Halloween Horror Nights 34 (UOR) - Speculation & Rumors

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[Brian G.]

Thread 'Dolls: Let’s Play Dead (HHN 34)'

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Universal has announced Dolls: Let’s Play Dead, a new original haunted house that will be featured at Halloween Horror Nights 34.

Dolls: Let’s Play Dead haunted house is coming to Halloween Horror Nights 2025

Universal has announced Dolls: Let’s Play Dead, a new original haunted house that will be featured at Halloween Horror Nights 34. Universal did not share much information outside of a summary of the house's synopsis: "You’re about to become doll-sized and be hunted by toys that have been burnt

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• Brian G.
• Replies: 17
• Forum: Halloween Horror Nights 34

 

[saint.piss]

And today


EDIT: Lol @saint.piss and @HHN Maddux beat me to it. We all waiting.

I was prepared!

 

[GentleArt309]

damn you guys are fast! LOL

 

[Casper Gutman]

Maybe not here. But there is DEFINITELY a big issue with this in the community.

Well, this is the only place where I engage with that community, so I’ll take your word.

 

[velocicoasterswife]

Man, there really is not a ton of aesthetic throughline between these houses. Chuck E. Cheese, nuclear wasteland, summer camp, 19th century Spain, wild west, and now Toy Story. I dig all of these and I'm glad El Artista is the one that's "setting the tone" but I'm starting to feel funny about all that optimism around the cohesion they were talking about at Spooky Empire. Hope Sergio and the Creation House have a decent presence in the scare zones.

 

[Blysthon]

If you listen on TikTok you can hear Jacks theme

 

[Jake S]

I guess I don't really expect much cohesion between the houses — I'm more interested in seeing that in the areas outside the houses. Scare zones, tribute store, music, etc.

 

[Blysthon]

I guess I don't really expect much cohesion between the houses — I'm more interested in seeing that in the areas outside the houses. Scare zones, tribute store, music, etc.

Oh we getting some fancy zones this years

 

[Tingus Pingus]

Man, there really is not a ton of aesthetic throughline between these houses. Chuck E. Cheese, nuclear wasteland, summer camp, 19th century Spain, wild west, and now Toy Story. I dig all of these and I'm glad El Artista is the one that's "setting the tone" but I'm starting to feel funny about all that optimism around the cohesion they were talking about at Spooky Empire. Hope Sergio and the Creation House have a decent presence in the scare zones.

Realistically, how would the cohesion happen house to house? They could definitely do it with scarezones like they did with Oddfellow, but even years like Lady Luck and Bloody Mary really stretched having all houses connected to the icon.

 

[velocicoasterswife]

I guess I don't really expect much cohesion between the houses — I'm more interested in seeing that in the areas outside the houses. Scare zones, tribute store, music, etc.

Yeah, I'm largely the same, I just thought it was interesting that they specifically talked about being able to shape a theme around the IP houses at Spooky Empire... before announcing a theme that had nothing to do with the IP houses (or even most of the originals). If they can sell it in the scare zones and the houses are good on their own then it doesn't really matter.

 

[Jake S]

Yeah, I'm largely the same, I just thought it was interesting that they specifically talked about being able to shape a theme around the IP houses at Spooky Empire... before announcing a theme that had nothing to do with the IP houses (or even most of the originals). If they can sell it in the scare zones and the houses are good on their own then it doesn't really matter.

Yeah, that's fair enough. When creatives of any of these events start vamping about immersion or cohesion or whatever I mentally take out a gigantic bag of salt.

 

[velocicoasterswife]

Yeah, that's fair enough. When creatives of any of these events start vamping about immersion or cohesion or whatever I mentally take out a gigantic bag of salt.

I will admit to rolling my eyes harder than I've ever rolled them before when they said the keyword this year was "immersion." Really had to dig deep for that one, huh?

 

[Brian G.]

I will admit to rolling my eyes harder than I've ever rolled them before when they said the keyword this year was "immersion." Really had to dig deep for that one, huh?

After last year’s complaints, I think they were trying to make clear they’re coming into this year differently and aware of the chatter - so they’ll rely on the marketing buzzwords and jargon.

 

[Spooky_Bitz]

Dollhouse of the Damned is one of the houses from the past that I really wish I could’ve experienced so I’m super excited for this one.

 

[Kichkinet85]

spook week lives!

 

[Brian G.]

I guess I don't really expect much cohesion between the houses — I'm more interested in seeing that in the areas outside the houses. Scare zones, tribute store, music, etc.

I think the point they were trying to make at the panel about cohesion and how the story fits is "things coming to life". That's the tie-in for the houses.

Toys come to life. A legend comes to life. A movie comes to life. Etc. Some will definitely be stretches, but I agree - I want to see the bulk of that theme cohesion throughout the event, in the streets, etc.

 

[HHN Maddux]

I think the point they were trying to make at the panel about cohesion and how the story fits is "things coming to life". That's the tie-in for the houses.

Toys come to life. A legend comes to life. A movie comes to life. Etc. Some will definitely be stretches, but I agree - I want to see the bulk of that theme cohesion throughout the event, in the streets, etc.

I'd also argue there's a common theme of different art forms being represented through each house, though I admit it might be a stretch.

WWE - Wrestling/performance art
El Artista - Paintings
FNaF - Animatronics/themed entertainment
Graveyard - Architecture
Terrifier - Extreme cinema
Jason - Slasher genre
Fallout - Science fiction
Vikings - Legends
Dolls - Toy creation
Hatchet and Chains - Westerns

 

[RedRightDan]

I think the point they were trying to make at the panel about cohesion and how the story fits is "things coming to life". That's the tie-in for the houses.

Toys come to life. A legend comes to life. A movie comes to life. Etc. Some will definitely be stretches, but I agree - I want to see the bulk of that theme cohesion throughout the event, in the streets, etc.

I think that it might be "coming to life" and/or "transformation". Just from the initial SZ descriptions at least.

 

[carterlara]

I'd also argue there's a common theme of different art forms being represented through each house, though I admit it might be a stretch.

WWE - Wrestling/performance art
El Artista - Paintings
FNaF - Animatronics/themed entertainment
Graveyard - Architecture
Terrifier - Extreme cinema
Jason - Slasher genre
Fallout - Science fiction
Vikings - Legends
Dolls - Toy creation
Hatchet and Chains - Westerns

glad you can admit it’s a stretch, these things don’t feel connected. They get popular IPs, they make good originals. If they wanted them to be connected I feel like they would’ve made it a bigger deal. Look forward to the possibility of connected scarezones.