Michael Jackson will be missed by more than his music fans, but will also be missed by Halloween and Haunted House fans across the World. Michael Jackson did more to promote haunted houses, horror and Halloween than anyone with his music video Thriller which also featured Vincent Price.

Michael Jackson loved haunted houses and visited many from Universal Studios Horror Nights, Circus Circus Horrordome to Disney's Haunted Mansion. Michael Jackson loved Halloween and that came through with Thriller from the concept of the song to the music video which became the biggest music video in history.

Michael Jackson will always be remembered each and every single Halloween as Thriller is the #1 Halloween song in the WORLD played in all night clubs, Halloween parties and in the front lawns of homes on Halloween.

MJ you will be missed by all of your Halloween and Haunted House fans and know that your song Thriller will play each and every Halloween of decades to come. You will be missed but never and we mean ever forgotten.

Rest in peace MJ!

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UNIVERSAL STUDIOS ORLANDO ANNOUNCES 2009 HORROR NIGHTS

RIPPED FROM THE SILVER SCREEN: UNIVERSAL ORLANDO RESORT’S
HALLOWEEN HORROR NIGHTS 19 TO BRING MODERN DAY HORROR FILMS TO LIFE

Experience to Feature Upcoming Release and Hugely Popular Horror Series

The Wolfman, Jigsaw and Chucky Will Wreak Havoc at Nation’s Most Frightening Halloween Event

Event Tickets, Vacation Package On Sale Now

ORLANDO, FL (June 25, 2009) – For the first time ever, guests at Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights will live a mega-horror movie before it even hits the big screen. They will also experience two modern day blockbuster horror franchises as Universal Orlando devotes its entire Halloween Horror Nights event to bringing horror films to life.

Universal Orlando is partnering with Universal Pictures to bring one of the year’s most highly anticipated films, “The Wolfman,” to life so guests can experience it firsthand before it hits theaters on November 6. It is also partnering with Lionsgate® and Twisted Pictures to bring the most profitable horror franchise, “SAW,” to Halloween Horror Nights 19: Ripped From the Silver Screen. Universal Orlando is also using its partnership with Universal Pictures to bring the popular “Chucky” film series to life at the event as well.

Lionsgate is expected to release the sixth installment of the powerhouse franchise in theatres nationwide on October 23rd in its traditional opening weekend slot leading into Halloween; the “Chucky” films have become a favorite among horror film and pop culture enthusiasts.

Never before has Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights featured such a catalog of horror. Everyone knows these films. And now everyone will get to live them in person. Guests will experience the physical and psychological horror that Jigsaw, Chucky and The Wolfman have inflicted on the silver screen. They will become victim to the mental games of “SAW’s” maniacal killer Jigsaw. They will come face to face with “Chucky’s” wrath. And they will be there as “The Wolfman’s” alter-ego, Lawrence Talbot, discovers a primal side of himself he didn’t know existed.

“Halloween Horror Nights is the perfect launch for ‘The Wolfman,’” says the film’s producer Scott Stuber. “The horror audience is one of the most enthusiastic and loyal so we are so pleased they are experiencing it first at Halloween Horror Nights.”

“Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights provides a unique platform which allows horror fans to experience Jigsaw’s terrifying labyrinth firsthand. Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures couldn’t have asked for better partners to bring the world of SAW to life,” said SAW producers Mark Burg and Oren Koules of Twisted Pictures.

From house and character design to costuming and prosthetics, work is already underway on this year’s event. Additional details will be revealed leading up to opening night of Halloween Horror Nights 19. A SAW attraction will also be included in the Halloween Horror Nights event at Universal Studios Hollywood.

“We have an exciting opportunity to bring our guests into the world of some of the most popular horror films,” said Jim Timon, senior vice president of entertainment for Universal Orlando Resort. “If you thought you were scared watching these movies, wait until you experience this year’s Halloween Horror Nights.”

For 23 select nights this fall, modern horror films are “Ripped from the Silver Screen” to frighten guests at what promises to be the most feared Halloween Horror Nights ever. Other horror films and characters from the movies, including completely re-imagined Frankenstein and Dracula concepts, will also be integrated into this year’s event.

Halloween Horror Nights 19 will feature all-new horrifying haunted houses, inescapable and chilling scarezones, live shows and hundreds of frightening “scare-actors.” Event dates are September 25-26, October 1-4, 8-11, 15-18, 21-25 and 28-31.

Tickets and vacation packages for the event are on sale now. Regular admission to any night of the event is $69.99 plus tax. Guests can purchase tickets at www.HalloweenHorrorNights.com or by calling 1-888-467-7677 (HORROR-7). Because of the event’s popularity, tickets for weekend nights are expected to sell out and should be purchased well in advance.

The Gory Getaway Vacation Package includes two-night hotel accommodations at an Orlando area hotel, one 1-Day/2-Park theme park admission and Halloween Horror Nights Combo ticket, one 5x7 souvenir photograph and free access to select live entertainment at Universal CityWalk. The Gory Getaway Vacation Package begins at $228 per adult, and rates are also available at the world-class on-site Loews hotels. The Gory Getaway package can be booked online at www.HalloweenHorrorNights.com or by calling 1-888-467-7677 (HORROR-7).

For Halloween Horror Nights: Ripped From the Silver Screen images, visit http://media.universalorlando.com.

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Haunted House and Halloween Attraction tradeshow will be held in St. Louis, Missouri March 25 through the 28th, 2010. The haunted house show has been extended one day due to the overwhelming amount of people who attended the 2009 tradeshow. Transworld Exhibits is expecting more vendors and more buyers for the 2010 show. The team behind the Transworld Haunted House and Halloween show have been attending several smaller events like Midwest Haunters Convention, Hauntcon and even other amusement shows like the Bowl Expo, Fun Expo and will attend IAAPA show this November. Transworld has committed themselves to creating one of the biggest amusement shows in the industry with most of the focus on Haunted Houses and Halloween.

We have learned there will be more seminars than last year and additionally experts brought in to help people who own pumpkin patches, corn mazes, hayrides and Haunted House attractions.

Additionally several big events are being planned by Transworld around town to keep guests entertained after show hours. The Darkness Haunted House will open again for the event along with other local attractions. For the first time ever there will be an admission charge to enter the show something in the area of $30.00. The reason for the charge is to keep the booth costs low for vendors, who bring all the cool monsters, animations and new products to improve your haunted houses.

HHA (Haunted House Association) is also planning several big events for the 2010 Transworld show including some huge announcements and benefits for members.

Keep tuned to Hauntworld.com or all the updates about Transworld's 2010 tradeshow. To learn more about the show go to www.HauntShow.com

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Find Real Haunted Houses on Hauntworld starting in July. Hauntworld will start featuring stories about real haunted houses across the America. If you know of a really cool real haunted house make sure you contact us so we can feature these attractions and locations in our state directory. Our state haunted house directory will continue to help millions of guests find haunted attractions by state and city but but also read about other local real haunted houses and ghost tours.

We also encourage these attractions to create their own profiles for their haunted house attractions. If you have a Halloween Attractions such as a pumpkin patch please visit www.HalloweenAttractions.com.

The Halloween Attraction season is coming up fast and we at Hauntworld want to provide the best information about real haunted houses, haunted houses, and haunted attractions.

Check back and view our state directory for more and different types of haunted attractions very soon.

Hauntworld Magazine issue 22 is finally in production and will feature Alabama haunted houses including Greystone Manor and Atrox Factory. Read all the details about two of the best haunted houses in Alabama in the next issue of Hauntworld Magazine issue 22.

Hauntworld Magazine issue 22 will also include an article on how to make social media work for your haunted house plus wrap up reports on Midwest Haunters Convention, Hauntcon and Transworld Haunted House Tradeshow.

If you'd like to subscribe to the WORLDS #1 Haunted House magazine visit www.HauntedHouseMagazine.com

Both Greystone Manor and Atrox Factory are members and supporters of (HHA) www.HauntedHouseAssociation.org.

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Hauntworld.com haunted house directory has had several new make overs and its once again time to start updating your profiles. Hauntworld has improved the haunt directory to allow all haunted house owners the access to upload videos, photos, logos, mp3 files, additionally you can create surveys and upload articles to your haunted house. Our new haunted house directory also allows you to place links to your buy tickets pages, and links to your Mysapce, Twitter and Facebook pages.

Other new features allows you to set dates and times that you are open 12 months a year plus we allow all accounts to add a Google map to their profile. Everything is as simple as ONE, TWO, THREE... log into your account today and start updating.

Haunted House season opens in less than THREE months for some haunted houses so now is the time to log into your account on Hauntworld and update your profiles.

If you are interested in becoming a featured haunted house contact us today at blacklightminigolf@sbcglobal.net. Several great spots are still open in all states aross our directory.

We also ask that ALL haunted houses add the Hauntworld.com banner to your homepage of your website. Please support Hauntworld and help us promote haunted houses nationwide.

FIRST EVER HAUNTED HOW TO BOOK FOUND



The first ever haunted house how to book has been located by a Hauntworld Magazine subscriber who actually had something to do with its creation. Back in the early 70's the Jaycee group started haunted houses nationwide as fundraisers. A few members who build the first few haunted houses for Jaycee decided to help other Jaycee groups start their haunted house business by writing a book to show you how to start your own haunted house.



The book written back in the 1970's includes information about marketing, scene idea's, places to buy props, and much more. Very soon in a Hauntworld Magazine a full story will be released with several pages of this monumental document will be released. These pioneers had a vision of helping their organization launch what we know today as the haunted house industry.

Subscribe today to www.HauntedHouseMagazine.com to read the full story!

Learn how our industy was actually started only in Hauntworld Magazine.