I fixed our friendly wolves neck yesterday, turns out it was a broken neck. After stripping back his fur and assessing the damage, I found that the factory weld was only tack welded into place. I am surprised that it even made it through last years haunt. After pulling out the welder and laying a [...]

Well it looks like the Pumpkin King broke his jaw last night. I had to wire his jaw shut as it was too dark to pull out the welder and fix him up. I am not sure that anybody even noticed that it wasn’t opening or closing? He is such a mammoth presence that the [...]

Opening Night, Oct 16th. What a blast. Bit of a slow start but that’s OK as it ramped up nicely. All the actors were in place and did a great job. We had a few glitches in sound, another in the bat drop but all were fixed instantly. Night 2, had to be a perfect [...]

Today I installed the new sound track and reprogrammed the Pumpkin King. It”s a killer. Our friend and co-worker Chris P. is a king himself when recording a special needs track. He has talent beyond his years. It opens with Metalica and closes with a spine tingling chill. I almost have it memorized myself and [...]

Myself and crew picked away all weekend in the final preps for opening day. Sometimes all the little things pile up soooo deep I think that we will never see the light again. I took Monday off and stayed clear of haunt. Enjoyed a great day with my wife and kids at The Apple Barn. Not [...]

Time flies when you are having fun! Not sure how much fun building a haunt really is though. Many peoples first comments are when they see this monster we’vebuilt are “you must have sooooo much fun building this”. I laugh, and agree usually. But reality is its pretty damn stressful! Working under a tight budget, [...]