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‘Saw’ joins Hollywood Horror Nights 2009 at Universal Studios Hollywood

Hollywood Horror Nights 2009 at Universal Studios Hollywood

Universal Studios Hollywood has fired scare-meisters Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees and Leatherface in favor of “Saw” serial killer Jigsaw for Halloween Horror Nights 2009.

Jigsaw will get his own haunted maze at the fright fest, with additional horror characters to be named to the lineup in the coming months, according to theme park officials.

Horror fan site Bloody Disgusting reports that Michael Myers of “Halloween” fame will join Jigsaw with his own maze in 2009 at Universal Studios Hollywood.

Sister-park Universal Studios Orlando in Florida is also hiring Jigsaw for Halloween Horror Nights 19 as well as “Child’s Play” killer doll Chucky and the Wolfman, a 1940s horror monster set to get a November 2009 remake staring Benicio Del Toro.

Set to debut just before Halloween 2009, the sixth film in the “Saw” horror movie franchise revolves around the “Jigsaw Killer” who teaches his victims the value of life via twisted traps, tests and games involving physical or psychological torture.

The Lionsgate movie studio officially backed a “Saw” haunted house in a shuttered Brea movie theater last Halloween that drew 20,000 visitors, according to Variety.

When: HHN 2009 will take place at Universal Studios Hollywood on Friday through Sunday nights in October as well as Thursday, Oct. 29 (with the exception of Sunday, Oct. 4).

HHN 19 at Universal Studios Orlando will take place on Thursday through Sunday nights in October as well as Sept. 25 and 26 and Oct. 21 and 28.

Find the latest amusement and theme park news at the Los Angeles Times Funland blog: www.latimes.com/funland. Follow Funland on Twitter and Facebook.

— Brady MacDonald, Los Angeles Times staff writer

Photo credit: Universal Studios Hollywood

This entry was posted on Monday, July 13, 2009 at 8:45 am by Brady MacDonald and is filed under California, Family & Kids, Florida, Los Angeles, Southern States, Theme Parks, Universal Studios Florida, Universal Studios Hollywood. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a comment, or trackback from your own site.

4 Comments on “‘Saw’ joins Hollywood Horror Nights 2009 at Universal Studios Hollywood”

venus Says:
July 18th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
Omg and I was telling my bro last yr they should do a saw maze , this is awesome im excited.. I go every yr more then once and im soooo excited for this yrs..
Crystal Says:
July 19th, 2009 at 10:06 pm
I am planning to go to Universal Studios Hollywood Horror Nights this year because I have a season pass. This will be my first time going to a horror night in Universal so I hope I get scared a lot! I love going to Universal Studios. I may go there on Oct. 26th to celebrate my birthday! No better choice than Universal Studios Hollywood!
Anonymous Says:
August 3rd, 2009 at 10:57 pm
I cannot believe you got rid of Freddy and Leatherface! They were classic. That’s the reason i’ve attended without fail. I’m sure you have incredibly horrific things in store but i can’t imagine it without those characters. Please, please reconsider.
vilmarie Says:
September 28th, 2009 at 1:00 am
i dont know why you chose saw because there are lots of people scared oof clowns and saw is a clown being masked.you should have kept bloody mary at her best for each halloween at universal.