Also I vaguely remember the Carnage house, i think i saw super hero costumes hung up like trophies, but the one thing I distinctly remember was seeing The Punisher as the sole survivor as he fought off the villains with a manned turret!

The "chainsaw guy in a skull mask" was Crossbones, a Captain America villain. Also Taskmaster was there too.

I'm amazed at how much footage you got from back in the day. It's so hard to find footage of just about anything from the pre-youtube age

It's funny because they could totally do a Marvel themed haunt now with "Marvel's Zombies". Though with Disney owning Marvel now maybe not. 😆

The Jurassic Park in the dark and Carnage takeover were perfect

Deatheaters appearing in Diagon Alley and than appearing after the show minutes later in Hosmeade

They had a killer website and old scroll looking map for this event, and a travel channel documentary. This is the hhn that got me excited about the event growing up

I think it would be really cool if they did it at islands once if it was done right!

I was the red skull chainsaw guy at maximum carnage in this video. Thank you for finding the footage. Brought back great memories.

To be completely fair, the "guys in tank tops and skeleton masks" is an actual marvel character named Crossbones, aka Brock Rumlow (if you've seen Captain America, that name should sound familiar), which I wish I could have seen in person at this event because it actually looks cool as shit for the character it's based on.

I think an awesome IP for HHN would be the Bad Batch. Because cannibals that are hallucinating would be scary, and Amputees running away from people with machetes who are trying to make a meal out of them would actually freak me out. Crazy people with weapons who want to eat you are much scarier than any fake monsters/ghosts.

For what it's worth, my mother went to HHN at IoA, and loved it! I think the standard for horror was different 20+ years ago, and what pushed the boundaries back then are almost unthinkable now. I can understand how this event would fall short today, but how fun to marvel back at years past. Great job finding old footage and pictures!!

Imagine Nintendo based villains taking over Super Nintendo World during Halloween Horror Nights. Possibly a Nintendo themed maze or scare zone, but I guess Nintendo wouldn't approve of it

Based off the Jurassic world escape room, a JP house would simply end me 😂

I was the assistant show director assigned the the 2017 scarecrow house! It might have been cursed but it was my all time favorite house! Those actors worked so hard to give a terrifying experience!

Awesome video, thanks for sharing this story. We go every year for HHN and I had no clue about this.

I remember going to the VERY first year of the Islands 'Fear NIghts' when I was a manager for Best Buy here in California....and let me tell you what; the FEAR FACTOR house had 'squeezing thru a birth canal' area that STILL gives me anxiety when I think of it....and not much scares me! This was a fkng incredible Time Warp for this Seasonal Event. Greta Job. I am going to shout it out on my channel....Love ya man! Richard

Dude you did a great job on this. Hopefully more HHN History to come.

This was the first ever HHN I ever went to. Coming from the UK we always used to go around Easter time so when we started going in October we saw adverts for HHN and thought that looks fun and something different, having no idea what it was. We have been hooked ever since, even if it has dipped in quality recently, purely going on previous years experience

"they would think they were dead for real" with how often Marvel kills and resurrects characters the last 15-20 years this is a hilarious take.

I think you missed an opportunity to show your hole and keep the corn curse alive, Corn hole - with rectangle necked raptors. This was great detail into the history of the growth of horror nights. Thanks for wiping off the shitty wall history for this video and sharing what was clearly a deep research effort. Your commitment to this level of detail is appreciated. Thanks Ryan

Ryan, you are an amazing content creator! Love these (and all the other) videos so much. You can tell how much research you put into them. Keep up the great work!

Pitty viewer crew checking in! This was wild! I'm not someone who would go through the houses as I'm a fight or flight person of the highest order but I love the BTS, history, and lore!

Ah, the nostalgia! 2002 was my first HHN year and, to this day, the Caretaker is my icon crush😘. I would love to see a Lost Boys house and I also think Neoni (Wars in a Wonderland, specifically. But all their stuff) would be a wonderful musical fit.

Using both parks to make the crowd more manageable is a great idea. I hope they do something because the last few years have been rough. And it will only get worse...

A JP house or scare zone would be an absolute DREAM! Didnt know they had one back in the day. Bring it back!

My first HHN experience was 2005, when I had just started 6th grade. I remember the one single house we missed, apparently navigating through a mine with only a flashlight, was apparently the best one, so that sucked. I also remember lots of pole-dancing vampire ladies. Wild time for an 11-year-old.

I really hope they keep it on the Universal Studios side.....even when Epic opens. The over the top and very unique theming makes it hard to theme for HHN. Also, great work

first time watching your videos.. i watch alot of other theme park/cruise youtubers and not sure how i haven't watched you before. Your film style and effort into each video is amazing bro

Used to speculate with friends that I attend HHN in Orlando with about why IoA isn’t utilized for the event, now I’m in the know. Subscribed !

I genuinely think this same idea would work incredibly well today, especially with how people are now aware of how HHN works, having no small children at the event, I think this would work. Just the thought of how they could reinstall horror into each land, even with a similar conceptual style to their first outing would be awesome.

I went to HHN in Hollywood for the first time in 2015, and I had alot of fun! I did have a really bad anxiety attack, but I remember a cast member helping my friends calm me down. He got me some water, and helped me get around the scare zones. We only did get to do the Terror Tram and the Dusk Til Dawn maze as it was super packed, but I still enjoyed myself. Would go again

By far your most interesting video. They’re all great but I just shared this to 12 ppl who wouldn’t watch most vlogs . Bravooo

Damn. Shame about Seuss Landing. A land based on "Halloween is Grinch Night" would've been so damn cool.

I dont think universal had any issues with Jurassic Park, being based on their film IP. But i have been watching that there is so much behind the story of hybrids being used that literally spawned into Jurassic World (aka JP4). Especially that we were literally inches away from a JP Dino-Human hybrids flick. But what made Project Evilution that it literally expanded the lore to JP, & which people often forgets that JP & TLW novels are literally Horror Sci-fi. So project Evilution actually fits well into the JP film series. I hope we get Jurassic Park back in HHN, there is so much to be explored thanks to JW with hybrids.

I went through the Carnage house with the dead heroes, parts of the house were outside, and they had paths with parts that were only covered every few feet, and they had the heroes bodies on covered parts of the path you walked through, I distinctly remember Captain American with his shield hanging over the edge of one part.

I would love to see these made into HHN scare zones or Houses. John Carpenter's The Thing, A Nightmare On Elm Street, 30 Day's Of Night, A Quiet Place, Dead Space, Resident Evil Village and themed around 80s and 90s B movie monsters come to life in a Blockbuster Video store.

I had an idea for a Halo themed house: Halo: CORRUPTER. The main theme is a UNSC base overrun by the Flood, with Flood combat forms and Flood infected Spartans as scare actors. To those out of the loop in Halo, The Flood are a body horror parasite

I went to Horror Nights during Hide and Shriek and the pictures don't do it justice. It was an awesome scare zone after dark with the fog, lasers, and scaractors

I’d love to see some crazy Sci Fi Horror like V or Farscape

islands of fear & tales of terror were my first experiences and i loved them. i thought the immersive themed lands lended well to making it scarier and more elaborate. the caretaker is, and will always be the scariest icon in my eyes. i loved the park connection scare zones. they built an entire cornfield for it.

Idk why, but Jaws would be hilarious and awesome. Would be a good way to incorporate water in scare zones, and utilize a new element idt that has been used. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Such a well-done video friend! So much great info in here!

Imagine if they expanded HHN to Epic Universe. Turn Super Nintendo World into Luigi’s Mansion, keep Dark Universe as it is, and have the Deatheaters at the Ministry of Magic. Not sure what could be done with How to Train Your Dragon, though. One big issue with this of course is that Epic Universe is far away from the main Florida park, so that would cause issues if Universal was trying to do a two-park HHN.

I remember thempark history covering the island of adventure horror nights in multiple videos. But the videos kinda skim over the themes of the events. I remember hearing what they did ti the Marvel island, but i didnt know it was a Carnage themed event and that it had dead heroes on this island. Also the irony of the Whosville topic, in cali we had a tram ride go through whoville as Freddy & Jason was rampaging through the city.

Its bizarre that Maximum Carnage was a concept that predated Marvel Zombies. Imagine if they made a Haunted House out of that now... Also, that Human-Dino hybrid idea was something that was thrown around in the Franchise for years, especially during the development of 'The Lost World' and 'JPIII' (it was brought back briefly when JWorld was in early writing stages too), with the difference being that InGen was doing these experiments on Military Soldiers as a new method of combat against enemy countries. I know you said it was cuz of Child Kidnapping, but... Wasnt 9/11 also a HUGE reason behind HHN's brief decline too? I mean, they had to Tone down just about everything in '02, which might have also led to Universal moving the whole thing to IoA in the first place. Maybe they can bring some of HHN to Epic Universe next year and just leave Island out of it for good.

I’ve gone to HHN a lot and actually went the year they had it in Universal and Islands. I enjoyed it a lot as it gave them more room and possibilities

I am not a big fan of HHN. I just find it so cool of a concept. Great video. Love the history. Had no idea that Universal blames real and fake corn for hurricanes. I know this is a crazy idea. But what if they made a house based on lost media like London After Midnight. Just an idea I would thought I'd share unprompted. Lol. Thanks again for the video. Take care and have a great day :D

Interesting behind the scenes info, but I have to say, as a guest who actually went to this event at IOA, it was the best haunt ive ever seen to this day

Last year they had a bit of Cthulhu in HHN, not nearly enough. Personally, I think they should make a whole Lovecraft park. A Lovecraft themed attraction at HHN would be epic, though.

When I finished watching the video, an ad for Ghost, Rite here Rite now popped up. There is your new HHH house. Have the band Ghost sponsors a house.

Quality content !! Can we get a house themed to Bioshock or another popular thriller game?! That would be fun

I don't think the layout of Islands is at all suited to haunting, except for the Jurassic section, and even that would be wrecked by having Velocicoaster running overhead the whole time. I prefer originals to IP, but I'd love to see a Resident Evil experience... they've already got one in Tokyo, it's time to share imo.

Typing a second comment cause I typed my first before I even finished my he first watch. This video better make this channel blow up. Soooo much research detail and my dads replied already saying he went during it and it was a wild time . Some things I can’t say here but he appreciates this video and is sharing it now too .

The corn thing is so funny yet so sad because as a fan of scarecrows and corn mazes i think the theme is always fun

“We can’t have this scare zone with our dead heroes because of the kids!” Same company that made Marvel Zombies, Death of *insert Marvel hero name* comics, all of the alternate ending comic lines that have our favorite heroes killed or disfigured in some way, and pretty much all comics where the bad guy is the lead in the comic (Carnage especially)

I would love to see them do a Back to the Future House or maybe Jaws as a callback to the old rides!

I think giving IOA a family friendly Halloween event like Disney does with Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party could work.

My husband and I are new to Orlando, so hoping we can finally go this year! I’d love for them to do a house or scare zone based on Spooky Island from the Scooby Doo movie

it would be interesting to see another marvel scare zone or haunted houses with the marvel villains with carnage again

A Fallout IP house would be pretty insane

This was an awesome video. I can’t believe all the shitty (literal shitty) ideas that Universal went through.

I would absolutely love to have another Alfred Hitchcock house! I’ve only been going to HHN since 2018, so I never had a chance to experience the prior Hitchcock/Psycho houses

Jigsaw should make its way to the park that would be a fun year round IP to introduce!!!

With the whole corn curse thing, I was there in 2022 and the day the hurricane hit was the day I was meant to go

I went to the IOA HHN the first year they had it and I also went with they had both parks involved. I remember the Maximum Carnage house because it looked like a fortress out of Mad Max with barbed wire and sheet metal all over and flames shooting out the top. The house in Toon Lagoon Scary Tales was actually pretty good. Lastly, I was hoping you brought it up and you did, the Psycho Scarepy house and the smell of sh*t. It was an insane asylum so they had it all over the walls and you could smell it everywhere in the house. Out of all the things from that event, that is the one I remember most vividly. I remember one of the reasons they moved it from IOA was because the paths weren't wide enough to have the Festival of the Dead parade anymore, but I don't think they brought it back at all after moving back to UO. That was my favorite part of HHN, but its probably too crowded to bring it back now.

lol this is true. there was a dead corpse with a wolverine costume on hanging on the roof with bloody chains.

It will be cool if they do a winnie the pooh blood and honey house lol

If Universal Orlando ever wanted to do a Marvel haunted house than they can use the Marvel Zombie storyline seen it would be like taking the comic to life

I remember the year they did a HHN/Studios dual takeover... We left exhausted but it was still a fun time.

Very interesting 🙂😎 Cool vlog, thank you. I would love to see something from Star Trek with a Borg Cube as the horror house.

I went to this when I was 10 or 11. Here's some memories, if you're interested. MARVEL: They didn't hang up dead heroes in the Carnage house, but their tattered (some times bloody) costumes were hung up everywhere. I distinctly remember Carnage (and maybe Venom) standing on platforms above everybody waving their arms around, as though directing everything. The house wasn't scary, but it was a major bummer for me as a kid. I really didn't like it. JURASSIC PARK: The scare zones where fantastic. The raptors were great, and they had guys on stilts dressed like the rocks and foliage (completely camouflaged) who would jump out at you. The effect was great. We would watch them lean back against the rocks after scaring someone and they would completely disappear when they closed their eyes. I vaguely remember the house. Mutant hybrid dino-humans, if I remember right. Some of them in tattered lab coats, I think. TOON LAGOON: They didn't just pump smoke into the area, they also pumped a lot of foam and had blue lasers shining through the smoke overhead, as though you were underwater. My one memory of this is someone in my group was in a wheel chair, and the person pushing it got scared and launched the wheel chair forward when they screamed. I ran up to catch the chair, but couldn't stop it because my feet, firmly planted, just slid through the foam like locked brakes. We ended up crashing into a trash can, and laughed about it all night long. FEAR FACTOR: I just remember the freak show in the line. They had guys hammering nails up their noses and a guy with lizard-scale tattoos sticking his tongue out at you. Very 90s. Pretty gross. I went to the parks a lot when I was a kid (90s - early 2000s). If you have any questions, send them my way. I'll do my best to remember.

Started going in 2001 as a kid, the IOA days live so fondly in my head as some of the most unique HHN's ever But they were super primative compared to what we have now. The event had a handmade feel at the time that was kinda unique, but it was weird going through ride queues and restaurants lol HHN as it is now could *never* work in IOA again

The Travel Channel special for Island of Fear is incredible... It's a shame they don't do television specials like that anymore

Give us a Return of the Living Dead maze! Tar man, punks, toxic waste and a graveyard!

Would love to see a villains of Broadway (The Dark Side of Broadway) as a house (Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett, Audrey II, the Phantom of the opera and Dracula, Madame Morrible)

Thank you for this great vlog - we learned so much about HHN lore - we've been coming down for a few years and are newer to the event. You guys always talk about Easter eggs in the summer tribute store - the one room that showcases the 3 classic movies- Ghostbusters/Jaws/Back to th e Future. Wouldn't these be fun houses - the old Ghostbuster house was scary comical. The HHN team is so creative-they could pull it off!

Not sure if it’s ever been done but if not, we need a Hellraiser house!

Look, this is an IP integration that will NEVER happen because of how niche of a market it is, but if somehow Universal Creative managed to collaborate with Starkid to bring the Hatchetfield Universe to HHN, my little theater kid heart would be over the moon.

I made it to the end idk what I would choose

No questions, Velocicoaster is the best rollercoaster in the world

I loved the IoA years. Ship of Screams is still one of my fav houses.

Epic Universe's Classic Monsters land is built for HHN. That would be so cool.

You're so talented dude. Thanks for this!

I cant wait to see what they are gonna do with epic universe!!!!! Dark universe will be so cool!!!!! Death eaters at the ministry of magic!

The movie “Stay Tuned” would be a great deep dive for a house.

They need to bring back Bill and Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure.

I imagine once epic opens they’ll utilize Dark Universe in some capacity for Halloween Horror Nights.

IOA does need to do something for Halloween. But it doesn't need to be a scare event. Maybe something family friendly themed to a Halloween Party... Oh, Disney did that? Universal can too. I think Killer Clowns from Outer Space should come back to HHN

Do you think they may move HHN to Epic Universe in the future considering how much bigger the park is?

funny enough. this is the only HHN i ever went to lol

I don't think it was failed at all!!! I went in 02 and 04 I LOVED it!!!

Literally my favorite year of all time

I want a Murder Party house! The kill scenes and sets in Murder Party would make for a great house. Such a great film and I can’t recommend the rest of Jeremy Saulnier’s movies enough!

Florida floods. Corn being a source of a curse is really, really...well...corny.

Was there for this and Maximum Carnage was great.

What type of camera are you filming with? Footage looks crisp! 👍

2 houses I would love. 1. Five nights at Freddy’s Pizzeria house. 2. IT the new Version

Holy cow that’s me in the video at 14:17.

unsure if already done, but I'd love to see Scream