Three of the big screen's most infamous horror icons, Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger and Leatherface, join forces for the first time to invade Universal Studios Hollywood's "Halloween Horror Nights" as The Entertainment Capital of L.A. brings to life New Line Cinema's legendary horror film franchises, Friday The 13th, A Nightmare On Elm Street and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre in the Southland's most intense interactive Halloween experience with four new mazes and a new edition of the "Terror Tram," allowing guests to venture on foot through Universal's legendary back lot.

Movie PictureHalloween Horror Nights will extend over 10 nights beginning Friday, October 5 and continue on October 6, 12-13, 19-20, 26-28 and on Halloween, October 31. The event will begin nightly at 7:00 p.m.; closing hours vary by night throughout the event.

Freddy, Jason and Leatherface will each be featured within his own labyrinth of carnage, elevating the "Halloween Horror Nights" experience to appalling levels of madness and mayhem, levels that could only be realized by fiends as grisly as Jason, Leatherface and Freddy.

Movie PictureEach of the mazes will capture the gruesome tone of the notorious films to catapult horror fans to an excruciating level of intimacy often kept at a safe distance by virtue of the movie screen.

The popular "Terror Tram" experience-- unique to Universal Studios Hollywood-allows guests to disembark from Studio Tour trams and walk among the historic sets of the Universal backlot, birthplace of the horror genre. The backlot experience-incorporating such Hollywood landmarks as Psycho House, Bates Motel and the War of the Worlds airplane crash disaster scene-will play a pivotal role in the reemergence of Freddy, Jason and Leatherface where guests-victims will weave through the debauchery and fall prey to their tortured, sadistic minds.

Movie PictureUniversal Studios Hollywood's Halloween Horror Nights will also feature a series of specially-created, spine-tingling entertainment adding an alarming element to the overall Halloween experience. Highlights include the new House of Horrors maze where Universal's most notorious monsters will descend upon guests as they navigate the creepy confines of vampire lairs, cannibal caves and psycho film slashers.

Universal Studios Hollywood's favorite attractions will remain open for the nighttime Halloween Horror Nights experience, but many will feature a menacing twist. The standing sets and themed streets of the theme park will be transformed into a bloodbath, as if scenes from horror films that were left on cutting room floor exploded to life. A transformed "WaterWorld", "Jurassic Park-In the Dark," the "Revenge of the Mummy" psychological thrill ride roller coaster and "Terminator 2:3D" will all seem like tranquil respites from Jason, Freddy and Leatherface's bedlam.

Movie PictureChucky's Insult Emporium will provide a mix of menace and humor to the event, and the ingenious sleight-of-sight performances by two internationally renowned stunt magicians, Kevin James and Brian Bushwood, will feature an original mix of unusual feats from risky fire-eating stunts to tactfully hammering nails into eyeballs and sawing people in half before literally re-attaching them before guests' very eyes.

For more information on "Halloween Horror Nights" and to purchase advance tickets, including the popular "Stay & Scream" ticket option inviting guests to purchase a combo day and "Halloween Horror Nights" ticket, access www.halloweenhorrornights.com, call 818-622-3801 or visit the Universal Studios Hollywood ticket booths. Various promotional offers include tickets for as low as $29 with any Coke can or special coupon from Del Taco restaurants. "Halloween Horror Nights" tickets will also be sold in advance at Vons Grocery Stores where consumers can save up to $22 off a ticket with the purchase of any Coca-Cola product.

The terror of Jason, Freddy and Leatherface will also extend to Universal Orlando, where the theme park will be celebrating its 17th annual event, thus making this year's "Halloween Horror Nights" the largest bi-coastal event in the U.S.

Movie PictureUniversal Studios Hollywood, The Entertainment Capital of L.A., includes a full-day, movie-based theme park and Studio Tour; the CityWalk entertainment, shopping and dining complex; the Universal CityWalk Cinemas; and the Gibson Amphitheatre concert and special event venue. The theme park features such groundbreaking attractions as "Revenge of the Mummy - The Ride," "Shrek 4-D," "Jurassic Park - The Ride," the world-renowned Studio Tour, which takes guests behind-the-scenes of such landmark TV and movie locations and sets as Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds, and the upcoming Spring 2008 new mega-attraction based on the blockbuster hit series, The Simpsons. Universal CityWalk features 65 entertainment-themed restaurants, nightclubs, shops and dynamic entertainment options. Universal CityWalk Cinemas, offering the best movie-going experience in Los Angeles, features 19 screens including one of Southern California's largest IMAX venues and newly renovated stadium-style seating.