Rotting Flesh Radio Show #215: Robert Carradine Stops in, East Coast Haunt Club, Haunt News and more…

SHOW NOTES FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 30, 2010 SHOW #215

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THIS WEEK’S SHOW NOTES:
Let’s get Geek and Haunt Nerdy this week as we close out the month with none other than ROBERT CARRADINE stopping in to the show! Robert best known as one of the nerds in Revenge of the Nerds will be stopping in along with other Horror Classic Icons as CAROLINE MONROW and MARTINE BOSTWICK as RFR’s Casket Crew Dog Soldier takes to the floor and brings them to you live.

In addition we have Katie Lane back with this weeks nuts nad bolts of the Darksyde Acres Haunted Attraction in Haunting By The Numbers and Storm is here with In A Haunt Minute. And for those Haunters getting the itch for the East Coast Haunt Gathering next weekend Storm is bringing you a pre-view of what to expect and also one of the organizers Glen to discuss the East Coast Haunt Gathering for those of you new to it.

This week in Haunt Industry News we have information covering a Haunt Auction in Utah, Midnight Syndicate, Fright Controls, Haunt Visions, Fright Catalog, Oblivion Haunted House, Folklore Haunted Attraction, The Pirates of Emerson, Charlotte Zombie Walk, Occasion Clown Crawl, Haunted Attraction Magazine, Haunted House Supplies, Dark Raven, Fright Night Film Fest, Hellraiser, Halloween Franchise, Children of the Corn, Neca, Freddy Gloves, Drum Barrels, The Dead Matter, Midwest Haunters Convention, East Coast Haunt Gathering, and more!

RFR Casket Crew Chuck is back with the Extra Dead Video Horror Game Review and there is another Listener Awarded the Screamline Studios Graverobbing Giveaway and some Twisted Tunes Spinning from your Grave!

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Midwest Haunters Convention: 2010 Updates

Midwest Haunters Convention PRESS UPDATES

T-Shirt Voting Happening Now: Help pick this year’s shirt!

For the first time ever MHC has opened up the design of our annual t-shirts. We received 22 awesome entries from across the country and we are asking you to pick your favorite! Please visit the T-shirt Voting page on the MHC website and vote today! The polls are open through March.

Sponsorship Opportunities: Be a part of MHC and gain more exposure for your business!

Here’s your chance to be a part of the best haunters convention of the year. The title sponsorship for the 2010 Midwest Haunters Convention is now available! Other sponsorships from the Friday night tours to classroom sponsorships are available by contacting Kelly Collins at Kelly@midwesthaunters.com or call 614-203-4626

Bus Packages Posted: MHC Offers Haunt Tours that include 18 Attractions!

The Midwest Haunters Convention has been offering pre-convention bus tours of haunted attractions for six years. This year the tours have been expanded to include 7 haunts with 18 total attractions. Tours include a two day overnight bus trip to Northern Ohio and a Friday evening shuttle bus excursion to haunts in the Columbus area. This will be the best year yet for MHC Haunt Tours! See all of the details on the Bus Tour and Friday Night Activities pages on the MHC website!

Pre-Convention Workshops: Business, Makeup, Acting…Something for everyone!

So it is Thursday night and you just got back into Columbus from a two-day, 14 attraction bus tour to Northern Ohio. You can’t wait to see more haunts on Friday night but what do you do until that next bus arrives?? You sign up for one of MHC’s great extended workshops! No matter what your level or interest in the haunt industry there is a workshop for you.

Back by popular demand will be the “Getting Started” workshop. Taught by Tim and Anne Marie Gavinski this workshop will enlighten you to everything you didn’t know that you needed to know to be successful in the haunted attraction industry. Broken down into two sections this class even has an option for a lunch hosted by the state of Ohio fire marshal’s office.

Been in the business for a few years and looking to “Take Your Attraction to the Next Level?” Bob and Beth Turner will be hosting a 1/2 day seminar that is vital for all haunt operators. They will show you how to improve the profitability of your attraction and offer suggestions on safety programs for your actors and guests.

If you are an actor looking to step it up a few notches, or an owner looking for training ideas, Hauntertainer U is for you! Bob and Beth will cover everything from theming to makeup to timing. This is a class not to miss!

How about some in depth makeup instruction? Let The Queen of Horror, Bloody Mary, take you on a journey from entry level old age makeup to a transformation to a Hag or Ghoul. Next she’ll demonstrate one of her specialties; Decayed and Rotted Zombies followed by Rotted Clowns. This 3 hour intensive class will help you achieve fantastic character makeup results. For more information visit the Pre-Convention Workshops page on the MHC website.

For the first time ever the Midwest Haunters Convention will have a booth at Transworld. What does this mean for you? If you are a vendor it means that we are working hard to bring more customers to the MHC trade show floor! For everyone else it means you can win stuff!! All weekend long we will be giving away weekend packages, party passes, tshirts and more! Stop by booth 528 and enter to win. If you are wearing an MHC tshirt you will get two entries!

For more on the Midwest Haunters Convention visit: www.MidwestHauntersConvention.com

MHC Offers 18 Haunted Attractions in 2010 Haunt Tours!

Release: The Midwest Haunters Convention has been offering pre-convention bus tours of haunted attractions for six years. This year the tours have been expanded to include 7 haunts with 18 total attractions. Tours include a two day overnight bus trip to Northern Ohio and a Friday evening shuttle bus excursion to haunts in the Columbus area. This will be the best year yet for MHC Haunt Tours!

Wednesday afternoon, June 2 buses will depart from the Hyatt Regency Columbus for the Cleveland area. We’ll tour attractions throughout the evening, spending the night in Hudson, Ohio. The next morning we’ll tour haunts in Northern Ohio; including returning to attractions toured the previous night for Lights-on tours. The Lights-on tours will give attendees an opportunity to see all the scene details and what goes on behind the scenes. The evening wraps up with additional haunt tours and a return trip to Columbus on Thursday late night.

Ticket prices for the two day tour start at $199 which includes all attractions, bus transportation, meals, snacks and hotel room. There will be five haunts with 14 total attractions.

Friday night the tours resume with shuttle buses transporting attendees to two haunts with four total haunted attractions in the Columbus area. Buses will start departing from the Hyatt Regency Columbus at 6:45 pm. Dinner stops are planned with special discounted meal options starting at just $3.99 and the haunt tours with a shuttle bus package for just $49. Buses return to the Hyatt for a Scary-Oke show starting at 11:30 pm.

The Midwest Haunters Convention offers fantastic haunt tours, outstanding educational seminars, exciting contests and an amazing costume party. The free weekend Halloween industry trade show is one of the largest in the country.

To Register and to Learn More Visit: www.MidwestHaunters.com or call Kelly at 614-203-4626.

Midwest Haunters T-Shirt Contest Voting NOW OPEN!

Each year the Annual Midwest Haunters Convention kicks off with Haunters, Education, Vendors and Fun. To make each year memorable to their guests, MHC has clothing such as T-Shirts and such. This year to make it fun, MHC had a T-Shirt Contest. Submissions were entered and now the Voting has begun on picking which design will become the OFFICIAL T-SHIRT DESIGN FOR MHC 2010

Release: Welcome to the first MHC T-Shirt Contest. There are 20 designs that have been submitted for a chance to be the official shirt of the 2010 Midwest Haunters Convention. Please take a look and Vote for your favorite.

To see all the designs and to Vote visit: www.MidwestHauntersConvention.com

NOTE FROM MHC:

Please vote only once.

Please no campaigning for a design. This contest is intended to choose the shirt people are most likely to purchase, not to get votes from people who are not coming to the show. Any activity designed to do this may result in disqualification.

Detail Your Haunt: Bad Boys Scenic Design Seminars 2010 and Discount Code

Long friends of Rotting Flesh Radio the Bad Boys Scenic Design who also run the Top Rated Haunt Terror on the Fox in Wisconsin have been regarded as some of the best in details in the Haunt Industry. They make rooms that can rival any Disney waiting queue and more.

For many years you have been able to pick up their How-To DVDs, see them at Conventions teaching Seminars and now the list has been announced for the Bad Boys Scenic Design Seminars 2010 so get a pen and get ready to make your haunt rock and shock all!

National Haunters Convention in Valley Forge, Pa.

Detailing your Haunted Attraction : Foam Carving & More!
Apr 30, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Are you ready to take your attraction to the next level? Here’s your chance! Sure to be a hit with attendees, this informative how-to (and hands on) seminar will give haunters of all experience levels the techniques to turn an average room design into a highly detailed Disney-level attraction. Detailing techniques, tips, tools of the trade as well as advanced methods will be demonstrated and discussed. Topics and demos will cover painting, distressing, LightScaping, rust, rotted plaster, tiger foam, and of course the Bad Boys’ signature Styrofoam Masonry. Learn how these applications have been used in attractions across the country including Nightmare New England, SpookyWorld, Reapers Revenge, Terror on the Fox and more!

Bad Boys Scenic Design is a group of designers whose artistic skills in set design have earned them the respect and admiration of the most prominent names in the haunted attraction industry. Don’t miss the chance to learn their best tricks, techniques, and methods refined during their 20 year career in the Haunted Attraction industry. Register soon to guarantee your spot in this special seminar as this 3 – 4 hour long seminar is expected to sell out.

To Register Today Visit: www.HalloweenUniversity.com

Midwest Haunters Convention in Columbus, OH.

Extreme Detailing for your Haunted Attraction
Sunday June 6, 1pm – 5pm
by: Bad Boys Scenic Design & Screamline Studios

Are you ready to take your attraction to the next level? Here’s your chance! Sure to be a hit with attendees, this informative how-to (and hands on) seminar will give haunters of all experience levels the techniques to turn an average room design into a highly detailed Disney-level attraction. Detailing techniques, tips, tools of the trade as well as advanced methods will be demonstrated and discussed.

Topics and demos will cover faux painting, distressing, LightScaping, rust, rotted plaster, tiger foam, and of course the Bad Boys’ signature Styrofoam Masonry. This year’s seminar will include special guest designer Jason Blaszczak from Screamline Studios.

Learn how these applications have been used in attractions across the country including Nightmare New England, SpookyWorld, Reapers Revenge, Terror on the Fox and more!

Register soon to guarantee your spot in this special seminar as this 4.5 – 5 hour long session is expected to sell out. Cost – $150. Save $20 if registered by May 4th – Use Discount Code “BBSD”.

To Register Visit: www.MidwestHauntersConvention.com

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

Symphonc Sacrifices Back to Write NEW Music for your Haunt

In the Haunt Industry Music plays a huge roll in an event to set the mood or tone. And many of you may remember back at Midwest Haunters Convention Symphonic Sacrafices jamming on stage at Club Vampire.

Well after some time off and working on their own haunted attractions, Dr. Frankenfingers is BACK!

“Good Evening Boils and Ghouls,
Symphonic Sacrifices and Living Dead Mafia have since built two major haunted houses. One was a 7,000 Sq foot mansion at a historically preserved actual haunted house. The other was a 60,000 Sq ft trail in the middle of the woods. Great year for us!

Symphonic Sacrifices is now available again to write music for your haunted event or attraction. If you are looking for music please contact me at houdioni2@optonline.net

Thanks everyone,
Robert J. Frankenberg”

So it seems the Doc is back and ready to give your haunt an exclusive track! For more information about Symphonic Sacrifices and to hear his work visit: www.SoundClick.com/SymphonicSacrifices

MHC Best Vendor Prices Ending Soon

Midwest Haunters Convention is one of those staple events every Haunter needs to attend at least once in their life! The event is always fun, and full of education, vendors, cash and carry, and let’s not forget the most popular Costume Ball in the Industry!

Well as a vendor at this event, your timeline to get the best prices available is closing in. Barry (one of the MHC Organizers) has let us know that the time to get your booth or table to showcase your products at the event at a great price will end soon. Here is what Barry had to say…

“I wanted to send all of you out a quick reminder that the first, and best, Midwest Haunters Convention early registration discount is ending January 31st. Right now you can Save $100 per booth on what are already some of the best prices in the industry! With this discount vendors spaces start at only $350 and you will save another $50 if you have ever been an MHC vendor before.

Don’t need a full 10′ x 10′ booth? We have tabletops for only $200. Please visit http://midwestshow.com/exhibitor-registration/ for more details and download a vendor packet.

If you have any questions please conact me at 614-361-1466. Make your plans now to be an exhibitor at what Hauntworld magazine calls “THE BEST cash and carry show”!

I know Rotting Flesh Radio will once again be the Official Media Sponsor of the event bringing you all the Live Coverage, Updates and News right from the show floor. And also be sure to stop by the Official RFR Rot Away booth at the event along with meeting some of our Haunt Hotties.

For more information about the event be sure to visit: www.MidwestHauntersConvention.com

ABOUT MHC 2010 – June 4-6
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 tradeshow 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!

Gore Galore expands Booth Space for the Haunt Show

Kevin Alvy and Gore Galore have been in the Haunt Industry since I can remember and his products never cease to amaze me. From the large oversized to the gorific little items, they are always a must see at any Tradeshow or Convention from Midwest Haunters, HAuNTcon, and others.

This year as the Transworld Haunt Show once again resides in St. Louis, Kevin has now announced he will be expanding his floor display space from three booths to SIX! This is the best way to see all of his products and I am sure with products spanning over six booths, Gore Galore will be a must see as always.

To find out more about the Transworld Haunt Show CLICK HERE) you can visit this link for more on upcoming event, and for more about Gore Galore and his products, be sure to visit them at: www.Gore-Galore.com

GORE GALORE IN ACTION:

ABOUT GORE GALORE:
Here at Gore Galore we take our customers’ needs very seriously. Gore Galore was established in 1998 but based on 35 years of experience in haunted attractions and events planning. We believe in the traditional values of quality workmanship and good, old-fashioned shock and entertainment value.

Since those days, our company has grown, but our working philosophy has remained the same: We promise now, as then, to provide our customers with the finest in sickening products for the lowest possible price…

Guaranteed.

Midwest Haunters Convention Launches NEW Site and Preps for 2010

The Midwest Haunters Convention is a staple in the Haunt Industry for Vendors, Haunters, Owners and more. Rotting Flesh Radio has been attending this event since its very first one and has been a Vendor at the event since 2006. So this comes as no surprise we are excited to attend the upcoming 2010 event. Yes, we will be there again Vending, and be prepared for alot from us there, but we are also excited to bring you all-new developments with the annual Haunters must attend.

The Midwest Haunters Convention is pleased to announce two new partnerships. The first is Chad Savage and Sinister Visions. Many of you a aware of the great work Chad has done and he has once again created a great looking website for MHC! You can see this all new site at: www.MidwestHauntersConvention.com. If you like the Dark work of Chad Savage you can see his full portfolio and services at: www.SinisterVisions.com.

Now on to another partnership. One that is also a common bond with RFR in Ticket Leap. TicketLeap will provide guests with many benefits including the ability to register for MHC at online prices up to and during the show. Once there everyone will enjoy a much quicker check in process thanks to TicketLeaps online system. You find out more and Register on the MHC website and find out more about Ticket Leap at: www.TicketLeap.com/Haunting.

Now in addition to all the crazy fun happening as part of the MHC 2010 event Vendor Registration is NOW OPEN as well. You can view the floor plan. For 2010 MHC will continue to offer some of the lowest rates in the industry. There are a limited number of tabletops for those of you who do not need a full sized booth. Please email Barry Schieferstein or call 614-361-1466 for a registration packet and pricing information.

Stay tuned to Rotting Flesh Radio as we once again are the Official Media Sponsor of the Midwest Haunters Convention, for up to date news and information and coverage of the event.

For more on MHC visit: www.MidwestHauntersConvention.com