Universal Orlando has announced the second haunted house — and its first original one — for the 2018 edition of Halloween Horror Nights. And in addition, it’s a returning theme. Welcome back to HHN, Dead Exposure — Patient Zero.
A video released with Universal’s announcement on Thursday shows a European scene, a news broadcast, a monkey and the tagline “Fear will infect you.”
Universal Studios had a Dead Exposure house back in 2008 — the year that Bloody Mary was an icon for the after-hours, extra-ticket event.
“We’re bringing back that same terror. But this time, we’re dropping you in the middle of Paris in 1982,” Patrick Braillard, a show director with Universal Creative, writes on the official Universal Orlando blog. “The city of lights has gone dark as chaos spreads, unchecked. Hordes of vicious, flesh-eating undead are swarming the streets.”
‘Stranger Things’ house set for 2018 Halloween Horror Nights “
The post also mentions the military, a quarantine, vaccinations, sickness and blindness. Just another day at the park. A promotional email says “The Zombie Apocalypse Is Here.”
The first house announced for this year’s HHN was one based on the first season of “Stranger Things,” the 1980s-era Netflix drama. Universal has said there will be nine haunted houses and five scare zones.
Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights runs on select nights between Sept. 14 and Nov. 3.
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