Archive for 'Decorations'
Garage of Evil (Home Haunt How-To Network)
Posted on 14. Jul, 2009 by The Crypt Keeper.
Decorating for Halloween is always my favorite way to get in the spirit. Which leads to this question: Does your neighborhood have that one house that starts preparing for Halloween in August or September? You know the one, that house that always has the most trick-or-treaters and lines of cars parked up and down the street to catch a glimpse of some really ghouly spookiness! These houses always have the coolest displays. Animatronics, singing and talking skeletons, fog machines, crazy lights and plenty of blood and gore.
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How to Take Night Pictures of Your Yard Haunt or Prop.
Posted on 13. Jan, 2009 by The Crypt Keeper.
Taking a picture of your yard haunt during the day simply doesn’t do it justice. We all want to give our pictures that spooky feel that you can only get from darkness, but taking pictures at night can be very challenging because of the lack of light and the images usually end up smudged, blurry or way too dark.
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How to make a Halloween Windowkin
Posted on 05. Jan, 2009 by The Crypt Keeper.
In addition to making creepy Windowkins, Jessica and her husband Jamie host an annual yard haunt that includes a Jack-O-Lantern display that is out of this world. In 2008 they featured 50 different pumpkins!
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HauntCast Podcast Show
Posted on 01. Jan, 2009 by The Crypt Keeper.
Halloween haunting finally has a voice! Visit www.hauntcast.net and join host Chris Baker as he discusses the wicked world of Halloween and haunting. Hauntcast is a show for home haunters and Halloween enthusiasts, featuring news, reviews, interviews and even the occasional how-to.
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Art By Pumpkinrot
Posted on 30. Dec, 2008 by The Crypt Keeper.
If you’ve never heard of Pumpkinrot, well, lets just say that after today you’ll never forget Pumpkinrot. When it comes to haunted houses, nothing beats hand made props. The more disturbing the better of course and realism is the key to a good scare.
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Jack-O-Lantern Stencil from John Carpenter’s Halloween
Posted on 28. Dec, 2008 by The Crypt Keeper.
Anyone that loves Halloween has seen John Carpenter’s original Halloween (1978). Do you remember the Jack-O-Lantern during the introduction? I personally thought it was the coolest and freakiest jack-o-lantern I had ever seen and wanted to bring it back to life.
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Hallowindow by Mark Gervais
Posted on 26. Dec, 2008 by The Crypt Keeper.
As I was riding my bike around the neighborhood on Halloween night, I was stopped at a house that had a giant animated eyeball in one of the windows. I could not believe what I was seeing and was amazed.
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Haunted Maps
