{"id":4982,"date":"2026-06-22T16:35:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T16:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=4982"},"modified":"2026-06-22T16:35:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T16:35:15","slug":"universal-plans-h-r-bloodengutz-encore-for-horror-nights-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=4982","title":{"rendered":"Universal plans H.R. Bloodengutz encore for Horror Nights 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>The fourth haunted house has been revealed for the 2026 edition of Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Florida theme park, and it brings back an original character from HHNs past.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=4980\">UCF adds three more commitments to 2027 recruiting class<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The maze is titled\u00a0<span>\u201cH.R. Bloodengutz Presents: A Halloween Fright-Tacular,\u201d according to a post on\u00a0Universal Orlando\u2019s\u00a0Horror Nights X account<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTune into a curated selection of H.R. Bloodengutz\u2019s Halloween favorites in this haunted house complete with ghouls, gore and all the frights that keep you coming back for more,\u201d the post reads without further elaboration.<\/p>\n<p>The Bloodengutz character was originally seen in a holiday-themed house at Horror Nights in 2011.\u00a0 The character\u2019s \u201creal\u201d name is Larry Kurtzberg, who becomes a late-night TV horror show host in Carey, Ohio.\u00a0 Bloodengutz also made appearances in a house in 2021 and at Universal Horror Unleashed, the year-round haunted attraction the company opened in Las Vegas last year.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=4978\">Commentary: Free the hostages! Especially that woman in Omaha | Pat Beall<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Universal: \u2018Stranger Things\u2019 returning to Halloween Horror Nights<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"oVPcqRAvaR\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"282\" loading=\"lazy\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" scrolling=\"no\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/2026\/06\/17\/hhn-stranger-0619\/embed\/#?secret=ug15KQqBVi#?secret=oVPcqRAvaR\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cUniversal: \u2018Stranger Things\u2019 returning to Halloween Horror Nights\u201d \u2014 Orlando Sentinel\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Universal previously announced three of its 10 planned houses for the event, including ones based on the fifth season of \u201cStranger Things,\u201d the Oscar-winning \u201cSinners\u201d film and with HHN icons Jack the Clown and Oddfellow together.<\/p>\n<p>Halloween Horror Nights is an after-hours, separately ticketed event held on select nights between Aug. 28 and Nov. 2. Single-night tickets are now on sale, along with admission to tours, Express Passes and other options at universalorlando.com. Multinight passes are not yet available.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=4976\">Letters: Property-tax cut for rich | Foreign aid protects U.S. health | Trump\u2019s brazen corruption<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <!--Ad-Slot: outstream_video--><\/p>\n<p><em>dbevil@orlandosentinel.com<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The TV horror show character was first seen in HHN haunted house in 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,11,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-theme-parks","category-things-to-do","category-universal-orlando"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Universal plans H.R. 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