'Ghostbusters' Maze Among Most Ambitious Ever Created at Universal Studios Horror Nights

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The Hollywood Reporter were given a behind-the-scenes look at the maze as the finishing touches were being applied for the Sept. 13 opening. John Murdy, creative director for Halloween Horror Nights at Hollywood Universal Studios, led the way from room to room.

"It's up there the most ambitious we have done," he said. "Special effects-wise, it is way up there. We have some crazy stuff through the years, but this year is particularly special effects-heavy. "

HQ, where an actor playing Louis Tully (Rick Moranis) will be running around the line looking for the Gatekeeper (and a special password tweeted each night from the Horror Nights account).

Once inside, the maze begins at Janine Melnitz's (Annie Potts) desk, where an actress will lip-synch lines from the 1984 film.

The hotel is located in the Sedgwick Hotel and Dana Barrett's (Sigourney Weaver) apartment. The maze culminates at the movie's grand finale, which is the Ghostbusters battling at gigantic Puft Marshmallow Man's Stay. In a maze full of impressive moments, this is special.

Throughout the journey, just like with Melnitz, actors playing assorted Ghostbusters will lip-synch lines from the movie as they attempt to save guests from the hostile ghosts (and yes, plenty of Slimer). "Casting is a big deal because we are trying to get back to the original actor, Murdy said.

The maze, along with the others Stranger Things and Jorden Peele's Us, will run 32 nights.

Murdy noted when Horror Nights first started in 1997, it only ran for seven nights with two mazes. This year, there are 10 mazes: a new record.

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