Midwest Haunters Convention: Workshops, Education, Contests Updated

The Midwest Haunters Convention is gearing up for the 2010 event and many things have been updated for the event.

The event itself is one of the most attended Haunt Events in the industry and everyone is gearing up for the event. And right now Registration is open for both the Miss Midwest Scary Pageant, The 7th annual competition to find the scariest female character in the Midwest. Eight contestants will be competing for this highly coveted title, along with cash and prizes. In addition the registration has opened as well for the Annual Monster Makeup Wars, this is where they offer contestants the chance to compete for the coveted title of creating the Scariest Monster! Five teams will compete (1 model and 2 make-up artists) with identical Bloody Mary make-up supplies. Teams will have 30 minutes to complete their monster from the neck up. There is also even more registration for the Scariest Character Contest, each year the panel of celebrity judges chooses the Scariest Character from those in attendance at the Saturday masquerade party. Ten invitations to participate are handed out during the party, then contestants are judges, and the winner is announce that night. The winner will receive free admission to the following year’s party as well as cash and prizes to be determined. Registration is closing in on these events. You have a little over a month and a half to get your registration in.

Now, MHC wouldn’t be complete without some Education to help your haunt or event. And the List of Seminar Speakers for the HauntBots Seminars has been updated.

HAUNTBOTS SEMINAR SPEAKERS:
MHC’s educational offerings are industry acclaimed and very affordable. We offer a variety of preconvention workshops, as well as 40+ hours of weekend seminars. Many haunt producers bring their actors and makeup artists for the reasonably priced training classes. Classes are targeted to haunt producers, scene/prop builders, makeup artists and actors. From the beginner to the professional; everyone can learn from our seasoned instructors. Stop back soon for a list of classes.

Some of the Speakers Include:
John Barrowman, Jana Beagley, Michael Davy, Virgil Franklin, Glen & Melissa Gilmore, Beth Biasella, Katie Lane, Allen Hopps, Katie “Bansheette Morningstar” Lane, George Maser, Scott Olson, Scott Schaffer, Matthew Seel, Jeff Simmons, Scott Sliger, Dick Terhune, Pam Trent, Robin Walters, MS, Brian “Gadget” Warner, Jon Williams

Now just when you thought you were done with some of the MHC Updates. The Saturday Night Activities has been announced as well. Our Saturday evening activities begin at 4:30 with Monster Makeup Wars. The infamous MHC Masquerade Party begins at 8:30. You have the following to get your Haunt On in June:
Midwest Haunters Convention Masquerade Party

Saturday June 5th 8:30 pm – 1:00 am

The party will be held in the 17,000sf Regency Ballroom at our host hotel: the Hyatt Regency Columbus.

$40 per person ($35 with weekend seminar registration).

Admission includes the following: Heavy Hors d’ ovres, DJ w/dance floor, entertainment, prizes and a place to party with hundreds of your costumed friends.

Everyone is invited; the Midwest Haunters Convention participants can showcase their favorite Halloween characters/costumes. We’ll invite the public to join us in costume too.

Listed below are approximate times for our events/contests on Saturday night:

8:30 Doors open with background music
9:00 Body Art Fashion show
9:30 Ms Midwest Scary Pageant
10:30 Costume contest
11:30 We’ll announce winners of the pageant and costume contest
Play music until 1:00 am

Midwest Haunters Convention is going to be a great time once again and we will have more information as the event draws near including the organizers stopping in on the show. For more information about the annual event visit: www.MidwestHaunters.com

C.H.A.O.S. Haunted House Safety Program 2010

Each year the International Association of Haunted Attractions launches a program to help Haunted Attractions better educate themselves on safety, procedure, fire codes and more. And in 2010, the next chapter in the C.H.A.O.S. program is set to launch.

In 2010 the C.H.A.O.S. Introduction to Haunted House Safety 1.0 (Fire & Panic In Haunted Houses / Code Compliance – Life Safety 101) will once again be brought to you by The International Association of Haunted Attractions (IAHA) and TransWorld Exhibits. They have teamed up to bring you C.H.A.O.S, the associations’ safety course that is recommend to anyone running a haunted attraction. This 2 plus hour course will count towards your 8 hours required to receive your certification. Each year IAHA along with TransWorld will offer safety classes you can attend to fulfill your requirement for certification. When you complete the 8 hours, you will be given a certificate that can be used to show your fire marshal, insurance carrier, and local authority to impress upon them the your desire to run a safe haunted attraction. This introductory course will explore the historical origins of NFPA 101 “The Lifesaving Code” using actual case studies to underscore the importance of NFPA 1010 in an overall risk reduction strategy for haunted houses, mazes and other attractions that can be classified as “Special Amusement Buildings.”

The course will also explore how the codes and standards impact your overall risk reduction strategy for your haunted attraction. The presentation will focus on all aspects of NFPA 101 Lifesaving code, NFPA 701, NFPA 10, and other codes that impact the overall safety of your attraction. You cannot afford to miss this seminar. We as an industry must put safety first.

The program will run 2.5 hours, presented by Phil Slaggert. Note: All participants will be issued a certificate of completion. All for the price of $45.00 for Members and $65.00 for Non-Members.

for more information or to register visit: www.IAHAWeb.com

Merry Christmas to all our Deadites!!! Enjoy your Family, Friends and Loved Ones!

Merry Christmas to all of our Deadites! Enjoy this Holiday to enjoy your family, friends and loved ones. It is a day to take a few moments, turn off the computer, get off of Facebook, no Myspace, and forget about Twitter for just one day.

Turn off the cell phones and avoid texting. Just take these moments to spend that time with the ones you love. And if you have kids, then stop now and make those memories!

So until Monday Deadites, we will return then and MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Merry Christmas,
Jonathan
Owner / Operator of Rotting Flesh Radio

Happy Halloween from RFR: The 2009 Party Mix Ready for You!

Enjoy the 5th Annual Rotting Flesh Radio Party Mix. This year we keep it spooky and rocking away with tradition, with some special guests stopping in. This year we have the additions of the Woods of Terror, The Beast and Shrine of Horrors Haunted Attractions joining us.

So Sit Back, Relax and Rot Away to the 5th Annual Halloween Party Mix.

LISTEN NOW:
RIGHT CLICK, SAVE LINK/TARGET AS: RFR_10_31_2009.mp3 Party Mix

The Steampunk Haunted House All-New Trailer

This Halloween you can enjoy the beauty, glamour and scariness of Steampunk meeting the Haunt Industry. We have discussed the Steampunk Haunted House before on RFR, you can see the write by Clicking Here, and have nothing but high expectations from the new debut event.

Later this week we will also have Zach Morris, one of the founders of the event stopping in on the show.

Well, if you are in NYC, and want to see these two worlds collide, they open tomorrow! Here is their all new trailer for the event. For more on the event itself visit: www.ThirdRailProjects.com

Steampunk Haunted House Trailer from Third Rail Projects on Vimeo.

All-New Trailer for The Wolfman Released

As we discussed the upcoming Universal Reboot of the Wolfman, (which you can read here), there has been an all-new trailer released now. This one seems a bit more heavy in terms of marketing to a mass audience.

We still think this will be an awesome film!!! So Sit Back and Enjoy!

You can find out more about the film at: www.TheWolfmanMovie.com

Buccaneers Cheerleaders Visit Howl-O-Scream!

Tampa, FL (October 2009) – Tampa Bay Buccaneers Cheerleaders Roseanne Strobel, Holly Sellers, Cynthia Bastos, Aubrey Gainey, Nina Stauffer, Ryan Theriault, Rochelle Alvarez and Jaime Hanna took a break from the sidelines to visit
Howl-O-Scream 2009 at Busch Gardens over the weekend. During their evening at the nationally ranked event, the cheerleaders toured the brand-new Delta-Epsilon-Delta: Pledge Week and Nightshade Toy Factory haunted houses and the El Carnaval del Muerto and Werewolves scare zones.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Cheerleaders faced their childhood nightmares as they experience the terrifying all-new haunted house Nightshade Toy Factory at Busch Gardens’ Howl-O-Scream. These brave Bucs Cheerleaders ventured into the mysterious manufacturing plant, where they were teased by diabolical dolls, terrible teddy bears and possessed playthings. These twisted toys are alive…and they are coming after the adults who have forgotten them and you could be next!

As night falls, a hoard of restless half-man, half-beast monsters patiently wait for innocent Howl-O-Scream guests to stumble into their lair. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Cheerleaders Ryan Theriault, Aubrey Gainey, Nina Stauffer, Rochelle Alvarez, Roseanne Strobel, Holly Sellers, Jaime Hanna, and Cynthia Martinez cautiously cross the all-new scare zone Werewolves, where those who are not worthy to join the clan will be preyed upon as dinner.

Howl-O-Scream runs every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night during October. For more information visit HouseofVayne.com or call 1-888-800-5447.

Clothing to Die for: For Haunters By Haunters and Special “rfrpodcast” Sale Code!

As haunters, we tend to wear dark colors to better blend in with our haunts. And often share, exchange and give out our shirts to fellow haunters. Well, when two veteran haunters walked through the convention floors they noticed something was missing. That’s when the idea of Deceased Clothing came to their minds. Clothing for haunters by haunters.

Created by Joel Fearon and Andrew Klokow, Deceased Clothing has now come to life to show the haunt industry that we can have our own brand. “We needed to have something for ourselves, something we could call our own and we decided to create the brand Deceased.” co-owner Andrew Klokow of Deceased Clothing stated. Many of you RFR Deadites will remember Andrew, known as Omro at the time doing Movies Reviews in the Chainsaw Buffet for the show.

The newly developmed company has some high end products that are going to haunt your world debuting soon. The quality is not your typical quick press shirts from any internet site. They are high end quality cotton tees, screened with supreme detail. And the debut shirt, really shows the direction they are going in this initial launch.

Deceased Clothing is now on sale with its debut shirt “Requiem”. And you can get a discount for this debut product by entering a RFR exclusive promo code. If you type in the Promo Code “rfrpodcast” you will receive a special discount only good until October 19th. For more about the company and to place an order check out: DeceasedClothing.com “Clothing to Die for…”

Get Haunted with the Insane at the Asylum Haunted Attraction

The Asylum Haunted Attraction is now ready to open its doors to those residents in Kansas. At the Asylum Haunted Attraction you enter an environment of pure Halloween Insanity. The records have last shown that in the First Ward there are 10 of the most sick and dangerous Serial Killers lived and now haunt the halls. The Mad Man Marz has never been located and with you winding around every turn you will wonder if you will make it out alive. It is in the Asylum Haunted you will seek shelter in closets, run down hallways and finally enter the Blacken Dark Chambers of the Asylum Walls. From there you move on to the NIGHT TERRORS.

The Night Terrors haunt at the Asylum is where you can find SEK FEAR FACTORY. And at SEK, they are doing something completely different for their customers. It is here groups of customers will enter the Pitch Black Environment with the assistance of only a single Glow Stick! Inside the dark damp walls are the Infected Ones and they will have to make their way out alive. This event is only running on November 1st and 2nd. So make sure to catch this two night event.

The Asylum Haunted Attraction has been in operation for the last two years at an old nursing home in Chetopa Kansas. Themed with the look and feel of an Asylum, it is one of the bigger attractions in the area featuring The Vortex of Insanity as well as an intense environment filled with the Criminally Insane actors inside. This 3 wing indoor-outdoor attraction is far from any ordinary haunted house. Only being the second year in operation, the Asylum has grown in size impacting the haunted industry. Featured on Haunt World, The Asylum is very unique by ensuring all characters are “pumped up” and ready to go for the crowds by channeling today’s rock music through the attraction. We have found that both staff and customers love the impact of the music. “This is one of two I have seen in the United States using this type of music” The Haunted Enthusiasts Jim Patton.

The event runs 7pm until Midnight throughout the rest of the month of October, with the Night Terrors the first week of November.

For more information about this Chetopa, Kansas event visit their official site at: www.SekFearFactory.ws
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Get some Halloween on your Walls at Home from Christopher Tupa

We always discuss dark art and illustrations here on the site and on the show. And now here is some great cartoon, poppy, sunday morning editorial style art for your home this Halloween.

The all new Monster Parade Print is available as a 5×7 Print and as an added bonus it also includes a FREE Garry Graveyard Print! The thing that makes this print awesome is the little details as well. The Monster Print has hand-painted glow-in-the-dark highlights and comes with a 3×5 bonus print of Graveyard Garry! All for only $12.00! How awesome is that.

The pieces are drawn by Christopher Tupa, he loves to draw, paint, and just plain create. He tends to draw and play with toys while he watches movies. If you are interested in purchasing this art or contacting Christopher for you own commissioned work feel free to visit: www.CTupa.com