Thread: What prop scared them the most?

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The $20 zombie crawler from Walmart was a huge success. The kids were terrified of it chasing them. My next best scare was not one of my props but a visitor(a cop mind you) who stood at the entrance of my crypt/crankghost and screamed at the poor kids as they were watching her fly. I never try to scare them but that was hilarious...he was so evil...LOL!

Hands down, like always, the Air Cannon. I think I got as many parents as I did kids with that thing. I had a talking bucky skull on the path before you get to the porch. Most of the parents would sit and watch that and let their kids go up to the door. Right behind them happened to be the air canon, which I manually trigger watching through a surveillance system. I'd let them get about 30 seconds into bucky's speak, then hit them with the canon. It was gold.

The only fairly scary prop I had up is the Rosemary from Spirit. She did do her job! But my favorite and best scare was when a group of about six kids came up the walk and then I appeared at the door in my costume. One little boy took one look at me and turned right around to go back. I had to tell him that I was just a mommy and that I was only wearing scary makeup and a costume. Then he was OK with it.

My zombie crawler from Spirit was by far the best scare. I had kids and older teens alike freaking out. Most of the smaller tots would just start crying. I had one tot who was so scared, he couldn't move. I loved it!!!

I can imagine how awesome the air cannon must have been. We had success with several scares but I think the drop panel was the most effective scare tonight ... we had one in the haunted house and one out front in the ToT area in the photo-op area.

This picture speaks for itself ...



'twas a good night.

Originally Posted by ezekiel

I can imagine how awesome the air cannon must have been. We had success with several scares but I think the drop panel was the most effective scare tonight ... we had one in the haunted house and one out front in the ToT area in the photo-op area.

This picture speaks for itself ...

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One girl actually fell over the air canon scared her so much.


That picture is awesome. You definitely scared them.

That would most definitely have to be my ex moving reindeer/werewolf. If they weren't too scared to pass it, they were telling us how much they loved it.

We have a rattlesnake that strikes when triggered as ToT's opened the screen door to knock on the main door.... ot a few good scares from that.

Originally Posted by ezekiel

We had success with several scares but I think the drop panel was the most effective scare tonight ... we had one in the haunted house and one out front in the ToT area in the photo-op area.

This picture speaks for itself ...

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'twas a good night.

ezekiel, you can tell they're happy scare faces; and the sword wielding guy there looks pretty happy himself lol.

It's just not in me to scare the little ones. I've worked in childcare too long; I would want to nurture them after I frightened them. I go more with skeletons and spiders but my best scare was a good old 'haunted hedge' in a man-eating tree by the front door. I don't think there was a kid that didn't jump when it went off.

Me!