[OHS]

Hello Halloween lovers!
Here are my pics for this year's display. I'm working on the video that I'll post in the moment I finish it with light effects and some people scaries.
One person dressed like a police guided the TOT's thru the yard telling them the Psycho story (with a few adittions like the cemetery) and at the end, the TOT's had to take take their candies inside the bowl that Norma Bates corpse had between her "dead" hands...
Before they leave, the could write in the guestbook I place in the entrance.
I thought that since I built the office table, with the keys board, the lamp, an old radio, I could place a book too! I'm so glad about it, a lot of them write beautiful things about my yard.
A real size Bates Motel replica (some of you guys saw the DIY process in this thread:

http://www.halloweenforum.com/halloween-props/143028-bates-motel-psycho-related-haunt-yard-brainstorming-ideas-please.html

A shadow display of the epic shower scene, a cemetery and a living room with Norma Bates corpse with a candy bowl in her hands. You dare to take a candy?

Welcoming pumpkin

The sign welcoming everybody!

Bates Motel sign

The motel and the lamppost next to the office desk with a guestbook

Roof detail in the office set

Living room set (details)

Office set and guestbook

Office set details

Writting!

Bates Motel at night, I love how it looks!, one of the lamps was blinking

Bates Motel at night

Crime scene at the cemetery. I wanted to reuse my old headstones so I made it up this set

Mother! Mother! Oh! Blood!

Norman! Norman!

I'll be uploading more pics and the video in a few days, and some signatures TOT's left. You had to see those little kids writting!!! Adorable!
Hope you like it. Every comment and opinion are welcome!

Pics in my album: http://www.halloweenforum.com/members/ohs-albums--psycho-haunting-yard-2015-a.html

 

[Ghost of Spookie]

I loved the Psycho movie with Anthony Perkins and have been totally enjoying the current A&E Bates Motel so your haunt is right up my alley. Would have loved to have visited it myself. Really nice job with the build and little scene touches, very nice detailing there. I'll be back for the video for sure.

I was interested to read that some of the kids took the time to write in your Guest Book. We did a Brain Research Center this year and I considered having a Patient SignIn clipboard or Center Evaluation Card. Thought maybe they could sign in with their costume "name" (didn't want to really keep track of actual names) and age and Rating of the Center--thinking feedback for how successful the theme was and what worked and didn't. As it was, hubby didn't think the kids would sit for a Brain Wave transfer with a gorilla prop, but they did--in quite a large number, but I canned the idea of the sign in fairly early on. Based on how popular the Experiment was and the verbal feedback from parents and kids, it might not have been necessary but still think it would have been nice to look over. Hearing your experience with the Guest Book I'm thinking the Patient SignIn could have been utilized too. Thanks for mentioning it. What were some of your favorite comments?

 

[Forhekset]

Awesome display; Psycho's one of my favorite movies.

 

[OHS]

Thanks Forhekset! I love Psycho too!

 

[spookydave]

Wow! nice job OHS, really spooky feel to the scenes!

 

[OHS]

thanks a lot Ghost of Spookie!! I love "Bates Motel" series too!!! I'm an addicted hahahaha before I start to watch it I was afraid, you know, place in modern times, some things new, a half brother but when I finished the first episode, I couldn't stop it! Hahahaha I saw four episodes in a row...(we can talk in private if you want to discuss about the series, I'll be glad!)
I'll post pics of the writtings of course. I gotta go now, I'll respond about your haunt yard later, I've been seeing the monkey too Love it!
We talk!

 

[OHS]

thanks a lot Ghost of Spookie!! I love "Bates Motel" series too!!! I'm an addicted hahahaha before I start to watch it I was afraid, you know, place in modern times, some things new, a half brother but when I finished the first episode, I couldn't stop it! Hahahaha I saw four episodes in a row...(we can talk in private if you want to discuss about the series, I'll be glad!)
I'll post pics of the writtings of course. I gotta go now, I'll respond about your haunt yard later, I've been seeing the monkey too Love it!
We talk!

 

[Wolfman]

Fantastico!

 

[Ghost of Spookie]

thanks a lot Ghost of Spookie!! I love "Bates Motel" series too!!! I'm an addicted hahahaha before I start to watch it I was afraid, you know, place in modern times, some things new, a half brother but when I finished the first episode, I couldn't stop it! Hahahaha I saw four episodes in a row...(we can talk in private if you want to discuss about the series, I'll be glad!)
I'll post pics of the writtings of course. I gotta go now, I'll respond about your haunt yard later, I've been seeing the monkey too Love it!
We talk!

Don't want to divert your haunt thread so I'll just say when the new Season starts in 2016, please join in on the weekly discussions in the Horror section. There are a number of us who already participate pretty regularly each week, but it's always more fun when more join in to the discussions. It's been fun seeing how they've taken the show and there were plenty of initial doubters too.

See ya' around, and great job again!

 

[The Halloween Lady]

You did an awesome job with this theme. I love all your details. I feel they make all the difference in the world when making a good haunt a great haunt. Your photos are lovely too. Nice work!

 

[OHS]

Thanks everybody! I'll try to do my best

 

[Oilfield trash]

This was great I got creeped out looking at the pictures. Its the small details that bring everything together.

 

[Elmen]

Awesome!! I really like it.
Gran trabajo, muy elaborado.

 

[DaveintheGrave]

It all looks outstanding! I've not seen anyone replicate the Bates motel before, so that is definitely groundbreaking work.

Mother turned out great, too! She's super creepy looking.

Fantastic job!

 

[OHS]

Thanks! I think that too, the details are the most important part to give live a haunt. When I was building the motel I thought "Ow, I think is pretty fake", but when I started to put signs, curtains, lamps...everything changed immediately

 

[OHS]

¡Gracias Elmen! I see there's another spaniard around here

 

[OHS]

Neither I!
When I start to think about this year theme I searched through the forum to see if someone had done something about Psycho, and I was shocked nobody made a display of one of most famous suspense-terror movies ever.
Yeah! I'm glad of mother costume, I wished I had more time to improve the details but I think I get close to the movie mother
Thanks a lot!!

 

[OHS]

Hello everybody!
I post the comments some of TOT's wrote in the guestbook. (Translated)
It was so funny see those little guys writting so focused hehehe

 

[StanFam3]

HOLY MOLY!!!!!!!! This was fantastic!!!! I love it!!!

 

[Blades006]

What a cool concept! Love the idea of having the tots leave comments! So interesting to see what kind of reactions they have.