Singapore launches Halloween themed events

Singapore attractions are set to launch a series of Halloween themed entertainment events.

Universal Studios Singapore has launched a series of Halloween Horror Nights, said to be the largest Halloween events ever staged in Southeast Asia.

The events feature a 'scare-labyrinth' with a haunted house, multiple 'scare zones', a selection of Universal Studios Singapore's theme park rides and a street party.

Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Singapore will build on Universal's decades of experience in creating entertaining, intense and fun Halloween events. These nights began 21 years ago at Universal Studios Florida and have been introduced at Universal Orlando Resort, Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Studios Singapore.

Each year, Universal's creative experts transform theme parks into completely different night-time environments filled with horror-themed experiences that include haunted houses, special 'scare zones' and hundreds of specially trained actors to bring Halloween characters to life.
Halloween Horror Nights will run for seven nights over two weekends, from 20th to 22nd October and 27th to 30th October 2011.They are separately ticketed events not included within regular theme park admission although daytime theme park guests will be able to upgrade their daytime park admission tickets in order to re-enter the park for Halloween Horror Nights.

Resorts World Sentosa Vice President of Entertainment Andrea Teo explains "Universal Studios Singapore's Halloween Horror Nights will pull out all the stops to make this Southeast Asia's largest, most intense and most horrifying Halloween event ever produced. The scale, budget and concept will raise the bar on Halloween events in the region.

"Halloween Horror Nights is modeled after the long running and highly-successful events at our sister parks, Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood ï¾ which create a level of fear that has never before been experienced in this region. We are thrilled to introduce the event here in Singapore. Halloween Horror Nights will be the event-of-choice and guests will not be disappointed."

From the haunted house and character design, to auditions, casting, costuming and prosthetics, work is already underway in making this multi-million dollar production the biggest headliner in Southeast Asia's selection of Halloween events this year.

The main attraction within the event is an elaborate haunted house - with an Asian twist. Located inside one of Universal Studios Singapore's soundstages, guests will enter a dilapidated Peranakan mansion which, to this day, is still haunted by a demented matriarch.

Select rides and attractions, including Revenge of the Mummy, Battlestar Galactica and Accelerator, will be operating, making it the only Halloween event in the region with theme park rides.

The Singapore Flyer, too, is hosting its first ticketed Halloween event this year, billed as 'FrightFest @ Singapore Flyer'.

The event has a local element to it, with Malay, Chinese and even Japanese ghouls roaming the attraction. 

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