The Haunted Trail: 2009

I got to visit another one of my favorite local haunts on Halloween this past year, "The Haunted Trail". This haunt is located a couple of miles from where I live, and a lot of hard work goes into it. Unfortunately, I didn't get any nighttime shots of it, which would have really looked great. The owners were nice enough to keep it up and running until our haunt had shut down for the night, so that my wife and I could take a walk through in the dark. It featured the 50' long tunnel from last year, but also added a long section of trail that went through the woods where another tunnel was found along with loads of other props. It was awesome! Once again, good job Pam!













Looking forward to next year, when some familiar Grim Hollow props might be in the ranks of The Haunted Trail!

The Darkest Hour: Video

Made a quick video this morning of our 2009 haunt. Hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving!

Lost on Halloween Night

This one fooled a few people... my mom came up and helped pass out candy on Halloween night, and she even talked to it a few times forgetting that it was just a prop I had placed there. Later on in the night, I moved it up closer to the road where all the parents usually stand. I saw a few of them try to have interactions with it as well. The kids reactions were the best though, when they realized that this was no ordinary kid they were talking to.
As it appeared Halloween night.

Halloween Night at Grim Hollow

Well, it rained. A lot. I guess it could have been worse though, we still had probably 200 kids or so. We had laughers and criers of all types, so I guess overall it was a good night. The one thing I'm worried about is the pictures I took. I haven't looked at them yet, and don't know if they are going to be good or not because of the amount of rain we were getting when I took them. I'm kind of scared to look right now. Worst case scenario, I do have some pictures I took back on the 22nd I could post, but the yard was set up differently than it was for Halloween night. I'll try to get some pics posted soon! Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween!
This pretty much sums up how I feel right about now after being out in the rain all evening.

Update: My pictures turned out horrible, so tonight (Nov 1) is picture night. Usually I have everything put up by now, but everything is still in place. So it will be like Halloween night again at my house!

The Lost

I read about this prop idea last year on Pumpkinrot's What's Brewing blog, and kind of had the idea stuck in head since then, so I had to build it. It's about 3'10" tall, and resembles a small child. I think I may put a few pieces of candy on the ground in front of it to make it appear that the child may have spilled them, or maybe put a couple of hands, fingers, etc. in its bucket. My hopes are that some concerned parent will lean down to help this child and realize that this is no ordinary kid. This doesn't really go with the rest of my setup this year, it's just something I had been wanting to build since I read about it.

Thanks, Rot, for this awesome prop idea.




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