Opening Universal’s HHN houses during a pandemic, show director Charles Gray takes us behind the scenes (Ep. 70)

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Universal Orlando faced many challenges bringing two Halloween Horror Nights houses to life this year. Charles Gray, senior show director at Universal, explains how the Halloween Seasonal Experience got the green light, how they approached the storytelling, and what the creative team learned. Diet HHN (1:06) How the houses were selected (2:50) Magic of narration (4:08) Safety protocol (6:36) New ways to scare (9:40) Costumes create movement (11:02) What have we learned?(12:20) Day vs. night event (14:11) What happens to the other houses? (16:51)