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Universal’s Insidious maze ain’t over until the final-final-final-final-final scare

Just when you think it’s safe, the new Insidious maze at Universal’s Horror Nights will hit you with a series of five final scares — and the terror won’t stop until the Red-Faced Demon makes you scream one last time.

“We stack them up at the end,” Halloween Horror Nights creative director John Murdy said. “Just bang, bang, bang, bang, bang.”

The new Insidious: The Further maze based on the horror film franchise will be part of Halloween Horror Nights 2024 at Universal Studios Hollywood.

Halloween Horror Nights 2024 will feature eight new haunted mazes along with four scare zones and the Terror Tram on select nights from Sept. 5 to Nov. 3 at Universal Studios Hollywood.

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The Insidious: The Further haunted maze coming to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood. (Photo by Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register/SCNG)

The new Insidious maze focuses on the “Insidious: The Red Door” supernatural thriller film that came out in 2023 while also folding in all the previous movies.

“There are callbacks to all of the best scares from the franchise,” Murdy said during a tour of the Insidious maze.

The maze starts in the Red-Faced Demon’s lair and keeps you in The Further – a netherworld between the living and the dead – as you move from room to room.

Throughout the maze, you pass through a baby’s nursery, child’s bedroom, college dorm, prison cell and other scenes from the Insidious films.

The Insidious: The Further haunted maze coming to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood. (Photo by Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Red curtains and red doors divide each scene. Every appearance of a red door takes you into a new movie — with dripping black paint and demon scratches defacing the doors every step of the way.

All the demons from the Insidious franchise haunt the maze — including the Bride in Black, Parker’s Mother, the Man Who Can’t Breath and the KeyFace Demon.

But it’s the Red-Faced Demon who chases you throughout the maze and makes several appearances.

“He’s the primary antagonist in this one even though we hit all the other ones,” Murdy said. “He’s my favorite. He’s the scariest.”

The Insidious: The Further haunted maze coming to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood. (Photo by Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Murdy likes to leave Horror Nighters screaming whenever they exit a haunted maze.

“We do a final scare sometimes or maybe even a final-final scare,” Murdy said. “This one is a final scare, a final-final scare, a final-final-final scare, a final-final-final-final scare and a final-final-final-final-final scare.”

Don’t let your guard down in the Insidious maze until you’ve seen all the demons one final time.

“It’s five scares in quick succession,” Murdy said. “All the demons from the entire franchise in order and ending with the Red Demon.”

The Insidious: The Further maze is coming to Halloween Horror Nights 2024 at Universal Studios Hollywood. (Courtesy of Universal)

Horror Nights previously dipped into the Insidious film franchise for mazes in 2013 (Into the Further), 2015 (Return to the Further) and 2017 (Beyond the Further).

The five films in the supernatural horror franchise include “Insidious” (2010), “Chapter 2” (2013), “Chapter 3” (2015), “The Last Key” (2018) and “The Red Door” (2023) with a sixth installment set to hit in theaters in August 2025.

The $700 million Insidious film franchise is helmed by acclaimed horror filmmaker James Wan – who is also behind the $1 billion Saw franchise and $2 billion Conjuring franchise.

The seven other mazes coming to Halloween Horror Nights 2024 at Universal Studios Hollywood include:

The separate admission Horror Nights event is not included with daily admission to Universal Studios Hollywood. Universal is selling an Early Access Ticket that provides entrance to select haunted mazes 90 minutes before Horror Nights officially begins each night at 7 p.m. Horror Nights season passes, front-of-the-line passes and VIP tours are also available for the event.

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