Celebrate fall festivities at Everland Resort this season with an “Autumn Festa” and the highly anticipated collaboration with Netflix for the eighth season of “Blood City,” featuring an escape maze, live performances, and themed food and merchandise.
If you’re looking for a fun and festive way to usher in the fall season this year, Everland has Halloween-themed and autumnal festivities waiting for you. Everland Resort and Netflix have officially celebrated the opening of this year’s “Blood City,” a horror-themed experience zone based on the Netflix series “All of Us Are Dead” and “Stranger Things.” Blood City, which opened on September 6 and will run until November 17. Includes attractions such as sensory-rich storytelling experiences, live performances, an escape maze, zombie dress-up, and Netflix-themed food and merchandise.
Everland has also launched its “Autumn Festa” with autumn-themed gardens and a “Happy Thanksgiving Party” to celebrate the fall season. If you’re looking for ways to enjoy the upcoming spooky season for Halloween, Everland has a range of themed events for visitors this season and is located only an hour outside of Seoul.
Welcome to Blood City 8: A Mecca for Captivating Horror Experiences
First introduced in 2017, Blood City is Everland’s largest outdoor theme zone and a staple attraction during the fall season. Returning for its eighth season, Blood City will feature a recreation of “Hyosan High School,” the school featured in “All of Us Are Dead,” and “Starcourt Mall” from “Stranger Things.” Covering a 10,000-square-metre interactive zone, visitors can experience an immersive narrative and step into the role of real TV characters.
Visit the City of Hyosan
When first entering the large gates of Blood City, visitors are met with the “All of Us Are Dead” zone based on Netflix’s K-drama zombie thriller that sparked a K-zombie craze after its initial release in 2022. Here, you can discover a recreation of “Hyosan High School” and the City of Hyosan, the locations of the initial zombie virus outbreak in the TV series. Guests can also experience immersive lighting, projection mapping, and high-quality sound design for an enhanced experience.
Travel Back in Time to 1980s Hawkins, Indianna
In front of the large gates of Blood City, there is a themed experience zone based on the series “Stranger Things,” a sci-fi thriller set in 1980s Indiana that has garnered a strong fan base in South Korea and abroad. Fans of the show can visit “Starcourt Mall,” “Starcourt Base,” and the “Upside Down,” iconic fictional 80s locations from the series. For an even more thrilling experience, visitors can snap a picture with a seven-meter-high sculpture of the “Mind Flayer,” a shadow entity from an unknown dimension featured heavily in the series.
"All of Us Are Dead"... LIVE!
“All of Us Are Dead: LIVE” is a stage production based on the hit Netflix series and will be performed every evening at Blood City’s feature stage. The first performance of its kind, beloved characters from the TV series, including Nam-ra, Cheong-san, and On-jo, are featured in the show. The performance features scenes from the TV series, opening with the voice of Lee Byeong-chan, the school’s science teacher, and actors running among the audience members for a tense and immersive stage production.
Escape from the "Horror Maze"
Blood City’s “Horror Maze” has been revamped for Season 8 with a theme based on Netflix’s “All of Us Are Dead.” As the ultimate horror experience, guests enter a darkened room and must escape from zombie evasion by finding their way out of the maze or risk zombification.
The “Horror Maze” includes sets including Hyosan High School’s Nurse’s Office, the Library, and the science classroom. Actors will be there to guide guests to their escape, providing a livelier horror experience.
Dress-Up and Eat Like a Netflix Character
At Blood City, guests can rent a “Hyosan High School” uniform and get their zombie makeup done for an added layer of immersion. Blood City visitors can enjoy a range of themed dishes at Hyosan High School Cafeteria (All of Us Are Dead) and “Scoops Ahoy” Ice Cream Truck (Stranger Things). A variety of merchandise is also available for purchase.
South Korea's First Multi-Series Experience Zone
Netflix has previously operated pop-up experience zones based on its TV series in Korea, but this is the first time that multiple TV series have been used concurrently in this type of themed zone. “Together, Netflix and Everland will offer a unique entertainment experience that brings the excitement from the screen to life,” said a Netflix representative. “We look forward to welcoming fans from around the world to experience the thrills of Netflix’s “All of Us Are Dead” and ‘Stranger Things’ at Everland’s “Blood City.”
“The combination of Everland’s infrastructure and the Netflix universe has created an incredible themed experience this autumn, and we look forward to further collaborating with our domestic and international partners to create new guest experiences,” said a representative from Everland Resort.
Celebrate Fall at Everland's "Autumn Festa"
In conjunction with the opening of Blood City, Everland will host its “Autumn Festa,” an autumn festival featuring its own Lessey & Friends characters at the Four Seasons Garden from June 6.
The “Autumn Festa” will feature a variety of autumnal content, including an autumn-themed garden decorated with cute and cuddly Lessey & Friends characters, a purple blossoming Asta Field, and a “Happy Thanksgiving Party” performance celebrating a bountiful harvest.
