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

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Scary Convention Hosted in Columbus Ohio - June 2012

The Midwest Haunters Convention (MHC) returns to Columbus, Ohio June 8-10, 2012 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center and Hyatt Regency Hotel for its 9th year.

THE MIDWEST HAUNTERS CONVENTION (MHC) is the largest Halloween show of its kind in the US serving an international audience of Haunted Attraction Industry professionals, owners and enthusiasts. MHC provides shopping, entertainment, education and tours.

Halloween Educational Seminars and Workshops

June Training Classes Serve Haunted Attraction Industry Professionals and Enthusiasts

The Midwest Haunters Convention (MHC) offers weekend seminars June 9-10, 2012 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. Five tracks of education are presented: Acting, Makeup, Props, Haunt Business, and Haunt Design. The seminars are instructed by industry experts and serve participants with skills ranging from beginner to advanced levels and backgrounds ranging from haunt owners to Halloween fans. Add a comment

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The idea that zombies may walk the earth, devouring their fellow humans as they go, has its roots in Haitian voodoo culture, where ‘zombi’ means ‘spirit of the dead’.

The zombies of popular culture, however, are all film-based and largely inspired by George Romero’s ‘Night of the Living Dead’.

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Snohomish, WA - According to legend, an 18th-century pirate and his crew were sunk off the coast of Dead Man's Grotto in a fierce battle. The captain cursed anyone who tried to loot his treasure, and to this day, he, his crew, and his ghostly ship appear each dark, cold eve in October to haunt the living.

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. Sailors Grave Haunt, located in south Snohomish, is the creation of Shawn Morse, a Halloween junkie who loves decorating his front yard each year in October. Add a comment

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