The February Meeting to Prepare for Your October Haunt
Get started early in the year to be better prepared for the Halloween season Welcome again to my blog, this one based on episode 40 of my A Scott in the Dark podcast. I recorded this podcast in mid-February 2020 while driving—with painful slowness—across the state of Florida to meet with clients. These preliminary meetings with clients […]
An Ode to Year-Round Haunting
The general manager of Haunted Mayfield Manor talks about the great hurricane of 1900 and women in haunting. This blog is based on episode 191 of our Haunt Weekly podcast, in which we talked with Shelby Rodwell, the general manager of both Pirates Legends of the Gulf Coast, a very cool pirate museum, and Haunted Mayfield […]
Drop 96 FEET PER SECOND at This Haunted Mine
Developing Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park’s Haunted Mine Drop By Philip Hernandez Most of us have had the experience of stepping into an elevator on a top floor of a high building, watching the doors close, and wondering—at least for a few seconds—what would it feel like if the elevator’s mechanism failed and we plummeted floor […]
Actor Safety in the New World – a Guide
We’ve always focused on actor safety, so build on what you already do well to care for them after the pandemic. By Scott Swenson We, in the haunt industry, are ahead of the game when it comes to actor safety, and we’re already doing a lot of things right to protect our performers. However, we’re […]
The Source for Uncommon Scents for Haunts
Mikey interviews Florentina of Aroma Prime about those weird smells at scare attractions. Hi, it’s Mikey, and this blog is based on episode 145 of our Scare Track podcast, in which I interviewed Florentina, the Managing Director of Aroma Prime. Aroma Prime is one of the leaders in the worldwide scents and smells market. If you’ve been […]
Designing a Fright Attraction from the Inside Out
A basic overview of the fright attraction design process! By Leonard Pickel, Hauntreprneurs.com Attraction Design and Consulting My background is architecture, and I design attractions using the architectural principle that “form ever follows function.” Meaning that the purpose of a building (or any object) should dictate its shape. In haunted attraction design, scaring people is the function. […]
How to Get Away with Lighting in Your Haunt
4 lighting designers offer tips for pulling off effective haunted house lighting design using what you already have. For many haunted attractions, lighting design can be a challenge—both from a technical and a budgetary standpoint. In this article, 4 lighting design experts offer tips to inspire confidence and creativity in the lighting of your attraction. […]
HAuNTcon 2020 – a Weekend in New Orleans
Seminars, a Panel Discussion, and Chats With Folks From Dark Woods and Raybourn Creative I recorded Episode 39 of my A Scott in the Dark podcast at the most recent HAuNTcon, which took place in New Orleans on January 17-19, 2020. This year, there were all kinds of new additions to the show because, as […]
7 Things We Wished We Knew About Haunting
Jonathan and Crystal Discuss Lessons Learned Over Years of Running a Haunt This blog is based on Episode 186 of our Haunt Weekly podcast, which was titled, Seven Things We Wished We Knew When We Started Haunting. The name kind of says it all, and Crystal and I are going to share with you our hard-learned lessons over […]
Why You Need a Gift Shop at Your Haunted Attraction
Jonathan Offers Six Plus Two Rules for Creating a Successful Gift Shop at Your Haunt. It’s Jonathan and Crystal here again, and this blog is based on episode 190 of our Haunt Weekly podcast, in which we were talking about gift shops. Our goal in focusing on this was to elevate haunt gift shops. I want to […]
