In 2021 we went across the driveway and built a new attraction on the south side of the property. The Fence Having a new section meant building a new fence to contain it. Last year the wind took out a section of our backyard fence. The wood was pretty weather-worn. The Corn At the back …
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Ye Olde Social Distancing Candy Dispensorie
COVID demands social distancing. That means nobody gets closer than 6 feet. You wear masks. And don’t touch other people’s food. So what’s a Haunter to do? Someone online suggested putting a PVC tube on a stand, and making a candy slide. Here is our version: The dragon head and the wings were already here …
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Watchman 4.0
Gary gets an upgrade… The motor we put on Gary last year was pretty weak. He couldn’t turn against the wind … or even a light breeze. Something had to be done. Enter a box of frightprops wiper motors, and a variable power supply…
Team Spirit
So the notion of having the portal to Hell at the top of the display, is that spirits are escaping into our world, and subsequently reanimating the dead (like in Ghostbusters!) Some new ghosts have entered the fray en masse.
Cal’s New Cauldron
In the original version of the cauldron creep, the contents of the cauldron were simply an illusion of an acid light projecting on the cauldron wall, and the “fire” was created by a ring of orange fairy lights lying on the ground. In 2020, we enhanced the cauldron experience. First, the flame bed became a …
The Portal
In the world of Dark Conspiracy, there are places in the world where the walls between dimensions have weakened, allowing things to slip through from their world into ours. In these regions, known as “Demongrounds”, things are not always as they appear, and the affects on reality are sometimes warped and twisted by the influence …
Cemetery Gate 2.0
In 2020, due to the COVID pandemic, we moved the cemetery entrance to the front of the yard, added gates, and chained it up. There will be no entry into the yard this year — on the big night, we’ll distribute treats to the kids from a safe distance. One of the challenges with the …
Jack
All of the props have a name, and that name was determined at some point during development of the concept. Jack is named for two distinct notions: 1. (for obvious reasons) Jack Reacher, and 2. (for no less obvious a reason): Jack-in-the-Box. First. The box… For 2020, ‘Jack’ will be one of our static ground-breaker …
Grim 3.0
And then one year, Grim’s face just dry rotted right off. Not as terrifying as you might think. In 2017, we gave him a new mask, and added LED’s in his eyes. In 2019 he got new hands (prior to this, he had two left hands). Grim History: This prop has evolved over the years…
“Dusty” The Crouching Ghoul
We started seeing a bunch of ‘crouching ghoul’ props being built, in an attempt to replicate this character: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egksi_wWvFg . Special thanks to Rob Beach (Scares on Sequoia) for posting details of his build that gave us a leg up on the mechanism to get Dusty started. The first order of business was to work …