Quite a bit has happened since my last post, first and foremost being our new logo by Rick Whitlow!
Over the spring, our family has decided to move 2 short miles down the road to a 2 acre farm with a large workshop. Of course, we're now planning on making use of over half of that shop space for the Halloween season, with an end result equalling over three times as much floor space as our old haunt. Accordingly, we've decided to break the haunt up thematically into three sections, which will be elaborated on below. As we have in previous years, we will be opening not only on Halloween, but also on the weekend before, totalling 3 nights of screams for 2012!
Here is a rough breakdown of the event:
The front yard will feature light-hearted tombstones as it has in past years at our old location, only many more than we ever have had before (with a bigger piece of land comes a bigger front yard). Additionally, I've acquired a nine-foot-tall inflatable cemetery arch from a fellow haunter which will be great to enhance the front yard's overall fun and friendly atmosphere, a stark contrast from the creepy and dingy elements of the rest of the show.
The queue line will be made out of various agricultural fences used to herd animals to the slaughter. This jumble of stockade fencing will feature Halloween and horror related music as well as a recording of the attraction's rules. Additionally, we will set up a small shack at the end of the line to house the greeter actor who will usher guests into the first attraction.
Drawing off of the slaughterhouse theme of the queue line, the first attraction is a return of last year's widely popular theme, Uncle Bubba's BBQ. Unlike last year's version, however, this returning haunt will be more strict to its theme and will place more emphasis on the slaughterhouse instead of the BBQ restaurant itself (though it will still be featured). This year you'll venture deep into the killing and cleaning rooms of the slaughterhouse and will experience a small cornfield inside the event.
The second haunt, Body Repairmen, will take guests inside of Charlie's Auto Repair, where deformed mechanics amputate body parts from non-deformed victims and sew them onto themselves. This gruesome plot unfolds with the backdrop of a long-forsaken repair shop, stocked to the brim with antique tools and hidden vehicles to run over unsuspecting victims. As of right now, this is the only portion of the haunt that I've started setting up so far, and let me just say, this is gonna be one for the books! While I'm not anywhere done with it, the scenes I've built so far are some of the best I've ever made.
Finally, guests will enter UNEARTHED: Into the Cellar. While I'm looking forward to all three haunts, I have to say that this is the one I'm most excited about building. The general theme is that of a demonic serial killer dwelling in an industrial building and killing all who dare enter. Some of the general rooms currently in the planning stages include a boiler room, the killer's makeshift bedroom, and a climactic escape into a sewer that's bound to leave a mark on guests.
Overall, this year is going to be far beyond anything we've ever done before! More info on all attractions can be found at http://www.creepacres.com/attractions.php
On to the pictures, all from Body Repairmen! Keep in mind that they represent a work in progress and that the finished product will contain much, MUCH more detail.
That's all for now! More updates to come as we get closer to October.
~ Collin
