Thread: Perfecting the scare

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Hey, folks. Just wondering if anyone has got any advice on the best places to hide so I can jump out and scar children for the rest of their lives. In years past I've hidden in front of our van in the driveway to scare trick or treaters but I feel like it's gonna start being quite expected soon. Problem is that there is really no place for me to hide at the front of the house.

Not sure about emerging from a fake coffin since that would be a bit predictable. I really want to blindside them. Maybe hiding in a trash bag at the end of the driveway would be interesting? I don't know.

Originally Posted by HeadlessHorsefly

...so I can jump out and scar children for the rest of their lives....

lol.

Are you sure this is your goal?

Since I already have a few static dummies in my yard I like to just plant myself with them and pretend I'm inanimate. The kids will usually assume I'm a stuffed dummy and make their way to the front door, or they'll be unsure if I'm real or not and try to coax me into moving. Either example provides me with an opportunity to scare them. If they walk to the door I just wait to hear them say "trick or treat" and then I round the corner and scare them, or I jump out at the one that's trying to lure me into moving. I have an old plastic peanut butter jar that I fill with coins which, when shaken, makes a very startling noise. It's pretty soul-shattering to be staring at something you think is an inanimate dummy only to have it leap at you while making a really loud metallic noise, and I'll admit I've probably permanently scarred a few kids that were too young to be going through my display in the first place.

Have those dummys there, tie a fishline to a part of one like a hand, hat, make it move from a distance, but move very slowly, being subtle, then when you have their focus, drop a spider down upon them from another fish line, a small spider (Plastic) right infront of their face.

That gives you an excuse to build a new prop to hide behind And if it's a scary prop they won't even be expecting a bigger scare after it.

If life gives you lemons...make lemonaide. Life gives me ten million leaves every year. See where this is going? Nothing is more inconspicuous and innocent than a bunch of piles of leaves. One stands out, but piles all over the place... Just make sure they pass a couple piles to get them to drop their guard and ...TAHDAHHHH!!! Lurching out of a pile of leaves works great. I have even put fake legs sticking out of several piles that do NOTHING to get them to really drop their guard and stop being suspicious. But with lyme disease and ticks and such I strongly suggest that anyone doing anything with leaves including raking spray on something that repels them just in case.

In another case we actually put a pair of realistic legs under a bush 3 years in a row that were stuffed before subtituting a real person.... by year 4 everyone had stopped stepping around, to their dismay!!!!heheheheeee.

Make a static prop and have it in your disply for a while before halloween. Then replace it with yourself on halloween. they will be so used to seeing it they wont expect itis u>