Howdy, partners! Grab your hat, dust off those boots, and get ready! Another Halloween Horror Nights 2025 house announcement just rode into town. This time, we’re saddlin’ up and headin’ straight into the heart of the Wild West with Hatchet and Chains: Demon Bounty Hunters.
Here’s how Universal sets the stage for this rootin’-tootin’ nightmare:
In this Old West town, all hell is breaking loose. Red-hot lava demons are trying to possess everyone, melting everything in their path.
Does the name sound familiar? That’s likely because this haunted house appears to be inspired by one of the fictional B-movies, Hatchet and Chains: Demon Bounty Hunters, featured in Slaughter Sinema 2 at last year’s Halloween Horror Nights.
For any Halloween Horror Nights newbies out there, Slaughter Sinema first debuted in 2018, offering guests a walk-through of wild and wacky B-movie scenarios, each one a mini-house of its own, stitched together into one exciting, campy attraction. The concept was such a hit with fans that Universal brought it back in 2024 as Slaughter Sinema 2, complete with an all-new roster of flicks. Among them was Hatchet and Chains: Demon Bounty Hunters, a western-themed story following a pair of bounty hunters: one a seasoned demon slayer, the other a demon himself.
This isn’t the first time a fan-favorite short concept from Slaughter Sinema has earned a full-length haunted house. In 2019, Yeti: Terror of the Yukon sprang from the original Slaughter Sinema, and in 2022, the Meetz Meats event food stand also drew inspiration from that B-movie anthology.
And for the true Halloween Horror Nights nerds (or those about to become one), even the fictional town that houses the Slaughter Sinema theater has its own sprawling lore. Go ahead—fall down that rabbit hole. Many of us did, and it’s often where the HHN obsession begins. (Start here)
But that’s a story for another day. For now, we’re saddling up and heading into the haunted frontier when Halloween Horror Nights 2025 kicks off at Universal Orlando Resort, running select nights from August 29 through November 2. Learn more about tickets here.
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