Universal’s Long Awaited Halloween Horror Nights Has Arrived!

Screams will fill the darkness tonight as Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights 21 officially opens at Universal Studios Florida. Starting tonight and running select nights through October 31, guests will confront extreme Halloween entertainment that cannot be experienced anywhere else.

Recently named “the country’s best Halloween event” for the fourth consecutive year by Amusement Today, Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights is not your typical Halloween event. Each year, the bar is raised as Universal Orlando creates original, horrifying experiences to entertain thousands of guests from all over the world.

This year’s event will be the most intense yet as Halloween Horror Nights 21 features ALL-NEW terrifying content. Guests will experience:

* Eight elaborate haunted houses, including the In-Between, where they’ll don 3-D glasses and enter an ominous portal filled with fiendish creatures; The Forsaken, where they’ll face the vengeful souls of a condemned ship; and Winter’s Night: The Haunting of Hawthorn Cemetery, where they’ll be haunted by the dead

* Six inescapable scarezones, like Acid Assault, where they’ll be surrounded by the vicious survivors of a city plagued with Acid Rain, and Your Luck Has Run Out, where they’ll take a chance and face the monstrous Lady Luck – the force behind this year’s event

* Two outrageous shows, including the return of the popular Bill & Ted’s Excellent Halloween Adventure and Death Drums, an all-new seductive drumming experience

Halloween Horror Nights 21 begins at 6:30 p.m. For more information about the event – or to purchase tickets – visit www.halloweenhorrornights.com/orlando. Due to the event’s popularity, tickets for weekend nights are expected to sell out and should be purchased well in advance.

Guests can get updates and exclusive details on Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights on the event’s official Facebook page (www.facebook.com/halloweenhorrornightsorlando) and www.HalloweenHorrorNights.com

Rotting Flesh Radio SHOW #247: Scare-A-Torium, Ashley Lawrence, The Attic and the Annual Haunt Tours!

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Alright all you Fright Freaks and Halloween Junkies, the Annual Haunt Tours have arrived! Yes, as we kick off the Annual Rotting Flesh Radio Haunt Tours by hitting the rode we have a jam packed Body Bag for you this week. To kick things off we have Kelly Collins from the Scare-A-Torium Haunted House stopping in with RFR Casket Crew’s Pierce on location during the build of the event.

In addition Haunted Europe is back and this month Mike is bringing you Micheal Bolton, the creator and brain behind Europe’s ScareCon! And Deadites, things don’t slow down yet, because Gruesome Joe is here with the Musical Morgue giving you an in-depth look at the Haunt Rocker’s newest release, The Attic.

We have a Body Bag full of Haunt Industry News and Events for the week and RFR Casket Crew Storm is here with another Halloween Rant In a Haunt Minute and Joey Blood is bringing you all the Bloody Blu-Ray releases for the week!

And Dog Soldier has a special treat for you as he brings us an exclusive interview with Hellraiser’s Ashley Lawrence! Jigsaw Jim is here with a Rancid Review of Sinister Cinema and we have all kinds of Morbid Goodies for you this week.

There are ALL-NEW Rules to Win the Screamline Studios Graverobbing Giveaway and Twisted Tunes from the Grave.

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Glue On, Fill In, Creep Out

by: RFR Casket Crew Hatter 99

Last week I talked a bit about the value of experimentation in the haunting industry. This week I’m going to zoom in a bit more on one of my own off-season experiments from the past week.

Hat ON.

I remember way back, when I was a wee one, when I could smear grape jelly all over my face, and everyone would just laugh, comment on how cute I was, and then clean me up with a moisty nap. At some point, though, when I entered the public school system and had to begin to conform to society’s vision of a good citizen, that type of play was, for the most part, abolished. As much as I wanted to dig my fingers into the pudding on my lunch tray, draw little ghosts onto my face with my pen, and spread the contents of my little Heinz ketchup packets around my mouth, that type of activity would have been frowned upon. So I retreated to the safety of spelling and mathematics, and over the years in school I learned quite a bit of book-stuff. I don’t regret that one bit; however, that little fanciful child within still pokes my ribs sometimes, yearning to break free. How can I provide an escape for him, allowing him to vent that pent-up energy that has accumulated (and continues to accumulate) over all these years?

Well, thankfully the Halloween and Haunted Attractions industry comes to the rescue. I can scream at the public. I can wear clothes that don’t fit. I can forget the chemistry and calculus for a bit. I can smear stuff all over myself, and it’s accepted. Case in Point: Last weekend the little wild-child inside me became enamored with the oncoming Haunt season, so I decided to run out to Spirit Halloween, buy some makeup, and use my face as a morbid canvas for the afternoon. Was there a real-world reason for me to do this? No. Was I working in a Haunt that night? No. Did I have a costume party to go to? No. Was anybody going to see it in person? No (except for my cat). I just wanted to do it. So, I bought my makeup, turned up the Halloween music, and set out to glue toilet paper all over my face. Of course, the whole time I was envisioning teachers and parents, shaking their index fingers at me, insisting that Elmer’s school glue was meant for gluing cotton balls onto lambs made out of construction paper. And toilet paper, of course, was made to be used on other parts of the body, NOT on the face. But I imagined their disapproving stares, smiled slyly, and squirted even more glue onto my face. After an hour or so of gluing, shaping, and drying, I pulled out the base makeup to fill it all in, blobbing huge gobs of brown, purple, and yellow onto my cheeks and lining my eyes, nose, and lips with black. Then I ripped parts of the toilet paper, creating areas of morbidly delightful peeling skin, filling the wounds with red base makeup. Then, of course, the blood. Ah, the blood. By now I imagined the proponents of propriety turning their heads in disgust, so I gladly pulled out globs of thick blood and smeared it into the wounds before accenting them and my chin with stage blood. Finally a quick dabbing of my teeth with black paint finished the job.

I had no real plan for what this face was to become, so after a few moments of reflection I decided to make myself an evil elf. I grabbed a hat from my closet, blackened my neck, and that was it. I took a few photos, admired my work, and then peeled off the mask and cleaned up. I was quickly my “normal” self again, but the evident joy of that little freak inside me is clear in the photos. I enjoyed myself, and for a time, that placated me.

The result wasn’t perfect. The hat could have used some distressing work. And a few parts of my face needed some more makeup, but overall I was satisfied with what I had accomplished in a couple of hours. I’m still very new to the horror makeup processes, and while I’ve attended some seminars and watched numerous YouTube tutorials, I’ve found the most effective (and most enjoyable) means of learning is by experimentation. I don’t always have a plan for what I want to do. I just pull out the glue and start molding. And I take pictures so that I can study what I did and tweak my methods in the next session where needed. It’s a scientific method. It’s academia. Nothing wrong with it.

Now, I can feel the little rascal within me wriggling again. I think I’ll go make a cotton-ball-construction-paper lamb. Maybe I’ll decapitate it. The blood sticks to the cotton balls well. Lamb chops?

Take THAT Establishment.

Hat OFF.

HalloWeekends 15, PointFest and Boat Show Return to Cedar Point for the Haunt Season

Many theme parks throughout the United States gear up for the Haunt Season and celebrate with Halloween Activites, Special Haunted Nights and more. One of the most fun smaller venues on the board is Cedar Point. Rotting Flesh Radio had the chance to venture to this park a few years ago while traveling to the Midwest Haunters Convention. Well now in time for the Haunt and Halloween Season Cedar Point has the HalloWeekends Back in full form and other Haunting Goodies.

“Cedar Point will offer a wide array of family entertainment this week when three popular special events return to the Sandusky, Ohio, amusement park/resort.

HALLOWEEKENDS
On Friday, HalloWeekends, Cedar Point’s fall festival of fun and frights, will return for its 15th season. For seven weekends, HalloWeekends will provide an unmatched mix of rides and roller coasters, haunted houses and fright zones, live shows and special attractions such as the Monster Midway Invasion Celebration parade that will feature four new floats.

This year HalloWeekends will also add two new fright zones (Screamworks along the Frontier Trail and Blood on the Bayou that will lead guests along the lagoon) and two new shows (The Edge of Madness – Six Feet Under in the Red Slaughter Saloon and Dr. Cleaver in the Clink in The Palace Theatre).

For an additional fee, the new Zombie Tour will provide front-of-the-line privileges at the park’s four haunted houses and the Blood on the Bayou and CornStalkers fright zones. Visit cedarpoint.com for all of the details.

HalloWeekends at Cedar Point will be held Friday nights, Saturdays and Sundays, Sept. 16 through Oct. 30. Cedar Point will be open 6 p.m. to midnight on Friday nights (only a portion of the park is open); noon to midnight on Saturdays; and noon to 9 p.m. Sundays. (On Sunday, Oct. 9, the park will be open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.)

POINTFEST
Presenting some of today’s most popular Christian artists, PointFest will return to Cedar Point for its third year on Saturday, Sept. 17. It will feature nearly six hours of music and entertainment.

Headlining this year’s show will be Skillet whose performance will be highlighted by a lively pyrotechnics show and Christian music icon TobyMac, who returns for his second appearance at PointFest. Other entertainers include Manic Drive, Disciple and comedian Bone Hampton.

The concert will begin at approximately 5 p.m. with performances continuing until 11 p.m. The event will be held in the Soak City parking lot.

North American In-Water Boat Show

For the 39th consecutive year, the Cedar Point Marina will host The North American In-Water Boat Show from Wednesday through Sunday, Sept. 14-18.

The largest in-water boat show on the Great Lakes, the Cedar Point Boat Show will feature many of the newest power and sail boats, equipment and accessories. A 69-foot-long Marquis 690, displayed by SkipperBud’s, is this year’s Queen of the Fleet. Visitors will also be able to enjoy the Boats Under $15,000 and Boats $15,000-$25,000 pavilions, the Brokerage Pier and the Demo Dock and Sail Pier.”

Admission to Cedar Point is not required.

For more information visit: www.CedarPoint.com

Halloween Brings Us the ALL-NEW Chocolate Dipped Orange Marshmallow PEEP

If it is one thing haunters love it is Halloween Candy! And PEEPS have always been a favorite for Easter, but in the recent years they have grown into every holiday from Christmas to now Halloween.

And now all new for 2011 Halloween Season PEEPS have launched a new breed of Candy Peep.

“PEEPS® are stirring up new delights this Halloween with NEW PEEPS® Chocolate Dipped Orange Marshmallow Chicks. The fluffy marshmallow of PEEPS® Orange Chicks, dipped in decadent milk or dark chocolate, will enchant all ghosts and goblins.

The iconic Chick is still the same beloved shape, taste and texture that it has been for 58 years. This Halloween, the Chick will be dressed in festive orange and dipped in a scrumptious layer of creamy milk or rich dark chocolate. The Chicks come nestled separately in a three-count package.

Mark Hoffman, Brand Manager for PEEPS®, commented, “Our new line of Chocolate Dipped Chicks is spooktacular! The combination of PEEPS® and chocolate proved to be a favorite amongst all of our fans this Easter. We know that new PEEPS® Chocolate Dipped Orange Chicks will be perfect for Halloween recipes, crafts or for that on-the-go trick-or-treat fan.”

Just Born’s Halloween Lineup:
New PEEPS® Chocolate Dipped Orange Chicks available in 3-count packages.

PEEPS® Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Pumpkins available in convenient single-serve packages.

PEEPS® Chocolate Mousse Flavored Marshmallow Cats in 8-count packages.

PEEPS® Sugar-Free Pumpkins in 3-count packages.

PEEPS® Pumpkins in both 8-count and 24-count packages.

PEEPS® Ghosts in both 3-count and 9-count packages.

MIKE AND IKE®, HOT TAMALES® and GOLDENBERG’S® PEANUT CHEWS® Brand Candies available in a variety of treat-giving snack size bags.

PEEPS® fans can find these spooktacular treats at their favorite stores or visit www.PeepsAndCompany.com for great tasting treats and other PEEPS-themed merchandise and apparel. Fans can also visit the exciting and interactive www.marshmallowpeeps.com to create a personal PEEPS® World and find delicious recipes, fun crafts and PEEPS® art. In addition, fans can submit their own crafts, recipes or art.”

The Midwest Haunters Convention Needs You!

As we approach 2012, it is never too early to be thinking about the next Tradeshow, Convention, or Haunt Gathering. That is how us Haunters grow, learn, share information, and make our Pro Haunts, Home Haunts, Parties better every season.

Well, one of the best conventions is that event RFR has dubbed the “One Last Haunt Romp” is the Midwest Haunters Convention. And as they gear up for the 2012 Annual Event, they have some call outs for those Haunters, Pros and others in our Haunt Family.

To begin how about the education? Everyone loves the Education at MHC and they have a call out for speakers to share, educate and teach Haunters how to grow in specific areas of haunting.

“MHC is known for having the best educational offerings in the haunt industry. We start assembling the classes in November after the haunt season is over however it is not too early to start thinking about it. If you are interested in speaking, or have an idea for a class or a workshop, let us know! Just send an email to Barry@midwesthaunters.com”
And moving forward from the education how about showing off your haunt stuff! Midwest Haunters is also looking for you to show off your Haunt Ride!

Many haunters deck out Hearses, Cars and more to place in front of their Haunted Attractions, drive in parades and more to promote their haunt. Well now you can show it off in 2012 to your fellow Haunt Peers.

“Show Off Your Ride in the custom car area of the 2011 trade show was a huge hit! It was so well received that we are going to expand it for 2012! Start making your plans now to bring your hearses and custom haunt cars to Columbus next June. On a related note, due to scheduling conflicts, we will be unable to offer the outdoor hearse parking for 2012.”

Finally, all conventions are made possible by the Haunters supporting the event! It is our Haunt Community that push conventions forward and make it so they can come back year after year. And the Midwest Haunters Convention Needs Your Support too!

“We Need Your help! Are there people at your haunt that have never been to MHC? Do you have makeup people and actors that would benefit from our seminars and workshops? Want to see more of your friends at MHC? Help us promote MHC by putting our cards in the makeup and dressings rooms of your haunts. Simple send your name and address to Kathy@midwesthaunters.com and we will get some out to you!”

So even though we are kicking off the Haunt Season, it is never too early to figure out how to grow in 2012. And you can always listen to the Archives of complete Coverage of the Midwest Haunters Convention on the Rotting Flesh Radio website at: www.RFRPodcast.com

For more on the Midwest Haunters Convention, dates, times and the lineup for 2012 visit: www.MidwestHauntersConvention.com

ABOUT THE MIDWEST HAUNTERS CONVENTION
The Midwest Haunters Convention is for Haunted Attraction Producers, Actors, Artists and Home Haunters. Our goal is to provide educational seminars and workshops with experienced presenters, a 75+ vendor trade show with the latest in haunt offerings, and a place to network with others in the industry during our unique social activities. We’ll offer 1st class haunted attraction bus tours, costume parties and contests (the Bloody Mary Monster Makeup Wars competition, Ms Midwest Scary Pageant & the IAHA Scariest Character Contest). “Haunters” are always welcome here! For more information please visit www.midwesthauntersconvention.com

Attend the EREBUS Haunted Attraction VIP Party with Kane Hodder!

Celebrities are always a big draw for a Haunted Attraction during the haunt season. It both gets customers to your event to meet, party and have that photo moment with Horror Icons, but also gets them to your front door, facade and more.

Since the Haunt Season has arrived, many haunts use this technique and coming next week to the World Renown Haunted House EREBUS in Michigan.

Now you can attend the special VIP Party with Kane Hodder. Hoddar played Jason Voorhees in many of the Friday the 13th films.

Kicking off on September 30, 2011 from 8pm to Midnight. 100 fans will be partying Hollywood style with Kane Hodder on the rooftop of Erebus the four story haunted attraction in downtown Pontiac Michigan.

All you have to do to be one of the few, the proud is submit a photo of you as Jason or a Jason-victim to info@hauntedpontiac.com.

100 fans will be selected to mix and mingle with Kane Hodder. The media will be there and you may even get a chance to be on a reality TV show.

NOTE: You must be 21 or over to enter. If you are selected you must arrive in your Jason or Jason-victim costume with your VIP invitation in hand.

to find out more about the event, details and the World Famous Haunted Attraction EREBUS visit: www.HauntedPontiac.com

Rotting Flesh Radio SHOW #246: Halloween & Haunt Season Arrives

SHOW NOTES FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 16, 2011 SHOW #246

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The Haunt Season has arrived! This week we kick off the Halloween and Haunt Season with a jam packed show featuring the ALL HALLOWS REVENGE, SCREAM ACRES COURT, and THIRTEENTH STREET MORGUE all stopping in to the show! Each of these Haunted Attractions are stopping in and discussing the Haunt Season, what to expect out of their event this year and more!

In addition we have Chuckles the Clown along with RFR Casket Crew Storm with In A Haunt Minute. Joey Blood is back with this week’s Bloody Blu-Ray Releases this week and RFR Casket Crew Pierce is back with Fresh Meat discussing Prosthetics for Scare Actors.

This week we have Haunt Industry News covering Costumes for Kids Charity, Derek Mears, House of Shock, The Halloween Festival, Trick or Treat Studios, Halloween Asylum, Distortions Unlimited, The Travel Channel, The Dent Schoolhouse, Ashland Oregon’s Halloween Parade, The Haunt Rocker Jerry Vayne, Wednesday 13, SeaWorld’s Spooktacular, Scare A Torium Haunted House, The Baysox Psycho Safari, Scare Kingdom in the UK, The Nashville Nightmare Haunted Attraction, Toxic Toons, Canadian Haunted Attractions Conference, Fright Catalog, Haunt Kits, Haunted Mansion Event at Contemporary Resort, Trick or Treat Under the Sea, North Carolina Aquariums, Faces of the Great Pumpkin Contest, Ghostbuster Re-Release, Alice Cooper’s New CD, Robert Englund, and more from the Halloween and Horror Industry this week.

We have RFR Casket Crew’s Badger replying to Deadite Listener Emails, and more.

There are ALL-NEW Rules to Win the Screamline Studios Graverobbing Giveaway and Twisted Tunes from the Grave.

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‘Trick or Treat Under the Sea’ Returns for the 9th Year at North Carolina’s Aquarium

Many theme parks, thrill parks and local attractions amp up for the Haunt season by marketing such events as the Universal Halloween Horror Nights, Bush Garden’s Howl-O-Scream, Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween PArty, and even parks like Sea World’s Halloween Spooktacular. This also rings true for local Zoos, Amusement Parks and Museums.

Well if you head on down to North Carolina this Halloween season the very popular North Carolina Aquarium, on Roanoke Island, is hosting its popular attractrion, currently celebrating Nine Years, TRICK OR TREAT UNDER THE SEA.

Kicking off on Thursday, October 27 from 6:00pm to 8:30pm it is set to be hosted by Count Sharkula.

There will be a Halloween Scream Contest, Crafts for the Kids and Vendors and Businesses from the are will be handing out that Ghoulish Candy to the Trick Or Treaters.

You can get your advance tickets, which we suggest since tickets will not be available at the door, the night of the event. You can get the advance tickets for $6.00 per person and it often sells out for the event! So get yours quick. If you purchase advance tickets you can pick them up anytime after October 3rd. And to save you a little bit of money, those ghosts under 2 are free.

You can find out more by visiting the Official Website at: www.NCAquariums.com

Halloween Asylum Coupons and Discount Codes to Get some Haunt Goodies

Haunt Vendors are loving this time of the year. Fulfilling orders, helping haunts get open and having all you Halloween Enthusiasts relishing in the season.

At Halloween Asylum they are giving you that last chance to save big on items like Masks, the Rotten Rascals, Animatronics and more. For a limited time until September 30th, they have a few coupons and codes for you to use when checking out to save on items from their store.

You can have savings from $5, $10 and $25 on products. This is a limited sale so its time to take advantage if you are a haunt gearing up to open last minute, or a home haunt looking to expand your trick or treaters this year.

So look at the sales listed below and head on over. For all the products they have to offer visit: www.HalloweenAsylum.com