Universal Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood 2025 features some of the best houses yet, several scare zones, and more. Here’s our review.
Universal Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood 2025 offers up fantastic scares, unforgettable house experiences, and delicious food. The event is always one of the best that the theme park has to offer, and this year is no different.
That said, our experience was not perfect, which I will get into later on in the review.
Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood 2025 Houses Review
Universal Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood features eight houses: Five Nights at Freddy’s, Terrifier, Fallout, Jason Universe, The Horrors of The Wyatt Sicks, Poltergeist, Scarecrow: Music by Slash, and Monstruos 3: The Ghosts of Latin America. While some are certainly better than others, all of them this year were worth the while. There are lots of great set designs and incredible production, as well as a ton of scares.
Check out our ranking of all eight Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood houses here.
Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood 2025 Scare Zones Review
One of the best things about Universal Halloween Horror Nights is the scare zones. In order to get to just about anywhere in the park, you have to walk through a bunch of scare actors that want so badly to make you scream, jump, and run. From chainsaw-wielding clowns to the tallest crows you will ever encounter, Halloween Horror Nights has thought of it all.
All of the scare zones were especially effective this year, although I really wish the Death Eaters were still roaming The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, as that area feels empty when passing through.
Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood 2025 Terror Tram Review
The Terror Tram is very similar to last year’s experience except that Happy Death Day was replaced by Insidious, and there is the use of blacklight during The Purge area. As a big fan of Blumhouse horror movies, this is always one of my favorite events of the night. It is basically an extended scare zone, as guests are forced to walk past groups of scare actors.
The only real issue is that it takes a lot of time for the tram to go down to the lot, and then back up, so if you do not have the express pass, you are going to miss out on time for the houses and will likely not be able to see everything Halloween Horror Nights has to offer.
Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood 2025 Food Review
This separately ticketed event also has a lot of special food and drink items to try; however, do not get your hopes up on getting everything you desire. Unfortunately, even though we went directly to the restaurant that was selling the Five Nights At Freddy’s cupcake upon entering the park, they were sold out.
They claimed that they sold them all before Halloween Horror Nights opened at 7 pm due to the early entry guests. This was the one item my daughter had her heart set on, but I eventually convinced her to try Art’s Masterpiece Donut instead, which was also sold out by the time we got to that location.
My best advice is to have a long list of second and third options in case an item is sold out, as they do not seem to prep enough for the demand.
Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood 2025 Overall Thoughts
Universal Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood 2025 is overall a really good time. There are great scares and well-designed houses. The biggest issue is the food selling out very early in the night, which is a disappointment, but not the end of the world.
Art the Clown as a wandering character is also one of the biggest highlights of the year. He is a lot of fun to interact with, and I hope he comes back year after year, even if he does not have a house featured.
About Halloween Horror Nights
A variety of Halloween Horror Nights ticket options for Universal Studios Hollywood are available, including General Admission, Universal Express, After 2 P.M. Day/Night, the Early Access Ticket,which provides entry to select haunted houses beginning at 5:30 p.m. (subject to change), in advance of the scheduled 7:00 p.m. event opening time, the R.I.P. Tour and popular passes, Frequent Fear Pass and Ultimate Fear Pass, which enable guests to experience the scares again and again.
Click here to purchase tickets and for Terms and Conditions.
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