As most of you already know, I run a haunted house through my basement on halloween every year. For the last three years, it's just been a wide open space with not much detail, but this year i'm trying to change that.

I built hallways all through the basement using 2 by 4's and thin, flexible sheets of wood. I tried to make it as similar to professional haunted houses as I could. I left 4 open areas throughout the course of the haunted house with walk-ways around them for scenes, but i've only got ideas for two of them. The other two are empty as of now and I cant think of a theme for them.

I've already got a slaughter type scene (think Texas Chainsaw Massacre), and a very detailed graveyard.

Any ideas? (I'll upload some pics in the next few days)

Post pictures of yourself all over the walls. Yikes! I get queasy just thinking about it.

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I have quite a few ideas. I have friends doing haunted houses/trails this year and they used some of my ideas.

The trail is themed to Sleepy Hollow funny that Scarowinds named their trail that this year also.

One house is themed to a Circus gone bad. so i would say go with something that has to do with clowns. Almosr everyone is afraid of clowns and it's always a good scare. I guess we can blame seeing the movie "IT" at such a young age for clownphobia.

BTW: Do you post over at Hauntworld?

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You should have noe of those things that like shooters hairs only put like little paper balls in the air shooters,

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[QUOTE=Carowinds 73-03]One house is themed to a Circus gone bad. so i would say go with something that has to do with clowns. Almosr everyone is afraid of clowns and it's always a good scare. I guess we can blame seeing the movie "IT" at such a young age for clownphobia.[/QUOTE]
Perfect, just perfect. Thats exactly what i'm going to do.

[QUOTE=Sparks]You should have noe of those things that like shooters hairs only put like little paper balls in the air shooters,[/QUOTE]
W...T...F?

Another good one we always did is a dentist office. That's always a fairly scary thing for people. A demented dentist with a cordless drill and a screaming bloody patient.

I don't know, it always worked for us.

Oh and lots of strobe lights. That's always good.

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[QUOTE=SFOG Freak]As most of you already know, I run a haunted house through my basement on halloween every year. For the last three years, it's just been a wide open space with not much detail, but this year i'm trying to change that. [/QUOTE]
Didn't you say you sell haunted house supplies to various companies? If that's true, then why would you have "a wide open space with not much detail" for the past 3 years? Why not buy/use some of stuff you're selling? When you're done, then resell the items at a "used" discount.

Have snakes under your feet like the ones under S:UF.

Sorry couldn't resist.

I've always liked dark mazes.

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Robert, I don't stock the items I sell. You'd be surprised how many companies do that. When I recieve an order, I immediately buy the same product from the manufacturer. The item ships to me, I put the customers receipt inside and I ship it out.

Fright Catalog or one of those sites just sent me an e-mail about their big sale. Looks like the perfect time for me to start buying. I plan on buying alot this year.

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[QUOTE=SFOG Freak]Robert, I don't stock the items I sell. You'd be surprised how many companies do that. When I recieve an order, I immediately buy the same product from the manufacturer. The item ships to me, I put the customers receipt inside and I ship it out.[/QUOTE]
You don't have to stock every item you sell. In your situation, buy what you think would fit into your haunted house plans and resell it (at a discount) when you're done.

[QUOTE=Carowinds 73-03]Fright Catalog or one of those sites just sent me an e-mail about their big sale. Looks like the perfect time for me to start buying. I plan on buying alot this year.[/QUOTE]
Don't you remember what I told you? Don't ever buy from them, they'll rip you off, trust me on this.

bgwfreak, that stepping on snakes idea is actually pretty good, but instead of sankes i'd put bugs. You know, have a whole bunch of roaches and stuff all over the walls, and things crunching beneath your feet.

[QUOTE=Magnum Robert]You don't have to stock every item you sell. In your situation, buy what you think would fit into your haunted house plans and resell it (at a discount) when you're done.[/QUOTE]
Hmmmm, interesting.

I remeber. I'm not buying from them. Just stated that they sent me an e-mail. After you introduced me to the other site i have been looking around there now.

Do you post at Hauntworld?

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^ No, but I might start, considering most of that website is about walk through haunted houses and products for them.