Not much Halloween '14 progress yet - mostly still putting away '13 and getting things organized. We haven't even finalized our themes for the '14 haunt yet - something we usually have finalized well before now.
But... I have been working on a couple new numbers for the Light-o-Rama music and light show this year.
The first new song (I just completed tonight) is a lovely little ditty by Alice Cooper titled "This House is Haunted". Gotta love it.
It's 3 and a half minutes long with some very good creepy sequences, as well as a nice intense sequence in the middle. I've been working on it off and on for about 2 months now - so I'm excited to finally finish it!
The sequence came out very nicely if I do say so myself - I hope it's a hit with our visitors.
I have one more new song (which I'm not going to announce yet) that I'm working on for the show this year; a more upbeat number that will have the zombies tapping their stubs.
We're also making plans to attend the Midwest Haunters convention this year - our first time up there. They just announced the preliminary details for their pre-haunt tours - which sounds like a blast!
Happy Haunting!
-Creepy Chris
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Tuesday, October 15, 2013
It's beginning to look a lot like... #Halloween!
It's been an exhausting couple of months but things are finally starting to look very Halloween-y.
The mine shaft is creepy and dark, the toxic dump has all but its final toxic touches done, the graveyard is taking shape, the decontamination tunnel sprouted this past weekend, the hospital area has taken shape and awaits its first blood, the giant web out front is CRAWLING with spiders, and the morgue is already lined up with bodies. We even revamped several old favorite animated props - look for the "well to hell" in its new reincarnation! What else could you ask for? Oh and did we mention we'll have quite a few more scareactors than we've had before!
We'll be putting some signs out along the local streets this week and I plan to paint a new hours-of-operation sign for the front fence this week. As a reminder (the show schedule is up on our web page at http://www.creepynights.org/2013_show_schedule.html ) but tour nights are the weekend before Halloween (Friday 10/25 and Saturday 10/26) plus Halloween night (10/31); 7-10 pm each night. Feel free to park in front of the house - we'll have some cones and reflectors guiding you).
We got listed in quite a few directories this year so we anticipate a crowd. We also may be getting a visit from the Virginia Lottery folks who have promised to stop by one evening with some giveaways!
A shot of the toxic dump area:
Scaredy Cat has been busy detailing; a few previews of the areas as they come along. First the Field Hospital:
Next the morgue:
More updates when I get a chance to get some more photos! We'll definitely get some shots after we spray the entire hospital area with blood and add the toxic "goo" to the toxic dump area.... ;-)
The mine shaft is creepy and dark, the toxic dump has all but its final toxic touches done, the graveyard is taking shape, the decontamination tunnel sprouted this past weekend, the hospital area has taken shape and awaits its first blood, the giant web out front is CRAWLING with spiders, and the morgue is already lined up with bodies. We even revamped several old favorite animated props - look for the "well to hell" in its new reincarnation! What else could you ask for? Oh and did we mention we'll have quite a few more scareactors than we've had before!
We'll be putting some signs out along the local streets this week and I plan to paint a new hours-of-operation sign for the front fence this week. As a reminder (the show schedule is up on our web page at http://www.creepynights.org/2013_show_schedule.html ) but tour nights are the weekend before Halloween (Friday 10/25 and Saturday 10/26) plus Halloween night (10/31); 7-10 pm each night. Feel free to park in front of the house - we'll have some cones and reflectors guiding you).
We got listed in quite a few directories this year so we anticipate a crowd. We also may be getting a visit from the Virginia Lottery folks who have promised to stop by one evening with some giveaways!
A shot of the toxic dump area:
Scaredy Cat has been busy detailing; a few previews of the areas as they come along. First the Field Hospital:
More updates when I get a chance to get some more photos! We'll definitely get some shots after we spray the entire hospital area with blood and add the toxic "goo" to the toxic dump area.... ;-)
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Light Show Premier 2013
We made it. The Halloween music and light show went online on schedule tonight - October 1st, 2013!
The massive spider web that covers most of the front yard is rockin' and rollin' - even the cocooned victims are singing along. If you pass by, roll down your windows or just tune your car radio to FM 91.1 to listen in on the tunes - each of which was custom synchronized to the 16-channel light show.
The show comes on at 5PM nightly and shuts off at 9:30pm weeknights and 10:30pm on Friday and Saturday nights. The light show will run through October 31st - then it's gone! Below is a short video I took while we were testing it - just a fast cycling of all the lights:
Also thanks in large part to help from Will Bentley (and Gabriel) this past weekend we finished the mine shaft structure assembly and wiring - including the thunder and lightning system that RATTLES the entire back yard! It's a massive 20'x20' enclosure full of surprises; and with luck we'll get most of the detailing done this coming weekend.
The toxic area is also coming along nicely... We have several more large items to move in there, but here's a preview of how it's starting to look:
Stay tuned... some VERY COOL news to be announced soon!
The massive spider web that covers most of the front yard is rockin' and rollin' - even the cocooned victims are singing along. If you pass by, roll down your windows or just tune your car radio to FM 91.1 to listen in on the tunes - each of which was custom synchronized to the 16-channel light show.
The show comes on at 5PM nightly and shuts off at 9:30pm weeknights and 10:30pm on Friday and Saturday nights. The light show will run through October 31st - then it's gone! Below is a short video I took while we were testing it - just a fast cycling of all the lights:
Also thanks in large part to help from Will Bentley (and Gabriel) this past weekend we finished the mine shaft structure assembly and wiring - including the thunder and lightning system that RATTLES the entire back yard! It's a massive 20'x20' enclosure full of surprises; and with luck we'll get most of the detailing done this coming weekend.
The toxic area is also coming along nicely... We have several more large items to move in there, but here's a preview of how it's starting to look:
Stay tuned... some VERY COOL news to be announced soon!
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