If you are tired of black walls or simple four-by-eight panels and want to add some depth and "Wow" factor to your haunted attraction or home haunt, you might have considered adding foam creations, such as faux stone or brick walls, cave walls, or wood panels. Perhaps you don't have the money to buy such lavish sets, and you don't know the first thing of how to do it yourself.
Disc 3 in the DVD series "How to Detail Your Haunted House" brought to you by Larry Kirchner of the Darkness Haunted House offers useful tips and techniques for carving foam for use in a haunted attraction or home haunt. This 85-minute disc is sponsored by Hot Wire Foam Factory, so you will see several of their industrial tools at work in a majority of the scenes. You will also get to see first-hand how to use several other tools, including—yes—a weed eater to shape foam.
As with any instruction of how to use tools that can burn, scar, or deform you, there is always a disclaimer, and this DVD is no different. Yet, I had to laugh when reading this screen. "Anything you see in these videos or dvd should only be attempted by trained professionals…DO NOT ATTEMPT to copy or replicate what you see in these videos." Wait a second, isn't the whole point of this DVD to teach you how to do what is shown without having to be a professional? While instructing us how to use a foam cutter, Larry even says, "you don't have to be a professional to do this stuff." I know the disclaimer is just to protect themselves, but don't you think it could have been worded a bit better? Add a comment
What started out as a single static handmade ghost illuminated by a black light and some eerie sounds seven years ago has gradually transformed into an extensive full-yard Halloween display with a Pirates of the Caribbean theme. 
