The 2020 Haunt… Demonground: The Hidden Haunt640 Regal Lane, Algonquin, IL 60102Scare Rating: 3Hours: Oct 3 – Nov 1 (Dusk–10:30)Haunted graveyard with fog, sound, static, animated and pneumatic props. Occasional live actors. Not much blood.www.demonground.com Demonground: The Hidden Haunt (2020) Early Setup Photos Live Shots Props Added:
Category Archives: Haunt
Haunt 2019
The 2019 Haunt is significant for us because it’s our first year in the Chicago Haunt Builders directory. This page will be the hub for all information about this year’s effort. It’s ironic, but we’ve been haunting our house(s) since 1993 – in Algonquin since 2001, and we’re right up the street from two of …
Haunt 2018
While we were setting up the mausoleum, a car drove by and slowed. This isn’t uncommon. It’s pretty unsettling to see people doing front yard construction work of things made of stone. A few minutes later, the same car drove back the other way, even slower. Okay, I thought, they just want a better look. …
Haunt 2017
In 2017, we turned the wishing well into a fog chiller. We attempted a major new prop called the Ghost Train. We also had a visit from our good friend Reaper Madness. Props Added:
Haunt 2016
In 2016, Stanley got a new home. The bushes in front of the house were too tall to allow the tall flowing marionette to rise and fall in a convincing way, so we built him a “small” mausoleum and slipped it between the arms of the oak tree in the front yard. Sadly, Peter stayed …
Haunt 2015
In 2015 we made a major push to put the Pumpkin scarecrow prop out into the yard. We succeeded in getting it outside. But nobody ever saw it work on the lawn. Props Added:
Haunt 2014
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Haunt 2013
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Haunt 2012
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Haunt 2011
This was a far less intentional year for us. The new prop in the display was the Wishing Well, with creepy ghost girl, Samara. There was an attempt to make it possible for her to rise out of the well on an armature that extended a drawer slide the same way the flying crank ghost …