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making a haunted trail next year looking for cheap but effective prop ideas static or animatronic

Make some zombie groundbreakers. Maybe a flying witch. Put a speaker in a bush, attach a wire, make it shake. Gotta have a werewolf creepin around. You can do a werewolf costume pretty inexpensively. Spider victims are cheap. A couple of Zombie (or just dead) hikers. Post a "missing" picture of the hikers, then later have them wandering around as zombies or hanging from a tree near the witch....the sooner you start, the lower the cost ( ive found).

packing tape sculptures of people with lights in them

Look at what Haunted Overload is doing: Most Incredible Pro Haunt

The owner says that the huge props (most of which were built with cheap materials) are used as distractions for actors. They are also great for promotions.

thanks everyone ill look into it

I know it doesn't really seem like much but one of the greatest reactions I had this year was to a simple hangman's noose. It didn't even have a body attatched. It was $10 worth of hemp rope. People said there was just something creepy to it. It seemed to set the stage for everything else.

hangman's noose should have 13 loops

you can never have too many tombstone props! DIY or store bought. If I had a haunted trail I'd do an overgrown, abandoned cemetery in the woods display as part of the trail for your Halloween guests.