The multi-sensory attraction, set inside a castle, has been infused with scents that capture the pungent odours of Egyptian tombs, musty antechambers and decaying life.

Guests are reacquainted with such notorious creatures as Count Dracula, Nosferatu, The Wolf Man, The Mummy, Frankenstein’s Monster, the Bride of Frankenstein and the Phantom of the Opera.

The adventure begins at the entrance to the castle ruins in Soundstage 13, as guests are shepherded along the drawbridge into a corridor laden with dozens of movie props and artefacts including the original corduroy blazer worn by Anthony Perkins in Psycho, the Hannibal Lector mask from Red Dragon and the original Chucky doll.

Guests, however, do not have long to linger over these treasures. Attendants quickly usher them through a dark labyrinth leading into the themed areas that include the Burial Crypt of The Bride of Frankenstein, Dracula’s Portal, The Mummy’s Tomb and Psycho Maze of Mirrors.

Universal Studios introduced the horror genre to US audiences in the early years of motion pictures when such artists as Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney, and Bela Lugosi were under contract to the company. In the decades that have followed, many of the world’s greatest movie monsters came to life on the studio’s historic back lot.

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