{"id":258067,"date":"2026-05-04T18:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/258067\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T18:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:43:08","slug":"universal-orlando-to-close-revamp-horror-make-up-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/258067\/","title":{"rendered":"Universal Orlando to close, revamp Horror Make-Up Show"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">ORLANDO, Fla. &#8211; Horror Make-Up Show, the long-running live show at Universal Studios Florida, is getting a makeover.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The show will temporarily close starting May 12, with a &#8220;reimagined&#8221; version debuting later this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/theme-parks\/universal-studios\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Universal Orlando<\/a> has announced.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/fox-local\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX LOCAL APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WOFL\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Horror Make-Up Show has been a staple of Universal Studios since its debut in 1990.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">&#8220;Featuring movie clips, props and interactive demonstrations, this experience offers fascinating funny insight into the movie making process,&#8221; reads the show&#8217;s description on the Universal Orlando website. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">SIGN-UP FOR FOX 35&#8217;S BREAKING NEWS, DAILY NEWS NEWSLETTERS<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The show features actors giving the audience a behind-the-scenes look at the make-up and special effects that are used in horror movies. Although the show is centered around horror, it&#8217;s known for using a lot of humor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WOFL\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Universal has not yet shared any details about the reimagined show or what changes will be made.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Ahead of the closure, Universal is offering annual passholders reserved seating for the show from May 4 to May 10. Reserved seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This article was written with information released by Universal Orlando.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/theme-parks\/universal-studios\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Universal Studios Florida News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/theme-parks\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orlando theme park news<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/orange-county\/orlando\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orlando News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/orange-county\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orange County News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. &#8211; Horror Make-Up Show, the long-running live show at Universal Studios Florida, is getting a makeover.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[47,115,1335,139,141,140,2411,3437,628],"class_list":["post-258067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-fl","tag-news","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-theme-parks","tag-universal-studios","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}