BEGIN SLIDESHOW Poltergeist Will Be Haunting Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights Following in the footsteps of cult Halloween classic Trick ‘r Treat and hit Netflix series Stranger Things, Poltergeist is the latest popular horror franchise making its way to Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights for the first time ever. Check out the announcement video now in the player below! Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood will bring guests “into the light” as part of this year’s Halloween Horror Nights event featuring terrifying new mazes inspired by MGM’s iconic supernatural horror film, Poltergeist, beginning September 14. Directed by Tobe Hooper and produced by Steven Spielberg, Poltergeist garnered critical and consumer success when it first premiered in 1982.