On Thursday, August 26, Universal Orlando Resort announced more details about Halloween Horror Nights XX. The Halloween Horror Nights website now features a very freaky intro foreshadowing this year’s event, which is apparently about Fear himself.  He is everything that Halloween Horror Nights has been in the past and everything it will be in the future.

“Everything we have done for the past 19 years, everything we have learned, leads to this moment,” said Jim Timon, senior vice president of entertainment for Universal Orlando Resort. “This year’s Halloween Horror Nights is not about the past. It is about the future.” But keep in mind as much as the number 20 signifies an anniversary year this is not an anniversary event.

For those who frequent Halloween Horror Nights each year and for those who have never been, this year promises to be one of the scariest Halloweens you will ever encounter. When Fear is the one hosting the party, you know no scare tactic is off limits. And to commemorate Fear, Halloween Horror Nights has added eight new haunted houses and six new scarezones, plus two live shows.

Travel into a realm where Halloween Horror Nights isn’t just an event, but a reality in Horror Nights: The Hallow’d Past. And if orphanages scare the pants off of you, you may want to steer clear from The Orfanage: Ashes to Ashes where the burn-out remains of an orphanage house the souls of the forgotten and the lost. Make your way into the underworld, and come face to face with the most terrifying creatures of legend as you cross through the Gates of Ruin in Hades: The Gates of Ruin. See how life really is stranger than fiction as you take a tour through the deserted mental hospital Shadybrook, where the criminally insane roam the halls in Psychoscareapy: Echoes of Shadybrook. Those are just a few of the haunted houses you will encounter at Halloween Horror Nights XX. We’ll let the rest be a surprise!

The new scare zones include HHN: 20 Years of Fear where you will encounter the most frightening characters of Halloween Horror Nights past. Fear Revealed features souls of Chaos, Death, Sacrifice, Mythos and Vengeance, whom Fear created and gave them power. Zombie Gras is a Mardi Gras parade that has gone severely wrong by an infected North American zombie infestation. Esqueleto Muerte revels in the seductive taunts of Death as you wind through a glowing skeletal maze.  For the rest of the scarezones you’ll just have to attend Halloween Horror Nights XX!

Halloween Horror Nights runs September 24-25, September 30 through October 1-3, 7-10, 14-17, 20-24 and 27-31. Get ready to be introduced to Fear!