HAUNTED ATTRACTION MAGAZINE ISSUES Issue 40 Cover StoryGrowing Up Gruesome: The Evolution of Howl-O-ScreamThrough focus groups and attention to detail, the Howl-O-Scream's event at Busch Gardens Tampa has quickly become one of the top three amusement park Halloween events in the country... The Boo BusinessThe Care and Feeding of Actors Actors can make or break the quality of your haunted attraction! Jana Beagley shows how to motivate and take good care of your most valuable asset - your actors! Branding the New Haunted Attraction Developing the branding for your event can be one of the most important decisions you can make. Let Ryan E. Pluta show you what should go into deciding what to call your haunted attraction. SpotlightThe History of the ScareOak Island Entertainment and Productions continues to build some of America's greatest haunted attractions through the unique approach and business principles of founder and president John Hawkins... WorkshopsCharity Kee describes how-to-build, prop and decorate a ghostly seance table for your queue line or entry room entertainment Cliff Martin offers a step-by-step description on how to build a "kicking" animation with an assorted number of haunted attraction uses Through in-depth experimentation, Wil Schock has developed a fog chiller to efficiently create dense ground-huggin fog and shows us how to build it  Issue 39 Cover StoryCliff Martin’s Hacker HouseBuilt mostly out of Haunting “enthusiasm and a hammer,” Stu McIntire takes us on an inside look at Hacker House in North Carolina. The Boo BusinessThroughput and Efficiency or Queue TipsOne of the most important aspects of making money in a Haunted Attraction is getting people through the experience as efficiently as possible, and Rob McRea takes us on an intellectual look at what makes this work. New Product SpotlightWater-Melon™ Alco-Activated Appliance™ ("Scary Kerry")Water-Melon is superior to standard cap plastic in many ways. It thins with water. Edges dissolve with alcohol, not acetone, (No solvent vapors). Like Latex, Water-Melon can be brushed, sponged or sprayed applied directly to the skin and slushed into plaster molds. You can make plastic appliances from plaster molds whose edges can be dissolved with alcohol. WorkshopsMaking Your Own TombstonesLearn the tip and tricks of making ornate and realistic looking tombstones in this detailed how-to by Tamara Hedstrom. Modeling a Haunted House Room Design – Post MortemRandal Powell follows up on an earlier article with how a model helped him develop an effective Haunted room design. Making “Great Stuff” with Great StuffMichael Bruner walks us through some interesting techniques using one of Hauntings favorite mediums, spray foam insulation, or Great Stuff. |