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  1. JustJimAZ's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Crowley
    From what I had heard attending NAU 20 years back, the girl hung herself over a boy. She was not found until after the winter break, they couldn't clean all the stains. If you drive by the dorm, you'll still see one of the windows bricked off. The room was sealed.
    I think that is a story told at many universities. Nice one to base a haunt - or at least a scene - on!
  2. Crowley's Avatar
    From what I had heard attending NAU 20 years back, the girl hung herself over a boy. She was not found until after the winter break, they couldn't clean all the stains. If you drive by the dorm, you'll still see one of the windows bricked off. The room was sealed.
  3. Coveredinflouraz's Avatar
    Love these! Thank you for sharing ☺️ Not sure if you are into balloon structures but you can use a low temp glue gun to stick them together as well. I didn't even know they existed until a couple years ago.
  4. klwdesigns's Avatar
    Niiice. I should do this and adhere them to the inside of my RV gates which is usually the entrance to my back yard display.
    Sometimes I like the way aerosol paint eats away the styrene, the effect is very similar to the heat gun.
  5. JustJimAZ's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Dr.T
    Thank you!!! Really appreciate you sharing with the community and making AZ Haunts a better place
    I am so glad you found it useful, Dr. T!
  6. Dr.T's Avatar
    Thank you!!! Really appreciate you sharing with the community and making AZ Haunts a better place
  7. JustJimAZ's Avatar
    Glad you like them!
  8. JustJimAZ's Avatar
    Thanks for the response. I come up with a lot of half baked ideas that truly do need to be built to see how they can be improved.
    This is basically two thoughts on application. One, it's static and the patrons go through it, like a static fish trap. Similar examples include the claustrophobia tunnel. The thing with that is it's not very scary.
    The other does indeed use moving walls. I think an actor would have to force the patron to keep moving forward by scares or, possibly, by closing off the hall behind them. How a fire marshal would react to that, I am not sure! I think I could make the case that the hall is still open in one direction, even if they have to go through the brushes to escape.
  9. JustJimAZ's Avatar
    Many thanks for the kind words. I am gratified you find my ramblings useful!
  10. JustJimAZ's Avatar
    You are not alone there! Many haunters spend so much time focusing on the technical stuff they forget to come up with a costume. For most of us, though, getting into a costume for trick or treat was our introduction to The Holiday.
    I think of myself as a costumer first. Even so, I have had a few seasons where I put together my costume on the day of. Fortunately, I have a literal tub o'costumes with makeup, masks, etc. I can always pull a passable costume out of my ...tub. ;-)
  11. JustJimAZ's Avatar
    Allen is THE MAN!
    Here is the interview mentioned and linked to in the article:
    https://player.fm/series/scarehouse-...G0FynjXDCKe1QU
  12. JustJimAZ's Avatar
    Glad to be of service!
    ;-)
  13. JustJimAZ's Avatar
    Thank you Godzilla! I am glad you enjoyed the post. I hope to see some of yours here some day!
  14. Godzilla's Avatar
    You are spot on Jim.
    I wish I was visiting the site and your blog for the last 2 years. I know writing these takes time and effort.

    Thank you again.
  15. Godzilla's Avatar
    I have not seen this idea in person. I like the idea and the reference to the fish trap is very effective in clarifying the idea. Perhaps better than the illustration. I have to admit the image with the red lines (moving walls, I believe) looks like it would definitely meet with resistance from patrons. I'd be very interested to see a mock up, because I'm loving the idea, but I am lost with understanding the mechanics of the entrance system represented by the red lines. I find it an extremely clever idea though.
  16. Godzilla's Avatar
    Ummm, good ideas! Really good ideas
  17. Godzilla's Avatar
    Thanks for sharing Jim. I love Allen's work and his ethic. He is so easy, open and clever. I love to watch him live on Facebook too. I had not seen the interview you alluded to, but I will be looking for it. The idea of this haunt is another great idea!
  18. Godzilla's Avatar
    I truly suffer in the costume area. I am always thinking of the story, the progression, the sound the music, the characters, the lighting, the building... etc. and always forget to get my character and costume ready. It happens almost every year.
  19. Godzilla's Avatar
    Now you are really getting me thinking. I was working on a gray scale idea, but the white idea is definitely worthy of considering. I was considering the gray in an effort to brighten up a room in a darker haunt, but now I have to consider white as a possibility too.
    Thanks for giving me more work LOL.
  20. Godzilla's Avatar
    I agree and I find the post fascinating. I had never thought about haunting in this way, but your description of what we do and what the artists are doing are spot on. Thank you, this is a very insightful post. I have to visit this site more often. I thought facebook was where everything in the group was happening. I was obviously wrong.
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