The Baysox Introduce Psycho Safari Haunted House at Prince George’s Stadium

The Bowie Baysox and Tulip Gulch Productions announced that a terrifying new adventure at Prince George’s Stadium in MD is coming this Haunt Season. The Psycho Safari is a haunted attraction open to thrill-seekers starting Friday, Sept. 30, and continuing every Friday and Saturday in October, as well as Sunday, Oct. 30, and Halloween Monday, Oct. 31. Tulip Gulch Productions produces the longest-running haunted attraction the region, now in its 10th year at Prince George’s Stadium and 25th year in Bowie.

The Psycho Safari is rated PG-13 and parental discretion is highly advised. The show features more than 30 live actors along with props and special effects, and takes approximately 20 minutes to walk through. Tickets for the haunted house are $17, and special rates are available for groups of 10 or more that order tickets in advance. Tickets can be purchased online at www.baysox.com or by calling the Baysox at (301) 805-6000.

Stadium gates open for the haunted house at 6:30 p.m. and tours run from dusk until 11 p.m. The entire show takes place indoors and all shows open rain or shine. The line for the haunted house forms on the concourse level of the stadium. While the concourse is covered and remains dry, fans are encouraged to dress for the weather.

Baysox General Manager Brian Shallcross has been pleased to terrify Baysox fans over the years. “Our haunted house is the best haunted house in the region,” Shallcross said. “The innovation and intricacies of our event get better every year and we are thrilled and slightly scared about the safari. Our haunted house is another example of our efforts to utilize our facility for year-round entertainment.”

Psycho Safari Dates:
• Friday, Sept. 30 – Saturday, Oct. 1

• Friday, Oct. 7 – Saturday, Oct. 8

• Friday, Oct. 14 – Saturday, Oct. 15

• Friday, Oct. 21 – Saturday, Oct. 22

• Friday, Oct. 28 – Monday, Oct. 31

The Baysox open their 20th season at Prince George’s Stadium Thursday, April 5. To keep up with Baysox news during the offseason and for the PSYCHO SAFARI visit www.baysox.com.

Grimm Fairy Tale #2: Halloween 2010 (Review)

by: RFR Casket Crew Denise

The second Grimm Halloween special arrives with a brand new original vampire story. when four vampire obsessed teens head out for a night on the town in search of the real thing. They quickly discover they have bitten off much more than they can chew. The group finds themselves face to face with an actual clan of real vampires who are intent on teaching the wannabe teens a horrifying lesson.

Now the way I understand it, most of you Deadites are not particular fans of Twilight. I know most if not all the crew finds Twilight a laughable offense – sparkling vampires. But nevertheless, Grimm’s Halloween issue ventures into that area. In fact, this issue, I think, mocks Twilight.

There is one particular scene I like. Our vampire obsessed teens arrive at a party covered in glitter. When they enter the party, all the guest stop and gawk at them. While this is a classic cliché, I got a good chuckle.

Once again the people at Grimm’s Fairy Tales have delivered an entertaining and twisted tale of Halloween and vampires.

This issue was written by Joe Brusha, Raven Gregory and Ralph Tedesco. The art was done by Marcio Abreu, Geldson Barreto and Alisson Rodrigues. It was published by Zenescope.

After 25 Years, Dublin Ohio will Scare it up with a Haunted House

It’s been more than 25 years since a haunted attraction operated in the Dublin area. This fall; the Scare-A-Torium, one of the scariest Halloween haunted attractions in Ohio has relocated to the Dublin Village Center south of I-270 and Sawmill Road. The Scare-A-Torium provides two attractions with more than 50 creative scenes with a support staff of 80 actors, makeup artists and safety personnel.

The last haunt in Dublin was operated by the Jaycees. They used to operate in old schools and abandoned houses, but requirements for sprinkler systems and costly safety features forced many of them to close. Haunted attractions have evolved in many ways to entertain guests in a safe manner. Also the appearance and performance of entertainers has changed with special effects makeup and custom characters.

[

The Scare-A-Torium, housed in the 31,000 square foot Dublin Village Center space will offer the ultimate in fright-entertainment. The Scare-A-Torium formerly operated for two years at Karl Road and Rt 161 in a former Big Bear grocery store space. "The haunt received rave reviews from haunt teams that traveled throughout the Ohio Valley. We were rated # 1 in acting, costuming and makeup by the Ohio Valley Haunt Reviewer. They visited over 80 attractions last year we’re thrilled they voted us the best," boasted Kelly Collins, the mastermind and haunted industry veteran behind the attraction. He continues, "We have a solid team of performers and we’ve been holding training sessions on makeup and acting year round.”

“With the new location in Dublin; we’ve added more scenes and created an awesome castle entrance that will be visible through large windows from the parking lot” added Collins. “Our new location offers lots of free parking and is easily accessible from the Outer belt, Dublin Granville Road, Riverside Drive and Sawmill Road.”

The Scare-A-Torium includes two haunted attractions and they’ll be open Thursday through Sunday nights during the month of October and the last weekend in September. The Scare-A-Torium is a collection of fears from around the world with a second attraction; RIP’s Funhouse; creating one of the largest haunted attractions in central Ohio.

The Scare-A-Torium is a very frightening experience and it is not recommended for small children, but special Family Friendly tours are offered on October Sunday afternoons from 4:30 – 7:00 pm for families. Kids 12 and under are admitted for just $1 with a special $7 adult admission ticket purchase. The overhead lights are on, the sounds are on, but there won’t be any monsters in there to frighten them. Members of the Ghost Busters of Columbus and non-scary performers will assist as tour guides during the Lights-on tours. A portion of proceeds is donated to local community organizations.

The Scare-A-Torium Haunted Attraction is located in the Dublin Village Center at 6765 Dublin Center Drive in Dublin, Ohio, 43017; immediately South and East off I-270 and Sawmill Road near the Dublin AMC 18 Movie Theater.

Please visit www.ColumbusHauntedHouse.com for Tickets, Pricing and more.

**We have RFR Casket Crew’s Pierce attending the event along with RFR Casket Crew Blogger Claymation Werewolf this opening weekend and will bring you Deadites full coverage!!**

Attention Foolish Mortals: There’s always Room For 1 More Haunted Mansion Event!

If it is one thing that haunters have in common, it is their love of the Haunted Mansion. Be that the mansion at Walt Disney World, Disneyland, or even Phantom Manor in Paris, we all love those pesky Hitchhiking Ghosts and Master Gracy and let’s not forget Leota.

Well now in time for Walt Disney World’s 40th Anniversary the “There’s Always Room For One More event is set to take place at the Contemporary Resort on September 30th. I know Rotting Flesh Radio has our ticket to the event as well as other haunters such as Fright Kingdom’s Tim Dunn. So let’s get you the information on this one of a kind event as well.

“Materialize, Foolish Mortals for an underworld party of the Haunted Mansion at Disney’s Contemporary Resort, where the disembodied are dying to take you on a Fright of Fantasy. Our Ghost Host will ensure that the residents of the Mansion are in high spirits and ready to greet you as they come out to socialize and immortalize during the evening.

From tombstones to headstones, we have left no stone unturned as we invite you to step through the graveyard gates of the Mansion cemetery, recreated with ghoulish delight inside Disney’s Contemporary Resort. Here you can dine in a mist enshrouded banquet realm hidden among the crypts. While the organ plays, restless spirits will rise to entertain you during a Mansion’s feast where everything is laid to rest by our Ghoulish Gastronomists. The cryptic dreams that haunt you in the night will be exchanged and explained by expert apparitions. Don’t fear – there are plenty of other restless spirits just dying to meet you throughout the night!

Have I piqued your curiosity or scared you to death?

Should you care to join us, be sure to bring your death certificate as final arrangements need to be made on your behalf for a spook-tacular event. Don’t be left hangin’ in regions beyond – this will be a party to die for!”

Important Ghastly Details:
Admission:
$285.00 per Guest

When:
Friday, September 30, 2011
9:00am – 9:00pm

Where:
Disney’s Contemporary Resort

You can register yourself or find out more on the event at: www.WaltDisneyWorld.com

INFORMATION ON THE GHOSTLY GOODIES:
- Be the first to pre-purchase limited edition event logo product, Haunted Mansion themed collectibles and Walt Disney World 40th Anniversary collectibles.

- Deadly silent auction including a performance art lot by Noah.

- Artist Viewing to meet and greet with other worldly renowned artists such as Noah, Robert Olszewski, Jim Shore, Greg McCullough, Dave Avanzino, and Disney Design Group Artists Quynh Kimball, Monty Maldovan, Mike Sullivan, Tyler Dumas, John Henselmeier and Costa Alavezos.

- A Cryptic Conversation with our ghoulish council of Walt Disney Imagineers.

- Ghostly feast with haunting sounds and full-bodied entertainment.

- Deadly Departure Gift

As being part of the event you also will get a DEADLY DEPARTED GIFT. Let’s just say I am stoked for this one as it is the long lost attraction at the Magic Kingdom’s MR. TOAD as we was bronzed in Toad Hall on Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride which has now been replaced by Winnie the Pooh. Standing at 14″ Tall it is a must have for any Disney Collector.

If you are attending let us know as well and join up and have a night of Haunted Mansion Fun, Ghastly Goodies and a few Drinks.

If only we could ask Dr. Frankenstein about his “Abby Normal” Experimentations…

by: RFR Casket Crew Hatter 99

For some of us, IT’S HERE. For others (like myself), there are a couple of weeks or so to go until our haunts open. Whatever the case, the witching season is near…Here in Ohio there is a cool nip in the air, cornstalks reaching toward the stars, and Halloween superstores popping up everywhere. This week down the rabbit hole let’s discuss the importance of experimentation, while our neonatal Halloween season is still gooey and awaiting its newborn spank.

Hat ON.

Technically I only began my haunting career one year ago, so almost everything that I’m doing is still experimental for me. I expect that many veteran haunters with open minds are likewise constantly involved in similar experimentations. For a newbie haunter like me, though, I learn a thousand new things every night. From scaring methods to makeup techniques to dealing with difficult members of the public, there are multiple opportunities every night for experimentation. Thankfully, I’ve found that most haunts encourage their employees to experiment. Any good haunter will know if a particular technique is working in soliciting scares; likewise, any good haunter will want to experiment with a different technique if things aren’t going so well. Of course we all have our boundaries and are responsible for keeping within those boundaries, but it’s not like we’re assembling computer chips…There is no mathematical science in this gig. What works for one group might not work for the next, and one reason that haunt owners hire actors instead of buying animatronics is that we are capable of adapting to various situations. Is one hiding-place not creating a satisfactory number of scares?

Try somewhere else. Do groups keep bumping into each other at a certain point in the Haunt? Maybe they need to be sped up or slowed down somewhere through some creative acting. Devise a theory. Develop a plan. Test your hypothesis. EXPERIMENT. We’re not going to get 100% scares every time. If you’re a good haunter, you’ll know it, and you’ll get enough good scares to make up for the duds. We all know that some members of the public refuse to have fun and get scared in a haunt, and in those cases we can’t do anything about that, but in other cases it might be a genuine rift in the haunt itself that you, as an intelligent, problem-solving, living human upright thing can solve through experimenting.

Hat OFF.

House of Shock Delivers All-New Website and a HALLOWEEN Festival!

As we have said time and time again on Rotting Flesh Radio, a haunted attraction must stay current, and up to date on its website. This is to both, keep the current times and dates, information and more for the 2011 season as well as give your potential customers that ‘First Glance’ at what to expect out of your haunt.

This is an important piece to any Haunted House because this could make or break potential customers. This is what gives them the hint at scares lurking at the haunt and more.

Well all-new for 2011, Chad Savage of Sinister Visions has completed and helped the HOUSE OF SHOCK unleash their new site!

The new site captures the true terror that awaits customers at this intense Haunted Attraction. The graphics are very interactive, fluttering across your monitor sending chills down your spine while giving you chills of pure delight in what you experience at the House of Shock.

The House of Shock has been featured on television, including the Travel Channel and is one of the most intense, terrifying, sadistic, demonic haunted attractions that will leave you in sweat waking from your bed at home!

Within the new website you can see photos from the event, including the dark haunting images that are burned into your brain after peeing your pants at the event.

Chad Savage has done a fantastic job on the new site and it remains easy to navigate for users, has full photo galleries and is interactive for your haunter delight. You can buy from the store and see some twisted videos.

The House of Shock is kicking off on September 30, 2011 and will run on weekends until the close of the Haunt Season. Tickets go on sale at 7:00 pm at the box office (in front of the haunted house) on OPEN NIGHTS ONLY.

The haunted house opens at 8:00 pm. The Box Office closes at 11:00 pm on Fridays & Saturdays, 10:00 pm every other night.

The haunted house closes after all ticket holders have been through the house – this can range between 11:00 pm and Midnight.

to find out more about the House of Shock and the event that will scare the tears out of you, you can visit: www.HouseofShock.com

MORE ON HOUSE OF SHOCK:
The House of Shock is a legendary Haunted Attraction known throughout the world for almost 20 years.

Now, The House of Shock is much more than just a haunted house… It is a HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL! More Food… More Outside Entertainment and of course MORE FIREWORKS!

We have remodeled our entire event and now have plenty of areas to just hang out and watch the freaks! Come on down and get a dose of Liquid Courage from our full service bar or something to eat from the ORIGINAL Hell’s Kitchen! Watch national bands on the House of Shock Music Stage and our NEW Multi-Media Stage Show complete with live actors, stunts and pyrotechnics!

THE BEST PART ABOUT THE HOUSE OF SHOCK OUTDOOR HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL IS THAT IT IS ABSOLUTELY FREE!*

So if The House of Shock was too intense for you before… Now you can come out to enjoy the festival and watch all of your friends, family and total strangers get the $#!T scared out of them! There is no better entertainment than that!

*May be a cover charge on some nights for certain special events or live entertainment.

Rotting Flesh Radio SHOW #245: Derek Mears (Jason Vorhees) Stops in and talks Halloween, Haunt News, Pumpkin Cult, Haunt Tours and more…

SHOW NOTES FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 9, 2011 SHOW #245

LISTEN NOW
http://rfrpodcast.com
or
RIGHT CLICK THIS LINK, SAVE LINK/TARGET AS
(saves it as an mp3 to your computer)
http://www.rfrpodcast.com/RFR_9_9_2011.mp3
or
SUBSCRIBE USING iTUNES
http://www.itunes.com
SUBSCRIBE USING ZUNE
http://www.zune.com
or
USING OUR FREE iPHONE or DROID APP – Search (RFRApp)

THIS WEEK’S SHOW NOTES:
Run for your lives Deadites because we have Comedy, Horror and Hockey Masks as we welcome DEREK MEARS to the show this week! Derek, who played Jason Vorhees in the Friday Redux, was in Predators and is part of Comedy Imrov is stopping in to RFR this week and we talk about his favorite films, Halloween, his favorite Trick or Treat Candy, Items to sign at events and more from this Crazy Crazy Man!

We have RFR Casket Crew’s Storm here with another rant In A Haunt Minute and Pierce is here with another installment of Fresh Meat.

There is a body bag full of Haunt Industry News including Transworld’s Legendary Haunt Tour, The Face of the Great Pumpkin Contest, the Sounds of Gore, Gore Galore, Immortal Masks, Graphic Design for your Haunt or Party, Halloween Wars, The Food Network, The Napa Valley wine Train, DJ Tommy Fullove, Ashland Oregon’s Downtown Halloween Bash, Oct dot Org’s New Website, Monster Matt’s Really Bad Monster Jokes Book, The Beetlejuice Sequel, Horror Realm Con, Comic Book Divas, Toxic Toons Trick or Treat Bags, and more from the Haunt and horror Industry this week.

We have RFR Casket Crew Denise stepping in from the blog to the small screen looking at The Scream of the Banshee, and we Observe the Tragic Events on this Anniversary Weekend.

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

So all you Fright Freaks, Haunters and Halloween Junkies, you can…
Sit Back, Relax and Rot Away to Rotting Flesh Radio!

THIS WEEK’S SHOW: LISTEN NOW BELOW OR
Right Click, Save Link/Target As To This Link: http://rfrpodcast.com/RFR_9_9_2011.mp3
(saves it as an mp3 to your computer)


PAST SHOWS:
RFR Rewind: Podcast Archives

Fully Editable Halloween Graphics for your Party, Event, or Bash

We have the luxury at Rotting Flesh Radio to be a Graphic Designer by trade. But many of you Halloween Enthusiasts, Haunters and Party Goers are not.

Each season you look for that ‘just right’ Halloween image for your Annual Halloween Bash Party invite, flyer and poster. Well now we have found something for you.

We have come across a great designer, Serhat Ozalp on GraphicRiver. He has now added some fantastic Halloween Flyers, Invites and Posters that you can edit, change, insert information and more to, very easy, and quick. And best of all it is 300dpi and Print Ready with Bleeds.

Here is how he describes the files: “The halloween flyer template is 5 by 7 in (5.27 in by 7.27 in with bleeds) and is ready for print, because it’s in CMYK at 300 dpi. The psd file can be edited in Adobe Photoshop, and to be able to change the text.

You will get the download links for the fonts used in the design. The fonts can be downloaded for free. ”

These templates are best of all, affordable at only $6.00 (six dollars) for you to do as you please. So if you need an quick image, a poster, or an invite to your Halloween Bash of 2011, check out both designs in the link below and I hope Rotting Flesh Radio is invited.

Follow This Link to the $6 Editable Template and Get Your Halloween Bash the Look it Deserves this Year!

A Rockin’ Way to Prep Your Limbs for the Haunting Season

by: RFR Casket Crew Hatter 99

In a few short weeks we as scareactors get to shine up our trusty black hauntin’-shoes, de-coagulate our fake blood, and scrape the crusty crud off of our makeup tubes. Mentally, we’re ready. Physically, perhaps not so much. So this week I’d like to share a fun way to get into nimble shape for the haunting season while perhaps fulfilling a lifelong dream that you might have.

Hat ON.

As a child of the 80s, I grew up identifying Michael Jackson’s Thriller as my all-time favorite music video, and it remains so to this day. Killer makeup + Vincent Price + Zombies dancing in the street. It’s a perfect mashup. I always loved that zombie dance sequence, and through the years I would sit on the couch and dream of doing those moves. A few years ago, as I was watching the video, I finally discovered that I actually had legs. I wiggled my right foot. And then I wiggled my left foot. And then–wait for it–YES! I wiggled them both. I stood up, rewound the video to the beginning, and tried to dance along with the video. My confidence quickly fizzled, though, when I discovered that it’s a friggin’ hard dance to do without any instruction. Distraught but still keen to learn, I Googled “How to do the Thriller dance.” After sifting through a few useless sites and smart aleck comments of “Watch the music video,” I found one site that looked promising, THRILL THE WORLD, an entire website devoted to teaching people how to do the dance, and it’s a FANTASTIC resource. The goal of the site is to gather as many people as possible to perform the iconic dance at the same time in their respective areas of the world, and within the site are a plethora of resources for teaching and learning the dance, including dance scripts and instructional videos. If you click “Learn the Dance,” you’ll be taken to a page where you can order the DVD or view all of the videos on YouTube. The instructor breaks the dance down into manageable little chunks, creatively naming each move (e.g. shuffle, hop, stare, roar), and instructing the dancer to say (out loud) those moves when learning the steps. It works like a charm, and in a few short days you’ll be able to mentally chant those moves as you are performing the dance alongside MJ in the video.

So, if you’re looking for a fun way to loosen up for the haunting season and don’t really want to hit up the boring old gym, you can cue up the videos and rot away in your living room. Pull the shades for some spooky darkness. Put on a costume and some makeup if you’re so inclined. And remember: You don’t have to normally be a dancer to have fun with this; after all, you’re playing a zombie, so you can stumble around and screw up your moves all you want, and nobody will be any the wiser. I have zero experience in dancing, but the way the lessons are structured with the emphasis in naming each movement rather than counting, I can do the dance now at will and will likely never forget the chants. That’ll come in handy when I’m six feet under and have a sudden hankering to climb up and do an impromptu performance in the street.

Hat OFF.

Rotting Flesh Radio SHOW #244: Scare Actor Blood King Mathias, Haunted Europe, Industry News, Fear at Fenway and more!

SHOW NOTES FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 2, 2011 SHOW #244

LISTEN NOW
http://rfrpodcast.com
or
RIGHT CLICK THIS LINK, SAVE LINK/TARGET AS
(saves it as an mp3 to your computer)
http://www.rfrpodcast.com/RFR_9_2_2011.mp3
or
SUBSCRIBE USING iTUNES
http://www.itunes.com
SUBSCRIBE USING ZUNE
http://www.zune.com
or
USING OUR FREE iPHONE or DROID APP – Search (RFRApp)

THIS WEEK’S SHOW NOTES:
We are mere weeks away from haunts opening their doors for the season and to get our haunt on this week we have a body bag jam packed for you. To begin we have Haunted Europe back on location with real Haunted Attractions in Scotland! And as many of you haunt owners are gearing up to open your doors, Scare Actors are important in bringing that event to life, so we have The Unknown Scare Actor here with a Scare Actor Spotlight talking with the Blood King Mathias from the Lexington Screampark. They talk scare acting, the Screampark and getting ready to terrify patrons this season.

RFR Casket Crew’s Storm is back with a rant In A Haunt Minute and there is a ton of Haunt Industry News covering the RFR Site, The Fear at Fenway, Spookyworld, The Mortuary Haunted House, The Ghosthunters, Scarehouse Haunted Attraction, Creepy Collection, Deadly Dolls, Paranormal Event at Knotts Scary Farm, Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party, The Lexington Screampark, Zombie Manor Haunted House, Bulletproof Haunt’s Bane, Heidi Klum, Trick or Treat for Unicef, York PA’s Halloween Parade, Costumes for Kids, Threadless Tees, Halloween Births, Toxic Toons, Monsterpieces App, Houston Zombie Walk, Total Skull, and more from the Halloween, Haunt and Horror Industries this week.

We have RFR Pierce here with Fresh Meat calling all Arx Mortis Scare Actors and we bring you Deadite Listener Emails and Feedback. Jigsaw Jim reviews Birdemic in the Rancid Reviews of Sinister Cinema.

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

So all you Fright Freaks, Haunters and Halloween Junkies, you can…
Sit Back, Relax and Rot Away to Rotting Flesh Radio!

THIS WEEK’S SHOW: LISTEN NOW BELOW OR
Right Click, Save Link/Target As To This Link: http://rfrpodcast.com/RFR_9_2_2011.mp3
(saves it as an mp3 to your computer)


PAST SHOWS:
RFR Rewind: Podcast Archives