The Dent Schoolhouse Rocks It with “Jasper and Jynx” and also makes “The Top 13 Haunted House” List

So every year Haunted Attractions throughout the United States begin their campaign to promote the event to get customers. Sometimes this is online commercials, viral marketing, radio ads, flyers and more.

The best part is when Haunted Houses get creative, innovative and capture the viewer and potential customer. And the top rated, Dent Schoolhouse, who have been featured on haunt tours for Midwest Haunters Convention, have a wide fan base, and yet are one of the most intense, scary, innovative haunted attraction that leaves customers screaming!

And now for 2011, they have created a fun, video with the team of “Jasper And Jynx” rocking out, setting the tone and leaving an impression only The Dent Schoolhouse could do.

After some laughs, fun and humor be prepared to scream and run in terror this Halloween Season from The Dent Schoolhouse.

THE DENT SCHOOLHOUSE was also announced on Hauntworld, that it is once again on the Top 13 list for Best Haunts In America. They also have made a new Top 13 list for the Scariest Places to have a haunted attraction!

For tickets, dates, times and more on the Dent Schoolhouse visit: www.FrightSite.com

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.

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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!!**

Six New Fright Fests Planned at Leading Lancashire Halloween Scare Attractions Entertainment Park

Construction of one of the UK’s biggest scare entertainment parks is taking shape in the heart of the Lancashire countryside in time for the Halloween season.

With six all new attractions, Scare Kingdom Scream Park, located at Hawkshaw Farm Park, home to Mrs Dowson’s Ice Cream, in Longsight Road, Clayton-le-Dale, on the A59 between Blackburn and Preston, re-opens for a third spooktacular year on Friday, October 21, 2011 until Saturday, November 5, inclusive.

Since it opened in 2009 the attraction has been a sell-out success and last year attracted nearly 10,000 thrill-seekers from across the UK and overseas.

Now the scream team behind the park plan to push the boundaries for 2011 with a feast of new frights combining claustrophobia, physical contact and state-of-the-art special effects to create an extreme scream experience at night and a family friendly treat during the day.

TV presenter and creative director of Scare Kingdom Scream Park, Jason Karl, said: “This year looks set to be our scariest yet, with a whole host of horrifying attractions to entertain every type of guest, from those seeking a heart pounding fear fest, to those seeking light hearted spooky fun, Scare Kingdom caters for all, and is currently the UK’s only scream park offering all new attractions each and every year.”

This year’s evening fright fest houses two creepy corn maze attractions including the blood-soaked harvest of Voodoo Bayou and the festival of phantoms in Day of the Dead while the new and terrifying indoor scares include HMS Hell, a shipwreck of souls, and Blood Bath II, twisted terror in the meat locker.

All four headlining evening scare attractions combine live actors, special effects, sounds and smells to create a unique, four-dimensional assault on the senses.

Visitors to the park can also stir up a storm on the whirling waltzer ride, The Cauldron, enjoy devilish dares on The Dastardly Dodgems as well as heart-thumping spooky fun on The Ghost Train, free entertainment with a range of sinister street theatre characters and an invitation to meet the Angel of Death lurking inside LuciFEAR’s Mirror.

New for 2011, the licensed, Bloody Mary’s Bar, will be open during each evening where a range of alcoholic and soft drinks will be available as well as a host of hot and cold food and snacks.

At the new Scare Kingdom merchandise stand evening guests can also purchase a range of ghastly goods including a scary souvenir programme, key rings, t-shirts, Bags for Death and monstrous Scare Bears.

Daytime attractions, suitable for families and children aged ten and under, include Hocus Pocus where magic comes to life with friendly witch, Pink Hazel, and Firefang the friendly dragon, as they invite guests to help them wake up a magic mirror through music and storytelling as well as digital and hand-held puppets.

Afterwards, daytime guests can have their picture taken with Pink Hazel and friendly ghost, Sir Scare-a-Lot before taking advantage of free entry to Hawkshaw Farm Park to see a range of small animals and enjoy Mrs Dowson’s famous ice cream at The Wicked Witch Cafe where light snacks and hot and cold beverages will also be available as well as the Scary Face Painters team.

Tickets to Scare Kingdom Scream Park are available via the website at: www.ScareKingdom.com where discounts are available for evening admissions or by calling Ticketweb on 08444 77 1000. Advance booking is essential.

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.

Legendary Haunt Tour Tickets Available Now!

The Transworld Legendary Haunt Tour is coming up soon and now you can get your tickets before time runs out!

This is your chance as an Owner, Operator, Haunt Enthusiast, Halloween Fright Freak or Haunted house lover to experience some of the best Haunted Attractions the United States has to offer during the Legendary Haunt Tours.

For all the information about the tours, to get Tickets and Reserve your spot for the 2011 event, visit: www.LegendaryHauntTour.com/lht-buy-tickets

Halloween Sounds Galore for Your Haunted House, Party and More…

Every haunt season you have to think about adding the element of sound to your event. This goes beyond just music, and ambiance. It also involves FX, those little drips of water, the strange noises in the corner and more.

A variety of FX CDs and Digital Downloads exist in the Halloween Industry and one of the best series out there are from a good friend of ours at Rotting Flesh Radio, Kevin Alvy of Gore Galore and his Sounds of Gore CD Volumes.

We have a variety of these in stock in the RFR Morgue Studios and many haunted attractions use them every season.

Well, Kevin wants to let haunters know about this continuing series of CDs.

“We have 16 volumes of Various Sound effect Soundscapes. From Meatlocker to Demonic whispers to Silent Hill inspired tracks “Dark Apocalypse”, and tons of different themes in between. And even more Rustyknife and Hedstorm productions CDs.”

As Kevin has stated, these are great additions to your event. It will add that FX Ambiance and more to scare those patrons.

You can get all the Volumes, Hedstorm and more at: www.HalloweenMusicGalore.com or for basic Digital Downloads you can find all of the Sounds of Gore Volumes and the Rotting Flesh Radio Dark Pandemonium CD at: www.HauntAudio.com

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

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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.

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Spookyworld is Celebrating 20 Years in style with ‘THE FEAR AT FENWAY’ this Season!

Well, who says things can’t get better with age. The Spookyworld Event is celebrating 20 years this year of scaring patrons, sending chills down your spines and leaving you frightened. And to kick that off with a bang Mike ‘Tattoo’ of Bad Boys Scenic Design is kicking off The Fear at Fenway!

“For the first time in its 20 year history, SpookyWorld is coming to the City of Boston and will present The Fear at Fenway, located at historic Fenway Park. Visitors to the Fear at Fenway will experience three haunted attractions and the event promises to be the PREMIER Halloween event of the entire year!

America’s Horror Scream Park turns 20!

This year, SpookyWorld is celebrating 20 years of delivering the most intense, exhilarating, adrenaline-charged Halloween experience to all who have dared to visit. Join us for the celebration!”

To engage in the festivities there will be not one, not two, BUT THREE Haunted Attractions for you. The First being the Brigham Manor

Among the oldest manors in the Commonwealth, this distinguished home was witness to thirteen known atrocities in the 1800’s—acts so depraved and unspeakable that historians who dared to chronicle the events have met a savage fate themselves. Through the years efforts have been made to restore this old manor to its former glory, but the spirits that dwell in the stately rooms have unleashed tragedy to those who tempted fate by calling this manor home. Feared by locals, today the Manor sits neglected and empty….or is it?

Next up is the Hancock Hill Cemetery. Hundreds from Boston’s most illustrious families–and some of the area’s most notorious characters–have been entombed on the historic grounds of Hancock Hill. Once considered to be the most beautiful, peaceful place to be laid to rest in New England, Hancock Hill soon became a landmark simply known for being evil. Dozens of attempts have been made to expel the evil that pervades the grounds, but to this day the cemetery is home to a wickedness that refuses to rest and relentlessly haunts the surrounding communities…

And finally you can experience the 3D Freakout. Step into the Freakout where you never know what awaits around each corner! A twisted labyrinth of color and motion, nothing is as is seems. Try to avoid being ensnared by the unpredictable creatures that stalk the hallways and infected by the pestilent fiends that proliferate faster than they can be quarantined. Can you escape the noxious fumes steaming from barrels of unknown origin and wreaking unimaginable damage? No corner is safe from the menacing beasts that compete to rule this unholy realm of horror. This is battlefield for Freaks vs. Clowns; be sure to keep your wits or next the battle may be them vs. you!

The Fear at Fenway is scheduled to kick off October 28 every night through November 6, 2011.

To find out ticket prices, times, and more on the Kid’s Night visit them at: www.TheFearAtFenway.com