Haunted Night - Halloween, haunted houses, costumes, corn mazes, pumpkins, Vancouver B.C., Seattle, Portland, Boise, Billings

(FROM THE IAHA SCREAMZINE DATED 2/10/2010)

The Northwest Showmen's Safety Seminar will host a one day program for haunted attractions on Thursday, February 18, 2010 starting at 8:30am. This program will be held in conjunction with the 30th Annual NW Showmen's Safety Seminar in Portland, Oregon.

IAHA and Mobil Midway Safety Institute have teamed up to bring you The Certified Haunted Attraction Operator Safety program (C.H.A.O.S.), the associations' safety course that is recommended to anyone running a haunted attraction. This eight hour safety program will feature case studies of actual fires in "Special Amusement Buildings," haunted attractions and similar places of public assembly. A discussion of NFPA 101 The Life Safety Code and NFPA Part 70 The National Electrical Code will also be included.

Interested in a horrifying experience that will truly freak your mind this Halloween season? Prepare yourself as circus freaks rise from the grave and impose their malicious intent on those brave enough to wander into the “Clown Cemetery” - a 3D haunted attraction unlike any other in the Seattle area.

“Clown Cemetery” is a haunted house presented by Haunted Night – a dba of Glitz Marketing. Haunted Night, a newcomer to professional haunting, is producing the event in cooperation with Jump Planet – inflatable party center of the universe. For the past 12 years Haunted Night has thrown large Halloween parties, including last year’s highly successful “Beers and Fears” event at Red Hook Brewery in Woodinville. Year 13, a fitting number, finds Haunted Night taking their efforts to the next level in producing an actual haunted attraction. Don’t let the inexperience fool you though as they have recruited some of the finest names in the Seattle haunted house industry, including those involved with some of the original KUBE, KISS, and Variety Club haunted houses. Haunted Night is also known for their online directory of local haunted houses updated yearly at http://www.HauntedNight.com.

We are looking for sponsors to be matched with a family in our homeless shelter to provide them the simple things to make Halloween special, a pumpkin, and candy! We have tons of children that may not get the chance to carve their own pumpkin this year due to their situations, and we hope the community will help bring a normal Halloween to the children in our shelters.

You will be matched with a unit, find out the ages and how many in the family and in return you’ll need to commit to providing a pumpkin to carve, a carving kit and candy to hand out. Decorations and costume pieces are always a nice touch as well.

The drop of day is Monday Oct. 26th 10-noon at our 2820 E. Cherry Street offices.

Won’t you help remind the families of the fun in life, and remind them why they are fighting so hard to get that life back on track? We hope you will! Please email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it to sign up.

(From an e-mail 9/17/09 to the IAHA message board. Reprinted with permission.)

Hi everybody -

September’s Rue Morgue magazine hit the newsstands last week and my haunt, FrightTown, got a big, fat ol’ 2 page spread in their “Travelogue of Terror” column. We’re international, baby! If you don’t have a subscription already (I put mine under “Trade Publications” on my taxes because, you know, the horror and all), grab a copy and check it out.