IT’S PITTSBURGH FOR HAuNTcon 2012!!

So HAuNTcon is coming up right around the corner…okay well actually in 2012, but you gotta be prepared as both a vendor and a buyer.

Rotting Flesh Radio was covering the 2011 HAuNTcon event as the Official Media Sponsor (CLICK HERE TO HEAR RFR HAuNTcon COVERAGE FROM 2011) and so will be the case in 2012. And true to form, the annual tradeshow moves from location to location every year. This proves to keep it fresh, expand to haunters who may not be able to travel to a single location and also bring fun unique haunt tours each year.

Well HAuNTcon has Officially Announced its’ Location and Dates for the 2012 Annual Tradeshow. The Official Press Release Reads:

“HAuNTcon 2012 will be at the Monroeville Convention Center, 209 Mall Boulevard, Monroeville, PA, (a suburb of Pittsburgh) May 3 through May 7, 2012. With the pre-show haunt tour May 2nd and 3rd.

This is the first year HAuNTcon will be in a convention center rather than a hotel. The host hotel is the Monroeville Double Tree, 101 Mall Boulevard Monroeville, PA and the hotel will be the location of THE social event of the haunting season, the 2012 HAuNTcon Costume Ball, Saturday May 5. This hotel is a upscale Hilton property and HAuNTcon discounted room rate will be a low $114 a night.

This location just happens to be next to the Monroeville Mall, most famous for its appearance in the George A. Romero horror film Dawn of the Dead (1978).

We are still working out the details but stay tuned for hotel and ticket registration info. We are in discussion with several Haunted Attractions in the Pittsburgh area about tours during the convention, but let us know which Haunts you would like us to tour at HAuNTcon 2012 in Pittsburgh, PA!

And mark your calendars now to make sure you don’t miss HAuNTcon 2012, May 3-7 in Pittsburgh, PA!”

So get ready for some education, fun, vendors, haunt tours, costume party and more from HAuNTcon in 2012. Stay tuned to Rotting Flesh Radio for information as it becomes available and be sure to look for us on the show floor once again. For more on HAuNTcon visit: www.HAuNTcon.com

ABOUT HAUNTCON:
HAuNTcon is an acronym for the Haunted Attraction National Tradeshow and Conference, an expo and convention “Designed by Haunters, for Haunters” of every age and level of experience. HAuNTcon brings people who love Haunted Houses and Halloween together for a fun-filled four days and nights of Haunter Education, Tours of Local Haunted Houses, a packed Tradeshow Floor, Hearse Show and an incredible Costume Ball!

A key component of HAuNTcon is education! Over 40 hours of seminars, Make-n-takes, workshops and demonstrations, all included in the price of admission. Our education is designed to help attendees learn new techniques on makeup and actor training, prop and set building, advertising and marketing, as well as tips and tricks to make their lives easier and their attractions more successful.

The Haunted Industry’s Transworld Haunt Show Launches the 2012 Promo Video

Once the Haunt Season has wrapped, and the haunts are torn down, or boxed for the winter, every haunter takes a deep breath and sighs. It’s over. That’s when planning begins once again for both vendors and haunters. And this kicks off with the Annual Transworld Haunt Show.

Every year the Transworld event brings some of the top vendors, seminars, haunt tours and more to the table. This is the event where many haunters will attend only this tradeshow. And it is just that, a tradeshow. One thing Transworld is, is a buyers show. This is the place where many vendors will debut all-new products for the season, haunters and get fresh ideas, buy in bulk and most vendors gain 65% of their annual sales.

There will be more information coming in the upcoming weeks and once again Rotting Flesh Radio is a sponsor and will be vending on the tradeshow floor.

Well all-new to show you just want the Annual Transworld Haunt Show is, they have released their new promo video to pump you up for the 2012 event. (CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO ROTTING FLESH RADIO’S LIVE TRANSWORLD COVERAGE)

(Click Here to See the Transworld Haunt Show Promo 2012 Video)

So as you can see, it is time to gear up, get stoked, and most of all get through this season, but then prepare for the Annual Transworld Haunt Show. For more information on Transworld visit: www.HAAShow.com. The Haunted Attractions and Halloween Industry opens for business March 8-11, 2012.

ABOUT TRANSWORLD’S HAUNT SHOW:
“Whether you are opening a haunted attraction for the first time, or are a seasoned veteran, the Transworld Halloween and Attractions show is a must see event. This is the only trade show that features vendors, from across the nation and overseas, that cover every aspect of our business, from ticketing to makeup and sound FX to giant animatronics. If you are a pro haunter, or want to become one, you cannot afford to miss this event.” – Randy Bates, owner The Bates Motel haunt.

For the last 16 years, TransWorld’s annual Halloween & Attractions Show has been a “must attend” event in the Halloween & Haunt industries. This year is no exception!

During these four days in March, the Haunt industry will gather to network, get new ideas and approaches, purchase product, compare horror stories and have a solid great time!

Show #241: Morbidly Merry Xmas in July – Waverly Hills Sanatorium, Heavy Rebel Weekener, Haunt Industry News and more..

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What better way to beat the heat from the Morgue Deadites than to close out the month with a Morbidly Merry Christmas Celebration! This week we cool off in the morgue with Twisted Christmas tunes, Morbid Fun and more. To kick the fat man down the shoot we have RFR Casket Crew’s The Unknown Scare Actor coming to us all show long Live from the Waverly Hills Sanatorium haunt and ghost tour. He is going to begin us the stories, the shadows, the terror and more from Waverly Hills Sanatorium. In addition we have the Rabid Badger back at the Heavy Rebel Weekender. Badger is on location at this Psycho-Rockabilly event with interviews from Rick Frine, Psycho Charger, the Memphis Morticians and more.

We have RFR Casket Crew’s Storm with another rant In A Haunt Minute and the new Fresh Meat with Pierce is back counting down those days until Halloween!

This week in Haunt Industry News we have information covering the RFR Smartphone App, All-New Casket Crew Members, Midnight Syndicate, Scarehouse, Delirium Dog, The Fear Fair Haunted Attraction, The Fear Camp, The Bates Motel and Hayride, Fearfest, the Travel Channel, Disneyland Paris, Terrorific Nights, Halloween Horror Nights, The Thing, Bush Gardens, Howl O Scream, The Fear Experience Haunted House, All-New Haunt Tees, The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror, Dexter, The Haunting Truth Documentary, Hellfest the Movie, Seaworld Entertainment, IAAPA Expo, the Casey Anthony Latex Mask, Six Degrees of Hell, Corey Feldman, Hotel of Horror Haunted Attraction, Evil Clown Bar Crawl for A Child’s Place Charity, The Gnombies, Flashback Weekend Horror Convention, Voltron Defender of the Universe, Pee Wee Herman and more!

We have a special treat for our Morbidly Merry Christmas Celebration at the closing of the casket at the end of the show and other rotting goodies.

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

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PAST SHOWS:
RFR 7-8-2011 Live at ScareCon, Cliff Allen, The Haunted Hagen Stop In
RFR 6-24-2011 Dent SChoolhouse’s Damien Reaper and Nightmare on Elm St. Lisa Wilcox
RFR 6-17-2011 Week Two of the 8th Annual Midwest Haunters Convention Coverage
RFR 6-10-2011 Week One of the 8th Annual Midwest Haunters Convention Coverage
RFR 5-27-2011 HEATHER LANGENKAMP Stops In and Kelly Collins of Midwest Haunters
RFR 5-13-2011 Jon Bernthal and Haunt Apps Stop In
RFR 5-6-2011 Live HAuNTcon 2011 (Tom Devlin Stops In and more)
RFR 3-18-2011 Live from Transworld Haunt Show 2011
RFR 3-4-2011 Chad Savage of Sinister Visions
RFR 2-18-2011 Exec V.P. of Transworld Jen Braverman and Insane Shane Sue
RFR 2-11-2011 Tyler Barnett and Ministry 80 Stop In
RFR 2-5-2011 Canadian Haunters Convention & Live at Spookywoods
RFR 1-24-2011 Haunt Vendor Surverys, Haunt Owner Rich Strelek
RFR 12-3-2010 LIVE from Arx Mortis and HAuNTcon’s Leonard Pickel
RFR 11-19-2010 LIVE Spooky Ranch and Hauntville
RFR 11-12-2010 LIVE at Wells Township Haunted Attraction
RFR 11-5-2010 LIVE at Hundred Acres Manor and Legendary Haunt Tour Stops In
RFR 10-29-2010 LIVE at Nightmare Factory Haunted House
RFR 10-22-2010 LIVE at Legends of the Fog Haunted Attraction
RFR 10-8-2010 RFR Annual Haunt Tours Kick Off
RFR 10-1-2010 w/Terror on the Fox & Myers House NC
RFR 9-17-2010 w/Meg Foster, Adrian Barbeau & Carson Aune
RFR 9-10-2010 w/DOUG BRADLEY, LOST BOYS & Pumpkin Teeth
RFR 9-3-2010 w/RFR Kicking Off the Haunt Season
RFR 8-27-2010 w/Miko Hughes & Julian Sands
RFR 7-30-2010 w/Robert Carradine & East Coast Haunt Club
RFR 7-16-2010 Live at Heavy Rebel Weekender
RFR 7-9-2010 w/Deneen Melody & Comic Book Divas
RFR 7-2-2010 Celebrate the 4th w/RFR
RFR 6-25-2010 RFR Reborn with MHC Coverage
RFR 5-14-2010 with Alex Vincent and RA Mihaioff
RFR 5-7-2010 LIVE from HAuNTcon 2010
RFR 4-30-2010 RFR Crew Heads out to 3 Cons at Once
RFR 4-23-2010 w/Prop Master Paul Byers
RFR 4-9-2010 Coverage of Transworld & Horrorhound
RFR 3-26-2010 with G Tom Mac
RFR 3-19-2010 LIVE from Monstermania w/Eric Roberts and more
RFR 3-12-2010 with Trick or Treat Studios
RFR 3-5-2010 Haunting Scares Into March
RFR 2-12-2010 with Midwest Haunters Convention
RFR 2-5-2010 OUR 200TH SHOW! RFR:The Musical
RFR 1-29-2010 with The Mortician and Casket Crew
RFR 1-22-2010 with Brian Lashchuck of Beyond the Grave Prod.
RFR 1-15-2010 with Kevin Alvey of Gore Galore
RFR 1-8-2010 with RFR Ringing in 2010
RFR 12-18-2009 with Oderus Ungerus of Gwar
RFR 11-27-2009 with Spookywoods Haunted Attraction
RFR 11-20-2009 with Ben Armstrong of Netherworld
RFR 11-13-2009 with Scream Queen Brooke Lewis
RFR 10-30-2009 LIVE at Hundred Acres Manor
RFR 10-23-2009 with ROBERT ENGLUND (Freddy Krueger)
RFR 10-16-2009 LIVE from Goatman Hollow Haunt Experience
RFR 10-9-2009 LIVE from Frightmares at Buck Hill
RFR 10-2-2009 with Bush Gardens Howl-O-Scream
RFR 9-25-2009 with Terror Behind the Walls & Toxic Toons
RFR 9-18-2009 with Los Angeles Haunted Hayride
RFR 9-4-2009 with Pale Night Productions
RFR 8-28-2009 with TVTV Transylvania Television
RFR 8-21-2009 with Lexington’s Scream Park
RFR 8-14-2009 with Screaming Zombie Energy Drink
RFR 8-7-2009 with DEREK MEARS (Jason Vorhees 2009)

Haunt Tactics and Zombie Go Boom Join Forces

Haunt Tactics, a supplier of Costumes and Props for the Haunted Attraction Industry is also the supplier for Zombie Go Boom.

Haunt Tactics believes that the Haunter is your tactical advantage. With NEW Zombie Armor they have created full body zombie costumes. The body parts are fused to lightweight compression suits in the molding process giving amazing 360′ detail. These costumes are amazing to say the least and add to any haunted attraction.

Now you can see these costumes in use as part of Zombie Go Boom. When thinking of how to describe Zombie Go Boom, you have to think recent televisuion shows like ‘Deadliest Warrior’ or ‘Mythbusters’ to get in the mind set and then think Zombie Zombie Zombie.

Anyways, the combination of these two is fun, hilarious, keeps zombies in our culture and adds a bit of humor to your day if sitting in that office at work, your garage building new props, painting walls black for your haunt, or just interested in getting exposed to zombie culture.

For more on Haunt Tactics visit: www.HauntTactics.com And to get your first viewing of Zombie Go Boom….Check out the Video below.

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE VIDEO ON YOUTUBE

Netherworld’s Monster Scare Up the True Blood Red Carpet Season Kick Off

The Netherworld Haunted House has been known to make a variety of appearances in many places, from movies, television, to being featured in many publications and on the Travel Channel’s Halloween Specials. Well add another scare up notch in the Netherworld belt as once the monsters were finished with Officier Peyton, they went on to the True Blood Season Premiere Red Carpet Event.

Several NETHERWORLD Haunted House monsters were recently seen on the red carpet at a special midnight screening of the first episode of this seasons TRUE BLOOD! Lord Goulich was out on the town with two of his brides when he ran into a Lycanthrope and several of Merlottes staff members…Chaos ensued!

To find out more about the television series: Click Here for True Blood on IMDB

And for more on the Netherworld Haunted House visit: www.FearWorld.com

Time for the Morbidly Merry Christmas Celebration: Bring Horror Icons Together

Vendor List from the 2010 TransWorld Haunt Show

by: RFR Casket Crew Brian

HAAShow_2010_Directory

This is an extensive list of all the vendors at the TransWorld Haunt Show in 2010. This is from this year. Come back in March to get a full list of all new vendors. If you can attend the 2011 show March 10-13, then do it! If you’ve never been and you’re a Halloween/Haunt junkie; you’ll be like a 5 year old at Toys R Us on Christmas!! It’s way different to be there! I had always seen videos and pictures but being present is way cooler!

Visit the site http://www.haashow.com to see what the show is all about. Enjoy the list  HAAShow_2010_Directory and don’t forget to walk the dog!

Halloween Memories, Fall Leaves, Cold Weather and McDonalds?

Growing Up, Halloween was a MUST in my house. From Trick Or Treating, to all the elements that bring back those memories…Fall Leaves, Brisk Cold Nights, Charlie Brown on the TV and McDonalds. WHAT did I just say McDonalds?

McDonalds back in its marketing heyday knew how to target things and make them memorable, not the corporate look and feel that leaves them lifeless now. But who doesn’t rmember a good old Happy Meal and with that came the commercials. Commercials that were set apart along the Saturday Morning lineup.

These commercials were fresh, fun and memorable like a late night with Elvira, or Zacherly the Cool Ghoul. Well, we finally got Elvira back on TV this last week, now let’s see if we can make Halloween memorable again for our kids with some good old fashioned commercials for junk food and Trick or Treat Pails.

Canadian Haunters Convention Set For 2011

Last year marked the debut of the Canadian Haunters Convention and it was a huge success. The new dates for 2011 have been set and now you can book your travel plans for May 12th – 15th, 2011 at the London Convention Centre, in London, Ontario, Canada.

So far for 2011 it seems things are ramping up. Aside from Rotting Flesh Radio going to be in attendance there are such guests already announced such as Leonard Pickel, editor of Haunted Attraction Magazine, Steve Santini, an escape artist and collector of grim medieval implements of torture, Peter Loughran of Master of Illusions who has built FX for Criss Angel, and is the star of a new Hollywood horror film called Plaster Rock and more.

So as it draws closer, we know you are thinking the Haunt Season, but mark your calendar for May, 2011 for the Canadian Haunters Convention. Pre-Registration will be available so be prepared to invade Canada Haunter Style.

For more information visit: www.CanadaHaunts.ca

Wholesale Costume Club Launches Halloween Costume Fundraising Program

The Wholesale Costume Club has officially launched their all-new Halloween Costume Fundraising Program.

This marks a first in the Halloween and Haunt Industry where a wholesale distributor of costumes is allowing no minimum order requirements as well as letting their items be open to the public to purchase. The idea of the program is to help schools and organizations earn money needed for their location. Schools and Organizations 15% of every Costume or Accessory purchased through the program.

This is a groundbreaking movement within the haunt industry and setting new goals as a first of its kind (with what we expect, many more to follow). In moments your organization or school can be registered and ready to earn money needed and best of all any organization is welcome to the program with open arms.

For more information visit: www.HalloweenFundraiser.com. The Halloween Costume Fundraiser ends on October 31, 2010

Here is what the Wholesale Costume Club has to say about the Halloween Fundraiser Program:
“We believe that a fundraiser ideas should be fun for everyone involved. It should be easy for the organization and offer products and services that are useful and affordable for the consumer. Nearly every family in America with school aged children buys Halloween costumes. So we have made it possible for your organizations to take advantage of earning money on something that people are already planning to purchase. This is the easiest fundraiser you’ll ever run.

Forget about the expensive candy and gift wrap sales. Earn fundraising dollars on items that all kids want and parents need to buy – Halloween costumes! There is no door-to-door selling, no catalogs and order forms to process, no upfront purchases and no hassle. It costs nothing to sign up and you can start raising money the next day. Simply call us at 732-486-1006 to get started!

Here is What We Offer:
FREE Registration for your organization. Sign up takes just a few minutes

WHOLESALE COSTUME PRICES FOR EVERYONE who uses your Custom ID at checkout

Your organization earns 15% of sales

Over 10,000 Halloween costumes and accessories

Same Day Shipping on Orders places by 3 PM EST

So start erning that extra revenue for your school, group or organization in a fast and fun way while getting your Halloween and Haunt Fix! To find out more visit: www.HalloweenFundraiser.com

ABOUT WHOLESALE COSTUME CLUB:

Wholesale Costume Club is an innovative new concept in costume shopping. We are the only costume website on the internet that lets you purchase Halloween costumes at wholesale club member or non-member prices that are below the lowest retail prices you’ll find on any online costume store.

WholesaleCostumeClub.com was founded to give consumers the best possible selection at the lowest prices available on the internet. Wholesale Costume Club offers the newest and best designs from the most popular costume manufacturers in the industry. These are the same costumes you’ll find at mass retail stores and online Halloween costume shops except for one major difference: WHOLESALE COSTUME PRICES!!!