![]() “But that’s the fun part, figuring out how we will be able to make it as interesting to look at as on screen.” Lucky for us, some of the makeup designers working on the haunted house worked on the original Vecna from the actual show. “On the show, there’s a really cool overlay of CGI, for example, which really makes the character come to life,” she says. “You have to feel like you’re looking at that character.” For Emily, the most challenging part was working on Vecna, just because of how horrifying that character is. “Whenever we’re working with an intellectual property such as ‘Stranger Things’, we try to be as true to the brand as possible, from head to toe,” says Emily Blumenauer, costume character designer at Universal Orlando. If I told you that the characters and creatures in the house are indistinguishable from the ones in the show, would you believe me? Well, you should, cause I’ve seen some of them firsthand. “How we edit the story to fit the house, how we connect a scene to the other, how we play with audio… It’s all part of the surprise.” And although the haunted house is telling the same story and making you experience the same beats, nothing will feel like ‘oh, this is exactly what I expected.’ It will feel very uniquely designed for Halloween Horror Nights. “A guest may have watched the show, but when they turn a corner inside the haunted house, they don’t know what to expect,” Matt says. ![]() Well, it’s Halloween Horror Nights, so… a lot. “Stranger Things season 4” is already terrifying. And horror is just that, isn’t it? It all happens up here,” says Matt, pointing to his head. “Most of the horror in the fourth season happens inside people’s minds. “We also get a glimpse into Eleven’s memories and Nancy’s vision, which sets us up for the battle royale that we saw on episode nine, the season finale,” reveals Matt. We eventually end up in Vecna’s Mind Lair, the blood-red psychic terrain where we see a fragmented version of the Creel House, with elements such as the clock flying around and the stained glass red rose door in the center. Matt Flood shares that the first half of the house will feel like we’re walking into the mind of Vecna, hopping from vision to vision - we get to see One’s first kill, we’re introduced to the idea of Max being cursed, and we even get to watch Eleven blast a gate through One’s chest. So, the team’s greatest challenge was ‘how do we make people feel like they are living the show?’ Enter Vecna. And being able to go back and forth between those locations is one of the perks of (binge-) watching the show.īut we can all agree that the real estate in a haunted house is a tad more… limited. Season 4 has so many plots going on - there’s Russia, California, Hawkins, the lab, the Upside Down… Phew. Chills, anyone? Does the haunted house follow a specific character or timeline? ![]() So, we’re getting a lot of that middle-of-the-season type of vibe (episode 4, my friends, episode 4) and then building up toward that finale, when all of the elements are coming together for one final attack against Vecna. “We wanted this house to feel like you’re walking through the story, that you’re actually experiencing the curse of Vecna,” says Matt. To bring this even more horrifying haunted house to life, Universal partnered once again with Netflix to make sure they delivered the most authentic experience. And that’s what we do at Halloween Horror Nights, right? We make things scary - or in this case, scarier.” “It’s not a ‘this is kind of scary’ type of season - it’s horror at its best. “The imagery we see in the show’s latest season is much different from previous ones,” says Matt Flood, senior show director at Universal Orlando Resort. While the show is no stranger to Halloween Horror Nights - we’ve seen haunted houses inspired by the first three seasons of “Stranger Things” in previous years - if you’ve watched Season 4, you know there are plenty of fresh horrors in store. This house is focused exclusively on “Stranger Things” Season 4. So, here’s everything you need to know about the “Stranger Things 4” haunted house - but don’t try to be a hero, OK? There’s no shame in running. I had so many questions for the Universal Entertainment team, like “How many scenes will we see?” (nine!), “Do we go into the Creel House?” (yes!), “Do we see Eddie and the Demobats?” (hell, yeah!), “What about the soundtrack?!” (come on, has HHN ever disappointed?!) IT’S TIME (much cooler if you read this in Vecna’s voice, btw): Netflix’s “Stranger Things 4” is in Halloween Horror Nights 2023. As I was binge-watching “Stranger Things Season 4”, all I could think about was: “How cool would it be to see all of this at Halloween Horror Nights!” Well, it seems like the brilliant creatives behind HHN 2023 read my mind.
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