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Where's the box in relation to the actor flying out overhead? Are they having to look down to the box? Do they have there backs to the actor doing the scare?

If the actor is coming over the top...

We have 2 of these in our haunt. Picked them up cheap at an auction. Here's a pic of one we used in our boiler room....great place for the janitor to jump out from.
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Google clear tape sculpture.

Check out Allen H's youtube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHYHbjqA08k

Our numbers are down considerably, but much of that is that we missed out last year due to not getting a suitable building. We are also in a neighboring town with less population this year. It's...

After more thought in this I'm considering doing levels of sponsorship.

Level I Sponsor ($100?) - Companies logo on printed materials (i.e. website, flyers, posters, T-shrits, etc...) give them.
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I'm seriously considering trying to pick up some sponsors this year for the haunt, but unsure what kind of $$$ amounts to associate with it. The initial idea is to get sponsors in surrounding areas...

Has anyone done this kind or considered doing this kind of revenue sharing lease agreement?

Thanks scotty that was definitely on my list of things to do, thanks for the input.



son-of-sam I'm in a very rural area. Our first 2 years as a 3rd party charity haunt fund raiser we only...

This is going to be long and I apologize, but wanted to provide as much details as possible.

We have been a 3rd party fundraising haunt for a few years now, but this has left us with very little...

You might find some of this information useful - http://www.hauntedhouseassociation.org/history.htm

You should pick up Kelly Allen's "So You Want to Be a Haunt Entrepreneur". Lots of useful information for your haunt and he even provides an example of a business plan in Chapter Two - Business Plan,...

That's pretty much my intentions HauntMan03. I like the free T-shirt idea as well as it being a wearable coupon...Thanks!

How about some 46" inflatable pins?
http://thestore.gameops.com/Giant_Inflatable_Bowling_Pins_p/in-pin.htm

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HauntMan03 we were just under 5000 sq. ft our first year and about 6,500 sq. ft the second year.

Both years were successful in bringing in just over 12% of our population. There were many repeat...

Why not make your own? Check out this video posted by Stiltbeast Studios (AllenHopps) on making one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-mql5xyK0I&feature=fvsr

Thanks HauntedPaws, that's the argumnet I was trying to make to them as well. To cheap being not worth the effort.

Compared to most here, our numbers probably don't look like much, but we are in a very rural area. The closest haunt is about an hour a way. During our 2 years as a fund raiser we averaged 237...

Sorry so long....

I began haunting 5 years ago doing a home haunt. After 2 years of praise and compliments we approached a charity about becoming a 3rd party fund raiser. For the next two years we...

I just found this morning that a local man died last night at a local hayride attraction. This was a free event that's been going on in our town for last 6 years is and is geared towards...

Is there anyway to move the pre-show outside? They're already standing around waiting so if you could eliminate that extra minute for multiple groups simultaneously I think it would help.

Went to...

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Just curious but what does online promotion have to do with being a top rated haunt?

I could see it being more about how big their budget is, and what resources they have available to them.

I...

Have you tried searching for the owner on http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/index.jsp

Quick search I didn't find it, but maybe with a different spelling or without the hypens?

This will be my 3rd year running a haunted house raising money for charity. Not having our own property/building is our biggest hurdle every year. In the past we've been able to use buildings owned...

We've been using a multi-bit (square, torx, or phillips) drive deck screw for the past couple years that work great for assembly and tear down, but many get damaged so I don't re-use them from year...