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

Midwest Haunters Con Tee Contest

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.

Columbia Haunt Tour 2010 Kicks Off March 26!

So what is a Haunter to do when they cannot see other haunts during the season? Well, how about seeing them in the off season?

One way to do that is with the Columbia Haunt Tour taking place during the Transworld Haunt Show. This event will once again take place Friday, March 26, 2010 during the annual tradeshow. This year the event covers two Haunted Attractions in Columbia, Missouri, <Necropolis and The Fear Fest Haunted House.

The Haunted Enthusiasts write….. “If you only go to one haunt this year make it Fearfest!” and “Necropolis”, is Missouri’s most intense nationally recognized haunt.

Guests can choose to drive directly to the attractions, or take advantage of motor coach service from Transworld. Haunts open their doors at 8:00 PM

Haunts, Transportation, Food and Fun Combo:
$70 Haunted attractions, Motor coach transportation to and from Convention center, Food (Subway sub,chips and soda) and complementary Hauntworld Magazine. Motor coaches leave the front of the convention Center at 7:00 PM SHARP! (Directly after the HHA Meeting). Motor coach seating is limited so don’t delay.

Haunts Only Combo:
$40.00 – for Just the haunts

Tickets:
Online tickets on sale by Click n’ Print. Save 10% off your bus combo ticket by purchasing before Feb. 12th.

HHA Discount: 10% discount after Feb. 12th to HHA members ONLY for the bus combo. (There are no discounts for the Haunt ONLY combo).

So if you want to buy your tickets, see some great haunts in the off season and enjoy Halloween in March visit: www.ColumbiaHauntTour.com

The Bates Motel Goes From Scary to Merry

As we have been discussing the transformation from Haunt to Holiday Fun on the show and on the site, we another another one for you.

One of the America Haunts Attractions that was featured on television as well is the The Bates Motel. This event is nationally recognized and has been talked about for many years. John Kennedy, met up with Rotting Flesh Radio shortly after his visit to the Bates Motel and he loved the event. In addition, when the L.A. Haunted Hayride stopped in on RFR, they too discussed how Bates helped them get their hayride feet off the ground.

The Bates Motel continues to scare yearly with the Bates Motel Attraction, Haunted Hayride and more. People run in terror every October and Haunt Season.

Well in addition to providing a high end Haunted Attraction, the Bates Motel has made the transformation for the Christmas Holiday Season with the Arasapha Farm’s Holiday Hayride.

“This heartwarming attraction includes a delightful ride on one of our sound equipped hay wagons, through the rolling hills of Arasapha Farm, which has been transformed into a winter wonderland filled with huge light displays, decorated trees and buildings, bridges and brooks. Come face to face with real, live Reindeer and see a beautifully animated Santa’s workshop.

The hayride last about 20 minutes and is choreographed with all the favorite songs of the season. After the hay ride, relax by our bonfires or warm up with a cup of cocoa. This all new holiday hayride is perfect for all ages. Have your picture taken with Santa, and get an up close look at our famous live nativity scene that features real animals and actors. Choose from hundreds of beautiful, fresh cut Christmas Trees that include Douglas Fir, Concolor, and the ever favorite Fraser Fir. Deliveries available.We also have Wreaths and trimmings.”

The event continues to be a favorite and now you can get into the Holiday mood with your favorite Haunted Hayride. The event runs through December 23rd from 6:00-9:00 P.M. (weather permitting) and while there you can also pick up your fresh Christmas Tree to take home, decorate, and spread the Holiday Cheer.

For more information about the Bates Motel going from Scary to Merry visit: www.HolidayHayride.com and for more on the Bates Motel Haunted Attraction visit: www.TheBatesMotel.com

Frightmare Studios Releases atmosFears as a Digital Download

Back in the early days of Rotting Flesh Radio we came across many Deadites that were on board with the show since 2005. One of those was Frightmare Studios. Early on he discussed creating Custom Soundscapes for Haunted Attractions, his own Haunt he was building and more. Well, now it has FINALLY arrived.

atmosFears is a soundscape that will add the eerie, creepy and disoriented feeling to your haunt, home or event. It is perfect for the looping background audio of featured ambiance found within the event itself. Right now you can sample ALL 13 TRACKS on the Frightmare Studios website to you can hear for yourself what we are boasting about.

not your typical halloween sound effects cd, this cd will put the hair on the back of your neck on end. This cd is perfect for home or professional haunts. 13 incredibly dark and terrifying scarescapes for that perfect atmosFEAR!

To purchase your copy as a Physical CD or a Digital Download you can get the CD for $22 postage paid, and the Digital Download for $15. For more information, to preview tracks or to download the album visit: www.FrightmareStudios.com

Silent Hill Haunted Attraction Video Review

As many of you RFR Deadites may remember we discussed the highly anticipated Silent Hill Haunted Attraction presented by Sinister Pointe. (click Here to View the Full Write up).

Well the Haunt Season has wrapped and now the reviews are coming in from Deadites and in posts all around. Below is a Video Review that captures much of the Haunt, Thoughts and more.

Silent Hill Haunted Attraction Review. from Silent Hill Experienced on Vimeo.

For more on the full Silent Hill Haunted Attraction and Sinister Pointe visit: www.SinisterPointe.com
(note: video review is presented on Vimeo and is not part of the RFR Casket Crew)

Halloween Over? Not at Netherworld Haunted Attraction!

So you have traveled, partied, and had a blast this Haunt Season. And so it may seems to many it has now ended. Not at the Netherworld Haunted Attraction! If you haven’t had your fill of seeing Haunted houses this year, then head on down to one of the top rated national Haunts, Netherworld this weekend or next weekend.

The Netherworld Haunted Attraction will still have its doors open on Friday and Saturday, November 6 & 7 and then also the following Weekend November 13 & 14! So you can still get your Haunt On. And why not especially on FRIDAY the 13TH!!!

“NETHERWORLD Haunted House, Atlanta’s Ultimate Haunted House, is not only one of the scariest haunted houses in Georgia and the Southeast, but one of the Top Haunted Houses in the Nation. For 13 years this intense, cutting edge, multi story, multi attraction haunted event has thrilled and terrified visitors…regularly garnering national attention from the likes of CNN, AOL, the Wall Street Journal, and Hauntworld Magazine. Created by film and television professionals, NETHERWORLD is also notable for its custom movie quality special effects, amazing actors, unique themes, and extremely detailed sets. Don’t miss one of America’s best haunted houses…visit Netherworld this Halloween season!”

So go get your Haunt On one last time this season. For more information be sure to visit their Official Site at: www.FearWorld.com

The Steampunk Haunted House All-New Trailer

This Halloween you can enjoy the beauty, glamour and scariness of Steampunk meeting the Haunt Industry. We have discussed the Steampunk Haunted House before on RFR, you can see the write by Clicking Here, and have nothing but high expectations from the new debut event.

Later this week we will also have Zach Morris, one of the founders of the event stopping in on the show.

Well, if you are in NYC, and want to see these two worlds collide, they open tomorrow! Here is their all new trailer for the event. For more on the event itself visit: www.ThirdRailProjects.com

Steampunk Haunted House Trailer from Third Rail Projects on Vimeo.

Stand Back and Let the Real Psychos Show You How Its Done at Dreamreapers Haunted House!

Back at the Transworld Haunt Show in 2007, RFR was vending there and we had a chance to visit the Dreamreapers Haunted House in Illinois. Now this haunted attraction blew us away. In detail, scares and dead-on actors, the place was for sure one of the top rated in the nation! So it comes as no surprise that now, almost two years later, we have a chance to visit the attraction once more this weekend.

Nightmares Inc. decided to fabricate a haunted house using a new genre of haunt. One of old technology, dark, misdirecting and actor based scares carefully merged with that of new technology. High tech. animatronics, high detail and touching 4 of your 5 senses. The end result was Dream Reapers.

Dream Reapers Haunted House is over 14,000 SqFt. of sheer terror. With over 22 rooms, 40+ animatronics, over 40 actors and actresses and something rarely duplicated in the industry, scents based upon the theme of the room. And has wheelchair accessibility.

Dream Reapers was rated the #1 haunted house in Illinois for three years in a row. And continues to be one of the top rated events nationwide. Since there are only a few more days left until Halloween, this is a must-see if you are within driving distance or in the Illinois area. You can get some great deals online, like a Fast Pass, or discounts just for eating pizza and bringing in the labels! And if you just want to attend on a whim, it’s only a mere $16 bux to get in!

So if you want some sheer terror this Halloween, visit the Dreamreapers Haunted House in Illinois! And as they put it….“STAND BACK AND LET THE REAL PSYCHOS SHOW YOU HOW ITS DONE!”

For more on the Dreamreapers event visit: Dreamreapers.com

The Dent Schoolhouse Turns 115 Years Old and Continues to Scare!

The old Dent Schoolhouse will be turning 115 years old on October 22! So that means they need to celebrate all weekend long! From October the 22-25th prepare for the Haunt Birthday of the year.

Get ready for cake!!! Several businesses around town are supplying Birthday cakes on Thursday night! Enjoy some cake with your scare! Are you a master carver/decorator? Well show them what you can do! Bring in your carved pumpkin to display on sight and when great prizes and discounts! Pumpkins can be dropped off all weekend and will be judged Sunday night! If you bring a pumpkin entry you gain a DISCOUNTED ticket and a chance to win PRIZES!

Have a Birthday during the celebration weekend? Show your ID and get a free upgrade to Fast Pass (when buying a general admission)!

For more on the top rated Haunted Attraction listed in Haunted Attraction MAgazine’s Top 25 Haunts, visit: www.FrightSite.com

About the Dent School House Haunted Attraction: