Friday, April 9, 2010

PROPS FOR SALE

BOLT - Frankenstein Monster character on a slanted metal table
Thrashes wildly as he gets electrocuted.
Includes digital control, sound and amp with speaker
Wireless remote
(Original price $2,327.00 – Asking $1,500.00)


BOLT - Matching Generator
(Original price $525.00 – Asking $200.00)



Campbell Hausfeld air compressor / 4 Gallon / 125 PSI
(original price $300.00 – Asking $150.00)


Igor prop - Approx. 23" wide x 14" deep x 55" tall
(Original Price $525.00 – Asking $300.00)


Single Door Cooler
In great condition, interior and exterior lights work
Comes with shelf's and clips
(Asking $200.00)

Anyone who is interested please contact me by email.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

THE TALENTED MR. CHALUPA


Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees and Freddie Krueger all have to sleep at some point.
Ever wonder who haunts them in their dreams? Well let me introduce you to Carl Charlupa...

Carl has really made a name for himself over the past few years in the haunt industry. Not only is he the most sought out psychotic horror theme actor in this part of Canada, but he is also a very talented photographer.

Carl has terrorized thousand of victims over the past few years in Professional Haunted Houses, Themed Home Haunts and many horror related videos.

I've had the pleasure of working with Carl in a video that was created for my custom Zombie Windows which will be a major feature of my Haunted House this upcoming Halloween. Carl's contribution as a Zombie actor was creepy and believeable, he's a true professional.

I believe the Haunt industry is extremely lucky to have such a talented Actor and Photographer.

All the pictures I've posted in this blog are from Carl's personal collection on his web site

Room 57

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

HORRORS UNLIMITED

Image Source (Me)

Finally I got some free time this evening to sit down and watch my latest DVD purchase.

I belong to the Ontario Haunters Club (OHC) and had the honour of being asked to participate in the 2009 Haunt Crawl - Volume 2 - Home Haunt Edition DVD.

Jeff Chatten of Horrors Unlimited has been creating media for the Haunted Attraction Industry for the past two years and has become a very talented video artist and a friend of mine.

Jeff has braved the cold October evenings for the past two years to put together this Killer collection of Home Haunts, he features full tours of ten Home Haunts in the GTA area and the DVD is filmed entirely in High Definition and includes a 5.1 Dolby Digital Soundtrack and also comes in Blu-Ray.

So this evening I slowly creeped down to the basement, turned off all the lights, sat in the darkness and watched my DVD in surround sound. "WOW" was I impressed, you could really hear the wind blowing, doors creaking, kids laughing in the distance, Zombies growning, Witches snickering, cats hissing, etc...
The picture was so clear I swear I was standing there, but my favorite part of all was being able to see all my OHC friends and their Home Haunts. One of my biggest disappointments as a Home Haunter is not being able to get out to see other Home Haunters displays because most of them are only open on Halloween Night, but now Jeff has created this wonderful collection of Home Haunts.
HOME HAUNTERS ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

We have a road!!!!!!!!


 Dave and I were very excited to go past our block over Easter and see that we now have a road, and street lights! We can see an end in sight and can't wait to start building even though it will still be a few months!!

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

2010 TRANSWORLD HAUNT SHOW

I traveled to St. Louis, MO this past weekend to attend the 15TH Annual Transworld Halloween & Attraction Show at the America's Centre.
The show gathers the largest collection of industry leading vendors and a huge selection of products to give buyers the greatest opportunity to see all of the best products and creations, all under one roof.
I really enjoyed it because it created a unique business environment designed to allow me to meet face-to-face with the exhibitors. The exhibitors bring all the newest products and classic designs, providing buyers with a one-stop shopping experience, with thousands of products in hundreds of categories.

I've attached photo's I took at the show on my flickr album, but please be aware that some of these photo's contain disturbing images not suitable for children.

Monday, March 22, 2010

OH WELL!

The Thornhill Woods Haunted House was recently featured on the Party Mamas reality show. We received many compliments from the community, friends, family, and other home haunters on our episode.

Here's the link http://www.slice.ca/watch/ (click: Party Mamas / Season 3 / Episode 37).

Well I guess not everybody enjoyed our episode and I thought I would share this lovely lady's personal email to me directly.

Name: Lisa
Phone:
Email: lano2001@hotmail.com
Comments: I just watched slice TV segment with you on it. You are totally insane and need psychological help, if I was your wife I would leave you. I hope your kids and the kids of the neighborhood are not traumatized, but they probably are. With all the money you have spent, you have only raised $3,000 in a year - you would be better off donating all the money you spend on that crap to Sick Kids directly.

Now I have pretty thick skin and could care less what people think about me, but this lady (if she even deserves to be called that) took the time to research on my site how much money I raised in 2009 and said some pretty personal things.

Here's my responds back to her.

Hi Lisa,

Thanks for writing in, but before you make such harsh comments you should know all the facts.

We've received nothing but praise and positive feedback for all that we do for the community.
My wife and I give 100% of all donations to Sick Kids Hospital.
Party Mamas is a Reality TV Show and everything is Exaggerated for drama and ratings.

I guess there's always someone out there who feels differently and you're entitled to your opinion.
If anyone needs psychological help, it's you. You obviously can't tell the difference between real life and reality TV.

GET A LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!