A Very Educational Video

[Jim Warfield]

Very short, big lesson.

http://s133.photobucket.com/albums/q...s-Reflejos.flv

Very amusing video.

I am pretty sure that guy is a customer of ours about 20 times each year! My poor actors get abused almost every night. It goes along with the territory when you scare the poop out of people.

Howie "Slobber" Erlich
Deadly Intentions Haunted House
www.deadlyintentionshaunt.com

[SSP]

I would say that the reason for a reaction like that is because it took place in a setting where such a thing is completely unexpected, but I've found myself on the recieving end of a couple blows in a haunt enviornment, so my theory is busted.

That was amazing though lol

[SpFXChic]

Um, ouch. Regardless of following the age old rule of staying an arm's length away, I've been clocked a few times in my many years of haunting. (Maybe their arms were longer than mine?) That just brought it all back. <---what the guys face looked like behind the mask

[Empressnightshade]

Ouch is right!

And did you see the way he hit him? The guy moved and swung like a boxer.

[MDKing]

WHAT!!! That's insane. I would have jumped out that trash can and knocked that guy out!!!

Maybe is was staged?

Allan

[Jim Warfield]

If it was staged the stunt man didn't get paid enough.
The first time I saw it I thought the punch looked very pre-meditated, the second time I saw it , watching the puncher's face more closely, I don't think so, he looked kind of ashamed or sheepish, I thought.
Most simply reactive puchers don't usually seem to get their swing too smooth or the steps right to create a real boxer-type punch.
Arms usually just come more up and out slightly, not a full extension making hard contact.

[Duke of Darkness]

To me it didn't look staged. It looked like a genuine reaction, and one that I have seen many times. Yes, it was an extreme version in that he landed a much better punch than most would if startled. As Jim said, take it as a lesson. This can happen any time you scare someone.

I can deal with startle punchers. It is those who think it is fun to assault the actors that get my goat. Interestingly, it seems to be women almost as often a men who act this way. Pathetic.

Dave

[wipp]

dont let that guy fool you.he saw that guy scaring people and decided to be a show off.if you watch it again you can see he planed every sec of that.

[Jim Warfield]

My imagination informed me that freelance scaring can lead to big problems and I refused offers of money to do such things to people I didn't know in places that I don't own.
"How much to wear that one hideous costume of yours, hide in the attic of a rental cabin, and scare the crap out my friend who will be spending the night there?"
What if this "friend" has a heart condition? What if this "friend" carrys a loaded gun?
"BOO!" = "Bang!"