Nightmare at UREC - Thursday, October 30, 2025

Join UREC for Nightmare at UREC on Thursday, October 30 from 8:30 - 11 p.m.!
  • There's no additional charge for this event - your JACard is your admission ticket!
  • Registration is not required.
  • Guests are $8 on FLEX. Guests must be 16 or older.

Come in for a scare... if you dare!

Nightmare at UREC Activities
  • Haunted Hallway - Line starts in Sports Forum 1 - Enter across from MAC 1
    • In the narrow hallway, guests face a choice: turn right to enter the asylum haunted by clowns with eerie grins and sudden surprises, or go left into the zombie graveyard, where faint whispers and chilling cries echo from shadowy corners. Each path dares you forward, but the echoes and strange movements make it impossible to predict what’s waiting just beyond the next turn.
    • Warning: Flashing lights, jump scare and darkness. A no-scare sensory friendly experience is available through registration.

  • 2 Zombie Labs & 2 Escape Rooms - Line starts in Sports Forum 2 - Enter across from MAC 2
    • Cryptic clues demand quick thinking and teamwork to escape.
    • Warning: Flashing lights, jump scare and darkness. A no-scare sensory friendly experience is available through registration.

  • Costume Contest Sponsored by JMU Bookstore - Sports Forum 2
    • Enter the costume contest between 8:30-9:30pm in Sports Forum 2
    • Winners will be announced 9:35-9:40 in Sports Forum 2. 
    • First place winner will receive a $100 gift card to the JMU Bookstore
    • Second and Third place winners will receive a $50 gift card to the JMU Bookstore each.
    • Must be a JMU student to enter and you must be present at the announcement to win!

  • Photo Booth - Sports Forum 2; sponsored by the Office of Student Life

  • Henna Artist - Sports Forum 2

  • Spooky Carnival Games - Group Training Room

  • Silent Dance Party - Club Room

  • Hall-O-Bingo, Hall-O-Singo - Sports Forum 2

  • Trivia - Sports Forum 2
    • 9:30-9:45pm

  • Pizza - Sports Forum 2

  • Fear Food Factor - Demo Kitchen 
    • Dare to reach into bowls of mystery and guess their contents, or try your luck in a donut eating contest.

  • Pumpkin Carving - Atrium
  • Techno Climbing - Adventure Center

  • Virtual Reality Scare Room - Adventure Instructional Room

  • Outdoor Fun Spooky Movie & Popcorn/Pizza - East Courtyard

  • Mystical MultiBall - 1st Floor

  • Magician, and more!
Past Nightmare at UREC Photo Albums

Event Photos: 2024 / 2023 / 2022 / 2021 / 20192018 / 2017 / 2016 / 2015 / 2014 / 2013 / 2011 / 2010

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