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Universal Studios Hollywood plans to turn the “Walking Dead” haunted maze, which has proved wildly popular during the theme park’s last four Halloween Horror Nights, into a year-round attraction.

A general view is shown at the after party for the premiere screening of AMC Networks' 'The Walking Dead' Season 5 at the Universal Studios Backlot on Oct. 2, 2014, in Universal City, California. (Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
A general view is shown at the after party for the premiere screening of AMC Networks’ ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 5 at the Universal Studios Backlot on Oct. 2, 2014, in Universal City, California. (Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Set to debut this summer, the “Walking Dead” walk-through attraction will be housed in a permanent building on the upper lot near the main entrance that will be open to visitors 365 days a year.

Universal said the new “no-holds-barred experience” promises to be significantly more intense than recent Horror Nights iterations of the maze, with more detailed set designs, props, costumes, makeup and animatronic figures.

The Emmy Award-winning AMC zombie apocalypse television show on which the attraction is based remains a ratings juggernaut. The new permanent maze will reunite “Walking Dead” executive producer Greg Nicotero with Horror Nights creative director John Murdy.

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