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Page 2 — HAuNTcon 2014 — Houston, TX — January 23 - 28
Welcome to
HAuNTcon 2014!
Howdy Haunters!
Welcome to Houston and the Haunted
Attraction National Tradeshow and
Conference (HAuNTcon). This year
HAuNTcon has joined forces with the
Halloween & Party Expo (HPE).
In addition to the excellent haunt tours,
amazing education, packed tradeshow and
over the top costume ball, that HAuNTcon
attendees have grown accustomed to, the
HAuNTcon badge will also get you a sneak
preview of what will be in Halloween stores
this October.
In the past, entrance into the HPE show
was restricted to wholesale buyers.
Purchasing from the HPE show requires
a wholesale license and large minimum
purchase that most haunters cannot qualify
for. However, for the first time ever, the
wholesale Halloween industry has invited
HAuNTcon attendees (over 18 years
only) for an unprecedented opportunity
to attend their show any day during the
HAuNTcon show and Tuesday workshops.
Check the schedule at a glance for show
hours and other activities like the Saturday
Style Show.
Combining with HPE necessitated that
HAuNTcon change our show days. This
year the preshow was on Thursday and
Friday and the conference runs Saturday
through Monday with the All Day
Advanced Workshops on Tuesday. Haunt
Tours are on Friday, Sunday and Monday
nights.
What has not changed is the annual
Saturday night HAuNTer's costume ball. DJ
extraordinaire Brian Bayliss will once again
be rocking the party with the latest dance
and Halloween music., THIS social event
of the Haunting season will be located on
the third floor of the George R. Brown
Convention Center and the spooktacular
starts at 7 pm and runs until 2 am, with
a Bar B Q buffet, free beer sponsored by
Froggy’s Fog and free sodas sponsored by
Von Charon. A cash bar is also available.
Get into your favorite character costume
and join us for this off season celebration
of Halloween. Costumes suggested but not
required.
Be sure to pick up the HAuNTcon 2014
commemorative T-shirt, with art work
by Chad Savage of Sinister Visions. Chad
is also the web designer for the amazing
HAuNTcon web site that you used to learn
about this year’s show. The badge lanyards
are sponsored by Vortex Chillers.
Please join us Friday at midnight in the
Crowne Plaza Hotel Bayou Ballroom to
celebrate the life of Brian David Wolfe,
who lost a valiant fight with cancer last
October. Brian was a huge supporter of
HAuNTcon and haunt industry icon.
There will be a toast to our fallen comrade,
followed by a live action benefiting the
Brian Wolfe Memorial Fund. If you would
like to donate something for the auction,
bring it to the hotel before the auction
or if you cannot make it to the hotel you
can still make a donation through www.
gofundme.com/brianwolfe.
A great off-season chance to see the
best haunts in the Houston market, the
HAuNTcon 2014 Haunt tours began on
Thursday morning when buses rolled out
of the Crowne Plaza parking lot for the
2-day HAuNTcon Pre-Show Haunt Tour.
The HAuNTcon Friday Night Kick-Off
Tour was of the multi-element event
ScreamWorld owned by long time haunter
Jim Fetterly. But the haunt tours didn't
stop there. The Sunday Night Haunt Tour
includes 4 attractions in two locations. the
Heart Stoppers Fright 3HaunTs, owned by
Sonny Guzman and TerrorDome owned
by Shannon Brinkley. The Monday Night
Haunt Tour includes Harold Lack’s Creepy
Hollow Haunted Houses and Cindy and
Rodney Davis‘ Fearshire Farms rounds
out this year's tours, each pulled out all
the stops to frighten the industry’s most
difficult audience; other haunters! Thank
you to all the haunts that graciously
opened their doors to HAuNTcon
attendees. We know sharing your haunts
off season is expensive and stressful, but
your efforts are greatly appreciated.
HAuNTcon prides itself on bringing
attendees the finest most diverse education
program imaginable, and this year is no
exception! With 54 hours of seminars,
workshops and demos, the schedule is
packed with topics ranging from Haunt
Design to Actor Training, from Prop
Building to Set Dressing. Ever looking
for more advanced topics, this year
HAuNTcon reached out to experts beyond
the haunt community and brought in
speakers like Julie Dion of Dion Marketing,
an advertising consultant for the
amusement park industry to offer seminars
on Sponsorships and Media Buying.
Industry notables have also been brought
in to offer advanced demos and workshops.
R.J. Haddy, Roy Wooley, Tom Devlin, Eric
Zapata and Laney Chantal are all past
contestants on the Syfi Channel’s hit show
FaceOff, and will be offering seminars
and workshops. Ed and Marsha Edmunds
will be conducting a panel discussion
about their hit Travel Channel TV show
Making Monsters. All education is held in
the George R. Brown Convention Center.
Check this program for room numbers and
times. All workshops have limited seating
and materials fees apply.
The education continues after the
tradeshow closes with the Tuesday All Day
Advanced Workshops! World champion
body painter Nick Wolfe of Evil Twin
FX is offering hands-on instruction on
making your own custom mask. Tom
Devlin is offering an all-day airbrush
makeup class. Shayne Torrans is offering
a set building, distressing and set dressing
class. And yours truly will be offering an in
depth How to Get Started in the haunted
attraction industry class.
The HAuNTcon tradeshow floor is chocked
full of “Cash and Carry” exhibitors
displaying the latest in props, equipment
and services. The sold out show floor is
anchored by Distortions Unlimited, Pale
Night Productions, AEO Studios and our
title sponsor Darklight Precision Lighting.
Bargain haunters will be excited about the
Annual Haunted Garage Sale to be held on
Sunday immediately following the close
of the tradeshow floor at 5:30. If you have
something to sell there is still time to join
in the "feeding frenzy" this event creates.
The haunters’ hotel is the Crowne Plaza
Downtown Houston, All the haunt tours
will depart from the hotel. The Hospitality
Suite is in the second floor Cougar Room.
Open Thursday through Monday nights
starting at 10 p.m. offering late night
snacks and set-ups, join fellow haunters for
this nightly networking opportunity.
Producing HAuNTcon requires extensive
man hours from many people. We are
blessed with a talented hard working
volunteer steering committee that puts the
show together for you. There would be no
HAuNTcon without these dedicated people
and we cannot thank them enough.
My wife Jeanne and I know that it is you,
the attendees, speakers and exhibitors that
make HAuNTcon a success! We thank you
from the bottom of our hearts, for coming
and if there is anything we can do to make
your experience better, please let us know!
Now let the fun begin!!!
Jeanne and Leonard Pickel
HAuNTcon 2014 — Houston, TX — January 23 - 28— Page 3
Contents
Welcome to HAuNTcon
List of Exhibitors
3
5
Tuesday Hands-On Workshop
18
Haunt Tours
23
Seminar Schedule
32
Speaker Bios
45
Garage Sale
Schedule at a Glance
16
28 & 29
Hands-On Workshops
33
Brian Wolfe Celebration of Life
46
Classroom/Ball Map
53
Tradeshow Map
Special Thanks
Costume Ball
52
54
56
List of
Exhibitors
Booth D-1315
1313FX Fright Zone
239-260-4631
1313FX is a special makeup effects studio
headed up by award winning makeup artist Tom Devlin. We use the highest quality
materials for our products, which are the
same materials that we use for our work
in the film and television industry. We
specialize in creating product for haunted
attractions and also to provide unique
custom masks and props for people who
like us, love Halloween and Horror Movies! Most of our items are handmade when
you place your order and will be shipped
to you in 2 to 3 weeks. If you need an item
sooner, please contact us with your needs
and we will do our best to accomodate
you! We want our customers to be happy,
so please let us know if there are any
problems with your order or just send us
pictures of your masks and props in use!
[email protected]
www.1313fxfrightzone.com
Fort Myers, FL
Booth D-1701
AEO Studios, Inc.
407-677-8706
Over 25 years worldwide experience creating “Everything from Demons to Divas”
for the largest names in the Haunted;
Theme Park Industry. Providing Custom
Masks, Prosthetics, Make-Up Supplies,
Props AND Services – Makeup, Character,
Attraction Design / Production, performer
training and more - for events of Any size!
[email protected]
www.aeostudios.com
Orlando, FL
Booth D-1511
BrickHouse Printing
337-990-5317
Brickhouse Printing is a full-service printshop. We can take care of all your printing
and merchandising needs! From t-shirts,
hoodies, bags, and mugs to posters, flyers,
and banners...We can do it ALL!
[email protected]
www.brickhousecateringandevents.com
Lake Charles, LA
Booth D-1311
Bright Star Productions, Inc.
713-529-2757
Bright Star provides the very highest
quality production services for major
social events, corporate affairs, concerts,
weddings, fashion shows and fund raising
benefits. Our services include design,
installation, management and technical
coordination of decorative and architectural lighting, full sound systems for 1010,000 people to meet any technical rider,
Generators and electrical distribution for
entire events, rentals and 24 hour technical
assistance.
[email protected]
www.brightstarproductions.com
Houston, TX
Booth D-1302
Brutal Rust
832-640-8367
We are proud to introduce Brutal Rust
(patent pending) and Red Ox Activator
to the SFX and Haunt industries. For a
limited time, we are offering our flagship
Brutal Rust Kit for half off the retail price.
The Brutal Rust kit is enough paint for a
large prop or several sections of your latest
set. So what are you waiting for? Grab
some Brutal Rust today.
[email protected]
www.brutalrust.com
Kingwood, TX
Booth D-1404
Closed Casket Creations
832-729-2847
Cliff Holverson has been in love with
monsters from a very early age and that
devotion to the dark side has literally bled
over into his career choice. He began doing make up on himself and family members in the fifth grade after discovering a
local costume shop was stocked with Ben
Nye makeup and has never quit. From his
humble beginnings of shocking classmates
and teachers with his bloody theatrics to
interviewing such professionals as Evil
Dead’s Tom Sullivan Mark Shostrom,
Cliff has made blood and guts his life and
has plenty more to share. Mandy Holverson only wanted to be two things when
she grew up: a vampire or a ghost. Luckily
a career in special effects allows her to be
both, whenever she wants. As a child in
Cleveland, Ohio she lived in a haunted
house which filled her memories with
plenty of horrors, and now she has the
opportunity to bring that horror to your
house. Along with a background in theatre, both on the stage and off, Mandy has
the skills to bring the thrills. Always busy,
Mandy not only runs another business,
but along with Cliff, managed a popular
meet up group. A Zombie walk held by
market. Our award winning products have
since become the “secret weapon” of many
lighting designers and industry experts
and have been installed in a wide range of
applications including theme parks, museums, bars clubs, casinos, and haunted
attractions all around the world.
CO industrial-zoned 24,000 square-foot
facility, Distortions has a year-round tightknit staff of designers, artists, carpenters,
sculptors, painters, pourers, patchers,
seamers, welders, woodworkers, mold
makers, sprayers, shippers, seamstresses,
cutters, electricians, and assemblers.
[email protected]
www.darklightsystem.com
Valencia, CA
[email protected]
www.distortionsonline.com
Greeley, CO
Creepy Hollow Haunted House
Booth D-1403
Creepy Hollow Haunted house is a 3 attraction multi-element event that includes:
The 288 Scare Factory, a mobile viral
genetic research facility. The Dark Woods,
an area of dense forest where the factory
has been disposing of “waste.” And Pitch
Black, a holding facility for humans with
side effects from the experimentation.
Most people will never make it through
the Dark Woods or Pitch Black to see
what takes place the inside walls of the 288
Scare Factory. Will you?
970-351-0100
Booth D-1611
Dolls Gone Wrong & The Wicket
Lady
that group managed to attract the attention of Sony Pictures who asked for help
promoting their film “Zombieland.” Later
Mandy and Cliff were asked to promote
Shrek Forever After for Dreamworks/
Pixar and the Edwards Cinema.
[email protected]
www.closedcasketcreations.com
Spring, TX
Booth D-1308
800-357-DEAD
[email protected]
www.creepyhollowhauntedhouse.com
Rosharon, TX
Booth D-1303
Darklight Precision Lighting
661-347-0779
Darklight was founded in spring of 2010 as
a manufacturer of special effects lighting
equipment catering to the themed attraction industry. We specialize in illumination in low-light and space constrained
environments where traditional theatrical
luminaires are not suitable. The “Precision” series of LED fixtures were developed with compactness, safety, modularity, and ease of use in mind, allowing
lighting designers to illuminate environments that were not previously possible
with larger fixtures. In 2011, we expanded
our product line to include self-developed
compact controllers that add a dynamic
element to our luminaires. In late 2012, we
launched a new line of products catering
to the professional lighting and architectural markets called the “Gantom” series.
The industry recognized Gantom iQ, an
ultra-compact image projector, spearheads our focus into the specified lighting
Distortions Unlimited
Hidden in an industrial warehouse in
Greeley, Colorado, Distortions Unlimited’s owners, Ed and Marsha Edmunds,
make monsters. Their quality props,
masks and creations have been a mainstay
of the dark amusement industry since
1978. Long creative hours are spent in
gray-walled offices with brain-eating
hunchbacks, wall-scaling zombies and
docile 3-foot tall aliens. The working
environment looks more like a nightmare
manufactory than a place of business. As
a child and fan of television shows such
as The Outer Limits, The Time Machine
and the original Star Trek, Ed enjoyed
creating masks and putting on performances as monster characters. Continued
experimentations with makeup turned his
artistic hobby into a true talent at a young
age, and among other stage makeup and
prop work, he started his mask-making
operation, Distortions Unlimited, while
still in high school. Through college,
Ed developed his company’s products,
sculpting a severed finger, molding bloody
hands and becoming one of the first in
the industry to sculpt cut-off arms. After
college, Ed met Marsha Taub, a biology
student from the University of Northern
Colorado. Sharing a workplace, dedication to a faith in Christ, artistic passion
and creative yearning, they became a
team – one so strong, they exchanged
marriage vows in 1992! In its infancy
Distortions was a diamond in the rough,
making its first home in one bedroom
of a two-bedroom apartment. Pumping
out strictly masks, Ed worked to bridge
the gap between the cheap masks he had
previously painted and their high-priced
American counterparts. Now in a Greeley,
505-603-2412
Whether you’re looking for costumes
(Victorian, Steampunk, Renaissance,
Pirate, Faerie, Fantasy and more) a beautiful and well made corset for a reasonable
price; or “bitchen-cool” (yes, I’m a child
of the 70's!) Festival clothes or streetwear,
Dolls Gone Wrong is sure to have what
you need.
[email protected]
www.facebook.com/pages/Dolls-GoneWrong-Luxurywear-for-the-Wicked-and-thePure/344113445616479
Huntsville, TX
Booth D-1505
DWN Productions
281-385-2128
Dwn Productions was set up in November of 2005 after the owner Uncle Tom
Martino graduated from the Tom Savini’s
school in Monessen, PA. We are located
in Baytown, Texas right outside Houston,
Texas. Our one goal is to give the fans US
and YOU the coolest masks, props, and
FX we can because we are hardcore fans
ourselves. We offer high grade latex and
fiberglass masks along with props. We
can do everything from custom masks
to custom animatronics to custom teeth
to custom prosthetic appliances. In 2010
Tom joined forces with Danny McCarty
to creature a Digital FX wing of DWN
Productions. 2012 marked the release of
DWN’s first of many in house movies
Race War: The Remake. These are movies
produced and distributed by DWN! We
are already in post-production for our
second movie “Cheeseballs” hosted by
Troma’s own Lloyd Kaufman! We are
more than happy to do custom work for
your collection or your movie.
[email protected]
www.dwnproductions.net
Mont Belvieu, TX
Booth D-1709
Evil Fire Lizard Productions, Inc.
502-477-6041
Brought to life by having an “extreme”
devotion to Halloween and “All Things
Gothic” and finding no high quality,
reasonably priced merchandise to satisfy
our own needs we decided to take it upon
ourselves to fulfill our own needs and
hopefully the needs of our similar minded
brethren, and so simply was born “Evil
Fire Lizard Productions, Inc.” Carrying
products from Wolfe FX, Graftobian,
Brothers Rich FX, Post Mortem FX, Alcone and Evil Twin FX
[email protected]
www.evilfirelizard.com
Fisherville, KY
Booth D-1714
Booth D-1503
Find a Haunt.com
Froggys Fog
Haunt-specialized web portal using
Yahoo! Maps to drive customers to
you! Visitors enter a zip code and every
haunted event within 90 miles appears on
their screen, listed in the order of distance
from the user. Focused on the people most
likely to attend — your neighbors! Register your event at www.findahaunt.com
Froggy’s Fog is the premier manufacturer
of fog, haze, snow and foam fluids. Same
day shipping and outstanding customer
service is what sets us apart from the
competition. New products include our
PRO series of Fog Fluids, Froggy’s Flakes
Snow Fluid, UV Blacklight Snow Fluid
and Froggy’s Foam Concentrate.
[email protected]
www.FindaHaunt.com
Orlando, FL
[email protected]
www.FroggysFog.com
Columbia, TN
Booth D-1309
Booth D-1704
Flatline Radio
Haunt World, Inc.
Flatline Radio is a leading podcast within
the Horror and Haunted Attraction
Industries that is going LIVE! Give us a
listen as we’re sure to please!
HauntWorld.com is the most advanced
haunted and Halloween attraction directory on the web. Hauntworld.com is
dedicated to promoting the haunted house
industry, which includes haunted houses,
attractions, events and vendors who provide products and services. HauntWorld
helps you find haunted houses nationwide
and additionally offer the national media
information about the haunted house
industry.
972-951-5100
256-272-1036
[email protected]
www.flatlineradio.com
Killen, AL
615-469-4906
314-629-3940
[email protected]
www.hauntworld.com
St. Louis, MO
Continue the networking in the
HAuNTcon hospitality suite
Cougar room on the second Floor
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Come by for late night Snacks and mixers - BYOB!
Open 10:00 pm Nightly
Booth D-1708
Booth D-1614
Haunted Attraction Association
High Noon Creations
The Haunted Attraction Association is the
official association for the haunt industry.
Our mission is to promote our worldwide
network of haunted attractions including Haunted Houses, Haunted Hayrides,
Scream Parks, Mega-Haunts, Halloween
Festivals, Haunted Outdoor Trails, Corn
Mazes, and Amusement Park Halloween
Events. We strive to protect our customers
and make events safe, profitable and exciting through education and networking of
our members.
A freelance Special Effects from Dallas,
Texas, competed on season 2 of the Syfi
Channels hit show FaceOff.
[email protected]
www.hauntedattractionassociation.com
Winnetka, IL
From monsters to monuments, if you
can imagine it you can make it out of EPS
foam: the professional foam cutters’ tools
of choice. Protect and ghoulify with our
complete system for hard coating foam
and creating surface effects.
888-320-8494
Booth D-1711
Hauntrepreneurs(R) Themed Attraction Design
972-951-5100
While it is easy to dream up a terrifying
haunted experience, it is also simple to
overlook the horrors of building codes,
budget restrictions and installation costs.
Hauntrepreneurs® handles projects of
any size and budget. Let over 35 years of
experience guide you past the potholes in
your haunt’s way, from concept to reality.
[email protected]
www.hauntrepreneurs.com
Orlando, FL
Booth D-1310
Heart Stoppers Fright's 3HaunTs
281-593-1472
Heart Stoppers Fright's 3HaunT.com is
a down and dirty in your face 3 element
event covering a whopping 13 acres of
Terror. Heart Stopper Fright’s 3HaunTs
is a living breathing monster that swallows hordes of guest only to spit them out
a shivering shell of their former selves.
Pyro, cramped spaces and an outdoor
trail are in store for anyone brave enough
to take a tour.
[email protected]
www.3haunts.com
Shepherd, TX
214-287-2736
back in Michigan. My portfolio may be
small now, but you cannot say it hasn’t
grown rapidly in just 4 years. I truly am a
firm believer and proof that dreams DO
come true.
[email protected]
www.makeupbylaney.com
West Hollywood, CA
[email protected]
www.highnooncreations.com
Dallas, TX
Booth D-1300
Booth D-1509
314-773-0077
Hotwire Foam Factory
866-735-9255
[email protected]
www.hotwirefoamfactory.com
Lompoc, CA
Booth D-1514
Makeup by Laney
310-359-5846
My name is Laney Chantal. I am a Beauty
and Special FX makeup artist. My work
includes Season 5 of FaceOff, work with
Marilyn Manson, MageeFX FX shop,
Universal Studios Halloween Horror
Nights, Universal Studios Grinchmas. I
come from a very small town in Michigan
called Manitou Beach. When I was 18 I
decided I wanted to be bigger than the
town I grew up in. When I was 19 my
family helped make that dream become
possible. Immediately after my 20th
birthday, I packed up a suitcase and left
to Hollywood, CA with a very small budget. I was going to become a makeup artist after attending the Master’s Makeup
Course at Cinema Makeup School. Growing up going to a Catholic school, I wasn’t
allowed to watch many horror movies
in the house. I however was allowed to
watch all the Universal Monster Movies
I wanted. Jack Pierce quickly became a
childhood hero. It has been almost four
years since my big move, and I have really
proved myself to my family and friends
Pale Night Productions
Pale Night Productions pioneered Video
Integrated Animatronics in 2009 and
have been on the cutting edge of haunted
attraction technology ever since. PNP
continues to push technological boundaries to give their customers effects that
will stand out from the crowd. Pale Night
strives to continue making innovations
and consistently create some of the most
technologically advanced props and effects available to the haunted attraction
industry, while priding itself on creating
unique products that are not simply a
rehashing of tired, old concepts.
[email protected]
www.palenightproductions.com
Granite City, IL
Booth D-1515
Rad FX Co.
304.545.6597
RJ Haddy was a contestant (placed first
runner up) on season two and voted
fan favorite on SyFy’s Face Off. He then
returned as veteran contestant on season
five. He is an accomplished professional
effects artist whose work includes big
budget Hollywood films such as Batman
and Robin, There’s Something About
Mary, Contact, and Sleepy Hollow.
[email protected]
www.radfxco.com
Charleston, WV
Friday Night
VIP Buses leave the hotel at 6:30 Sharp!
Five Haunts at one location
8:30-11:00 pm
Five Element Event
Skull Cave
VooDoo Swamp
Psycho Farm House
Mummy Hall
Jack Slaughterhouse
Edge of Darkness
Maze of Maniacs
Zombie Graveyard
High Tech Sophisticated
Animatronics
North Sam Houston Pkwy W, Houston, TX 77038
Booth D-1612
Roy Wooley FX
404-334-1811
Special FX artist from Atlanta Georgia,
Roy Wooley, has over 20 years of experience under his creative FX belt. His
passion and talent for FX landed him as
a strong fan favorite on SYFY’s season 3
of Face Off and in 2013, once again, on
season 5 as a finalist. Roy has done FX
makeup on various films, such asHalloween II, and Zombieland. When he is
not working on feature films, he runs the
makeup department for The Netherworld
Haunted Attraction in Georgia.
[email protected]
www.roywooleyfx.com
Tucker, GA
Booth D-1306
Sinister FX
We are a budding Mask, Special FX, and
Prop making business. We offer unique
variety for the average horror/Halloween
fan down to the most serious and professional people in the haunt or movie industry today. We will specialize in Silicone
Full Masks, Silicone Half Masks, Silicone
Sleeves, Premium Quality Latex Masks, Full
Wearable Monster Suits, Unique Zombie
Skins, Blood and Much More Special FX
[email protected]
www.facebook.com/sinistermasks
Booth D-1305
Spookyprops.com
417-471-1005
The Original Safe Battery Powered
Chainsaw, since 2004. All the frights your
customers demand without any of the
liabilities.
[email protected]
www.spookyprops.com
Mt.Vernon, MO
Booth D-1615
Stiltbeast Studios
469-337-4929
Allen Hopps is an imaginative designer, actor, and sculptor who is driven by an incredible passion for the Haunted attraction industry. Well known for “thinking outside of the
box”, Allen is constantly looking outside of
the Haunted attraction industry for products
and techniques that can be adapted or
remade to fit the need of Haunted attractions.
Actor training - We now offer…Dynamic
Haunted house acting Dynamic haunted
house acting 2 Dynamic airbrush Make-up
on site Actor training (contact for prices
and scheduling) Masks / Costumes – Allen
has been making masks for over 15 years.
Latex masks, fabric masks and even silicone
masks! All of the costumes and masks we list
are ready to go. If it is listed then it is ready
to ship. We do not take orders. We make it,
then we sell it. We will never be a deadbeat
vendor who takes money and does not follow
through. This concept will allow us to produce quality costumes with out deadlines that
cause corner cutting. This practice has come
about by our love of making new creations
and our hatred of production work. ServicesStiltbeast Studios provides a number of
services to the Haunted attraction industry.
From actor training via personal appearance
and lecture, to make up demos, and Haunted
attraction consultation.
[email protected]
www.stiltbeaststudios.com
Mesquite, TX
Booth D-1608
Store of Doom
903-363-3291
Masks, Weapons, Doom!
[email protected]
www.storeofdoom.com
Tyler, TX
Booth D-1603
The Best Halloween Store Ever
805-390-1501
The Best Halloween Store Ever specializes
in the most unique props and decorations.
We are factory direct importers, which
means big savings for all our wholesale and
retail customers. While we work year round
creating new and innovative Halloween
designs, our retail locations are only open
seasonally. Please like us on Facebook to
follow all the exciting, ongoing news!
[email protected]
www.besthalloweenstoreever.com
Thousand Oaks, Ca
Booth D-1605
The Big Scary Show
513-889-9036
Big Scary Show – Something new has
unearthed itself to bring you a frightfully exciting podcast reaching out across
the dark and fearsome landscape of the
haunt and horror community. - Featuring
Badger, Storm, The Haunt Rocker and the
Unknown Scare-Actor, your four (g)hosts
spin some tunes, talk to celebrities, bring
you their feature segments and offer you a
seat at the Roundtable of Terror! Call the
Shout Out line (641) 715-3900 x359535 –
We want to hear from you!
[email protected]
www.bigscaryshow.com
Hamilton, OH
Booth D-1609
The Contact Lens Company
770-716-2395
The #1 distributor of Cosmetic Theatrical
FDA approved contact lenses. Proscriptions available in selected pairs. Visit The
Contact Lens Company at www.exoticlenses.com today!
[email protected]
www.exoticlenses.com
Fayetteville, GA
Booth D-1712
The Scaremaster's Club
855-424-4373
"The Scaremaster's Club" Where our
members can purchase the industry's
BEST products at WHOELSALE prices.
A deal so good, it's scary! Featuring full
product lines from Mehron, Ben Nye, Skin
Illustrator, Telesis, Kryolan, and many
may more. Plus, we proudly carry over
50,000+ costumes, props, special effects,
and wigs- ALL AT WHOLESALE PRICES.
Coupled with lighting fast shipping,
and excellent customer service, and the
GUARANTEED lowest prices in the industry- The Scaremaster's Club is your one
stop shop for all of your haunted needs.
If you're a haunted attraction owner, or
you produce professional theatre/televi-
sion/film productions call us at 855.4.Big.
Dreamer to become a Scaremaster's Club
Member today!
[email protected]
www.bigdreamerproductions.com
New York, NY
Booth D-1406
VFX Creative Studios
314-827-6539
VFX Creative Studios is a special effects
and sculpture studio serving the business
and entertainment industries. Our most
popular products are our Attack Line of
Wearable puppets that have been very
popular with the haunted attraction industry. VFX Creative Studios / VFXsecrets,
LLC – We create special effects, custom
props, puppets, 3-D displays and signage,
creatures and characters, prototypes and
more for indie filmmakers, haunt attractions, theme parks, corporations, and
regular people too.
cast copies of hard-to-find and unusual
parts. They are then finished to look right
at home in your haunted attraction. We
use the highest quality resins with no
cheap fillers and our finishes are all done
by hand. While not structural (they are
purely decorative) we strive to make them
as robust as we can, so they will hold up to
many years of use and enjoyment.
[email protected]
www.whenhingescreak.com
Red Oak, TX
Booth D-1512
Eric Zapata
Eric Zapata is a Special FX Makeup Artist
who was a featured contestant on seasons
4 and 5 of SyFy's reality competition series
"Face Off", and the web series "Face Off:
Redemption"
Shortly after graduating Makeup School,
Eric landed a position working for Special
FX veteran Bob Kurtzman. During that
time he acquired credits on cult films such
as "John Dies at The End" and "Lucky
McKee's The Woman". Most recently Eric
has done work on the television series
"Dallas" and is a contributing artist to the
haunted attraction "House of Torment" in
Austin.
Eric currently runs his own shop, EZMUFX, and acts as Co-founder of the
production team "Archimedes Media Lab.
[email protected]
www.vfxcreates.com
Fairview Heights, IL
Booth D-1314
von Charon Productions
a
937-440-0972
Creators of the “Insane Ensemble” line
of escapable restraint jackets and the
“Psychosurgical” lab coat. We also do
custom work on our products or on your
creation. Don’t restrain your actors. Strap
them into a costume that will inspire them
to let loose. Committed to Haunters who
expect quality.
[email protected]
www.voncharon.com
Troy, OH
Psychosurgical Coat (a)
Now available in sizes
X-Small through 5X-Large
a
b
Limited Supply On Hand
& Available For Immediate Shipment
Relapse Jacket (b)
Now available in sizes
Large and X-Large
Custom orders & sizes upon request
Limited Supply On Hand
& Available For Immediate Shipment
Booth D-1604
When Hinges Creak
469-878-3921
937-440-0972
www.voncharon.com
[email protected]
Welcome to When Hinges Creak, your
haunted hardware store. Browse our
website for all those small detail pieces that
are difficult to find, expense to afford, or
impossible to procure in large quantities. PRODUCTS: Our products are all
Looking for
a unique
haunt item?
Visit other "bargain
haunters" for the industry's
only haunted swap meet!
Sellers?
Have some “stuff ” you’d
like unload? Buy a table at the
registration desk.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 26TH, 5:30 - 7:00 PM
Left of the tradeshow floor
ADVANCED
Tuesday All DayWorkshops
H
AuNTcon is excited to announce the 2014 Tuesday All Day Advanced Workshops! We have an
exciting program to offer this year in the expanded education program. The seven hour long classes
start at 9:00 am Tuesday, January 28th and include materials, instruction and a box lunch.
Session 1
Session 2
Advanced All-day
Workshop 1
Evil Twin FX HandsOn Custom Mask
Making Workshop
Making Monsters 101
by Tom Devlin, 1313 FX Fright Zone
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Presented by Nick Wolfe of Evil Twin FX
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Save time and money when
making up the actors for your
haunted attraction by learning
the tricks of lighting and shadow
in this step-by-step, hands-on
horror makeup workshop. World
Champion body painter, Nick is
your instructor in this fast-paced
must-attend class for anyone
interested in makeup special effects. The class starts with a study
of facial anatomy – the underlying muscular structure of the
face – and how to paint it realisti-
cally. Classic character makeups,
simple wound simulation and
custom character design will be
studied and put into practice by
the attendees. Fast and easy tips
and tricks about how to make a
two-dimensional makeup look
three-dimensional will be explored and practiced, with Nick's
one-on-one supervision. Makeup, models and materials will be
provided. All you need is a pen,
a pad for notes and a camera to
record your finished makeups.
(No videotaping is allowed in the
class.)
Description – Along with an
invaluable amount of knowledge,
each student will take home Tom
Devlin’s custom T13 airbrush by
Paasche! This all day class will
teach students the entire process
of creating, applying, and painting a latex prosthetic. Students
will sculpt and mold a piece, take
a brief lunch break, then come
back to class and learn how to
use latex to make their creation
into a working piece of art using airbrush and applied paint
techniques.
Session 3
Creating a Boiler
Room: Set
Construction and
Detailing Workshop
by Shayne Torrans, Brutal Rust
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
variety of ways thought your entire
attraction to take your haunted
house to the next level of realism
and detail. At the end of the day, the
boiler room set will be auctioned off
to the attendees. Do not miss this
in depth scenic set building class
that will show you how to take your
haunt to the next level in realism
and detail.
these events attractions have amazingly realistic sets and high detail,
distressed and dilapidated walls,
movie quality sets and set dressing.
Many haunters think that set dressing and high detail is expensive, but
in this all day advanced workshop,
Shayne Torrans and the team from
Haunt Force and Brutal Rust will
show you how to create an amazing
highly detailed movie quality set on
a budget.
Starting from scratch, attendees will
help build the walls, and create sets
of a rusted pipe filled boiler room.
This session will cover set wall construction, base and faux painting,
When people talk about the best
haunted houses in the country,
Netherworld in Atlanta, GA, 13th
Gate in Baton Rouge and House of
Shock in New Orleans, LA, always
come up in the discussion, but why?
They all have great costuming, actors
and make up, but what really makes
these events the most talked about
haunts in the industry is that each of
distressing and set dressing, all using
low cost, light weight wood, foam,
plastic and sheetrock. Once learned,
the techniques demonstrated in this
hands on workshop can be used in a
Session 4
Opening Your First
Haunted Attraction:
Without Losing An
Arm And A Leg
by Leonard Pickel,
Hauntrepreneurs(R) Themed
Attraction Design and Consulting
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Halloween has become a phenomenon in the United States and
around the world, and every year
more and more people are opening
“darkly themed” Halloween Attractions. Even in the present economic
downturn some haunted events are
breaking attendance records, while
other attractions are going out of
business.
This comprehensive and detailed
step by step “how-to” session fea-
tures the “do’s and don’ts” on getting
an attraction open, keeping it open
and making enough money to survive for both a for-profit dark attraction and charity Halloween Event,
but even a well-established event
will learn from Leonard’s 35 years of
professional design and consulting
experience.
From choosing the attraction name
and URL for the event through pricing and dates of operation, topics
covered include, creating a business
plan, location requirements, safety
code compliance, attraction style,
attraction design, multi-element
approach, timed ticketing, advertising, operations and answers to the
most frequently asked questions:
“How big should the attraction be,
how much should I charge, and how
much will it cost?”
In this all day session, attendees
will explore the reasons why some
attractions prosper while others fail.
“A Haunted Attraction is a business
and as in any other business, what
you don’t know about this specialized field can put you out of business
before you get started,” explains
haunt industry veteran Leonard
Pickel who will share with attendees how to maximize profits while
minimizing costs and effort while
describing what he sees as the best
model for creating a successful Halloween Event.
NOTE: Bring your wifi enabled
laptop or tablet, your scary designs,
theme ideas and haunting dreams to
this never before offered session.
Haunt Tours!
full backstage and lights on access.
Pre-Show Haunt Tours
The 2014 HAuNTcon Pre-Show Haunt tour is
a two day bus tour of the best attractions the
Houston Market has to offer. The buses will be
leaving at 10:30AM Thursday, January 23rd
and Friday, January 24th, returning to the hotel
each night. Tour price includes transportation,
admissions and meals.
Attractions on the 2014 Tour
HAUNTED MAYFIELD MANOR
Compact year round
haunted attraction
designed and installed by Leonard
Pickel to be a one
actor operation. This
haunt is a prime
example of Leonard's
high startle low gore
solution to a budget
minded experience. Tours will be both full actor and lights on.
DUNGEON OF DOOM
A large single element attraction is built in the
parking garage of the Kemah Boardwalk. The
20 room attraction prides itself on cutting edge
scares and effects. On this tour we will be given
PHOBIA HAUNTED HOUSES
Operating since
1986, this multi- element mega haunt
boated 8 different attraction in its prime.
Phobia is relocating
this spring due to
highway expansion and 4 of the attractions
have already been dismantled, but the Phobia
crew had held off the demo so HAuNTcon
attendees can experience Houston's annual
favorite. Both full actor and lights off backstage
looks at Darke Institute-Psychiatrics, Mind
Control Asylum, ClaustroPhobia and Dawn of
the Machine are included on the tour.
ZOMBIE LASER TAG APOCALYPSE
You can compete and compare your scores
with other pre show attendees at the Zombie
Apocalypse Houston, Zombie-themed Laser
Tag, with live zombies!
One of the most haunted cities in America
Galveston Texas is known for its Victorian architecture and as the one time home of pirate/
profiteer Jean Laffite. While we are in the area,
attendees can check out some of the haunted
and historical sites.
1892 BISHOP’S PALACE HISTORICAL
HAUNTED HOME
Built of stone
and steel for the
railroad magnate
Walter Gresham
and his family,
this famous house
was designed by
Nicholas Clayton,
Galveston’s premier Victorian-era
architect. The Bishop’s Palace is recognized as
one of America’s finest examples of Victorian
exuberance and Gilded-Age extravagance.
PIRATES: LEGENDS OF THE GULF
COAST
A sister attraction to Mayfield Manor, Pirates
was also designed, researched and installed by
your host, Leonard Pickel who blended his love
for history and attraction design into this highly detailed attraction, (if you ever need to plank
and rig a ship, now you know who to call).
Pirates tell the
life and times
of Jean Laffite
while educating
visitors of the
life in the 17th
century.
NATIONAL
MUSEUM OF
FUNERAL
HISTORY
A favorite Houston "haunt" this
museum houses
the country's
largest collection
of funeral service artifacts, unique caskets,
antique coffins and more styles of hearse than
you have ever seen before.
Spotlight Haunt Tours
Friday Kick-off Haunt Tour
Friday, January 24th
Buses leave the Crowne Plaza hotel at
7:30pm
SCREAMWORLD
Kicking off HAuNTcon 2014 Spotlight tours is
SCREAMWORLD. This multi-element "nose to
tail" haunt experience includes: Skull Cave, considered the most high tech haunted attraction in
Houston, with very elaborate scenes and sophisticated animatronic features, and containing the
VooDoo Swamp, Psycho Farm House, Mummy
Hall and the Giant Skull Monster.
Jake's Slaughterhouse, a grim, old style meat processing plant, complete with slaughtered beef, gutted hogs, skinned animals, rotting carcasses and a
few things no meat market should ever have.
Edge of Darkness, featuring scenes from the dark
underside of modern society, including a hospital
scene, the boiler room, death row and the morgue.
Maze of Maniacs, prowling ghouls use disorienting strobe lights and meandering corridors to
their advantage as they systematically hunt down
their victims.
Zombie Graveyard, nestled in the hollow of a forgotten bog is an outdoor attraction that is the final
home of a host of monstrous creatures that never
rest in peace, now featuring the vortex tunnel.
Sunday Night Haunt Tour
Sunday, January 26th
7:00pm
HEARTSTOPPERS FRIGHT
8:30 - 10:00
This down and dirty in your face 3 element event
is a whopping 13
acres of Terror. Heart
Stopper Fright’s
3HaunTs is a living
breathing monster
that swallows hordes
of guest only to spit them out a shivering shell of
their former selves. Pyro, cramped spaces and an
outdoor trail are in store for anyone brave enough to
take a tour.
TERRORDOME
9:30 - 11:00
Designed to scare the yell out of patrons, Houston
TerrorDome is a highly detailed, high tech attraction that prides itself on safety that delivers hardcore
scares. Hollywood quality props, realistic set dressing and line entertainment show sets this haunt
above the rest.
Monday Night Haunt Tour
Monday, January 27th
7:30pm
CREEPY HOLLOW
7:30 - 10:00 pm
A 3 haunt multi-element event, the Creepy
Hollow tour includes:
The 288 Scare Factory,
a mobile viral genetic
research facility. The Dark Woods, an area of
dense forest where the factory has been disposing of "waste," and Pitch Black, a holding
facility for humans with side effects from the
experimentation.
FEARSHIRE FARMS
As seen on the 2013 Travel Channel's Halloween's Craziest television show, the
Fearshire Farms tour includes: Honkey's Fun
House, a barn taken over by Carnies tossed
from the nearby train tracks. And Fearson's
Farm House, an actual 1900's farm house
on the outskirts of
Angleton. Eccentric and downright
strange, the Fearson
family have always
kept to themselves.
Strange tragic deaths
seemed to plague each generation and with each
new calamity the townspeople began to whisper
about what possible curse could make their lives
so miserable.
*NOTE* In the event of extreme paranormal
activity during the tour we will evacuate and close
Fearson's Farm House to the public.
Thur, Jan 23
8:00 AM
8:30 AM
9:00 AM
9:30 AM
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11:00 AM
11:30 AM
12:00 PM
12:30 PM
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8:30 AM
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11:30 AM
12:00 PM
12:30 PM
1:00 PM
1:30 PM
2:00 PM
2:30 PM
3:00 PM
3:
Registration
Bus Tour Registration
(Crown Plaza Hotel)
Haunt Tour
Hospitality Suite
Fri, Jan 24
Registration
Shuttle Bus Hotel to Convention Center
Transportation
Day 2 Pre-show Haunted Road Trip - (Off Site)
Haunt Tour
Auction (Crowne
Plaza Hotel)
Hospitality Suite
Sat, Jan 25
8:00 AM
8:30 AM
9:00 AM
9:30 AM
10:00 AM
10:30 AM
11:00 AM
Tradeshow
Custom Mask
Class
Workshops
Business Track
Creative Track
Demo Track
12:00 PM
12:30 PM
1:00 PM
1:30 PM
Custom Mask Class (Part 1 of 3)
Haunt Website: The
Critical
Components
Projected Ghost
Continental
Breakfast
Effects
Lighting Haunts &
Store Displays with
LED's
Media Buying to
Stretch Your
Advertising
Using Fog Safely &
Effectively
2:00 PM
2:30 PM
3:00 PM
Innovative Prop Making
With Plastic Wrap
Gory Makeup Techniques
Detailed Zombies
in a Pinch
3:
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Haunted
Halloween & Party Expo Open To HAuNTcon Attendees
H&P Expo
Sun, Jan 26
11:30 AM
Attendee Registration Open for Both Events
Hauntcon Tradeshow Open
Registration
8:00 AM
8:30 AM
9:00 AM
9:30 AM
10:00 AM
10:30 AM
11:00 AM
11:30 AM
12:00 PM
12:30 PM
1:00 PM
1:30 PM
2:00 PM
2:30 PM
3:00 PM
3:
Registration
Transportation
Haunt Tour
Tradeshow
Custom Mask
Class
Workshops
Business Track
Creative Track
Continental
Breakfast
Demo Track
Sculpting Basics with RJ
Haddy
Advertising Using
Facebook Ads
Detailing Haunted
Sets
The Power of
Partnerships
Attraction Floor
Plan Design
Hot Wire Foam
Carving Everything You
Need To Know
Operatin
Profit
Developi
Back
Distress
Haunt: D
W
Tear it & Wear it!
Costume Distressing
H&P Expo
Mon, Jan 27*
Tombstone Workshop
(Part 1 of 2)
8:00 AM
8:30 AM
9:00 AM
9:30 AM
10:00 AM
10:30 AM
11:00 AM
11:30 AM
12:00 PM
12:30 PM
1:00 PM
1:30 PM
2:00 PM
2:30 PM
3:00 PM
3:
Registration
Transportation
Haunt Tour
Tradeshow
Custom Mask
Class
Workshops
Training and
Managing Actors
Business Track
Creative Track
Realistic Life-Like Prop
Roy Wooley's Weapon
Eyes On A Budget
Workshop
7 Ways to Profit
Writing a
From Halloween
Busine
Movie Quality
Special Effects For
Props on
Haunts
Detailing Dead
Behind th
Bodies: Burns,
of M
Wounds & Frozen!
Mon
Continental
Breakfast
Psychological
Horror In Haunts
The Art of Foam
Carving
Demo Track
H&P Expo
Tue, Jan 28*
Registration
8:00 AM
8:30 AM
9:00 AM
9:30 AM
10:00 AM
10:30 AM
11:00 AM
11:30 AM
12:00 PM
12:30 PM
1:00 PM
1:30 PM
2:00 PM
2:30 PM
3:00 PM
3:
Workshop
Registration
Transportation
Workshop 1
Hands-On Custom Mask Making
Workshop 2
Opening Your First Haunt
Sock Mask (Continued)
Opening Your First Haunt (Contin
Lunch and
Roundtable
Discussion
Workshop 3
Making Monsters 101
Workshop 4
Scenic Creation: Authentic Detailed Boiler Room
Making Monsters 101 (Continu
Boiler Room (Continued)
H&P Expo
8:00 AM
8:30 AM
9:00 AM
9:30 AM
10:00 AM
10:30 AM
11:00 AM
11:30 AM
12:00 PM
12:30 PM
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6:30 PM
7:00 PM
7:30 PM
8:00 PM
8:30 PM
9:00 PM
9:30 PM
10:00 PM
10:30 PM
11:00 PM
11:30 PM
12:00 AM
1:00 AM
Day 1 Pre-show Haunted Road Trip - (Off Site)
Hotel Hospitality Suite OPEN
:30 PM
4:00 PM
4:30 PM
5:00 PM
5:30 PM
11:00 PM
11:30 PM
12:00 AM
1:00 AM
Attendee & Tour Registration (Crown Plaza Hotel)
Bus For Night Tour (From Crown Plaza Hotel)
ScreamWorld Haunt Tour (Fee Req'd)
Brian Wolf
Auction
:30 PM
4:00 PM
4:30 PM
5:00 PM
5:30 PM
6:00 PM
6:30 PM
7:00 PM
7:30 PM
8:00 PM
8:30 PM
9:00 PM
9:30 PM
10:00 PM
10:30 PM
11:00 PM
11:30 PM
12:00 AM
1:00 AM
12:00 AM
1:00 AM
Event Registration
How to Produce an Authentic Rust
Finish in Your Attraction
Codes &
Sponsors: Where,
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Why & How You
on Saftey
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:30 PM
Annual HAuNTcon Costume Ball (Fee Required)
Nick Wolfe's Fast
Horror Faces
H&P Expo Style Show
4:00 PM
4:30 PM
5:00 PM
5:30 PM
6:00 PM
6:30 PM
7:00 PM
7:30 PM
8:00 PM
8:30 PM
9:00 PM
9:30 PM
10:00 PM
10:30 PM
11:00 PM
11:30 PM
Tour Registration
Horror Dome/3HaunTs Tour (Fee Req'd)
ng a Nont Haunt
ing a Killer
k Story
Tombstone Workshop
(Part 2 of 2)
Paid vs Volunteer
Staff
Start To Finish:
Artistic Set Design
sing Your
Disgusting
Walls
:30 PM
Applying Latex
Prosthetics &
Airbrushing
4:00 PM
4:30 PM
5:00 PM
Haunted Garage Sale
(Tradeshow Floor)
5:30 PM
6:00 PM
6:30 PM
7:00 PM
7:30 PM
8:00 PM
8:30 PM
9:00 PM
9:30 PM
10:00 PM
10:30 PM
11:00 PM
11:30 PM
12:00 AM
1:00 AM
Tour Registration
Fearshire Farms/Creepy Hollow Tour (Fee Req'd)
Create A Skeleton Corpse
a Haunted
How to Build a
ess Plan
Creative Team
Creating a Realistic
Haunt
RJ Haddy's
Costuming With
Foam
n a Budget
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Making
nsters
:30 PM
4:00 PM
4:30 PM
5:00 PM
5:30 PM
6:00 PM
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3:30 PM
4:00 PM
4:30 PM
5:00 PM
5:30 PM
6:00 PM
SPONSORED BY:
Meet Ed and Marsha Edmunds of
Travel Channel’s Making Monsters TV Show
Stars of Travel Channel’s “Making Monsters” Ed and Marsha Edmunds will have a special
treat for attendees at 3:30 pm on Monday, January 27! – A special inside look of their hit tv
show Making Monsters will take place followed by a Q & A session. The duo will present a
behind-the-scenes look inside Distortions Unlimited’s fascinating world of animatronic and
monster making! The stars will also tell the audience their story about how they became
television stars. The session is FREE to all HAuNTcon attendees!
Making Monsters is a reality TV show about the Greeley, Colorado company: Distortions
Unlimited, creators of some of the scariest props and animatronics the haunt industry has
ever seen.
Distortions Unlimited will also have a booth open to all attendees on the tradeshow floor.
Here they will be debuting and selling their newest creations of their 2014 lineup! Stop by, say
hello, and get an autograph or a photo with them while you’re at the show!
Seminar
Schedule
HAuNTcon’s Hands-on Workshops provide participants first-hand instructional opportunities
to create a haunted item or prop that they get to take home when completed. While at the same
time learning techniques that they can take back to their events and use on a much larger scale. A
small materials fee is charged to cover costs and an experienced instructor guides attendees step
by step to completion of the project.
Business Classes
Business Session are in
Room 320C
In an industry centered on macabre
subjects like death and dying, the
one thing you don’t want flat-lining
is your business. HAuNTcon has
brought the brightest specialists in
their respective fields of marketing,
social media, sponsorship, getting
started and more to share their
knowledge and experience with
you. For haunters, the technicalities
of business can be overwhelming.
These very important classes are
chosen to help make running your
haunt easier, more lucrative…
and more fun! Times, topics and
speakers are subject to change.
Saturday
8:30 - 9:30 am
Critical Components Of A
Haunted Attraction Website
Jeffrey Ward
A website is critical for any haunter,
but is your site working as effectively as
it should to promote your attraction?
From mobile optimization, social
integration, and the very latest trends in
website marketing, learn what goes into a
successful website and discover what you
could be doing differently to bring more
customers to your event.
Saturday
10:00 - 11:00 am
Media Buying Strategies: Stretching
Your Advertising Dollar
Julie Dion
How to get the most out of your
advertising budget. Media buying is a
task often left to business owners. This
course will help both those who buy
their own media and ones that work
with ad agencies. Media buyers have
more negotiating power than ever before
putting them in the driver’s seat. This
course will focus on how to strategize,
plan and execute your next media buy.
By negotiating your advertising dollars
you will learn how to combine new media
options with traditional advertising
to produce cutting-edge, cost-effective
marketing strategies and campaigns.
Attendees will learn valuable tips on
buying efficient media schedules and the
importance of negotiating value-added
components (the new rule instead of the
old variable) from media reps (examples:
on-air giveaways, trade, contests, email
blasts, social media and web inclusion).
Attendees will leave with the tools
to successfully buy their next media
campaign.
Saturday
3:00 - 4:00 pm
Haunted House Safety: Don’t Let
the Details Kill Ya’
Fire Marshal Todd Mitchel & Shannon Brinkley
Just as in any business, safety and fire
codes should be part of your business
plan. The importance of safety and
complying with local codes not only
makes a safer haunted attraction but
decreases your liability. This class will
cover basic safety and fire codes that
deal with a Haunted Attraction built
in a structure, based on Harris County
(Houston) Building Codes and the
International Fire Code. If you are
planning a haunted attraction start up,
this class is a must! It will help you with
information for basic fire code and safety
compliance.
Hands-on
Workshops
HAuNTcon’s Hands-on Workshop sessions are where attendees “make” an item or
prop, and when it is completed, “take” it with them. A small fee is charged for the
materials and an experienced instructor guides attendees step by step to completion
of the project. Along the way, participants will learn valuable techniques that they
can also take with them and use on future projects.
Saturday
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
10:30 am -12:30 pm
T 1 of 3) Foam $175
OU(Part
OLDClass
CustomS
Mask
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Realistic Tombstone Workshop Part 2
Monday
SOLD
Gory Makeup
Techniques $35
10:30 -12:30 am
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Innovative Prop
OUT W/Plastic Wrap $10
OLDMaking
11:30 pm - 12:30 pm
Realistic Life-Like Prop Eyes On A Budget $20
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Produce an Authentic Rust Finish $ 20
1:30 pm – 3:00 U
T
Opm
SOLDWeapon
Roy Wooley's
Workshop $70
Sunday
3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Create A Skeleton Corpse $70
OUT
UT (Part 3 of 3)
Custom
LD OClass
SOMask
S
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
UT
DO
L (Part 2 of 3)
SOClass
Custom Mask
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Sculpting Basics with RJ Haddy $50
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Realistic Tombstone Workshop Part 1 $25
Hands-on-Workshop classes are held on the Tradeshow Floor.
Class size is very limited, so sign up now. Materials fee required
Saturday
4:30 - 5:30 pm
Sunday
8:30 - 9:30 am
Sponsors: Where, Why & How
You Get ‘Em!
D’Ann Dagan
The Power of Partnerships
Learn about the different types and
functions of sponsorships, how to select
your targets, make a compelling pitch,
close the deal, and make them want to
stick with you year after year. Then enjoy
a lively Q & A as you pick the brain of
this seasoned veteran who is in the haunt
sponsorship trenches in today’s highly
competitive marketplace.
Julie Dion
People with haunted attractions can
create promotions through partnerships
and sponsorships that have tremendous
value and effectiveness that can turn
sagging bottom lines into soaring
revenue heights without having to spend
additional advertising dollars. Attendees
will leave with the knowledge of the
importance of negotiation. We will cover
how to assign values to all attraction’s
components (attraction signage, event
sponsorship, attendance) which will be
used to negotiate better partnerships.
By strong negotiating and planning
strategically, your attraction and event
can get greater exposure through
successful partnerships and promotions.
This course will teach attendees how to
combine marketing dollars with their
assets to create, negotiate and expedite
the most cost-efficient and successful
promotions and partnerships by aligning
marketing initiatives with third-party tieins. Examples of these and suggestions on
how to formulate successful partnerships
with businesses, organizations, schools
and media will be covered in this course.
Sunday
10:00 - 11:00 am
Monday
8:30 - 9:30 am
Monday
3:00 - 4:00 pm
Using Facebook Ads to Drive
Ticket Sales
Steve Colberg
Monster Management: The Training, Care and Feeding of your
ScareActors!
Alan Ostrander
Taking The Fright Out Of Writing
A Haunted Business Plan
Joyce McLean
During this session you will learn how
to execute a paid Facebook advertising
campaign to increase your ticket sales.
Since going public, Facebook has been
developing tools that allow you to zero
in on your potential customers with
remarkable accuracy at low cost. Steve
Colberg from Scary Tinker Labs will
show you how to most effectively setup
and conduct a paid Facebook marketing
campaign. This is a social media class for
people that don’t like social media.
Sunday
3:00 - 4:00 pm
Operating a Non-Profit Haunt for
Big Rewards
D’Ann Dagan
How is operating a non-profit haunt
different than a for-profit haunt? This
session will explore manpower, goods
and services, taxes, insurance and
specialized marketing strategies for big
non-profit rewards…led by the producer
of the top charity-benefiting haunt in the
world!
Sunday
4:30 - 5:30 pm
Paid vs. Volunteer; Operating An
Attraction With A Hybrid Staff
Jim Bugos
Paid vs volunteer actors and staff... What
route to take? This seminar will explain
how to develop your staff utilizing a paid
vs volunteer system. These techniques
will have your staff returning year after
year!
“ScareActors” are a rare and special
breed... and at times require special
handling, indeed! They are also the
“Front-Line;” the “Face” of YOUR
attraction! Making them one of the
MOST crucial assets to a successful
Haunt! The Training, the Actions, and
the Performance of your actors can mean
happily frightened, ready-to return
guests…or the demise of your event.
From liabilities to guest interaction
and impacts, the proper training and
management of performers is integral to
any production plan.
Join Alan O, a 25+ year haunt veteran,
and Hong Kong’s “Father of Halloween”,
for this entertaining discussion. A guide
through the process of making your
Performers the Best and Most Prepared
that they can be, to consistently put on a
Frightfully good show!!!
Monday
10:00 - 11:00 am
7 Ways to Profit in the $7 Billion
Dollar Halloween Industry
Kimberly Stewart
Have you ever thought about having a
Halloween-based business that isn’t a
pro-haunt? Come find out the 7 different
paths a business can take and get some
great ideas. Find out how you can use
your unique talents to design a perfect
small business so you can have fun and
make a profit!
Every business should have a business
plan, that’s what the experts say...but
how do you create a business plan, where
do you get the information and how do
you use it once you have it? The task
seems overwhelming. The good news
is it’s really not that complicated or
daunting. Common sense (and a little
bit of research) can get the job done. No
matter if you are thinking of opening a
new haunt or are a seasoned haunter, a
business plan can help you make more
money!
Monday
4:30 - 5:30 pm
How To Build A Creative Team
Chris & Jeff Davis and the crew of
Davis Graveyard
Learn how to put together and work
with a small effective creative team from
a group of volunteer home haunters
that set up one of the largest and most
detailed yard displays in the country.
How to identify a good fit for the team.
Learn how to get members to work
together and stay on schedule and
perform. Find out how to balance the
number of team members with the right
amount of optimists and pragmatists.
Learn how to emphasize each member’s
value and teach flexibility.
Creative Sessions
Creative Session are in
Room 320A
Creativity lies at the heart of any great
entertainment venture. We sometimes
get so bogged down in the technical
and business details of bringing our
attractions to life that it is easy to
lose track of that spark of story and
imagination that truly engages haunted
attraction guests. Listen in, follow along
or join in with these Creative sessions
and let our innovative speakers help your
dark dreams flourish. Times, topics and
Saturday
8:30 - 9:30 am
Projected Ghost Effects
Davis Graveyard
Video effects are becoming more
common in haunted attractions.
Learning how they are done and
creating them yourself allows for a more
personalized effect that your guests will
remember. Using several techniques, you
will learn how to create your own realistic
ethereal ghost effects, which can be used
both outdoors and in your haunt. Jeff and
Chris will demonstrate the tips and tricks
of videotaping actors, then teach you how
to use simple software to create almost
any ghost effect you can imagine. Learn
about the low cost LCD projectors and
ultra-small solid state media players that
make video projections so popular today.
Saturday
10:00 - 11:00 am
How To Safely Use Fog And
Special Effects
Adam Pogue
This class will discuss safe usage of fog
and other special effects that create the
“WOW” factor in an attraction which
keeps customers coming back for more.
Froggy’s Fog is a major name in this
field, and Adam will discuss his best
advice regarding product safety, design
ideas, do-it-yourself items and potential
pitfalls in an engaging round table style
discussion with ample opportunity
for attendees to ask questions. Special
effects are memorable to haunt visitors;
keep those memories positive with an
awareness of safety.
Saturday
3:00 - 4:00 pm
How to WIN on FaceOff
(Panel Discussion)
RJ Haddy, Roy Wooley and Tate
Steinsiek
The reality television show FaceOff
is now in its 6th smash hit season!
This successful look into the world of
special effects make-up and costuming
has made stars out of many make-up
artists who started their careers in the
Haunted Attraction Industry. In this
panel discussion, we will ask FaceOff
veterans Roy Wooley (star of season 3
and a finalist in season 5) and RJ Haddy
(runner up in season 2 and star of season
5), what being on the show was like,
how they got chosen for the show , how
attendees can get chosen for future show
and most importantly, “How do you
WIN on FaceOff?”
Saturday
4:30 - 5:30 pm
Theming your Haunt!”: Using Psychology to Dramatize Your Theme
and “Traumatize” Your Patrons!
Craig Caldwell
A clever theme gives you distinct
marketing advantages, streamlines
your design requirements, and limits
extraneous expenses. However, the
over arching benefit of a great theme
lies in it’s ability to capture the mind. It
becomes the touchstone that manages
every aspect of a patron’s experience and
determines the success of your Haunt.
We’ll explain a theme creation process
in detail, plot a hypothetical sequence of
interactions, and apply the psychological
principles that give you precise control
over every scare; the priming, timing,
and emotional entrainment that elevate
an adrenaline rush into an unforgettable
thrill. In conjunction, we’ll provide
specific guidelines and examples of how
to fully manipulate the level of fear,
moving far beyond “Boo!”
Sunday
8:30 - 9:30 am
Advanced Haunted Attraction
Floor Plan Design
Leonard Pickel
“It’s just a haunted house… how hard
could it be?” While it may be true that
anyone can design a haunted house,
what sets a great haunted house apart
from an okay haunted house? Learn the
process that leading attraction designers
use to develop an attraction that is on
the cutting edge on haunt design in
this quick paced session from veteran
Haunted Attraction designer Leonard
Pickel. In this thought provoking session
Pickel will explain how he uses his
Architectural education and 30 plus years
of professional haunting experience to
design terrifying Haunted Attractions,
and how you can use these methods
to strike terror into the hearts of your
patrons. Take your attraction to the next
level by taking this exciting class.
Tuesday Advanced All Day Workshops
Some very important haunting subjects are simply too involved to
be covered in a short seminar. For those topics HAuNTcon 2014
offers Advanced All Day Workshops. That’s why we’ve pulled out
all the stops in our three featured all day workshops. For a set fee, a
very limited number of attendees will spend the full day learning,
up close and personal, from the foremost experts in makeup,
fabrication and design in our business. It’s a rare and special
opportunity…the kind of thing you can only find at HAuNTcon.
Sunday
10:00 - 11:00 am
How Realistic Detailing Can Make
Or Break Your Set
Chris & Jeff Davis
Whether you are going for super detailed
realism or a sense of suspended belief,
the devil is in the details. The one thing
you add or take away that makes the
scene perfect and the viewer unable to
point their finger at what makes it so
perfect. From more realistic cobwebs to
the addition of natural elements like real
natural debris to the position of a prop
and the lighting and painting of each
item, it is the details that ultimately make
the scene.
Sunday
3:00 - 4:00 pm
A House Cannot Be Haunted
Without a History: Developing a
Killer Back Story
Drew Edward Hunter
The production of a new haunted
attraction can benefit greatly by
beginning with a solid back story on
which to build the show. Or, for an
established haunt, the addition of an
intriguing story line can bring a renewed
interest and energy to the production.
Combine a fascinating back story with an
effective host character and you’ll have
material for the media to focus on and
thus achieve good coverage and publicity.
Drew Edward Hunter brings over 40
years of professional experience to this
discussion and will present examples of
how he has used a combination of back
stories and character hosts to help create
a distinct image of various haunts in the
minds of the public and the media alike.
How is a back story developed? How does
a host character present the story? How
does a back story help determine the
style, scares and impact of a haunt? Drew
will address all this and more!
Sunday
4:30 - 5:30 pm
From Start To Finish: Principles of
Artistic Set Design
Matt Marich
Get amazing looks without wrecking
your books!! Matt Marich's 38 years in
the Haunt and Film Industry will help
you solve design dilemma's you have that
fit your budget! This seminar begins at
the birth of the creative brainstorming
process. Where do you arrive inspiration?
Various materials and equipment are
explored as well as techniques for scenic
painting and finishing the scene to give
it realism. Setting the scene perfect
and fantastic from a master artist and
designer that worked on such films as
Tombstone, The Stand and the 1990s
horror chiller Body Snatchers. Come
prepared to broaden your visual horizons
and bring your problems and questions
with you for the informative Q&A at the
completion of the seminar..
Monday
8:30 - 9:30 am
Psychological Horror In Haunts
And Performances
Michael Maxim
With the customer base of haunted
attractions desensitized by the gore seen
in movies thanks to CGI and multiple
takes with FX teams, haunted attractions
as well as dark entertainers need to
work on maximizing their attractions
and/or performances by increasing
the psychological scare factors in their
haunts. All of these can be achieved in
various ways, but some of them are often
overlooked by inexperienced haunters.
Our seminar on using Psychological
Horror to Maximize your Scare Factor
covers ways to do just that. From the
proper placement of distraction pieces
and pop-outs to timing...from a unique
blend of scripted and improv style acting
instead of a script and or basic acting
areas that allow little to no change up
in performances by your actors and
more. There are many things one can
do simply to add to the psychological
scare, but our seminar focuses mainly
on the acting aspect. How an actor can
use the power of psychological horror
in the way they move, the lines they use,
and their look to heighten their personal
scare factor. We open by talking about
the little things you can do in rooms
themselves to heighten the psychological
scare factor and segway into the acting
since a proper set with multiple options
helps your actors out in the long run.
We cover techniques like timing, multitasking while acting, observation to body
language and conversations, dialog,
movement, and more. Don’t just settle on
getting the startle scares that will rarely
work on customers that go through your
attraction multiple times in a night.
Begin to shape your acting crew into a
crew of monsters and ghouls that will
not only scare your customers, but also
get into their heads subconsciously so
the customers take the scares home with
them.
Monday
10:00 - 11:00 am
Adding Movie Quality Special
Effects to Your Haunted Attraction
Steve Wolf
Hollywood veteran special-effects
coordinator Steve Wolf will show you
how to get the most bang for your buck
as he shares secrets of Hollywood’s back
lots, showing you how to incorporate
movie quality affects into your live
experience. Wolf does the special effects
and pyro for Dark Harbor on board the
Queen Mary in Longbeach, CA, and for
House of Torment in his home town of
Austin, TX, and he’ll show you just how
simply many of the most dramatic effects
can be created.
Monday
3:00 - 4:00 pm
Prop Fabrication On A Budget
Russ Foster
Charity and home haunts can have
budgets way up in the double digits.
Can’t afford that $3000.00 prop? You
can build your own for $14.99! With
imagination and a little know-how,
you can build stalk-around costumes,
working animatronics, facades, even
quality sets. Most of these items can be
built from common items, or a quick trip
to the DIY store. You are limited only
by time and creativity (and the internet
is FULL of creativity). Examples will be
presented, and a Q&A session will allow
for cross-talk and sharing.
Monday
4:30 - 5:30 pm
Creating a Realistic Haunt : Old
School Themes & High Tech
Dreams
Rusty Minter
Although Hollywood and technology has
upped the stakes on what patrons expect
to see in a haunted house, it is still crucial
to blend in old school themes with high
tech dreams. This presentation will walk
you through creating scenes inside the
haunt as well as outside facades that are a
perfect mixture of the two.
Demonstrations
Demonstrtion Classes are in
Room 310D
Demonstrations are the messy seminars
and the technical seminars. Whether
they are business owners with a chance
to showcase unique and powerful
products, artisans sharing techniques
and methodologies with attendees, or
technicians exploring animation or
sound, no one knows the ins and outs
of a particular topics better than the
person who pioneered it. Learn how to
maximize the potential of a featured
product, or tips and tricks to make your
attraction better in these well attended
sessions. Times, topics and speakers are
subject to change.
Saturday
8:30 - 9:30 am
How To Properly And Effectively
Light Attractions and Store Displays With LED’s
Quan Gan
Lighting can make or break your show:
after all, what good is all your hard work
if it can’t be properly seen? We’ll teach
you the tools and techniques of show
lighting for your Halloween event, be
it a yard haunt, haunted attraction, or
Halloween store.
Saturday
10:00 - 11:00 am
How To Create Effective, Detailed
Zombies Cheap and in a Pinch
Dale Fink
demonstration you will learn the
industries fastest techniques of how to
create quick, cheap, and effective zombies
with limited time!
Saturday
3:00 - 4:00 pm
Original Music For Your
Haunted Attraction
Chris Thomas
Should you raise your musical
expectations? In today’s haunt industry,
the bar is set very high for quality.
However, music is usually treated
as an after-thought. Since music has
such a powerful effect on patrons, lets
utilize music as an important creative
element. We will learn how to create you
own haunt music, how to work with a
composer, and why great music is good
for business!
Saturday
4:30 - 5:30 pm
Fast Faces! - Horror Face Painting
at a Fast Pace!
Nick Wolfe
Join world champion body painter Nick
Wolfe as he demonstrates “fast faces”
make-up perfect for a haunt. See all the
regular characters - evil clowns, zombies,
vampires and victims - made-up quickly
and fantastically! Nick will show how to
use water-based make-up to effectively
transform attraction cast into as many
characters as possible in a single hour.
Bring your face and a camera, because
monsters will be made at a frightening
pace!
Time is ticking... Patrons are waiting to
enter your attraction! In this makeup
Sunday
8:30 - 9:30 am
Sunday
4:30 - 5:30 pm
Hot Wire Foam - The Non-Scary
World of Foam Carving
Laura Neeley
Application of Latex Prosthetics
with Emphasis on Airbrushing to
Achieve Desired Effect
Tom Devlin
This informative class is geared for
beginners to intermediate levels. The
demo will cover the complete tool line
with the latest tips and techniques for
making 2D and 3D foam props and
backdrops of all sizes. Laura will also
educate the class on adhesives, coatings,
safety, and health precautions.
Sunday
10:00 - 11:00 am
Tear it and Wear It! Zombifie, Age, and Distress
Roy Wooley
Learn the industriy's best techniques to
zombify, age and distress your wardrobe
to complete your character.
Sunday
3:00 - 4:00 pm
Distressing Your Haunt: Dingy,
Disgusting Walls!
Ettie Thompson
Create dripping, nasty looking walls that
have been around for awhile! You will
learn detailed techniques applying sheet
rock, mud, and paint to walls to make
them look deteriorated. Also some tricks
on creating moldy, bloody, torn, ripped
wall paper. Bugs and decorations too!
LATEX! The demo will cover how to
apply a pre-made latex prosthetic to
an actor. Tom will also demonstrate
techniques such as blending edges
to achieve a seamless cohesive look,
painting and adding detail using free
hand and airbrush techniques, and
tips on exceptional effects using latex
prosthetics and paint while minding time
constraint and budget.
Monday
8:30 - 9:30 am
The Art of Foam Carving
Davis Graveyard
This session will showcase firsthand foam
texturing techniques for looks like stone,
brick, cinder block and aged wood. Chris
and Jeff will illustrate how to use different
types of foam for specific applications.
Attendees will learn which tools work
best for what technique.
details of each scene must flow together
to tell an accurate story. With easy to
learn techniques and simple everyday
items you will be able to detail body
parts that will fit into your scene adding
the realism you need. Learn how to dry
sponge nasty infections onto a leg, add
faux ice and freezer burn onto your
frozen hand, and peel away tinted liquid
latex to show 3rd degree burns. After this
session, you will be able to take detailing
your props to the next level.
Monday
4:30 - 5:30 pm
A Behind the Scenes Look at
the Hit Reality Show,
Making Monsters
Ed and Marsha Edmunds
Join Travel Channel stars Ed and
Marsha Edmunds as they present an
inside look at their Hit Show, Making
Monsters. A fascinating look at the
world of animatronics and monster
making, Making Monsters is a reality TV
show about the Greeley, CO company
Distortions Unlimited, creators of some
of the scariest animatronics the haunt
industry has ever seen. The Edmunds
will share behind the scenes stories of
the making of the show and how they
became the television stars.
Monday
10:00 - 11:00 am
Monday
3:00 - 4:00 pm
Burns, Flesh Wounds & Frozen
Props! The Art of Detailing
Dead Bodies
Maris Blanchard
RJ Haddy’s Costuming
with Foam Workshop
RJ Haddy
This demonstration covers techniques
on how to create burns, flesh wounds,
infections, and a frozen look on plain
factory made props. In order to give the
illusion of authenticity in your haunt the
RJ Haddy from the hit TV show FaceOff
will teach the class hands-on how to
use foam for costuming and puppetry
purposes. He will educate attendees
on which foams to use, how to use
them, how to properly glue them, and
techniques on how to paint them. This
process is very popular with cosplayers.
In this 1 hour workshop attendees will
build their own costume/armor piece.
Hands on Workshops
Hands on Workshops are on the
Tradeshow Floor
The Hands-on workshops are designed
to teach a technique, in a smaller project
that attendees can then take home with
them. Back at their attraction, attendees
can use these techniques on a grander
scale to increase the effectiveness of their
attractions. A materials fee is required
for each class and seating is limited so
sign up at the registration booth as soon
as you get to the show. Times, topics and
Saturday
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Sculpt, Mold, Pour, and Paint a
Custom Mask (Part 1 of 3)
Laney Chantal, Eric Zapata
This hands-on workshop will cover many
aspects of creating a character mask,
including: using references, roughing
out forms, sculpting tools, smoothing
clay, adding texture and preservation.
Attendees will receive a plaster mask
armature, water based WED clay,
sculpting tools and a storage tub, and
will sculpt a half mask with instructor’s
assistance. This skill set is simple to learn
but lasts a lifetime, and will allow for the
making of custom one-of-a-kind masks
for an entire Haunt crew. This session
offers valuable mask-making tips and
tricks.
Saturday
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Gory Makeup Techniques
Hannah Moon
Self-taught special effects makeup artist
Hannah Moon shares her personal tips
and tricks to make all of your gore and
mutilation make up dreams a reality!
Breaking everything down from the
materials needed to different kinds of
application techniques, Hannah will help
your haunt stand out of the crowd with
custom made one-of-a-kind creations.
Saturday
1:30 - 2:30 pm
Innovative Prop Making : Packing
Tape, Plastic Wrap & Scissors!
Sherry Ramsey & Carolyn Matulich
We will be building bodies and body
parts with clear packing tape, plastic
wrap, and a pair of scissors. The only
hold back is your imagination when
you see the possibilities of creating with
this method. You can make something
small such as a hand or something as
large as a full body in this class. There
will be examples of items that were made
with the tape to give you an idea of how
versatile this method is. Some items you
can see through others you can’t. Come
join us to see where you imagination
takes you!
Saturday
3:30 - 5:30 pm
How to Produce an Authentic
Rusted Finish in Your Attraction
Shayne Torrans
Great haunted attractions engage their
patrons with attention to detail by using
major components like rust to create
that distressed look. This hands-on class
will cover how to create a rusted finish
on virtually everything relevant to the
scenes in a typical attraction. Shayne will
discuss and demonstrate how to bring
an added level of authenticity to your
production. Attendees will take home
a decorative rusted cross that they can
utilize anywhere.
Sunday
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
This hands-on workshop teaches
attendees how to make a one piece
plaster mold of a sculpted mask. Once
the mold has hardened, attendees will be
instructed on how to clean the mold, and
will pour a latex cast of the sculpt. Topics
covered include materials needed, mold
techniques, cleaning procedures and
pouring the latex mask. Attendees will
receive chip brushes, Ultra Cal-30plaster,
mixing bucket, burlap and casting latex.
This skill set is invaluable and allows
for the making of custom one-of-a-kind
masks for an entire haunt crew.
Sunday
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Sculpting Basics Demo
with RJ Haddy
RJ Haddy
RJ Haddy from the hit TV show FaceOff
will take attendees through the various
sculpting mediums that FX artists use,
oil base clay, water based clay, polymer
clays, and a general overview of how they
are all utilized to created monsters and
appliance character make-ups. He will
create a custom sculpt while attendees
take notes and ask questions about his
techniques.
treatments for dressing the tombstone,
and demonstrate a foolproof method for
keeping the tombstone upright in almost
any weather. $30 per person limit of 16.
eyes yourself for a fraction of what you
can buy glass eyes for. The class includes
all materials and instructions to make
two sets of life-like prop eyes.
Sunday
1:00 - 3:00 pm
Monday
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Monday
1:30 - 3:00 pm
Realistic Tombstone
Workshop Part 1
Davis Graveyard
Roy Wooley’s Weapons That
Won’t Kill Your Budget
Roy Wooley
In this hands-on workshop, attendees
will be instructed in the proper way to
pull their mask from a mold, trim the
mask and paint the mask. A variety
of techniques and approaches will
be shown, and attendees will paint
their masks with provided materials.
Strapping, adding details and more will
be covered. At the end of this class, the
product will be a finished, wearable
mask. Attendees will receive brushes
for painting, sponges for painting and
strapping materials. The workshop
is limited to 15 people. This skill set
will stick for life, and will allow for the
making of custom one-of-a-kind masks
for an entire haunt crew.
Learn how to create foam prop weapons
on a budget that won’t kill your patrons.
In this 2 part, 2 hour hands-on
session, attendees will make full-sized
tombstones just like the ones in the Davis
Graveyard. The first part will focus on
shaping the stone, carving the epitaph
and adding decorative accents. The
second part will complete the tombstone,
with faux stone painting techniques
and detailed aging methods. Jeff, Chris
and team will teach optional organic
treatments for dressing the tombstone,
and demonstrate a foolproof method for
keeping the tombstone upright in almost
any weather. $30 per person limit of 16.
Sunday
4:00 - 5:30 pm
Realistic Tombstone
Workshop Part 2
Davis Graveyard
In this 2 part, 2 hour hands-on
session, attendees will make full-sized
tombstones just like the ones in the Davis
Graveyard. The first part will focus on
shaping the stone, carving the epitaph
and adding decorative accents. The
second part will complete the tombstone,
with faux stone painting techniques
and detailed aging methods. Jeff, Chris
and team will teach optional organic
Monday
3:30 - 5:30 pm
Create A Corpse: Skeleton
Corpsing Workshop
Michael Burnett
Nothing is creepier than a skeleton...
unless it is a corpse skeleton! We will
show you how to take a full size plastic
skeleton, liquid latex, some cobwebbing,
and make it look like a rotted corpse.
This class is fun and easy!
Monday
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Realistic Life-Like Prop Eyes
On A Budget
Michael Burnett
They say that the eyes are windows
into the soul, and the hardest part of
creating a realistic life-like looking prop,
is realistic eyes. Glass eyes are great, you
can stick them in a goofy looking prop
or even a glob of sprayfoam and the
whole prop takes on a creepy more eerie
look. But, glass eyes are expensive, in this
workshop, Michael Burnett will show
you how to make realistic life like looking
Owner
Leonard Pickel
972.951.5100
Orlando, Florida
www.hauntcon.com
[email protected]
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Maris Blanchard
Maris Blanchard is currently finishing up
her BFA with a concentration in sculpture,
set to graduate in 2014 from the University
of Oklahoma. When asked what first drew
her to haunting she said “she loved being
able to escape into the worlds she created”.
She also sited Edward Gorey and Ralph
Eugene Meatyard as prominent influences
in her dark art. Haunting for the past 8+
years while also being an artist, she has developed a unique design sense of creating
convincing SFX props.
Shannon Brinkley
Shannon started in the Halloween industry
with retail costume stores (Spookers Halloween) and added a haunted attraction in
2008 (Houston Terror Dome). From his
experiences in the fireworks industry he
has learned importance of safety and fire
codes and has implemented them also in
his Halloween businesses.
Fire Marshal Todd Mitchel
Todd is a Lieutenant with the Harris
County Fire Marshal’s office inspections
division. He is a TCFP Certified inspector
with over five years experience and also a
Texas Certified Peace Officer.
Jim Bugos
Jim Bugos has been involved with Ghoul
Mansion haunted house in Sharon, PA
since 1995. Starting as a member of the
security staff, he advanced through the
ranks to head of security and operations
manager then in 2004 bought out a partner
and become the managing partner of the
haunt. With his staff, they operate in the
small market a little over an hour from
Pittsburgh, PA and achieved the milestone
of operating for 20 years in 2013. Jim is
also certified as a “Specialist in Human
Behavior Consulting” in partnership with
Personality Insights in Atlanta, GA.
Michael Burnett
Two time Emmy nominated make-up artist Michael Burnett has been involved with
the Haunt Industry for most of his life. His
interest started when he would convert his
parents’ garage into a haunted house where
neighbors would line up down the street
to experience the terror. His professional
haunt career began in the 1980’s when he
produced his own haunted attractions as
well as creating props and effects for Knott’s
Scary Farm, The Queen Mary, Universal
Studios Hollywood and many haunts
around the country. In addition to haunted
attractions, Michael has worked on 100’s
of films and television shows including
working with academy award winning
make-up artists Rick Baker, Greg Cannom
and Michael Westmore.
Michael is currently the Make-up Designer
for Universal Studios in Orlando Florida
where he oversees the creation of hundreds
of terrifying characters for the largest
Halloween event in the country, Universal
Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights.
Michael Burnett
Two time Emmy nominated make-up artist Michael Burnett has been involved with
the Haunt Industry for most of his life. His
interest started when he would convert his
parents’ garage into a haunted house where
neighbors would line up down the street
to experience the terror. His professional
haunt career began in the 1980’s when he
produced his own haunted attractions as
well as creating props and effects for Knott’s
Scary Farm, The Queen Mary, Universal
Studios Hollywood and many haunts
around the country. In addition to haunted
attractions, Michael has worked on 100’s
of films and television shows including
working with academy award winning
make-up artists Rick Baker, Greg Cannom
and Michael Westmore.
Michael is currently the Make-up Designer
for Universal Studios in Orlando Florida
where he oversees the creation of hundreds
of terrifying characters for the largest
Halloween event in the country, Universal
Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights.
Craig Caldwell
Craig Caldwell is a cognitive psychologist
currently consulting with the government on decision making. He has studied
user interface and user experience design
and is cited in Wikipedia for research in
interactive evolutionary computing. He
has worked as a director of R & D, and as
owner of a development company doing
high-end remodeling, where he constructed complicated real-world environments
with fancy electrical and plumbing systems.
In a past life, he earned advanced degrees
in physics and space science, programmed
the space shuttle launch control computers,
and tested rocket fuels at White Sands.
Caldwell is a founder of Advanced Fear
Mechanics, a firm that consults on designing and engineering dark experiences. Lots
of helpful information, including the text of
his presentation, is posted at advancedfearmechanics.com.
Laney Chantal
Laney has been doing makeup since the
age of 17, when she used to work in a
family owned haunted attraction. Laney
loves design and fabrication the most, and
is accomplished in prosthetic application.
Although, initially, she wanted to work in a
morgue applying makeup, Laney attended
the Cinema Makeup School, and upon
graduation was hired at Magee FX, located
in Sun Valley, CA, where she did seaming,
casting and fabricating to create life-sized
aliens, predators, werewolves and howlings
and various film projects.
Currently, Laney is a freelance makeup
artist and spends much of her time on
tour with Marilyn Manson. She describes
her style as “cute and creepy,” and says she
is “shy, strange and bubbly.” Her favorite
movie with special effects is Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Steve Colberg
Steven Colberg of Scary Tinker Labs
- Scary Tinker Labs specializes in web
marketing for the haunt industry. Steve’s
other company, The Singularity Group, has
more than ten years experience in search
engine optimization and lead generation.
While managing over a hundred websites
he developed many strategies to maximize
ROI that can be applied to any Halloween
related website. Search engine management, Facebook marketing, guerilla marketing techniques, link building, on page
optimization and content strategies are just
a few areas of expertise. Scary Tinker Labs
provides internet marketing services for
haunt conventions, haunted attractions,
and haunt industry vendors.
a million patrons and donated almost $2
million to local charities. Celebrating its
25th Anniversary this past season, Hangman’s featured three haunted attractions
anchored by a festival area filled with
live bands, karaoke, games, food and
frightening fun. Major sponsors included
Coca-Cola, Coors, CW33, KSCS Radio,
GameStop, Corner Store (aka Valero),
Palm Beach Tan and Check ‘n Go with
over 1500 extraordinary volunteers and
250 companies contributing their time and
talent.
D’Ann Dagan
Chris & Jeff Davis and the crew
of Davis Graveyard
D’Ann Dagen is president of La-De-Da
Productions in Fort Worth, Texas, and past
president of the International Association of Haunted Attractions (IAHA). She
is the founder and producer of “Hangman’s House of Horrors,” the top charitybenefiting haunted house in the world!
Hangman’s has entertained more than half
Jeff and Chris Davis, and their talented
crew, are the creators of The Davis Graveyard, a popular yard haunt in the Portland,
Oregon area, which has been in operation
for over 10 years. As the nation’s largest
and most detailed cemetery themed yard
haunt, the display has won several awards.
It has been featured in magazines, as well
as showcased in FearNet.com’s “Haunts
Across America” series.
The Davis Graveyard coordinates the
Haunters Video Awards and DVD Set,
now in its 14th year, a compilation of home
haunter videos from all over the world that
are judged and given awards.
The Davis Graveyard has presented seminars and teaches local workshops, sharing
their prop building techniques at summer
workshops in Portland, Oregon.
Recently, The Davis Graveyard was tapped
to help with ABC’s “Extreme Home
Makeover” of Nightmare Factory in Salem,
Oregon, where they created hundreds of
cinderblock walls and aged brick hallways
and rooms, all out of foam. Go to www.
davisgraveyard.com for more information.
Tom Devlin
Tom Devlin has been working professionally as a special makeup effects artist for 13
years. If you’ve ever met Tom, it is clear that
monsters, horror movies, and Halloween
are not just a job for him, but a passion.
Through his company 1313FX, Tom has
provided creatures and special makeup
effects on over 100 feature films, working
with many of the actors and directors that
inspired his path. In addition to his work in
film and television, Tom has created a line
of Halloween masks for the Haunted Attractions industry. He has been selling his
creations to some of the most well-known
haunts across the country for the last 6
years.Tom recently appeared as a contestant on the SyFy reality series “Face Off”.
He quickly became a fan favorite with his
winning horror villain “Teddy Told Me To,”
a terrifying take on the teddy bear.
Julie Dion
Julie Dion is a marketing professional with
nearly 2 decades of marketing, advertising,
media planning and media buying experience for the family entertainment and
attractions industries. She has developed
and executed marketing, advertising and
PR campaigns for various haunted attractions across the country.Julie is recognized
as a leader in the marketing industry. In
the past 5 years, her advertising agency,
Dion Marketing Company, has produced
26 top marketing awards of excellence for
her clients. Julie was the VP of marketing
for Adventure Landing Companies for 13
years prior to creating her agency.
She has been a featured speaker at the
World Waterpark Association’s (WWA)
annual symposiums and the International Association of Amusement Parks
& Attractions (IAAPA), as well as other
attraction-related industries. Julie serves
on the Marketing Committee for IAAPA.
She served on the marketing committee for
WWA for several years and was a member
of the Tourism Development Council for
Duval County, FL 2010-2011. S
he also served on the Dean’s Advisory
Council for the University of North Florida’s College of Education 2011-2013 and is
a member of the Duval County Research
and Development Authority. She has a B.A.
degree in Journalism from the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with her
area of concentration in Advertising. Dion
also studied and completed an extensive
week-long training course through the Media Buying Academy in Washington, DC.
Ed and Marsha Edmunds
Hidden in an industrial warehouse in
Greeley, Colorado, Distortions Unlimited’s
owners, Ed and Marsha Edmunds, make
monsters. Their quality props, masks and
creations have been a mainstay of the dark
amusement industry since 1978. Long creative hours are spent in gray-walled offices
surrounded by brain-eating hunchbacks,
wall-scaling zombies and docile 3-foot tall
aliens. The working environment looks
more like a nightmare manufactory than a
place of business.
As a child Ed enjoyed creating masks
and putting on performances as monster
characters. His artistic hobby became a
true talent and Ed started his mask-making
company, Distortions Unlimited, while still
in high school. Making its first home in one
bedroom of a two-bedroom apartment,
Distortions Unlimited is now in an industrial-zoned 24,000 square-foot facility, with
a year-round staff of artisans. After college,
Ed met biology student Marsha Taub, who
shared Ed’s dedication to a faith in Christ,
artistic passion and creative yearning. The
two became a team – one so strong, they
exchanged marriage vows in 1992!
For the future of Distortions, “higher
impact” and “more intense” animations
are the goals, and with ever more creative
ideas, the plans at Distortions are in fact
‘Unlimited.’ Ed and Marsha now spend
their days in a warehouse akin to a cannibal’s buffet. Hands and feet top a line of
metal spikes, a row of glassy-eyed zombies
peer from behind a rail of severed heads.
They are still making monsters, but now
they make them by the thousands.
Dale FIink
Salt Lake City Utah resident Dale Flink,
has been involved in the theatrical world
for the past 10 years and has been haunting
for the last 6 years. He has worked with
several theatrical disciplines as a carpenter,
assistant technical director, set and scenic
designer, working on films, television commercials and music videos for Ohio Light
Opera Company, Old Lyric Repertory
Company and Eastern Utah Theatre. Dale
is currently the makeup director for Castle
of Chaos Haunted attraction where he
works side by side with a team of talented
artists. In the off season he designs, paints,
and set dresses several rooms every year for
Castle Of Chaos. Dale also currently does
SFX work and makeup for his Home Business T.O.T.M FX.
Russ Foster
Russ Foster is the event coordinator for
Panic in the Park, a charity haunt that
benefits the Groesbeck, Texas Volunteer
Fire Department. The event has raised
thousands of dollars for training and equipment over the years, but has a VERY small
operating budget.
uss has years of experience with charity haunts, from squadron fundraisers
during his Air Force career up to 2013’s
multi-haunt event. Russ has designed
and built numerous props and costumes
from easy-to-find and incredibly cheap
materials. These include (but aren’t limited
to) stalk-around costumes, life-size puppets, sarcophagi, coffins, animated props,
facades, and masks.
Quan Gan
Carolyn Matulich
Quan Gan is the owner of Darklight, the
leading manufacturer of lighting equipment to the Halloween industry. Quan’s
strong engineering background from
UC Berkeley and Stanford University has
helped him to start Darklight in 2010. Under his leadership, Darklight has become
a preferred lighting manufacturer to all
the major theme parks including Disney,
Universal, Six Flags, and countless haunted
attractions across the country.
Carolyn Matulic has had a life-long love of
all things horror and Halloween. She has
been a humble home haunter for many
years starting with nothing more than a
plastic cauldron full of candy, an animated
skull and a porch light. She now has
decorated a garage haunt and front yard
cemetery that welcomes 200-300 patrons
annually. She says, “lt is all about creating
good memories for the kids.”
RJ Haddy
RJ Haddy was a contestant (placed first
runner up) on season two and voted fan favorite on SyFy’s FaceOff. He then returned
as veteran contestant on season five. He is
an accomplished professional effects artist
whose work includes big budget Hollywood films such as Batman and Robin,
There’s Something About Mary, Contact,
and Sleepy Hollow.
Drew Edward Hunter
The very first movie Drew saw as a two
year old child was a re-release of Walt Disney’s masterpiece Fantasia. It embedded in
him a life-long appreciation of art, music,
design, storytelling and creativity. It was
the incredible “Night On Bald Mountain”
sequence of the movie, however, which
inspired his love of all things macabre, dark
and haunted.
Drew’s professional haunt career began in
1975 with Dr. Blood’s Exposition of Terror,
and in the decades since he has designed
fright entertainment for Six Flags parks,
wax museums, private haunts and much
more. He is the VP of Creative Design at
Sally Corporation, a world leader in the
creation and production of animatronic
figures and dark rides.
Matt Marich
Matt Marich is a 55 year old Phoenix native that has created projects all over the
world for amusement parks, corpreated
trades, and films. A veteren of 34 years in
the entertainment industry, including 12
in feature films, a professional makeup
artist, set designer, prop and animatronics,
sculpture, and magician.
Michael Maxim
Michael “Mr. Maniacal” Maxim has been
haunting professionally since 1989 in
various haunted attractions located mostly
in Ohio. In 2012 he officially formed Price
Entertainment with his haunting colleagues, focusing on freelance performing,
seminars, and consulting in haunted attractions and horror themed events. Mr.
Maniacal wrote the book “The Art of Fear:
Theories of a Dark Entertainer” in 2006
and is currently working on his second
book “Horror Show: Psychological Horror
in Haunted Attractions”. He currently
resides in Cleveland, Ohio and is still performing as a freelance actor.
Joyce McLean
Joyce is the owner of two attractions,
Haunted Mayfield Manor and Pirates!
Legends of the Gulf Coast. She also owns
Head to Footsies, a women’s clothing
and accessories store. She is one of the
recipients of the Houston area Economic
Development “Entrepreneur of the Year”
award, as well as the Galveston, Texas
Chamber of Commerce’s “Entrepreneur of
the Year” award.
She is a major advocate for small businesses. She understands small business operations, and is always eager to encourage
people to go into business for themselves.
Rusty Minter
After creating his first haunted house in
1987, Rusty Minter has been working
non-stop in the haunt industry. Rusty has
created many haunts including; A Nightmare on 3rd Street, The Crypt, Perigord
Cemetery, Haunted Rigormortus Funeral
Home, Haunted Tayman Manor, Tayman
Funeral Home,
Ed Geins Haunted Hayride, Psycho Circus,
Roots of Evil Haunted Trail, and his newest
creations.... Creekside Manor Haunted
House, and Zombie Fallout. He also has
worked at Verdun Manor at Thrillvania for
many years.
Hannah Moon
Hannah Moon was born and raised in
Tampa, FL. She is a self-taught special effects make-up artist that has had a passion
for the horror industry since childhood.
Commercial costumes were getting too
cookie cutter, so she decided to create her
own custom pieces. Outside of mutilating herself and others with special effects
make-up, Hannah is a full time veterinary
technician student at Saint Petersburg College and a part time veterinary assistant.
Laura Neeley
Laura has been employed with Hot Wire
Foam Factory for over a decade. Not being
a professional artist herself, she has acquired many trade tips from professionals
she has worked with over the years. Now,
she will share her secrets with you!
Alan Ostrander
Alan Ostrander has been specializing in
all aspects of the Haunted Design industry
since 1984. He is known as Hong Kong’s
“Father of Halloween”, and one of the
Creative Directors of the original Terror on
Church Street. Throughout the US, Thailand, Japan, Hong Kong, and Argentina,
Alan has worked as an actor, set designer,
stage manager, prop master, artistic/talent
director and many other positions in the
entertainment production industry.
A renown make-up/special f-x artist, Alan
is founder of AEO Studios, Inc., a “one-stop
Haunt Shop” and Makeup Artist Network.
With more than 25 years experience in
the entertainment industry, he is sought
after and known for his creative work
on the cutting edge of theatrical artistry.
This includes an extensive background
in all aspects of makeup application –
beauty, fantasy, stage, corrective – as well
as prosthetic fabrication/ application and
large-scale physical effects. Alan’s work may
be seen in many Feature Films, Television
Series, Theme Parks, and live Theatrical
Productions throughout the world. He has
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& f/x for the past 14 years.
In addition to the make-up services, AEO
Studios also manufactures lines of theatrical props, and operates a retail supply
center of professional make-up products
for other artists. As a manufacturer, wholesaler, and retailer of theatrical makeup and
special f/x props, AEO has proven to be a
leader in offering a wide range of products
and services within the entertainment
industry.
Leonard Pickel
Owner of Hauntrepreneurs(R) Haunt
Design and Consulting, Leonard Pickel
built his first haunted house in 1976 as a
dormitory fundraiser in his sophomore
year while studying Architecture at Texas
A & M University. After graduation with
a bachelor degree in Architectural Design,
Pickel volunteered for the Dallas March
of Dimes Haunted House in 1982, and
chaired that event from 1983 1986.
In charge of design and construction of the
Halloween event, Leonard developed the
“Pickel Theory of Haunted Houses,” a high
startle, low-gore, high-throughput, low
theatrics approach to dark amusements.
Innovative at the time, the non-offensive
style of the “Pickel Theory” is outlined in
three room design idea booklets, written
by Pickel for commercial haunted house
designers from 1987 through 1990.
His creative accomplishments include
design and sales of the industry’s first turnkey Haunted House ‘kits,’ and the first adaptation of “Field Theory” (triangular grid
system) in a Haunted Attraction. In 1992
Pickel built and operated Mayhem Manor®,
a summer seasonal haunted attraction
where Pickel explored the differences
between an October seasonal haunted
house and a year-round haunted attraction
and how to decrease the overhead of both.
As owner of Hauntrepreneurs(R) Design, a
consulting firm for the Haunted Attraction Industry, Pickel has designed and or
built over 80 original and creative Haunted
Attractions in his 35 year career including
Madison Square Garden, Universal Studios
Florida, Six Flags Great America, Six Flags
Over Georgia, Six Flags AstroWorld,
Kentucky Kingdom and SCREAMS Terror
Park. Leonard’s company Hauntrepreneursâ International has also designed Haunted
Attractions in foreign countries including
Puerto Rico, Canada and India.
Adam Pogue
Adam Pogue, a co-founder of Froggy’s
Fog, has been proudly supplying the Haunt
community with the perfect fluid for
every effect for over 10 years. Froggy’s Fog
is featured on MSNBC’s Your Business,
ABC’s Extreme Home Makeover, Honored
by the Haunted Attraction Association, and
talked about in numerous haunt magazines
and blogs. Adam is proud to be part of the
haunt community and looks forward to
speaking on how to use Fog and Special
Effects (Haze, Snow, Bubbles, Scents, and
Lighting) to safely affect your bottom line.
Keeping safety first, Adam will be giving
the best tips to create the best overall haunt
experience. You can’t miss these tips that
will keep your customers coming back for
more!
Don’t forget to stop by and see Froggy’s Fog
at HAuNTcon, Check out Froggysfog.com,
or like us on Facebook and join our now
famous Froggy’s Free Friday contests!
Kimberly Stewart
Kimberly Stewart is a small business idea
consultant who has been helping people
identify and figure out how to go after their
goals since 2003. A lifelong Halloween
enthusiast, she recently developed a program to help her fellow creative types see
the value in their talent, so they can have
multiple profit centers in their lives. She
is a 2007 graduate of Naropa University’s
Contemplative Psychology program.
Chris Thomas
Award-winning film composer, Chris
Thomas, recently scored the animated film
Cadaver, starring Kathy Bates and Christopher Lloyd. In 2010, Chris wrote music for
the documentary, Woman Rebel. The film
was short-listed for an Academy Award
and nominated for an Emmy Award. Chris
has won Best Film & TV Music at the
eWorld Music Awards in Hollywood, and
the Gold Medal Prize from the Park City
Film Music Festival, and Best Soundtrack
at SXSW FIlm Festival. In 2007, Chris was
nominated for Best Orchestrator at the
Academy of Film & TV Music Awards in
Hollywood.
In television, Chris briefly orchestrated
and conducted (uncredited) on ABC’s
hit show LOST. He has also composed
special features music for CSI:NY. Chris
has also been in demand in the haunted
house industry. Since launching Music For
Haunts, Chris has been writing original
soundtracks for haunted attractions such as
the Los Angeles Haunted Hayride, Killers
NYC, Manormortis in the UK, Chambers
of the Mausoleum, and Ghost Ship.
Ettie Thompson
Ettie Thompson, her husband Brian, and
their daughter Savanna, have always loved
the Halloween season. Together they have
been decorating for parties and fundraisers
for many years. With a theatrical background from high school and college, Ettie
is a small business owner and operator of a
salon of 24 years. Always looking for ways
to save money, a
nd make things look authentic. Ettie scours
the internet for great haunting tutorials.
The Thompson’s started terrifying people
4 years ago when they opened the Maze of
Terror in Vidor, Texas. Proceeds from The
Maze of Terror are donated to the Vidor
HIgh School Project Graduation, and Boy
Scouts of America . The M.O.T.’s motto,
“Keeping seniors from taking their last
ride, too early!
Shayne Torrans
Part engineer and part madman, Shayne
Torrans is the problem solver and prop
builder for Haunt Force. Charged with
constructing and simplifying everyone’s off
the wall ideas, Shayne has created one masterpiece after the next. This is chiefly due
to Shayne’s ability to deconstruct problems
and come up with solutions that not only
solve the problem but also are more cost effective and efficient than what the industry
expects. Shayne Torrans is a certified train
the trainer in more than 40 industrial
subjects with over 22 years of experience.
It’s with his vast knowledge as a teacher that
will allow you to learn with ease.
Jeffrey Ward
A website is critical for any haunter, but is
your site working as effectively as it should
to promote your attraction? From mobile
optimization, social integration and the
very latest trends in website marketing,
learn what goes into a successful website
and discover what you could be doing
differently to bring more customers to your
event.
Nick Wolfe
World renown body and face painter,
Nick Wolfe has been working in the haunt
industry since 1998 doing make-up, props,
acting and building sets for numerous
Haunted Attractions including Skull
Kingdom and Universal Studios Halloween
Horror Nights. He has taught horror makeup and face painting in over 20 countries
and has published several instructional
books and videos on the subject. Nick and
his brother founded the Make-up company
Wolfe FX and he continues to build brands
for other companies as well. His enthusiasm makes his workshops fast and fun as
he strives to inspire haunters and make-up
artists to be their best!
Steve Wolf
Steve Wolf is an Academy award-winning
Special Effects coordinator, with credits
including pictures for Tom Cruise, Tom
Hanks and Whitney Houston. He’s used his
special-effects know-how to add realism to
movies including Castaway, Colombiana,
Hustle & Flow, and to television shows
such as Law & Order and America’s Most
Wanted. In addition to his work on feature
films, Wolf is also A prolific science teacher,
and winner of this year’s Time Warner
cable “Science Teacher of the Year Award.”
Roy Wooley
Special FX artist from Atlanta Georgia, Roy
Wooley, has over 20 years of experience
under his creative FX belt. His passion
and talent for FX landed him as a strong
fan favorite on SYFY’s season 3 of Face
Off and in 2013, once again, on season 5
as a finalist. Roy has done FX makeup on
various films, such as Halloween II, and
Zombieland. When he is not working
on feature films, he runs the makeup
department for The Netherworld Haunted
Attraction in Georgia.
Eric Zapata
Eric Zapata is a Special FX Makeup Artist
who was a featured contestant on seasons
4 and 5 of SyFy's reality competition series
"Face Off", and the web series "Face Off:
Redemption"
Shortly after graduating Makeup School,
Eric landed a position working for Special
FX veteran Bob Kurtzman. During that
time he acquired credits on cult films such
as "John Dies at The End" and "Lucky McKee's The Woman". Most recently Eric has
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