EpicenterDesigns

Crap vid. But vid none-da-less. Used my cell set on lowest setting for easiest upload. Bass was killing the mic. I will be getting a better vid this week. Oh, and more pics cause this thread lacks.

Still considered a home haunt by definition. But we are trying to go pro. Only thing in our way is the right building. Anyways.... backgroud. This is built on the side and back yards of my buddies house. It had 1700 sqft covered and alittle over 400 sqat uncovered. Not counting the path out to the road. We have such a hard time finding actors that we use animatronics to help get the scares. I still wish we had more actors to rely on. We really needed about 20 and only had about 11 - 12 each night. Enough of that. Lets do pics. Gonna be ALOT of pics. Here is a pic of the walls going up. In this pic, you can see part of phase 1, none of phase 2, all of phase 4 and phase 3 isn't even built yet.

Some of our actors spots.... In the coffin walls area we had a girl in the shadows. Bloodied up night gown. Worked real good. The walkway with the rock path had a drop down panel. This same actor also worked the drop down panel by the vine creature. Actor in ghillie suit under snake, Actor in black right after the spider. For 2 nights we had an actor at the end of the hall right after you exited the black hallway. Where people wouldn't read the exit sign. It was flapped off but thats where the controls were for the dogs animatronics incase we needed access to them. After that 2nd night, I paneled it off since the dog was working fine and freed that actor up. Sometimes we had someone in the corn. The scarecrow. Old guy on the rocking chair. We had the zombie hunter with a shotgun (bang stick type), not real, sounded like a loud firecracker, in the cabin behind a false wall. He was dressed exactly like the CG prop. A clown in the box. 3 roaming actors in the back exit. A roamer or 2 up front. And several of these as duplicates so I could switch people out for breaks.

Thats all I have for now. I have video still to go thru on my other camera. I might get to that soon. Till then, tell me what you think.

Almost forgot this pic. This is an actor in the cornfield set. He had people convinced he was fake. Set shot blurred on purpose.

I still need to go thru my other video camera. Till then, enjoy some profesional shot taken by our friend Denise from Knox Studios

We had 4 admitted pee-ers. I just happen to have caught that one on video.

As you came out, a worker instructed you to follow the path and exit out the gate. many people let their guard down and laughed about what had just happen to them. Thats when another actor dressed in all black ran on his hands and feet outta the bushes at you. As you screamed and ran, another actor was already running up behind you cutting off your escape. Once past them your at the gate and then the last guy pops from around the fence setting up the last scare.

As you stepped out of clausterphobia, your hit with a strong popcorn scent, black lights, bright florescent paints and glowing bubbles. Your in the clown room. Loud eerie big top music playing also. (it was a stretch to have clowns, but people never asked). The "J" panel was a drop panel and the actor inside hovered above you and had a loud 12v horn. Many a person fell down here. And this was the EXIT. Or was it?

Exit the cabin into a clausterphobia tunnel.

Inside the zombie hunters cabin

The pooch

Then I built a cabins front porch that many Polk County folk would have been envy of. Joe aged it.

Once out, and blinded I might add, your dropped into a cornfield. Before the corn..... After the corn.....