Here's a space filler for large voids or openings in your haunt. Plus they look cool too: These were large cardboard boxes given a makeover using paint and monster mud. Please watch this quick video to help you get an overall idea of how the build will be like: Materials ...
Updated 05-07-2012 at 07:15 AM by Terra
This tutorial will show how to design, cut, carve, sand, scale and paint a prop made out of foam. It will follow a Hell Hound build made for our 2012 haunt. The Hell Hound is a static yet intimidating prop. If it was real monster it would measure 10' nose to tip of tail. The prop's tail is curled so it's actual length is 8' but the height is still ...
Universal's Bride of Frankenstein was released this day in 1935. The movie is quintessential Universal Monster; ahead of its time (in some ways so much so that they had to change a line or two), and a score which enhances one's viewing by giving each character their own sound. Directed by the legendary James Whale, this film is a must-see for any lover of classic horror. Someone (not me) uploaded a full version on YouTube. ...
I present you with some excerpts from Austin Kleon's new book, ""How to Steal Like an Artist". Don't we all "steal" ideas, inspiration, techniques wherever we can find them? Whether you think of yourself as an artist or not, it's hard for me to see haunters as anything else. The designing and construction of props seems as artistic a pursuit as sculpting. Even those who don't build anything design their show as carefully as any producer. Scare acting ...
Got these terrific tentacle arms from Fright Props but needed two things to make them work for our haunt. First, they needed to be hangable. Second, they had to be extended another 3 feet to be long enough to hang from the 13' ceilings in the garage so they'd be scary. The plan was to have five of them in a tight part of the haunt and the little ToTs had to touch them to go around. To make it even more intimidating - they were painted in fluorescent paint, two were rotating slowly on mirror ball ...
