[Baron Samedi]

Greetings all.
There are another few UK members that I can think of..There's Frosty in liverpool, Memamu in North Wales, and Iffy49 is down in Hampshire. (I'm in Wiltshire btw..)
We had a few new UK members join the forum fairly recently, but they seemed to have returned to their coffins after one or two posts. Maybe they may resurface a little closer to Halloween...

Halloween does seem to be getting bigger over here, although we still have a long, long way to go before we are anywhere near on a par with our friends across the Atlantic. personally I don't think we ever will be. At least not until the big corporates decide that there is money to be made out of it.

I would love to walk the foggy streets of London in a Victorian Gothic costume...

Sorry midnightdreary..Owing to clean air policies and emissions regulations, Londoners don't see too many "pea soupers" nowadays..they have to use fog machines like everybody else..

 

[Baron Samedi]

I find the biggest problem getting a good haunt in the UK is the total lack of business selling stuff. Your pretty much forced to buy cheap looking tat from Asda or making your own.

Don't get me wrong.. I love making my own stuff, but finding good electronics etc for haunts is a nightmare. Although I did recently find a UK supplier for the Halloween Howler and some other great props, but because Halloween is not big in the UK... their prices are huge !!!

Agreed. The availability of decent quality props has improved over recent years with the advent of on-line stores etc, although Halloween remains a niche market and prices are high as a consequence.
I love to make my own props, and make probably 95% of the stuff in my haunt.
Making your own props means that your only limit is your own imagination, and even cheap tat from Asda can be made to look quite effective with a little "dressing" and some subtle lighting. Plus the sense of achievement in turning a pile of rubbish into something cool and scary is great. It's an awesome feeling when the TOT's are Oooh'ing and screaming at something you've created, rather than just thrown a few quid at.
(I'm sure I've mentioned it before, but I find Maplin's a good source of electrical components...Good service and reasonable prices).

 

[Baron Samedi]

Greetings to all the UK haunters from an ex pat ...

Originally from London and just old enough to remember foggy mornings, not quite peasoupers, but I still recall the sooty smell !

Moved across the pond in 2005 and got bitten by the halloween bug then. Until now it was just doing TOT'ing with my kids.

Glad that Halloween is growing there now

Ah! That explains it...All those ingenious ideas and prop making tips...

I just knew you had to be a Brit!