Thread: Push me off the fence

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Ok Folks....I need your opinions on this matter as I have no true sense of what is and is not considered "tasteful". I'd like to offer my party guest photo ops with props so that they have their own record of our Halloween party. For example, last year I had an electric chair that lots of people happily lined up to take pictures on. This year I was thinking of having a toe pincher casket lined with fabric propped up on a wall so that the guest could stand inside to have their picture taken as if they ceased to be. Well....Is this in bad taste to ask my guest, primarily family, to mimmic their own deaths? Is it just me or is this crossing the line because in my eyes I truly think this a really cool ideal. But of course, like many others who haunt these boards, I'm a different breed and see the world through a haunters eyes.

I personally think its awesome i mean if your guest feel uncomfortable doing so they can always pass on the photo

I too think it's an awesome idea. As silent cries states, it's an option whether or not to have a photo taken. Go for it!

Yeah as long as it's optional I don't see the harm.

That reminds me of the opening of Ginger Snaps (of course that was much more extreme than what you're talking about!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5lbZCGrt4Y

I don't see the big deal. It's Halloween, you're suppose to push it to the limit

Umm, I'll be the odd lady out. Not thrilled with the idea. Personally think it's cool but have a rule that if there's something I'm on the fence about (taste-wise) go with the gut and don't do it. How about instead of them posing like they are dead - have them pose like they are hissing like a vampire?

Have a neighbor who had lost both their father and father-in law this summer. They are still mourning and my first thought was it would upset them to see a loved one in the same pose.

I'm going to agree with Terra.
I personally wouldn't be offended, but a friend of mine just lost her husband and first thing I thought was "I couldn't do that, it would hurt her and the kids"
It does sound very cool though and my morbid friends would love it, so I guess it depends on your crowd.

Maybe if you really emphasized the Vampire part like give them a wooden stake, garlic, and cape props and have them hiss like Terra mentioned?

How about you don't make it official or anything, but you just have the coffin there as an effects prop. Then at some point you could joke about how "we should get a photo of Cousin Ted in there!" Someone might even ask to take their photo in there without you prompting it!

I agree with Terra & Mizerella on this one.

So funny you brought this up as this is the second year that I have thought about doing this. I have a great coffin that would look great in a photo pose..I used it as a prop last year, but wanted to do a photo op. I thought about doing it again this year but am still unsure...good advice everyone!