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Universal Horror Unleashed plans new haunted house and anime horror experience for 2027

The Las Vegas venue's two-year slate also includes a summer 2026 event, a Jack and Chance dinner show, HamiKuma, and a larger Krampus & Kin return.

Universal Horror Unleashed scareactor inside the Las Vegas horror venue
Image credit: NBCUniversal / Universal Destinations & Experiences.

Universal Horror Unleashed plans its first new haunted house for August 2027, with a new anime horror experience also planned for May 2027 at the Las Vegas venue.

The two-year slate came out of a May 30 Monsterpalooza panel reported by Haunted Attraction Network and Attractions Magazine. The panel included Universal Destinations & Experiences leaders Del Wynegar, Michael Naumann, and Kim Scott.

Universal Horror Unleashed opened in August 2025 near AREA15 with four walk-through haunted houses, bars, lounges, food, cocktails, and live entertainment. Universal has since used limited-time programming to make the permanent horror venue more repeatable between Halloween seasons.

2026 additions

The next wave starts this summer with a nightly event tied to a movie or television property that has not been named yet. Premiere House also gets a new dinner show starring Jack the Clown and Chance from June through August.

Food, Film, Frights returns in September with a new character. HamiKuma, the zombie-bear mascot from Universal Studios Japan's Halloween Horror Nights, returns from September through October with a new stage show.

October brings two new original icons, followed by a new Premiere House experience in October and November. Krampus & Kin returns from November into January in the venue's flex space, a room Haunted Attraction Network reported at about 7,000 square feet.

2027 slate

Food, Film, Frights is planned again in January 2027. A Valentine's Day experience follows in February, then a new Jack the Clown stage show in March.

Feaster Grievings 2 runs from March through May after the 2026 spring event introduced Feaster Bunny. May brings the anime horror experience, and June through August brings a new outdoor experience built around a major property.

The first new haunted house arrives in August 2027. Krampus & Kin then returns in November 2027 through January 2028 in what Universal described at the panel as its final run.

Sources: Haunted Attraction Network, Attractions Magazine, and NBCUniversal.

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