'The Walking Dead' Coming To Universal Studios For Halloween

After rave reviews from fans on both coasts, Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood are bringing back AMC's "The Walking Dead" to Halloween Horror Nights for a third consecutive year.

Horror-hungry fans will experience all-new terrifying mazes inspired by Season 4 of the critically-acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning television series.

This year's bone-chilling mazes will place guests at the heart of a harrowing journey to seek sanctuary at Terminus, an elusive destination that promises community for all.

Mirroring the terror that befell the residents of the West Georgia Correctional Facility, now overrun by savage walkers, the experience will send guests fleeing from the fallen prison into unknown territory as they once again stage a desperate battle for survival against flesh-eating walkers and ruthless humans.

"The Walking Dead" is based on the graphic novel written by Robert Kirkman and published by Image Comics. The series tells the story of the months and years after a zombie apocalypse.

It follows a group of survivors, led by sheriff Rick Grimes, who travel in search of a safe and secure home.

"The Walking Dead" is the number-one show on television for adults 18-49. AMC's "The Walking Dead" returns for Season 5 this October.

"This has been an incredible collaboration and I am thrilled to be working once again with the creative teams at Universal Orlando and Universal Studios Hollywood to bring the world of 'The Walking Dead' to our dedicated fans," said Greg Nicotero, Executive Producer and Special Effect Makeup Supervisor for the series.

"I can't wait for visitors to experience first-hand some of the iconic moments from Season 4 in what will be the biggest, most exciting and frightening 'Walking Dead' maze to date."

Universal Orlando's maze will be the largest maze ever created at Halloween Horror Nights. It is literally double the experience and will feature more scareactors in one single haunted house than ever before.

Guests will encounter iconic scenes from Season 4 of the hit show - beginning at the prison, fans will enter the cell block where the infection began, escape into the massive Big Spot location with a crashed helicopter ripping through its ceiling and journey to the dilapidated country club overrun with walkers.

These and other incredibly immersive environments culminate to the maze's finale taking you to the End of the Line - Terminus. This year's maze will be an entirely new experience, featuring never-before-seen walkers and brand new scares.

"Bringing a horror property back for a third year in a row is always a decision that is carefully considered. Fortunately, The Walking Dead is unlike any horror brand around.

Its appeal spreads across so many types of viewers.

Hardcore and casual horror fans alike are watching week after week, and season 4 offered many new and unique environments and walkers," said Michael Aiello, Creative Development Director for Universal Orlando's Entertainment team.

"This year, we are taking this partnership to the next level, with a monstrous soundstage maze and a scope that is bigger and badder than anything we've ever done in the history of our event."

Universal Studios Hollywood will bring multiple interactive experiences from "The Walking Dead" to life throughout its "Halloween Horror Nights" event. "The Walking Dead: The End of the Line" will channel the many iconic scenes from Season 4 into a new maze, inviting guests to encounter the terror they viewed from afar.

From infected walkers whose bleeding eyes struck a new chord of fear throughout the prison to the walker-filled tunnel on the crusade to Terminus, the ominous attraction will evoke a countless barrage of distressing images that will traumatize guests over and over again.

The contemporary urban city streets, towering skyscrapers, brick-faced facades and industrial exterior movie sets that make up Universal Studios' world-famous production facilities will serve as the backdrop location for this all-new, frighteningly realistic maze.

Swarms of walkers will also reawaken in an all-new terrifying scare-zone located adjacent to the maze.