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Ann-Katrin Dölken, Warner Allee 1, 46244 Bottrop-Kirchhellen
phone: + 49 2045/899-741 fax: +49 2045/899-36741
e-mail: ann-katrin.doelken@moviepark.de
Press release from August 24, 2022
Halloween Horror Festival 2022 at Movie Park unleashes
Hollywood's darkest side yet with three big novelties!
New horror house "Hell House", spectacular Halloween live show at Studio 7 and
Halloween mapping show on 27 event days full of action and horror
(Bottrop-Kirchhellen, August 24, 2022) The Horrorwood Studios are once again
awakening from their demonic spell and the hour of the apocalypse at Movie Park
Germany is approaching! This year, the Halloween Horror Festival heralds the hours
of horror for the 24
th
time and demons and zombies have forged a new dark pact: With
three big new additions and a few surprises, guests will be lured away from the
Hollywood spotlight of Movie Park to the darker side of the Horrorwood Studios. The
new horror house "Hell House" is just waiting for brave victims to get to the bottom of
the Horrorwood Studios' original story. The new spectacular Halloween live show
"Madhouse - Insanity Lives Here" at Studio 7 makes nightmares come true on stage
and an elaborate Halloween mapping show highlights the park’s darkest side. Evil
can't be held back much longer and this year it is already awakening at the end of
September: from September 24 to November 13, Europe's biggest Halloween event
will take place on 27 selected days – and thus has more event days than ever before
on the sinister program schedule.
"The Halloween Horror Festival has enjoyed great popularity for years. That's why we
are already starting this season at the end of September to offer our guests even more
event days," says Managing Director Thorsten Backhaus. "We are excited to further
develop our Halloween event and to present three big novelties that have not yet been
seen at Movie Park in this form. To strengthen our identity as a movie and theme park,
the Horrorwood Studios will be even more prominent in the future."
The cornerstone of the Horrorwood Studios: the new horror house "Hell House"
An abandoned place full of mischief, forgotten by mankind: In the new horror house
"Hell House", guests can dive into the history of the Horrorwood Studios and their
origins. All visitors aged 16 and over can get to the bottom of the root of all evil in 14
detailed rooms. "The 'Hell House' is probably the most immersive and interactive
horror house Movie Park has to offer to date," says Halloween Project Manager
Manuel Prossotowicz. "Visitors will become even more a part of the Halloween
experience and can look forward to some surprises and horror elements that have not
been seen at Movie Park in this form before."
For more information: Movie Park Germany – press department
Ann-Katrin Dölken, Warner Allee 1, 46244 Bottrop-Kirchhellen
phone: + 49 2045/899-741 fax: +49 2045/899-36741
e-mail: ann-katrin.doelken@moviepark.de
Like many filmmakers, Spencer Mayfield was a young man with big dreams, obsessed
with the desire to achieve fame and fortune in the burgeoning Los Angeles film
industry. However, numerous years of failure drove him into a deep depression and
to a decision that changed everything: He invited a medium into his home for a séance
to conjure up a dark force that would help him succeed with his film studio. That night,
Spencer Mayfield killed his entire family and the staff in his house in the cruelest way.
From then on, a dark demon had taken possession of him and drove him to create the
dark side of the film industry in Hollywood: the Horrorwood Studios. Today, the
dilapidated mansion is considered a popular lost place. But alone and on foot, the so-
called "Hell House" is almost impossible to reach - only selected tour guides know the
way and where it is located on the huge studio grounds. This is also the start of a new
adventure for the brave guests. Once they board the bus of the Lost Place Explorer
Tour, they enter a soulless place where the devil lurks just behind the walls...
Music and sound design for the "Hell House" were provided by long-time partner
IMAscore. The technical implementation and media content were realized with the
subsidiary IMAmotion. In addition, a hand-drawn logo visualized in 3D and a fully
individualized animatronic by the manufacturer Hüttinger were contributed by them.
The demonic sets of the old mansion were built by the talented team of Dekowerk, just
like the horror houses "Slaughterhouse" and "Wrong Turn" before.
New Halloween live show "Madhouse - Insanity Lives Here" at Studio 7
Evil awakens not only in the dark but also in the spotlight! With a new Halloween live
show at Studio 7, Movie Park Germany brings the worst nightmares on stage. For this
new production, cooperation partner Dark Thrills Entertainment has brought together
talents from around the world. Acts that won over the judges on "America's Got
Talent," "Das Supertalent," "Italy's Got Talent" and even a world record holder who
picks his own nostrils will be on stage. Shocking thrills, laughs and chills lurk around
every dark corner.
Eerie things are going on at Black Hill Asylum. The walls echo with the haunting
footsteps, screams and horrors of those trapped here for all time. Viewers of the new
live show not only get to know the patients and terrifying staff of this godforsaken
mental institution. In their quest to heal humanity, they also discover the cruel
experiments of Dr. Hans Killmen, feared head of the psychiatric hospital.
For more information: Movie Park Germany – press department
Ann-Katrin Dölken, Warner Allee 1, 46244 Bottrop-Kirchhellen
phone: + 49 2045/899-741 fax: +49 2045/899-36741
e-mail: ann-katrin.doelken@moviepark.de
New Halloween mapping show in front of the Red Carpet Store
A new monstrous Halloween character comes to life – accompanying guests through
a three-and-a-half-minute mapping show that turns the facades of the Red Carpet
Store, as well as the entire park, in a terrifying display of music, effects and 3D
graphics. This new apocalyptic debut will also incorporate popular park characters and
attractions, as well as the new "Hell House" maze.
The new mapping show was realized within three months with a 6-person team from
IMAscore / IMAmotion. A graphic designer, a media designer, a 3D artist, a sound and
music designer, a director and a technician were involved. The visual production and
hardware installation was done by IMAmotion, the music and sound production by
IMAscore. As part of this, a custom song was also composed for the newly designed
Halloween character, who vocally provides a higher pulse and the right Halloween
atmosphere at the Horrorwood Studios during the mapping show.
The devilish attraction menu: eight horror houses and three scare zones
As the Halloween Horror Festival has been a tradition at Movie Park Germany for 24
years, guests can also look forward to their favorite horror houses. In addition to the
new maze "Hell House", these include "The Curse of Chupacabra", "Project Ningyo",
"The Slaughterhouse", "Fear Forest" and "Hostel". This year again, appropriate to the
ominous tradition, the artists have rearranged the "Circus of Freaks" and changed the
routing. "Secrets of St. Elmo" is also back on the program list of horrors and gets an
update.
A popular nightmare returns: Haunted Lantern for Secrets of St. Elmo
Dutch company "Haunted Lantern" makes its vicious comeback this season. Using
special technology and handy lanterns, it brings a little light into the darkness - at least
for a moment. Some guests may already have dark memories of the special
companions and know them from the former horror attraction "Wrong Turn" from 2018
and 2019. Thus, their resurrection may be celebrated with old and new victims alike.
The previous run of the attraction with shooters will completely be replaced by an
experience with lanterns and the detailed setting of the attraction will show a new,
sinister side.
Horrorwood entertainment and festival atmosphere
The hypno-casting is back! Master of senses Stephan Nölle has already prepared his
casting studio and is just waiting to take the guests back into the subconscious with
his hypnosis art. At the end one question remains: Is it all real or does it just take place
in the spectators’ heads?
For all those who can escape the dangers of the Horrorwood Studios, the next
Halloween party is taking place in the scare zone "Acid Rain". DJ Max Bering, who is
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phone: + 49 2045/899-741 fax: +49 2045/899-36741
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known from Parookaville and already played next to greats like David Guetta, Felix
Jaehn or Martin Solveig, will again provide the soundtrack for everyone who wants to
insert a party scene in their horror movie. With him at the turntables on selected days
are also three well-known guest DJs: T.M.O., Oliver Magenta and MBP.
Movie Park's longtime B2B event partner, Caab Events will also be adding to the
Halloween food and festival offerings, providing a food truck with new culinary snacks.
More bloodbusters for the 24
th
Halloween Horror Festival
From the depths of Derry's sewers, horror returns directly to the big screen at the Roxy
4-D Cinema in the form of Stephen King's "IT".
After dark, the Horrorwood Studios will also once again produce a true horror flick: In
the coaster bloodbuster "Movie Park Studio Tour - Final Cut," the filming of the final
scenes of the day is taken over by monsters. The special edition of the Multi Dimension
Coaster will once again be open daily from September 24 from 6:30 p.m. for all guests
aged 16 and over.
Ready for the next round of "Baboo Twister Express"? This year again, the popular
"MP Xpress" variant brings visitors a little closer to the afterlife and draws them into
new in-between worlds with light effects and rock music.
For all families, Movie Park Germany once again offers its popular Halloween for kids
in Nickland from 12 noon to 5 p.m. daily. In addition to a straw maze on the bumper
car area of "Back at the Barnyard Bumpers" or a children's horror house, there are
numerous activities for all 4- to 11-year-old Halloween fans.
Tickets for the Halloween Horror Festival
The Movie Park tickets contain a full twelve hours of park admission including four
hours of the Halloween Horror Festival with a scary atmosphere on the streets and
frightening encounters with monsters in three scare zones. This year again, Movie
Park Germany recommends that all Halloween fans purchase a ticket online.
However, the box offices are open for all spontaneous visitors.
Timeslot tickets for the horror houses, however, can only be purchased online and
must be booked in addition to park admission. They are available now at
www.moviepark.de/extras. Other ticket specials for the Halloween Horror Festival are
already being planned. More info will follow soon on the park's website
More info on the Halloween Horror Festival is available at www.halloween-horror-
festival.de or www.movieparkgermany.de/en.
For more information: Movie Park Germany – press department
Ann-Katrin Dölken, Warner Allee 1, 46244 Bottrop-Kirchhellen
phone: + 49 2045/899-741 fax: +49 2045/899-36741
e-mail: ann-katrin.doelken@moviepark.de
Movie Park Germany
Since 1996, Movie Park Germany has been offering its visitors shows, attractions and events all about
film, with the motto: "Hooray, I'm in the movies!" Spanning approximately 45 hectares, the Park invites
guests to immerse themselves in the world of film and find excitement, entertainment and thrill in more
than 40 different attractions. Germany's largest film and amusement park is a special experience for
young and old alike, having borne the TÜV distinction "OK for Kids" since 2006. Featuring Nickland,
one of the largest NICK theme worlds worldwide, the Park is particularly suitable for families. Thanks
to the in-house tour operator Movie Park Holidays, arranging a long journey with accommodation in
nearby hotels is child’s play. www.movieparkholidays.com. Movie Park is part of Parques Reunidos,
one of the leading global operators of regional leisure parks with a well-diversified portfolio of more
than 60 different assets (theme parks, zoos and marine parks, water parks and other attractions),
spread out over 12 countries across Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Australia.
