CAMELOT Theatrical Special Effects

A little over a month until Halloween. If you haven't started that "haunt" project yet, you're up against a tight deadline, especially if you've never done one before. I've been visiting the haunt forums lately for new effects and, while there's not much new this year, there are hundreds of great gags available on the internet.
Haunts are usually summer projects: the gags are built in someone's garage or workshop, then installed in the venue starting about now. If you weren't aware, haunters make up a huge subculture and they really live to scare the pants off people. Thousands of haunts are built and operated each year, many by volunteers as a charity or fundraiser. After all, if you're going to give someone a heart attack, at least they'll be glad that it was for a good cause!
Your venue may be a school, church basement, empty warehouse or, if you're lucky, an abandoned, creepy, old mansion that is donated each year. Perhaps you're just looking for ideas for a great Halloween party and don't know where to start. Mark Butler's site has 663 great projects and is probably the "motherlode" of haunting ideas which will make you scream with delight. You may never leave it... moohaha! http://markbutler.8m.com/monsterlist.htm

posted by C. J. # 10:16 AM