is a separately ticketed event and not included within regular daytime theme park admission. Daytime theme park guests will be able to upgrade their daytime park admission tickets in order to re-enter the park for the Halloween Horror Nights 2 event.
Early-bird discounted tickets will be available from 15 August onwards. Special “RIP Tour “packages, Resorts World Sentosa hotel guest specials and group discounts are also available. Discounts are also available for Universal Studios Singapore annual pass holders and daytime theme park guests.
Halloween Horror Nights may be too intense for young children and is not recommended for children below the age of 13. No costumes, masks or face painting are allowed. Due to the event’s popularity, tickets are expected to sell out and should be purchased in advance.
For bookings and more information on the full range of packages, logging must be done on the website of Resorts World Sentosa.
Luc Citrinot a French national is a freelance journalist and consultant in tourism and air transport with over 20 years experience. Based in Paris and Bangkok, he works for various travel and air transport trade publications in Europe and Asia.
