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This is a continuation of the series: Seven Layers of Scare. If you haven't already, I suggest you read that blog post first: http://www.halloweenforum.com/blogs/terra/528-seven-layers-scare.html





Continuing with looking closer at Seven Layers of Scare let's finish up the Second Layer: Walls, Ceilings and Floors. The previous post dealt with the Walls. Now let's look at:

Ceilings and Floors

Walls are in every haunt but if you ...

This is a continuation of the series: Seven Layers of Scare. If you haven't already, I suggest you read that blog post first: http://www.halloweenforum.com/blogs/terra/528-seven-layers-scare.html





Now that we've discussed Seven Layers of Scare, lets drill down deep and focus on....

Walls

The first area to decorate is the perimeter of the room. This tells the viewer where they are. A jungle (camo netting), freezer (frosted over ...

Alrighty, here's my next edition of blog posts that may help you build a better haunt.

Seven Layers of Scare

Gurus of interior design follow basic rules in designing a great room. Christopher Lowell came out with a blockbuster book called the Seven Layers of Design. In haunting, we also use basic rules to make a room truly scary. I'm gonna call them Terra's Seven Layers of Scare:

One: Art Direction and/or Theme
Two: Walls, Ceilings and Floors ...

Welcome to the first of a series of blog posts which are lessons to help make your haunt great. Today's blog post will focus on a post I did a while back on the thread, "To Theme, or Not to Theme." This also is Layer One of Seven Layers of Scare. I suggest you read that blog post first to get a base start: http://www.halloweenforum.com/blogs/terra/528-seven-layers-scare.html

Using Art to Unify your Haunt

At Transworld I went to a seminar called "Over ...