Wow, this was a tough year for Halloween! It fell on a school night, it snowed in the morning, rained in the afternoon and the wind started getting crazy just as darkness started to fall. It became almost impossible to … Continue reading
Planning for this year’s haunt is well underway. A couple of new additions for this year include two skeleton sentinels roped up on some wooden crosses, lighting the way with flickering witch jars. Also new this year, are the “tables … Continue reading
The first Annual HorrorCon show was held this weekend in Calgary. There was everything from prop displays to horror collectibles, tattoo artists, tshirts and other apparel, makeup FX tutorials, horror movie screenings and more. … Continue reading
I have a number of cheap foam skulls that I picked up at a dollar store a couple of years ago but they all look the same and all look kinda blah. I decided to change the look of some … Continue reading
Another year, another night of sending children and adults screaming in terror and glee. Our voodoo theme was a resounding success this year. Thanks to the Calgary Corn Maze, we had a truck-load full of old corn stalks to add … Continue reading
One of the new props for this year’s yard haunt is three sections of “old” fencing for the cemetery. I wanted the fencing to look like it had been in place for years but, as with all the yard props, … Continue reading
Nailed it once again! Lots of screams, shrieks and dropped bags of candy. I’m still playing around with different coloured lighting. Sometimes I think red looks better, other times green seems to be more creepy looking. Check out the 2008 … Continue reading
Last night we did a test run for some of this year’s yard haunt features. Not everything is up yet, as we don’t want any of the props “walking away”, but we still managed to get a few good photos. … Continue reading
Making custom props for your Halloween yard display can be as simple as throwing together some scraps of wood to make some creepy looking entrance columns. For last year’s haunted cemetery display, I built two columns out of scrap plywood. … Continue reading
After finishing the cemetery columns, I wanted to make a new entrance sign. The one we used last year was a quick “slap some paint on a board” sign, and there was no depth or real character to it. To … Continue reading