Thread: Haunted mansion themed haunters

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On to the next theme.So I have decided to do a haunted mansion type theme.
I started a thread last year for the pirate theme and got great ideas and lots of people doing the same theme.
I am hopeing to have some members that are doing this theme also to bounce ideas.
I will start first I am wanting to decorate the porch area as a room of a house.Curtains will be hung on the porch-changing pictures hung-candles that will be hung to appear to be floating-a skelly at a table with cob webs books and more candles-a coffin with a animated skelly will also be part of this scene.
I will also revamp my fighting pirates rig to make a hitchhicking skelly.
The mansion part of the yard will contain many tombstones-candles-haunted bust(sams prop from 2010)-tombstone lifter that has been painted white with black eyeshadowing under eyes and top hat-a hatbox ghost-a bride and groom-a bride projection-a fcg still deciding what I am going to use-some of my pumpkin rots-and singing pumpkins.Also may add a grave digger.

One of my favorite themes! I bought the Spirit candelabras this year for my Haunted Mansion living room - both the five candle tabletop version and the 4.5' floor version and I LOVE them (http://www.spirithalloween.com/produ...th-led-lights/). Even though they are a little pricey, they are extremely well made (great details, heavyweight) and to me they scream haunted mansion. You could also cover a piece of patio of furniture with a white sheet and spiderwebs to look like living room furniture that has been collecting dust for years. Great thread, can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!

I did a bit of HM this year with projecting ghosts onto a plastic drop cloth. If you need I have photos from the WDW HM somewhere on my hard drive, I would be happy to post them for you to give you some jumping off points for ideas.

Edit: Here you go. http://s175.photobucket.com/albums/w134/daywalker80wolf/Haunted%20Mansion/

Great pictures....thanks for sharing.

Not a problem. HM is my favorite ride.

Very cool thread, one of my favorite props we got early on was the Gruesome Gallery Flashing Portrait Halloween Special Effects System and Grotesque Flashing Bust
I met the creator at the transworld show in Las Vegas a few year back, Ordered the set and have been very happy with it, I am not sure if he is still making them, but they are cool pieces
http://www.imagineerie.com/id7.html

This year I purchased an incredible set of Male & female Watcher Bust w/frame created by Larry Carr of Abracadave, they were a great deal. I highly reccomend getting them with the frame. We put a small par 16 light behind each one and got a tone of compliments. Also check out the Memorie tombstone, very cool
http://www.abracadaver.com/Abracadaver/FX_Props.html

Originally Posted by Haunt@HeritageHill

This year I purchased an incredible set of Male & female Watcher Bust w/frame created by Larry Carr of Abracadave, they were a great deal. I highly reccomend getting them with the frame. We put a small par 16 light behind each one and got a tone of compliments. Also check out the Memorie tombstone, very cool
http://www.abracadaver.com/Abracadaver/FX_Props.html

Very interesting! So these are a 3d bust mounted in a picture frame? Do you have a picture of them setup in your haunt?

HA HA, I wish I did, it just gets so busy, I actually cut out special opneings for them in a wall unit I made and place them in the graveyard scene. The best way to explain them is they are an inverted half bust in a frame.

What a great site.I love the bust the ones framed as well as the other ones.The photos look haunted mansion like as well.And omg those tombstones look great.Thanks for sharing.