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  1. It's Surreal!

    "Nightmares" are a popular them for haunts that want to do everything from clowns to dinosaurs to zombies. They are fun and anything can happen. Still, is that really how nightmares are? In a nightmare, aren't you likely to be in your childhood home when Bigfoot comes out the closet door and chases you over the water to the island, where you hop on your motorcycle and discover the ground is made of marshmallow and you are naked? Or something like that. Maybe it's just me.
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  2. Random Thoughts

    I tend to lean to the theoretical. I was told in a high school class I was very abstract and should be more "concrete". Maybe. Still, when I see interesting pictures, I like to imagine how they might be re-created in real life, in real time. Of course, for the purposes of this forum, I think how they might be useful in a haunt. I usually end up thinking more in terms of atmosphere and story, rather than pop scares. Here are a few random thoughts inspired by stuff I found on the web. ...
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  3. More Fun with Fans

    Last week I posted a video of an effect by Daniel Wurtzel. Today I just want to share a little more of his work using air to create effect.

    I hope you enjoy.



    Check out his page here:
    http://www.danielwurtzel.com/
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  4. Ghostly Effect

    Sometimes you just come across something and wonder why you've never seen it before. At Amaluna by Cirque du Soleil, I saw a large silk cloth floating and dancing above the stage. It was levitated and animated by fans as shown in the video below.

    Wouldn't that be a cool effect in a haunt? You'd want the fans hidden behind a low wall and enough sound to mask their noise, but how surreal and ethereal!

    Updated 05-05-2019 at 08:42 AM by JustJimAZ

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  5. An Illusion of Multiplicity

    One of the things I am constantly looking for is unique puppetry. Another is Illusion costumes. When I stumbled upon Blick Théâtre - [hullu], I knew I had found a unique blend of the two. Sure, I had seen various puppets using fake arms before, but follow the ink to see the way these illusions have been used to create characters:

    https://youtu.be/7GE8Auadb1Q?t=18


    One of the challenges any haunt faces - whether a home haunt or pro - is actors. Actors are ...
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