How
to Make a Human
Corpse
In
this extensive how-to article,
Gore Galore's Kevin Alvey
explains how to make a gross
looking human corpse for your
Halloween haunt.
http://www.HauntedHouse.com/library/content/2038.html |
Build
a PVC Figure
Armature
Merlin Calhoun shows us how to
build fully articulated, poseable
armatures.
http://www.HauntedHouse.com/library/content/2022.html |
Skeleton
Hand
Sconce
George Ledo elaborates on his
creation of an unusual wall
sconce, a perfect addition for
those empty, dark haunt
walls.
http://www.HauntedHouse.com/library/content/2026.html |
Killer
Pillars
C. J. Cluster shows us how to
create a spooky dungeon entrance
in this detailed How-To.
http://www.HauntedHouse.com/library/content/2028.html |
Creating
a Gateway for Your
Cemetery
Follow this step-by-step
description by Mario E. Garit,
Jr., and build an imposing entry
for your graveyard.
http://www.HauntedHouse.com/library/content/2024.html |
Basics
of Faux Marble for
Floors
Continuing with articles
about scenic techniques, Patrick
K. Coppinger explains the
how-to's of making your
nondescript floor, look like it
is made of marble.
http://www.HauntedHouse.com/library/content/2029.html |
Home
Made Pneumatic
Cylinder
So you need a powerful,
long-throw, pneumatic cylinder.
Your budget, however, cannot
handle the 'off the self' price?
Why not build your own?
http://www.HauntedHouse.com/library/content/2002.html |
How
to Make Inexpensive
Animation
We all love those animatronics we
see at Disney World and at the
Halloween conventions, but who
can afford them? I want to put on
a good show for my patrons,
but...
http://www.HauntedHouse.com/library/content/2004.html |
Building
a More Impressive
Facade
If there is one area of your
haunt in which the public spends
the most time, it is the queue
line. In the last few days of
October, the average patron may
...
http://www.HauntedHouse.com/library/content/2005.html |
Building
a
Guillotine
Welcome to 'Decapitation 101,'
also known as "How to Cut the
Head Off Your Friends Without
Killing Them". What we will be
building today is ...
http://www.HauntedHouse.com/library/content/2006.html |
Building
a Victorian Facade on a
Budget
Two things were needed to make
this a reality: a very tight
storyline and a vividly realistic
set....
http://www.HauntedHouse.com/library/content/2007.html |
Pneumatic
System
Design
To many, the hiss of compressed
air conjures up childhood
memories of theme park rides and
haunted houses. The soft yet
startling sound can be...
http://www.HauntedHouse.com/library/content/2008.html |
Hanging
Skeleton Cage - Getting
Medeval
In this article I'm going to
focus on a more realistic cage,
with a look and feel of a
medieval dungeon. This cage is
built from metal bars and will be
very...
http://www.HauntedHouse.com/library/content/2009.html |
Communicating
with
Colors
Color communicates a great deal
of information. The color scheme
is a combination of hues, greys,
shades, translucent tints and
highlights. Because of the
way...
http://www.HauntedHouse.com/library/content/2010.html |
Ghosts
in the
Wallpaper
There is something about entering
an old Victorian house at night
that just gives me the creeps.
Especially if the house is dark
and there is only a...
http://www.HauntedHouse.com/library/content/2011.html |
Low
Budget Electric
Eye
All of us at some point in time
have needed an automated way to
activate a sound or light or
prop, just as the patron passes a
particular spot in the
attraction.
http://www.HauntedHouse.com/library/content/2012.html |
Bleeding
Portrait
One of my favorite movies is The
Ghost and Mr.
Chicken,
starring the Don Knotts and my
favorite scene is the look of
horror on Don's face when he
enters the stairway to see the
bleeding portrait of late...
http://www.HauntedHouse.com/library/content/2013.html |
Smoke
Distribution
Box
In October of last year our
company was hired to enhance the
special effects at a local
amusement park haunt. One of the
scenes involved...
http://www.HauntedHouse.com/library/content/2015.html |
Scenic
Brick in Three
Steps
As a theatrical designer who has
recently caught the haunting bug
(cryptococcus terminalis, and the
prognosis is very dark), I'd like
to share a scenic painting
technique for creating
realistic-looking brick.
http://www.HauntedHouse.com/library/content/2016.html |
Low
Tech
Shutters
The look of dilapidated window
shutters is as much an Americana
as apple pie. In this article,
learn how to build frightening
shutters for your
home.
http://www.HauntedHouse.com/library/content/2017.html |
Haunted
Books
Looking for an inexpensive way to
create the illusion of
poltergeist activity in a library
setting, with dusty volumes on a
bookshelf moving by unseen hands?
Home haunter Christopher Silvia
came up with a motor and cam
shaft arrangement that worked
really well.
http://www.HauntedHouse.com/library/content/2018.html |
The
Reality of Mimicking
Reality
As an artist, Rob
Corsino tend to be very observant and
curious about the look, shape,
color, patterns, and textures of
many everyday things around us;
but when it came to recreating
...
http://www.HauntedHouse.com/library/content/2019.html |
Stirring
Up
Trouble
We have all seen it in various
shops, as the Halloween
decorations start to appear. That
little battery operated witch,
who stirs her cauldron and
cackles when you move past her
motion
switch.
http://www.HauntedHouse.com/library/content/2020.html |
Cheap
Killer Klown
Mannequins
A dark and haunted circus is
scary, no doubt about it; but to
make my "Carnage Carnival" work,
I needed several life-size evil
Killer Klowns. So as not to blow
the budget, I decided
to
http://www.HauntedHouse.com/library/content/2021.html |
