Halloween Horror Nights Performer Breaks Character When Guests Won’t Stop Heckling Her
A performer at Halloween Horror Nights was in the middle of talking with a guest when a group nearby started yelling lines from the movie Obsession. The actress playing Nikki from the film ended up leaving the area after the group wouldn’t stop.
A guest at the park named Justin Diaz had just come out of the Dead, Deader, Deadest haunted house on October 11 when he noticed what was happening. He posted a video on Instagram showing the encounter at Universal Studios Hollywood.
The group, which Diaz said were teenagers, reportedly kept calling Nikki’s name and shouting “No, no, no!” from the movie. A character attendant tried to get them to stop interrupting the other guests, but the yelling continued.
Nikki eventually stopped her performance and held her arms up in an X. Then, an employee walked her backstage, ending the interaction she had been having with another guest early.
Guests Were Shouting a Line From the Movie
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Nikki was standing behind a barrier near the haunted house when the group approached. According to WDW News Today‘s account of the video, one of the teenagers talked back to the character attendant while another employee was asking people to keep moving.
The actress also tried speaking to the group herself, but they continued repeating the same line. Before leaving, she apologized to the guests she’d been talking with and told them the others had “ruined it” for them.
Diaz wasn’t happy about what he witnessed. In his Instagram caption, he called the behavior “totally unacceptable” and said people should respect the employees working at Halloween Horror Nights, as well as the other guests trying to enjoy the event.
Nikki’s Halloween Horror Nights Appearance Has a Special Twist
Universal Studios Hollywood announced in August that Nikki would be appearing at Halloween Horror Nights. Rather than putting her inside a haunted house, the park decided to have her show up in different areas for visitors to find.
Halloween Horror Nights creative director John Murdy told the Los Angeles Times that Nikki’s location would be hinted at on Instagram each night, along with a password. The first 100 guests who found her and gave the correct password could receive a business card from One Wish Willow, the fictional company in Obsession.
The character also has a production assistant who accompanies her during appearances. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Murdy explained that the team worked several lines from the movie into Nikki’s interactions with guests. One of those lines was “No, no, no,” which the character could use when talking with visitors or ending a conversation.
People Didn’t Agree About the Incident
The comments on Diaz’s original Instagram video included quite a few people questioning whether the teenagers had actually done anything wrong.
One commenter who said they previously worked as a haunt actor argued that the group was “just having fun at an interactive event.” Others wondered why the actress was upset when the teenagers were only repeating a line from Obsession.
Some viewers saw it differently, pointing out that the group had continued yelling after an employee asked them to stop. One person wrote, “I stand with the actor,” while another called for a chaperone policy at Halloween Horror Nights. Universal’s code of conduct prohibits verbal harassment and making enough noise to disrupt normal park operations.
