194 episodes
HaunTopic Radio: Haunted Attractions | Haunted Houses | Halloween | Haunters Brian Foreman & Darryl Plunkie: Haunters, Scare Actors, Haunt Owners
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Have you always wanted to know what goes on behind the scenes of Haunted Attractions, Scare Attractions, and Halloween? We tell those stories here!
We capture the stories of the people behind the scary events and share tips along the way on HOW YOU can make your own Haunted House scary and effective...without spending lots of money to do it. We've done it and are still doing it.
Join us, Brian Foreman and Darryl Plunkie, as we pick the brains of the professionals that make up the Haunted Attraction Industry!
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Wall Textures & Techniques: Create Burn Effects, Aging, & Fundamentals
Creating realistic scenes requires detailed wall panels. But where do you start? Should you use a light base paint or black? What are simple ways to distress your sets? How do you make charred walls, peeling paint, bubbled paint? What materials do you need to create amazing sets? We answer these questions and more during this Master Class with Scenic Artist Rich Cimino from BentCirkus.com
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Introduction to Animatronics with Ed Gannon
Let's talk about things that move in your haunted attraction.
Yes, animatronics can be complex and scary to attempt by yourself. But what if animatronics weren't as scary as you thought? Join co-host & haunt veteran Ed Gannon as he breaks down some simple takeaways that just might change the way you look at animations.
You can also find Ed Gannon at Something Wicked Productions, Haunt Dawgs, and Haunt Fix.
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Scare Tactics: How To Scare the Crap Out Of Your Customers
Inside a Haunted Attraction, it's all about the SCARE! But how do you pull it off when your audience gets braver every year? Learn the proper techniques to create that perfect scare that can be effective over and over again. We'll talk about Actor Tools, Set Design, & Scare Techniques.
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Wicker Manor: The Journey from Home Haunter to Pro
Sean Herman takes us through the Wicker Manor and tells us how he will transition from a haunt in his two-car garage into a permanent location.
Wicker Manor was featured on ABC’s Great Halloween Fright Fight and also won Best International Haunt in an award show.
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Terror in the Corn: Mazes, Marketing, Management & Monsters
Join the haunt community at HauntersToolbox.com and start your own haunted attraction or grow your current haunt business. Get instant access to haunt master classes, the haunt library, haunt vendor discounts, and haunt coaching.
Bart Butler from Terror in the Corn located in Erie, Colorado, shares his knowledge about building corn mazes, designing haunted houses, scare actor management, and how he changed his marketing strategy to drastically increase his attendance numbers.
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Improve your haunted attraction in 2024 | Haunted Attraction Network
What can you do before next season to improve your brand, your marketing, and your attraction? Are you focused on the right things?
Philip Hernandez, from the Haunted Attraction Network, lets us in on a few things he noticed in 2023 that will be game-changers for the future of your haunt.
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Music by The Crypt Keeper and Midnight Syndicate