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bipolarber -> RE: Haunted Houses (8/20/2008 5:34:46 PM)
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I've done these, off and on since I was in High School. First with my local Jaycees chapter, and topping out with a huge for-profit house that took up one half of a closed down K-Mart. Building impressive sets is nice, but the scare pretty much comes from the same place: misdirect their attention, then blindside them with something unexpected.
My favorite gags:
1) Photo copy a $20 bill, and leave it crumpled in a hallway. When the suckers... er... customers come down the hall, someone always leans down, thinking they've found some cash that someone dropped. Except that it's right next to a small hiden panel that snaps open, and a claw comes darting out to grab at them.
2) The group is "aomeba-ing" down a darkened hallway. There, "floating" in a small alcove with a half wall blocking it off, is a rubber skull. The skull is painted with GITD paint. People will stop, look, and wonder what the heck that is... is it a hologram? Just a cheap prop? Why is it slightly bobbing like that? Answer: it's a handheld puppet, and it suddenly comes to life and whooshes past the peoples faces, accompanies by a blood curdling laugh... (the puppeteer is dressed in black, and is accustomed to the darkness, so they can see the group quite plainly. They recharge the skull between groups using a small black light.)
3) If you have a maze: In one of the dead end cul-de-sacs, they find a small red button, with a sign that reads, "Do Not Press This Button." Yes, the button is rigged to a 400w+ strobe light, and a horn taken from an 18 wheeler. (Note: rig the button so it can only go off once every ten minutes each time the button is pressed... otherwise, they just stand there, pressing it like an idiot, just to be annoying.)
Lynnxz, do you subscribe to "Haunted Attraction" magazine?
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