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
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
Spin one of their Radio Spots Below:
With the Haunt Season going strong and the popularity of Zombies, it only seems fitting that haunt incorporate Zombies into everything. And Netherworld Haunted Attraction has done just that with the added addition of an Energy Drink too!
Zombie Rampage is the newest energy drink exclusive to the Netherworld Haunted House. This will keep you on your toes, and running scared. To make the drink even more effective to its customers, they have added exclusive Zombie Rampage Commercial Spots and a full video to their queue. This just continues the tradition of Netherworld to keep its customers, entertained, and once again branding the haunt’s many items exclusively to them.
So check out the spot below, and be sure to pick them up along with the Exclusive “The Collector Bobble Head! And if you cannot be at this top rated haunt, then give them a call, you may have them shipped to you if you ask nicely to the disturbed monsters of Netherworld. For more information about the event: www.FearWorld.com
Now aside from haunting we love all kinds of retro things. And we came across this AWESOME old school Midway Game. Now to give credit we found this as part of a museum (we we intend on travleing to after the haunt season). We found it at Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum in Michigan.
Now first, let’s give you Mr. Marvin’s description:
“Haunted House, Midway #553, 1/72, gun game with two cats, a witch, and a grave robbing monster. 
Blacklight lighting, 8-track player sound loop 2 minutes 42 seconds long, uses a special 4-channel 8-track player (one track is used for background “spooky” sounds, and three other tracks have sound effects for specific targets – the monster, the cats and the witch). Gun has recoil and there are two circuit boards in the back of the game for amplification and motor speed control. The target motor speed increases at 1000, 2000 and 3000 point levels making them harder to hit. Game gives 20 shots with unlimited time. If a certain score is reached, 10 more shots are awarded. Haunted House’s theme is a good one, and the sound affects are very good, but it’s not that great of a target shooting game. The biggest selling point of the game is the theme and the sounds.”
Now this item is fantastic! The grand old day of standing at the arcade, playing games, spending quarters endlessly. It is a true gem to find. And if you are one of those who remembers this, enjoy that Halloween Gamer Flashback, and if this is new to you enjoy a newly found retro love.
Promising to scare the yell out of folks this Halloween season, Thrillvania Thrill Park kicks off its 14th Halloween season as the most fright-filled haunted attraction in the Metroplex, where no diabolical detail in design or delivery is spared. Scaring more than 20,000 “victims” annually since opening its creaky doors in 1995, Thrillvania is one of the most decorated thrill attractions in the U.S.
With 50 acres encompassing eight attractions, a midway and a haunted store, Thrillvania is a fright factory sure to get your blood flowing. The cornerstone of this fear farm is Verdun Manor, a two-story haunted house originally designed by Disney Imagineers and said to boast more props per square foot than any other haunt in the country. “We’ve designed the facility to maximize the fright factor and give our customer maximum mayhem for their money,” said Steve Kopelman of Thrillvania. “As top professionals in the haunt world, Thrillvania promises to give the sophisticated fright-lover an exciting experience that will leave fans screaming for more.”
For the fourth consecutive year, Thrillvania has been selected byAmerica’s Best Haunts as one of the best haunted attractions in the United States. It has been featured on The Travel Channel as one of America’s Scariest haunted attractions. Consistently voted the Best Haunted Attraction in the Metroplex, Thrillvania has challenged itself to ratchet up the scares scale with attention to every devious detail. And this year, Thrillvania was selected by Haunted Attraction Magazine as a must see haunted attraction. 
Thrillvania Thrill Park is located at Interstate 20 East and Wilson Rd., Terrell, TX, 75160. Thrillvania opens nightly at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 25-26 Oct. 2-3, 9-11, 16-18, 23-25, and 30-31.
A midway with palm readers, roaming costumed characters, a haunted store, and a petting zoo and magic shows for future thrill seekers provides a breather between visits to the fright-filled façade. In addition, on-site concessions are available just before the stomach-turning scares take flight.
For more information, please visit www.Thrillvania.com or call
(972) 52-HAUNT.
About Thrillvania:
Owned and operated by Thrillvania, Inc., and located 20 miles east of Dallas in Terrell, TX, Thrillvania is one of the most decorated haunted attractions in the world. With 50 acres encompassing eight attractions, a midway and a haunted store, Thrillvania frightens more than 20,000 “victims” each year. The cornerstone of this fear farm is Verdun Manor, a two-story haunted house originally designed by Disney Imagineers and said to boast more props per square foot than any other haunt in the country.
Greetings Deadites,I was alerted this morning to people using “Screaming Like an Banshee” incorrectly replacing screaming with non-banshee verbs. Now we can sit here all day and debate who is to blame; Twilight, SyFy Original Movies, Twitter. However it got me thinking what other horror idioms are out there that people can mess up? Here are a few.
Let Sleeping Werewolves Lay
Does Dracula wear a cape?
Like a Zombie With its Head Blown Off
Drastic Times Call for a Machete and a Hockey Mask
Great Ghosts Haunt Alike
No Room to Swing a Cat-of-Nine Tails
I look forward to seeing if anyone comes up with more, feel free to comment to today’s blog or call them into the RFR Rotline: (641) 715-3900 Ext 35822 and hear yourself on the show!
So until next time Deadites, Sit Back, Relax, and Rot Away…
by MarketWire:
GYRO’s 4-D Fear Factory, the region’s oldest, most popular and scariest Halloween event, has added a fourth dimension of fear this year — smell — making typical haunted houses seem tame. With more than 21 years of professional experience in delivering live haunted attractions, GYRO’s 4-D Fear Factory is not for the faint of heart.
What does 4-D mean?
The intense 4-D experience is completely immersive. Using unique 4-D technology that includes screens and scents, guests are transported into a nightmarish encounter that thrills the senses.
“Only those who seriously want to be transported to a truly ghoulish destination should explore the new GYRO 4-D Fear Factory,” said GYRO’s spokesperson Kurt French. “With the addition of smell to the overall guest experience, the definition of ‘3-D’ didn’t really cut it. No event I have been involved with has really taken on as frightening a dimension such as this. ‘4-D’ is a term you will learn to fear.”
Guests will experience six unique attractions as they travel through GYRO’s chilling 4-D Underworld:
4-D Underworld
Horrorwood Theatre
Area 666
Armageddon
Bad Mojo Bayou
Club Nightmare
For more information, dates, times and tickets:www.GyroHaunts.com or at www.RWSplash.com
As October is getting closer and closer more and more haunts are getting filmed for the Travel Channel. Last weekend the Travel Channel was on location at The Scarehouse and also at the Cutting Edge Haunted Attraction. They are filming for their upcoming Halloween Specials.
Now in addition to that, in recent past many remember Erebus Haunted House holding the record for longest walk through Haunted Attraction. Well 2009 rings in an ALL-NEW Guinness Book Champion. The Cutting Edge Haunted House.
The Cutting Edge Haunted House, located in Forth Worth, Texas, is now the Official Title Holder of the “World’s Largest Walk Through Haunted House”. The event itself is an attraction many in the area flock too each season. With great visuals, scare and more, the event has been named as one of the top 13 Haunted Attractions for the year by Haunted House Ratings. It is also named one of the Best Haunted Attractions by Haunt World for 2009.
This year the event is full of scares at every turn! To find out more about the event visit: www.Screams.com
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Busch Gardens Tampa Bay kicks off it’s tenth season of gut-wrenching scares by launching the Howl-O-Scream 2009 website, HouseofVayne.com, expanding the event to seven horrifying haunted houses, and introducing the beautiful new face of evil itself – the fashionable Ms. Vayne and her deranged models.
For 17 select nights, Howl-O-Scream 2009 will prove that evil never goes out of style. The devious creatures that infest all-new haunted houses, scare zones, thrilling shows and even the streets themselves will have guests watching their backs, and bone-chilling roller coasters keep the screams coming all night long.
Howl-O-Scream 2009 is a separate ticketed event, and the general admission price is $69.95. Savings are available on advance ticket purchases for Passport Members and Florida Residents. Discounts are also available through promotional codes provided on Bud Light, Domino’s Pizza and Applebee’s products statewide. The event runs every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night during October: Oct.
Freaky Preview lets guests sink their teeth into the scares a week early on Sept. 25-26 for discounted rates as low as $29.95 for general admission and $24.95 for Passport members. Operating hours are 7:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. during Freaky Preview and on Thursday nights. Friday and Saturday hours are 7:30 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Howl-O-Scream 2009 has more haunted houses than ever before, designed to tease your deepest, darkest fears:
NEW! Delta-Epsilon-Delta: Pledge Week – For decades, the most mysterious sorority on campus has invited only select girls from the top families to join. But this year, it’s open rush, and the sisters are welcoming new members with open arms. Can you escape before you fall victim to the sinister secrets of this twisted sisterhood? No one does it like a DED girl…
NEW! Nightshade Toy Factory – By day, the old Nightshade Toy Factory appears abandoned. But as night falls, the mysterious manufacturing plant glows and hums as it creates the diabolical dolls, terrible teddy bears and possessed playthings of your childhood nightmares. These twisted toys are alive…and they are coming after the adults who have forgotten them.
Some of the most demented houses ever are back by popular demand with some horrible new twists. These returning favorites are sure to terrorize first-time visitors and die-hard fans alike:
Reconstruction: The Doctor Is In – Dr. Edger VonAngst has the skill and technology to make you over…but what will you become? This mad reconstructive surgeon has set up shop, putting human parts back together with mechanical pieces and combining flesh, bone and steel in the most hideous ways. Nip/Tuck has never been like this!
Death Row Vengeance – The inmates at Grey Echo Penitentiary are slated for execution, and they blame you. With their last breath, they curse those who do nothing to save them from the electric chair or lethal injection and vow to haunt those who watched them suffer. Will you make it out alive when they come back to make good on their dying promise?
13 – Each October, the underground members of The Messengers come out of hiding to seek out 13 unlucky victims, who are tracked down and tortured before the gang feasts on their flesh. This year, they have already claimed 12 lives so far… will 13 be your unlucky number?
Taste of Blood – Once revered as royalty, hordes of undead vampires have now been forced underground into the subways and sewers to avoid the sunlight. By day, they feed on rats to survive. But as night falls, these fanged fiends take to the streets to seduce fresh blood.
Trapped in the Walls – The gruesome fate of an innocent family made headlines when it happened. Years later, evil still lingers in the rooms where the tragedies happened. It has seeped into the walls, trapping dark demons and infesting a house that can’t let go of its horrible history.
At Howl-O-Scream, even the sidewalks aren’t safe from the things that go bump in the night. Four scare zones and nine bands of roaming hordes will keep guests watching their backs as they explore 335 acres of fright:
NEW! Unearthed – Ancient evil rages when archeologists unearth the tomb of a feared Egyptian ruler, releasing his spirit into the world of the living. Ahmenhotep and his underworld minions will carry out a dreaded curse, seeking revenge on those who dared to defile his final resting place. 
NEW! Banshees – According to legend, a banshee will wail around a house if someone there is about to die. When several banshees appear at once, it is said to foretell the death of someone great or notable. Here, Banshees glide through the darkness, preying on the living and looking to make their screeching songs come true.
NEW! El Carnaval del Muerto – In the small town of Decada de Sustos, the locals come together once a year to celebrate death. But in the midst of the wild revelry, visitors to this tiny village unwittingly play an important part in this macabre party by becoming the victims of the raucous and bloodthirsty townspeople.
NEW! Werewolves – As night falls, a hoard of restless half-man, half-beast monsters patiently wait for innocent guests to stumble into their lair. Those who are not worthy to join the clan will be preyed upon as dinner. These scavengers’ insatiable hunger is matched only by their cunning and determination to satisfy their need to feed.
You never know where your next scare is preparing to pounce. Just when you thought you were safe, Roaming Hordes of clowns, zombies, monsters and more take their terror to the streets and sneak up on unsuspecting victims. Who’s watching your back?
After braving bone-chilling coasters in the dark such as SheiKra, Montu, Gwazi and Kumba, you can catch your breath at these twisted live shows:
NEW! Full Moon Cabaret: The Magic of Jason Byrne – As darkness descends on the Desert Grill each night, The Academy of Magical Arts’ “Stage Magician of the Year” Jason Byrne takes to the stage with tantalizing tricks and ominous illusions as he presents his unique brand of award-winning killer magic.
Fiends – Is there a doctor in the house? These captivating creatures of the night will infect you with dance fever and keep your pulse pounding with their deranged dance party. But when Dr. Freakenstein’s naughty nurses start operating, the diagnosis is always “code pink.” Looking for a killer party or the perfect souvenir to round out your evening of evil?
NEW! Club enVy – Take a break from the terror to stop by Howl-O-Scream’s new, exclusive 21+ dance club, featuring unlimited access to exclusive cocktails, drink specials, character meet-and-greets and great music all night long. A special “Happy Hour” option also includes hors d’oeuvres and exclusive early access to haunted houses.
NEW! Howl-O-Scream Shop of Horrors – Remember your evening of evil with the perfect Howl-O-Scream souvenir, including signature House of Vayne jewelry, “10 Years of Terror” commemorative t-shirts and other Halloween-themed gifts. Then, smile through the pain and snap the perfect party pic with the DED girls at an exclusive photo op that’s not for the faint of heart.
Take advantage of the best way to see Howl-O-Scream with All-Inclusive Fear Tours that include your admission ticket. Fear Tours offer three levels of terrifying special treatment: “The Viewing” is a three-hour group tour of haunted houses and major thrill rides. The five-hour “Funeral” group tour adds reserved show seating, and “The Embalming” includes the Fright Feast dinner buffet, preferred parking and a private “Ghoul Guide” for your party of three or more. All tours include commemorative photos and complimentary beverages, and packages start at $89.95.
For those who want to skip the lines and get right to the screaming, the Front Line Fear pass offers no-wait access to your choice of seven haunted houses as well as photo and merchandise discounts – all for $35.00. The Front Line Fear Plus pass also includes front-of-line access for your choice of four major coasters for $45.00.
The Thrills & Chills Weekend Pass lets true Halloween fans face their fears over and over again with a long weekend (Thursday through Sunday) of unlimited access to Busch Gardens’ thrills by day and Howl-O-Scream’s chills by night – all for just $79.95!
For out-of-town guests, Gory Getaway vacation packages are also available, featuring Howl-O-Scream admission and accommodations at one of Busch Gardens’ preferred partner hotels. Prices start at $238.04 per person plus tax, based on double occupancy. And if there’s one thing worse than being terrified, it’s being terrified on an empty stomach. Fright Feast is the most deranged dinner show in town, featuring a buffet of monstrous main courses and devilish desserts, plus an exclusive performance of Full Moon Cabaret: The Magic of Jason Byrne. Fright Feast guests are also the first to brave the dark with a half-hour of early access to the haunted houses. Fright Feast is $24.95 per person, with group rates and discounts for Passport members available.
Howl-O-Scream is a separate ticketed night event. No costumes are allowed. For guest information, visit HouseofVayne.com or call 1-888-800-5447.
As you sit by your computer all day, or all night, you send forwards, emails, and get many e-cards you chuckle at. Well finally here is a fun little ditty for you to enjoy and send to your friends.
It’s the Monster Mashup from the Oriental Trading Company. Here you can pick a Halloween Tune, Upload up to Five photos, mix it, mash it and make your own Halloween Party Video.
It takes only a few minutes, and you ma only do it once or twice, but its fun for a laugh for your Halloween Boils and Ghouls. 
Check it out, have some fun and bring a smile to someone’s in their cubicle today.
We expect many of these from you Deadites in our inbox.
To do your Monster Mashup Visit: www.MonsterMashup.com
Hey Deadites, a friend of ours over at Twisted Toybox let us in on his newest creation for you Haunt Owners, Vendors and more.
TwistedToybox.net is now offering a new service in 2010, LATEX LOGOS. We all have seen the shirts with latex parts glued into them over the years, but NOW YOUR HAUNT can [...]
Spook House Logistics Ltd. needs your brains and creativity to help create “Edgar Krawly”, the creepy horror host of their major, under construction, haunted house attraction.The Grand Prize Winner will take home $10,000 and Thirteen Finalists win an amazing prize package with a retail value exceeding $650 dollars!
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The Haunted House Association (HHA) is moving its organization forward for 2010. So far there are many things to come of the newly formed association for haunted and these are are couple of the items we can expect to see to help move Haunters forward with support, networking and more.
Release:
PR Campaign:The HHA is embarking on [...]
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 [...]
We all remember Dream a Little Dream, License to Drive and most of all The Lost Boys, one of the best Vampire films of my generation. And with that came the two Coreys. Corey Haim and Corey Feldman. The duo made pop culture history in the 1980s with screaming girls and fun slapstick films.
As of [...]
by: RFR Casket Crew Denise
Greeting all you Deadites, it’s time for the next installment of what I like to call Reading Between the Pages.
Reeling from a painful break-up, English instructor and avid book reader Wesley Smith is haunted by his ex-girlfriend’s harsh and hurtful parting words. He buys an e-book reader and soon finds he [...]
Since the end of Ironstock, Indy has been without a Haunters Event now. Well, fear not there is a new event for you Haunters in Indy and surrounding areas. The All-New Indy Haunt Fest 2010 is coming June 26-27, 2010.
This all new event is going to be the First Annual Indy Haunt Fest and will [...]
So I just finished my copy of Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter. It is by far the best read yet by the author. I will post a full review of it later this week, but for now enjoy the Trailer for the book and get your copy, you will not be disappointed.
by: RFR Casket Crew StormGreetings Deadites,
The Oscars may be over but we have some Oscar ideas and picks that should have happened last night.
You have heard that Rotting Flesh Radio has been nominated for a Rondo Award? Take a few minutes and go to www.rondoaward.com and e-mail a ballot in. RFR is at [...]
The Horror Dome has been providing costumes for the Haunt and Horror Industries for quite some time. Always full of detail, made of quality and great customer service.
Well just in time for the upcoming 2010 Haunt Season they have unleashed the beast. Brand New for 2010 is the Werewolf Costume to terrorize your customers.
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