As someone who has only missed a couple of annual Halloween Horror Nights (HHN) in Orlando, Florida, since 2002 (one being in 2021 when I gave birth and one in 2020 amid the COVID pandemic), not a lot about it scares me anymore. I go for the fun and to "oooh" and "aaah" at the spectacle and creativity — everything that so many people work hard to bring to life annually and have done for the better part of 35 years, while still managing to inject something new every year too. And HHN has morphed, over the past 20+ years I’ve been going, into something bigger than a haunted attraction for so many. I have a friend who vlogs about the event every year, getting people psyched up for what’s to come. There are fan sites and YouTube channels galore, dedicated to not only speculation and current HHN goings-on but chronicling the lore of past years and icons.
