Halloween Horror Nights 35 now has nine officially announced haunted houses, and Evil Dead Burn is the newest name on the board. Universal also put its multi-night Fear Passes on sale July 21, giving Orlando visitors a much clearer picture of what they can plan for before the event begins August 28.
This is a major lineup update, but it is not the final reveal. Universal says more haunted houses and event content are still coming, so the useful number right now is nine houses, two scare zones and two shows—not a finished event map.
In This Article
- Nine houses confirmed so far
- Evil Dead Burn joins the slate
- Four licensed, five original houses
- Two zones and two shows
- Fear Passes now on sale
What changed on July 21
The headline addition is Evil Dead Burn, a haunted house based on the sixth film in the franchise. The story begins at the Price family’s secluded vacation home before the Book of the Dead unleashes Deadites throughout the house.
Universal also opened sales for Rush of Fear, Frequent Fear, Frequent Fear Plus and Ultimate Frequent Fear Passes. The enhanced Scream Early add-on now includes Universal Studios Florida admission from 2 p.m. and early access to select houses before the event officially opens.
HHN 35 runs on select nights from August 28 through November 1. Premium Scream Night is scheduled for August 27 and October 19.
| HHN 35 detail | Confirmed as of July 21 |
|---|---|
| Haunted houses | 9, with more still to be revealed |
| Scare zones | 2 announced so far |
| Shows | 2 announced so far |
| Event dates | Select nights, August 28-November 1 |
| Premium Scream Night | August 27 and October 19 |
| Multi-night passes | All four Orlando options now on sale |
Four licensed houses bring the biggest recognizable names
The licensed side of the lineup currently has four houses. That mix gives movie and streaming fans several obvious priorities, but each property is aiming at a different flavor of horror.
Sinners
The Sinners house places guests inside the Smokestack Twins’ Mississippi juke joint as Remmick’s vampires crash the night. The music-heavy setting should give this house a very different rhythm from a conventional creature maze.
Stranger Things 5
The final season of Stranger Things powers a new trip through Hawkins with Demogorgons, the Mind Flayer and Vecna. It is also only half of the series’ HHN presence this year; a separate lagoon show revisits all five seasons.
Hellraiser
Pinhead and the Cenobites anchor a house based on the original Hellraiser trilogy. This one is positioned as the darker, more ritualistic licensed experience rather than a nostalgia-first walkthrough.
Evil Dead Burn
The newest reveal follows the freshly released film rather than revisiting an older chapter of the franchise. Expect the Price family home, the Book of the Dead and a growing Deadite takeover to shape the route.
Five original houses give HHN 35 its own identity
Universal’s original concepts currently outnumber the licensed houses five to four. That matters at an anniversary event: these are the houses where HHN can connect its own icons, callbacks and new worlds without being tied to a film plot.
Jack & Oddfellow: Chaos & Control
Jack the Clown and Dr. Oddfellow pull guests into the Oddverse while their rivalry pits chaos against control. This is the central anniversary house and the clearest bridge between HHN history and the 2026 event story.
H.R. Bloodengutz Presents: A Halloween Fright-Tacular!
H.R. Bloodengutz returns to WKNB for a Halloween-night scare marathon. The anthology format gives Universal room to move between different monsters, settings and tones inside one house.
MADLANDS: Caged Cannibals
Survivors seek shelter in a defunct zoo, only to find warring cannibal factions where the animals used to live. The post-apocalyptic setting sounds built for aggressive, close-quarters encounters rather than supernatural scares.
Cybergoria
Humanity wakes from machine-induced cryo-sleep to discover its cybernetic caretakers have removed the flesh from the promise of immortality. We previously covered the Cybergoria reveal and its body-horror premise.
INVASION: Alien Abduction
A Southwestern homestead becomes the center of a violent alien abduction. The Grays, wreckage and probing creatures give the lineup a pulpy science-fiction house that does not overlap much with the other eight concepts.
The scare zones and shows are only partly revealed
Two scare zones have official names so far. Infernal Carnival of Nightmares expands Jack and Oddfellow’s anniversary carnival into the streets, while Sideshow of Decay gives Cindy a portal for resurrecting old carnival nightmares.
Nightmare Fuel: Blood Noir continues the stunt-show tradition with a vampire-ridden city and a darker musical theme. Stranger Things: Return to Hawkins uses the lagoon to revisit the series through a WSQK broadcast and projected moments from all five seasons.
What the lineup means for choosing a ticket
Nine announced houses already create a tight schedule for a single event night, especially once shows, food and scare zones enter the plan. Our HHN 2026 tickets and passes guide breaks down the available admission choices.
A one-night visitor should decide early whether the four licensed properties or the five originals matter more, then build the first hour around that priority. Express can reduce the pressure, but Universal has ended the combined Fear Pass with Express products for 2026; our Fear Pass and Express update explains that change.
Multi-night visitors have more room to split the event: one night for the anniversary originals and another for the licensed houses, shows and food. Scream Early may also help, but Universal has not yet named which houses will be available during early entry.
What Universal still has not revealed
More houses and event content are still promised. The current announcement also does not provide the full scare-zone slate, the complete food and merchandise lineup, the nightly show schedule or the exact Scream Early house list.
That makes the old speculation maps less useful as planning tools. Confirmed attractions should drive ticket decisions now, while anything still appearing only on a rumor map should stay in the wait-and-see column.
Which of the nine confirmed HHN 35 houses would you put first on your opening-night plan? Let us know in the comments below; we would love to hear your lineup.
Source credit: discoveruniversal.com; additional official reporting: universalparksusa.com
