Los Angeles

**Los Angeles** is a real-world city located in California. Los Angeles has the neighbourhood of Hollywood which is represented in the Hollywood area of Universal Studios Florida. The real-world Los Angeles also has Universal Studios Hollywood.

## Description

### Features

***Note**: Some of the locations mentioned may exist in separate continuities from others.*

Focused on the fictitious depicting of Los Angeles, represented in the parks.

* **Hollywood Sign**:

#### Hollywood

* **Carrozzeria De Paolo Motoring Accessories**: A motoring accessories shop.
* **Hollywood High School**;
* **Mel's Drive-In**:
* **Moonlight Drive-In**: Also known as the *Hollywood Drive-In Theater* or "Horrorwood Die-In" is an abandoned drive-in theater which is believed to be haunted. The drive-in used concession stand meats provided by *Meetz Meats*, a butcher-shop from Carey, Ohio which secretly sold human meats harvested from murdered criminals and homeless people. The Moonlight Drive-In also appears to be able to summon characters from horror movies to terrorize its grounds.
* **Pantages**: A theater which holds *Universal Orlando's Horror Make-Up Show*.
* **Schwab's Pharmacy**:
* **Studio Styles**:
* **Universal City Studios**:

## History

### Background

*The continuities of various films and attractions have been featured in the Universal Parks. Some may have shared continuities while some may not.*

#### Halloween Horror Nights continuity

##### 1950s

*Hollywood High School* had their homecoming parade in the year 1955. Several vampires attacked those present at this homecoming parade causing a massacre and turning several teenagers present into vampires.

The *Moonlight Drive-In* was popular during the 1950s. Presumably during the 1950s, they started the "Moonlight Drive In Movie Meal Combo" with *Meetz Meats*, a popular butcher-shop based out of Carey, Ohio which since the Great Depression secretly acquired its meats by kidnapping and butchering criminals and the homeless. The Moonlight Combo was also used by the *Universal Palace Theater*, and it is unknown if either cinemas were aware of the criminal ongoings of Meetz Meats and its owners the Meetz family.

After a finger was found in the Universal Palace Theater, the Universal Palace stopped serving Meetz Meats while investigators were unable to identify the human remains within while Meetz Meats made the statement " Our secret recipe is the secret of our success". The family who found the finger could later no longer stomach any non-meat foods. Due to popular demand, the theater brought the meal combos back with radio advertisements. The Moonlight Drive-In itself would have some incidents which caused it to be considered as haunted and nicknamed the "Horrorwood Die-In".

In the late 1950s, Universal Studios hired circus-performer Harold Kappowitz to be their performer "Koodles the Clown". Koodles had a TV show called "Koodles' Carnival" only broadcast on KVLA.

##### Universal City Studios

In 1964, *Universal City Studios* opened up with *Koodles the Clown* as unofficial mascot.

##### 1970s

By the September 13 of 1973, Harold Kappowitz was fired by Universal due to clowns being portrayed negatively in the media. Kappowitz was reduced to the role of an unpaid street-performer outside of the gates while developing schizophrenia and becoming violent. Kappowitz was then forcefully removed from the premises of Universal Studios and then disappeared into Hollywood Hills, never to be seen again. Over the decades, wildlife and occasional Universal employees went missing which has been since attributed to Kappowitz' evil clown persona "Hollywood Harry".

##### Terror Tram: The Director’s Cut

On the October 20th of 2006, it was announced that Pavel Pranevsky/Paulo Ravinski AKA "The Director" was banned from the Universal Studios backlot. He was sighted on the backlot regardless, causing Universal Studios Hollywood's Senior Vice President and General Manager to state "We've devoted extensive resources to finding this character and we hope to have him in custody before this weekend's Halloween Horror Nights event". The director would hijack a studio tour of guests and force them through his murderous film sets.

While in Hollywood, the Director returned to his career of independent filmmaking. An article on *Independent Filmmaking* was written in support of Ravinski by P.B. Scotsmore.

##### Carnival of Carnage

In 2007, supernatural killer-clown John "Jack the Clown" Schmidt travelled to Los Angeles with his "Carnival of Carnage" which included the likes of Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees and Leatherface. Jack's carnival would occupy the backlot of Universal Studios due to their association with the history of horror films. Once Jack was finished, he made off for Orlando while Freddy was left behind in a hell-like state.

##### Where Nightmares Come Alive

Freddy would return to the Hollywood backlot where he summoned fellow Carnival of Carnage sideshow performers: Jason Voorhees and Leatherface along with *The Strangers*.

##### Horrorwood Die-In

At some point (presumably 2009), the haunted *Moonlight Drive-In* appeared to summon characters from various horror movies while the sign advertised a "HORROR FILM FESTIVAL". This may have been tied to Universal Studios recreating the Universal Palace Theater, causing the ghost of "The Usher" to become more active.

##### The Legend of Hollywood Harry

Starting in the Summer of 2016, Universal opens their tram-tour of the Hollywood backlot.

## Appearances

### Halloween Horror Nights

Hollywood's HHN events are often set in LA.

#### Horrorwood Die-In

This Scarezone was set in the *Moonlight Drive-In*.

#### Vamp '55

This scarezone surrounded Hollywood High School's 1955 Homecoming Parade.

### Hollywood

This area is set in Hollywood, Los Angeles.

#### Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit

The story of this attraction is that guests are in a music-video being filmed in Hollywood.

### New York

The Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit passes through parts of Universal's New York.

#### 57 Fare

There is a poster for Hollywood on the side of this building, with Marilyn Monroe in a car passing by the Hollywood Sign.

## Trivia

* The Carrozzeria De Paolo Motoring Accessories shop window has tributes to past Universal Attractions. This includes a can of *Terminator Oil* (T2-3D: Battle Across Time), and *Skipper Retro Ride* (Jaws).
* Various characters can be found in Universal's depiction of Hollywood such as Doc Brown, Betty Boop, Woody Woodpecker, Lucy Ricardo, Curious George, Hello Kitty, Betelgeuse, the Simpsons family and Mystery Incorporated.
* The *Universal Palace Theater* of *Halloween Horror Nights* might be set in Hollywood, though it may be set in Carey, Ohio.
* It was implied by a letter by Casilla in HHN 32 that one of the vampires present in Vamp '55 was vampire council member Olatto.

## References

1. ↑ All Nite Die-In: Take 2 digital/promotional materials
2. ↑ https://wdwnt.com/2023/04/photos-construction-walls-removed-from-snack-stands-in-gramercy-park-at-universal-studios-florida/
3. ↑ https://touringplans.com/blog/the-saturday-six-looks-at-the-universal-studios-florida-windows-tributes-easter-eggs-and-more/