Thread: Scare Tactic Ideas Needed

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I am planning a haunt through woods with the theme of Scary Tales, twisted fairy tales i.e. Snow Fright, Little Dead Riding Hood, Malice in Wonderland. I am having a hard time thinking the best way to set the scenes (as I said will be in woods) for the best scare. Each tale will have its own individual area but how can I make this scary? What can be the pop ups and jump outs? Help!!

Well, since the tales all have villains, take advantage of them....a witch for Snow White, A wolf dressed like granny for Lil Red...You need a little miss muffet sitting on a tuffit with a huge spider to drop down.

You could also do wonders with Snow Whites seven dwarves by making Happy a freeaky clown and Doc a mad doctor with blood all over him

Thanks Scatterbrains, I have been thinking on the same lines as you. I have the ideas for the sites, it's the scares I can't get down. What do these things do for the maximum scare?

You can make a little house for Lil Red and people can look in the window, to see the wolf dressed as granny in the bed. Then have a pop-up wolfhead that jumps up in front of the window.

Good one Scatterbrains! That's what I am needing, ideas like that throughout the entire walk. Thanks again.

How 'bout the Gingerbread Man, pinned down and being consumed by Goblins? You'll need a really ghood "Screaming" soundtrack for that one, maybe hidden speakers up close to the viewing area.

for wonderland theres always the chace scene with the queen screaming off with her head. that could be a simple one
are you gonna add any other farie tales to the haunt?

Just keep them focused on something that doesn't jump out and have an actor come from behind or from the side.
Because you are in the woods you might want to try dropping props down from above from tree branches. I used pulleys and rope to drop props down from trees in the past, it worked KILLER!

Originally Posted by djchrisbaker

Just keep them focused on something that doesn't jump out and have an actor come from behind or from the side.
Because you are in the woods you might want to try dropping props down from above from tree branches. I used pulleys and rope to drop props down from trees in the past, it worked KILLER!

yup...that would work greeat for the Lil Miss Muffet scene

how about goldielocks? you could have the people walk through the bears house and have goldie say " bet you thought there were gonna be bears huh" then let them out ..the people will think their not gonna see bears ...then a few feet down the path boom you get them there...do somethin small in the house just so they think thats all that was going to happen
like have the bowls of porage slam on the table