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Accidents Involving Injury at Universal Horror Make-up Show

Official U.S. federal and state data on theme park accidents is almost nonexistent. That's why Theme Park Insider users are creating this visitor-maintained database of theme park accidents--to give public at least some information about attraction safety records.

Do you know of, or have been part of, an accident involving injury at Universal Horror Make-up Show? Report it to Theme Park Insider.

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Verified Incidents

(Even though these incidents have been verified, individual reports might contain the opinion of the persons submitting them.)

8/8/2002 - Submitted by Name Withheld on 8/9/2002

At the 4pm show on Thursday a woman named Belinda was pulled from the audience to participate but at the end, when the photo was taken with Edgar the monster, she ran from the creature and dove head first off the stage and down onto the steps of the theater. They called to her but there was no response. The actors then called for Health Services twice and finally the show was ended and the theater was cleared out. Clearly the situation was bad, the husband of the woman was in shock and there was no movement from the woman. What happened after I would like to know.

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    This incident is true. The last we (at Horror Make-Up) heard: She was taken to the hospital by Ambulance, however, she is doing okay. That is the last I heard. -- Submitted by Name Withheld on 8/12/2002

    I was also watching this show, and this was a terrible thing. I'm sure my family were not the only ones who left that theatre feeling very sick. I thought the show would be cancelled, but it continued that day - skipping one or two shows after the incident. I went in to watch the next show to see if they'd cut the final part. The two actors were different, but the final part was still the same. The only difference was that the presenter held the hand of the audience member throughout, leading her to a safe part of the stage when the monster 'came to life'. The new 'stunt professional' even made a joke about the accident, saying "Be careful - the last person to wear that [monster-controlling] suit went to hospital!" Later we asked the employee standing at the front of the theatre how Belinda was. First she said she didn't know what we were talking about, but after we persisted with asking, she just said "Oh, she's fine. Thanks for asking". Hmm. I'd also seen the children of the injured woman in the Terminator shop with a Universal employee, being offered drinks from the chiller cabinet. If anyone has any more information about what happened to Belinda, me and my family would love to hear it. -- Submitted by Mr.Nutz on 8/13/2002

    Immediately after this incident, the performer's blocking was changed so that the Host remains next to the guest. This measure was taken to prevent another guest from diving into the audience in fear. -- Submitted by Name Withheld on 8/13/2002

    Unverified Reports

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