2010 scoop with creative guru T. J. Mannarino

One of the best parts of attending Media Night at Universal Orlando's Halloween Horror Nights opening is that you get to pick the brains of some of the creative minds behind the terror fest. At left is a video of my interview with T. J. Mannarino. Any good Halloween Horror Nights fanatic knows that his name is synonymous wiith the event. Hear what he has to say about what you can expect this year and how it will affect the future evolution, as well as a bit on the new special effects.

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Halloween horror nights tv ad shocks the world vol 2

Universal Orlando Resort has revealed the new television commercial for Halloween Horror Nights XX: Twenty Years of Fear.

For the first time ever, Universal Orlando collaborated with horror film directors to create this year’s commercial. Universal worked with Michael and Peter Spierig, best known for directing “Daybreakers,” the 2010 box office hit starring Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe and Sam Neill. Other movies directed by the Spierig brothers include “Undead” (2003) and “The Power of the Dark Crystal,” scheduled to be released in 2011.

The commercial features an on-duty security guard patrolling the Universal Orlando prop warehouse who comes face to face with Fear – the master of everything Halloween Horror Nights has ever been and will become. To see the commercial, click HERE.

This year’s Halloween Horror Nights will feature eight all-new haunted houses, six new