Article By: The Evil Genius
Just like horror movies, haunters have become a predictable breed. Anyone that frequents haunted houses on a regular basis can usually tell you where the scares will come from as soon as they enter a room. This tends to detract from the experience as a whole. Sure, the lighting, soundtrack, actors, makeup and sets might be exquisite…but, if it is all predictable, it loses its effectiveness.
The only problem is that the industry, as a whole, was born of predictabil
Article By: James Wilson
We all wish we could be as great an actor as Kane Hodder, Tony Moran, or even Robert England. Well, in all honesty, those guys weren’t born great at acting. They worked hard and learned the art from someone. Now, I’m not a great teacher, but I can offer you the basics of scare acting as I learned them years
Article by: Jason Wilson
It has always been my dream to one day own my own professional haunted house, as it is for a lot of home haunters like myself. We think of all the fantastic props we would fill it with, the lighting, sound and other effects. We also revel in the though of putting terror into the hearts of unsuspecting patrons by the drov
Article by Jason Wilson
The economy is putting a strain on everyone these days, and we as haunters are feeling it just like everyone else. But, there are a few things we can do to relive the strain and still put on an incredible event this Halloween season.
Most of us that have been in the game for a while already spend a lot of time at
Article By: Tim Wilkie
Let’s face it, Halloween props are expensive! That’s why we haunters are such thrifty folks, hoarders and will save scraps for future props. We will try to save even more by “dumpster diving”, materials for free that are going to be thrown away anyway.
Even so, I love store bought props and such amazing new thin
Article By: James Wilson
We all enjoy building our own props and sets for Halloween, using power tools and cutting instruments. A lot of times, we don’t think about the potential risks involved with these very dangerous items. Power tools usually have built-in safety measures, but these are not enough. You should learn to handle them p
Article by: Jason Wilson
I am sure that if any of us can remember back to our school days, we could recall hearing someone utter the words "I'll never need to know this when I grow up."...we may have even said those words ourselves.
But, even running a haunted house, you often use a lot of math...especially if you build your own props.
Every week, we scour the polls over at Hauntspace.com to find a good, informative poll to share the results with our readers. This week's poll was submitted by TheNightmareRealm.
TheNightmareRealm's question was:
"What's the number 1 way to promote your haunt?"
Of the 25 Hauntspace members who responded:
16% said "Word of mouth once you're
Article by: Jason Wilson
November is now upon us and the Halloween decorations are being taken down to make room for Thanksgiving adornments and soon after that will be Christmas. So, what are we as haunters supposed to do now? Do we just sit idly by for the next twelve months until our season comes once again?
I don't think so.
Article by: Pete Henderson
For you guys that are trying to figure out whether to use the detergent method (taking your cheesecloth, soaking them in tide for 20 min, ringing them out without rinsing and inserting it into the dryer)…OR…the paint method (using blue UV spray paint), here is what I learned.
Speaking for myself, I have
