Art the Clown will have a major presence at Halloween Horror Nights this year, with a “Downtown Clowntown” Scare Zone announced that’ll feature both Art and the Killer Klowns from Outer Space. But that’s not all, as the Halloween Horror Nights team announced at Midsummer Scream last night that Art the Clown will also be hijacking this year’s Terror Tram!
And the Terrifier slasher is bringing the music of Ice Nine Kills with him…
Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood previews, “Art the Clown arrives on the Universal Studios Backlot with his blood-soaked bag of presents in tow. But when he realizes he’s too early for Christmas, he hijacks the Terror Tram to start a ho-ho-horrific holiday tradition all his own — complete with music by Ice Nine Kills. Encounter shocking twists on Christmas classics and remember: the best gift is the screams you have along the way.”
HHN Creative Director John Murdy explains, “We wanted Art to be part of our event this year, but we wanted to make it something new, something different, something you guys have never seen before. So we decided to have Art take over the Terror Tram.”
Haunted Attraction Network previews the seven zones Art the Clown will take guests through…
- Scary Artmas, the drop-off, where Vicki Heyes hands Art a fresh chainsaw, the Little Pale Girl takes his severed doll head, and Nutcracker characters rev their own saws to the Nutcracker Suite.
- Art’s Christmas Tree Farm, whose motto is “we slice ’em, chop ’em, trim ’em, top ’em,” with intestines strung as garland and heads used as tree toppers.
- The 12 Slays of Christmas, the Bates Motel redecorated as a Christmas party Art crashes, ending in a chainsaw showdown with a Snow Angel version of Sienna Shaw.
- Art’s Christmas Cafe, where a Maitre D Art and his sous chefs plate holiday horrors alongside a Christmas Ham and a Christmas Turkey.
- Hell for the Holidays, a blacklight zone at the War of the Worlds set full of Clockwork Orange-style evil snowmen.
- Santa Art Is Coming to Town, where Art and the Little Pale Girl shoot down Santa’s sleigh with a World War II flak gun, surrounded by Jack Frost, the Snow Queen, a Christmas Death Angel, and toys escaped from Santa’s workshop.
- Art’s Workshop, a gingerbread house on the outside and a gory parts shop on the inside, its doors labeled dismemberment, decapitation, and disembowelment, where Santa’s corpse is taken apart.
Along the way, you’ll be treated to original Christmas music from Ice Nine Kills.
Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood runs select nights September 3 – November 1.
