Your guide to the creepiest, cleverest, & scariest mazes at Universal Studios Hollywood Halloween Horror Nights

The creepiest mazes

Winner – Us

Your experience with this maze begins well before you enter. As you walk closer and closer, the hip hop track “I Got 5 on It," which was featured in the film, gets louder and louder, putting you in an eerie frame of mind.

As soon as you walk in, you're immersed in the movie, with frozen-faced scareactors coming at you, weapons at the ready, and others looking terrified and determined to escape the rooms themselves. Be careful where you step—you might end up in a pool of blood, or even on a body. 

Runner-up – Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

This sci-fi maze greets you with the growls of monsters. You're introduced to Frankenstein and Wolf Man just as they are meeting each other as well. 

Keep an eye out for one of their experiments: a chopped-up body reaching out for help. You don’t want to end up as one of Frankenstein’s projects, so be sure to dodge the monsters popping out everywhere.

Third – Creepshow

This maze, inspired by the 1980s classic film, is full of classic hairy monsters popping out at you at all times. Monster grunts and growls follow you through the whole maze. 

As you pass through a makeshift cemetery, your nose is also met with a rotten smell, but that's the least of your worries: Watch out for the cockroaches crawling everywhere as you go further into the maze—they’re even infesting a dead man’s body.

Winner – Holidayz in Hell

A clock counting down to midnight at the beginning of this maze promises the familiar joy of New Year's Eve. But set foot inside and it's clear something has gone very, very wrong. 

Imagine meeting the embodiment of every holiday you love, but instead of getting a warm fuzzy feeling, you're overwhelmed by a leprechaun popping out at you and a nutcracker chasing after you. Let's just say this Valentine’s Day is not meant to celebrate love.

Runner-up – Killer Klowns from Outer Space

Don’t expect to relive fond childhood memories as you walk into this 1980s yellow-and-red circus. Instead, be prepared to walk into fully lit neon rooms with cotton candy being swung your way. 

And don't let the strobe lights fool you—this isn't a party, it's more like a nightmare. You won’t come out dry, either. Keep an eye out for the scheming clowns popping out from every corner with water guns. 

The most innovative mazes

Winner – Ghostbusters

Your experience starts while waiting in line when someone frantically approaches, asking questions with clothes torn up as if they had just been attacked.

The technology and vintage furniture makes you immediately feel like you are on the set of the 1980s original movie. Several Ghostbusters are on hand, but don't lower your guard—they might mistake you for one of the ghosts they're hunting.

Runner-up – Stranger Things

This maze begins with scenes from the second season, but as you walk through you get a nice surprise from Stranger Things' recent third season. Be sure that surprise doesn't catch you or your friends, lest it grow even bigger.

This maze is a feast for the senses. You'll be met with a musky smell similiar to what Season 3's characters may have smelled, along with gooey slime on top of your head. 

Third place – The Walking Dead Attraction

Halloween Horror Nights once traditionally included a maze inspired by AMC’s The Walking Dead. Universal Studios turned it into a year-round indoor attraction in 2016, allowing for depth and effects that members won’t see anywhere else. With myriad references to the show, diehard fans will appreciate the immersive journey. The spacious interior allows room for the maze to come creepily to life with a burning cabin, frighteningly realistic walkers, gunfire—even the snacks in a tipped-over vending machine.

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