One of my best friends and party enthusiasts emailed me with good news today, and I thought I'd pass it along as a possible idea to others. He's a high school teacher and has scored me access to acquire the prom decorations after they are finished with them this year. They don't reuse or store them, so we are free to have anything we want afterwards. Luckily, they have ordered the decorations off the internet with a darker theme that can be used for the zombie prom. Here's the link to the theme:

http://www.hardingschicago.com/Midni...m/iCatID/38231

This will save me buying/making the entire backdrop for pictures. I'll just enhance it with webs, etc. Maybe a couple of calls to local schools will turn up a bounty for you as well...

This just means more time/money for other props and decor!