171883 272 Crafts & Hobbies Holiday & Seasonal Crafts Halloween Crafts true Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:05:08 -0700 /system/videos/5/83/18/17/171883.flv crafts, hobbies, halloween, scare, Frighten, joke, practical, ghost, scary How To Make a Haunted House http://www.howcast.com/videos/171883-How-To-Make-a-Haunted-House http://www.howcast.com/videos/171883-How-To-Make-a-Haunted-House/edit approved 157 1280 720 <object width="425" height="273" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="howcastplayer"><param name="movie" value="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=171883"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=171883" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="273" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" ></embed></object> 10 BatSquid_Studios http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/171883/Picture_13_xxlarge_maintained_aspect.png 4624 false false false 66159 0 25 Warning Pregnant women, people with heart conditions, and those who are photosensitive to flashing lights, like some epileptics, should not visit haunted houses.

]]> 66160 1 32 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/171883/32.jpg Build on a theme Base your design on a theme. Classics like “insane asylum” or “serial killer-plagued campground” will give you lots of material to play with.

]]> 66161 2 41 Tip The more thorough and specific your details, the scarier your haunted house will be.

]]> 66162 3 47 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/171883/47.jpg Pick a scary location Consider holding your event at or near a scary location, like an old graveyard.

]]> 66163 4 53 Tip Make sure it’s a safe — and legal — location. Things will be less scary if the cops shut you down halfway through the night.

]]> 66164 5 61 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/171883/61.jpg Work in live-action stunts Liven up your haunted house with live-action stunts. Enlist a few costumed friends, and have them grab onto guests, create eerie effects, and make stationary tableaus come to life.

]]> 66165 6 72 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/171883/72.jpg Incorporate different textures Incorporate different unidentifiable textures. Create sudden mists using spray bottles and force guests to walk through black thread or clingy cotton webbing, which is available at craft or convenience stores around Halloween.

]]> 66166 7 87 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/171883/87.jpg Tailor your sound effects Instead of the same old cackling witches and clanking chains, tailor sound effects to your theme. Give each room a different soundtrack, and work in a few unexpected noise triggers.

]]> 66167 8 99 Tip Use silence to your advantage. A lack of sound can help to build suspense.

]]> 66168 9 104 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/171883/104.jpg Create a mist Use a fog machine, which you can rent or buy at a stage or lighting store, to create a ghoulish creeping mist.

]]> 66169 10 111 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/171883/111.jpg Set up strobe lights Use strobe lights to disorient your guests. Set the lights to make the action seem to take place in an eerie slow motion.

]]> 66170 11 121 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/171883/121.jpg Use blindfolds Consider blindfolding your guests and having them feel their way through parts of the house. Alternately, keep things dark, and make your guests find their way with flashlights.

]]> 66171 12 131 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/171883/131.jpg Provide one way out Let guests know at the start that there’s only one way out — the exit at the end of the tour. This single-exit strategy will help to ratchet up the excitement and tension, and keep your guests eagerly pushing forward through your house of horrors.

]]> 66172 13 145 Fact In 2005, a four-story haunted house named Erebus in Pontiac, Michigan, was certified by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s largest walk-through haunted attraction.

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