Haunt Weekly

This week on Haunt Weekly, we're talking about shadowcasts, including what they are, why you should check them out and what haunters can learn from them.For those who don't know, shadowcasts are when performers pantomime the film while it is being screened. Most commonly associated with Rocky Horror, many other films have been getting the shadowcast treatment, including Repo the Genetic Opera, The Room, Dr. Horrible and more.So sit down, or rather stand up, as we discuss the art of shadowcasting.This Week's Episode Includes:1. Intro2. Our Big News3. Question of the Week4. Conference Reminders5. What Are Shadowcasts?6. What Can Haunters Learn From Them?7. ConclusionsAll in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss. Get in Touch and Follow Us!Facebook: @HauntWeeklyTwitter: @HauntWeeklyYouTube: @HauntWeeklyEmail: info@hauntweekly.com

This week on Haunt Weekly, we're donning our hazmat suits and diving deep into the two lawsuits filed by Russ McKamey of McKamey Manor fame.What is he suing for? How solid are his arguments? How could these lawsuits impact the haunt industry? We're going to discuss all that and much more.This Week's Episode Includes: 1. Intro2. Work We Did on the Haunt3. Question of the Week 4. Disclosures and Background5. Analysis of AG/Fire Marshal Lawsuit6. Analysis of the Hulu Lawsuit7. ConclusionsAll in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!Get in Touch and Follow Us!Facebook: @HauntWeeklyTwitter: @HauntWeeklyYouTube: @HauntWeeklyEmail: info@hauntweekly.com

This week on Haunt Weekly it is time to do the news! And we have a LOT of news for you this week including an update on McKamey Manor, an attraction closing at Niles Scream Park, a major Halloween Horror Nights change and much more.We even have a summer camp for little haunters, a new video game to check out and, perhaps most importantly, a happy ending for the actor who played The Unknown at the terrible "Willy Wonka" event in Glasgow.This Week's Episode Includes:1. Intro2. Work We Did for the Haunt3. Explainer About Last Week's Episode4. Question of the Week5. Conference Reminders6. McKamey Manor Sues Tennessee Attorney General - https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/2024/04/01/tennessee-attorney-general-sued-by-mckamey-manor/73150089007/7. Niles Scream Park Closes Hayride - https://www.facebook.com/nilesscreampark/posts/pfbid0GNV2H1mWaGqd2NqX9C825xDEcssbGBciY5Vxhgbj1stG9e7es9VFPBksdv6QjfB9l8. HHN to Start Earlier - https://collider.com/halloween-horror-nights-2024-start-date/9. Universal Studios Announces How to Train Your Dragon World - https://media.universalparksusa.com/press-releases/take-to-the-skies-and-soar-with-dragons-universal-orlando-resort-reveals-new-details-about-how-to-train-your-dragon-isle-of-berk-a-larger-than-life-world-of-viking-advent/10. Old County Jail to Become Museum - https://www.wcjb.com/2024/03/25/trenton-city-commission-hears-plans-convert-old-gilchrist-county-jail-into-museum/11. NC Haunt Expands with Flea Market and More - https://www.the-dispatch.com/entertainment/thomasvilles-haunted-attraction-expanding-to-offer-bands-food-trucks-and-flea-market/article_31d79f9e-1b32-5a7e-a9d3-41cac94c401c.html12. Home Depot Bringing Back 12-Foot Skeleton - https://www.fox4news.com/news/home-depot-skelly-halloween13. Minnesota Town Hosts Summer Camp for Little Haunters - https://wjon.com/youth-haunt-actor-theater-camp/14. Content Warning is Coop Horror Fun - https://beebom.com/content-warning-co-op-horror-game-viral-spooktube/15. Haunter's Purchases Cause Police Scare - https://www.facebook.com/groups/164316067069695?multi_permalinks=2698983010269642&hoisted_section_header_type=recently_seen16. The Unknown Gets a New, Professional Gig - https://www.vulture.com/article/willy-wonka-experience-the-unknown-london-dungeon.html17. See People Get Pranked with Creepy Dolls18. ConclusionsAll in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!Get in Touch and Follow Us!Facebook: @HauntWeeklyTwitter: @HauntWeeklyYouTube: @HauntWeeklyEmail: info@hauntweekly.com

This week on Haunt Weekly we're flipping the script and reading some happy reviews of haunted houses. This includes reading some 30 reviews from the nation's biggest haunts and a few from our own. So let's all join around and have a feel good moment as we share the love from our happiest and most vocal visitors and learn both what they did and did not mention in their reviews.This Week's Episode Includes:1. Intro2. Work We Did on Our Haunt3. Question of the Week4. Intro to the Topic5. 30 Positive Reviews of 5 Haunts6. 6 Positive Reviews of Ours7. ConclusionsAll in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!Get in Touch and Follow Us!Facebook: @HauntWeeklyTwitter: @HauntWeeklyYouTube: @HauntWeeklyEmail: info@hauntweekly.com

This week on Haunt Weekly, we're talking about ways that our brains are dumb and how haunters can exploit those tricks to make our scares more effective.With this episode, you can stop living in the past by recognizing that you are always living in the past. You can also learn that your visitors are as well that knowledge can give you an edge.Hat TipThis Week's Episode is Based Heavily on this Episode of History of the Universe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSmNii0uOmwPlease check out their episode and the rest of their videos.This Week's Episode Includes: 1. Intro2. Work We Did for the Haunt3. Question for the Audience4. Conference Reminders5. Premise of the Episode6. 3 Mind Tricks You Can Use7. Other Common Optical Illusions8. ConclusionsAll in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!Get in Touch and Follow Us!Facebook: @HauntWeeklyTwitter: @HauntWeeklyYouTube: @HauntWeeklyEmail: info@hauntweekly.com

This week on Haunt Weekly, we're looking at some of the meanest reviews that large, well-loved haunted attractions have ever received.This isn't to call out those haunts, but to show that even the best attractions sometimes get ugly one star review. But how many of these are customers gone wild or actual haunt issues? That's what we're trying to find out.This Week's Episode Includes: 1. Intro2. Work We Did for Our Haunt3. Question of the Week4. The Origin of This Episode5. 6 Haunts Get Their Mean Reviews Read6. We Read Ours7. ConclusionsAll in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!Get in Touch and Follow Us!Facebook: @HauntWeeklyTwitter: @HauntWeeklyYouTube: @HauntWeeklyEmail: info@hauntweekly.com

This week on Haunt Weekly it is time to do the news! And it's a quiet month for haunted attraction news but there are plenty of stories for us to sink our teeth into.We have the latest on the Hotel of Terror, a casket washing up on Galveston beach and, yes, that terrible Willy Wonka event in Glasgow.So kick back and relax as we go through the haunt news that is not fit to print.This Week's Episode Includes: 1. Intro2. Work We Did for the Haunt3. Question of the Week4. Conference Reminders5. Springfield, KY Leaders Negotiating with Hotel of Terror - https://www.ky3.com/2024/02/13/springfield-city-leaders-discussing-proposal-end-debate-over-hotel-terror-property/6. The Sad/Hilarious Willy Wonka Event - https://www.audacy.com/wwl/news/local/coffin-on-texas-beach-stirs-up-social-media7. New Haunted Amusement Park Coming to NY - https://wyrk.com/haunted-amusement-park-clarence/8. Scream Break Returns to Six Flags - https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/travel/scream-break-returns-march-16-april-7/ar-BB1jsTK69. The Tale of Peaches Christ - https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/midnight-mass-san-francisco-bridge-theatre-18680884.php10. Slider Jesus Comes to Transworld - https://www.riverfronttimes.com/arts/slider-jesus-came-to-st-louis-and-shared-his-haunted-house-tricks-4206173811. ConclusionsAll in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!Get in Touch and Follow Us!Facebook: @HauntWeeklyTwitter: @HauntWeeklyYouTube: @HauntWeeklyEmail: info@hauntweekly.com

This week on Haunt Weekly, we're taking a more positive approach as we discuss trends we're seeing in the haunt industry that we hope will continue and grow even stronger.Whether it's better accessibility to all, improved marketing or a more diverse vendor landscape, there are a LOT of reasons to be positive about the future of the industry.Here is just a handful of them!This Week's Episode Includes:1. Intro2. Work We Did for the Haunt3. Question of the Week4. Apologies for Being Late5. Good Luck to Everyone at Transworld6. A Quick Aside About Glasgow's Willy Wonka Event7. Trends We Hope Will Grow in the Haunt Industry8. ConclusionsAll in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!Get in Touch and Follow Us!Facebook: @HauntWeeklyTwitter: @HauntWeeklyYouTube: @HauntWeeklyEmail: info@hauntweekly.com

This week on Haunt Weekly, we're letting you write the episode as we discuss 13 trends we hope will die in the haunt industry, as commented by you.So what were your least favorite haunt trends and what are our thoughts on them? That's the exact questions of this week's episode and, believe me, there's a lot of trends to go around.This Week's Episode Includes:1. Intro2. Work We Did on the Haunt3. Conference Reminders4. Intro to the Topic5. 13 Trends You Said Should Die6. ClosingAll in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!Get in Touch and Follow Us!Facebook: @HauntWeeklyTwitter: @HauntWeeklyYouTube: @HauntWeeklyEmail: info@hauntweekly.com

This week on Haunt Weekly, we're talking about haunt trends that we wish would just go away... permanently.That's right, we're covering ten of our least favorite things we see in haunted houses and why we think it's past time the industry moved on.This Week's Episode Includes:1. Intro2. Question of the Week3. This Week's Question of the Week4. 10 Haunt Trends We Wish Would Go Away5. OutroAll in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!Get in Touch and Follow Us!Facebook: @HauntWeeklyTwitter: @HauntWeeklyYouTube: @HauntWeeklyEmail: info@hauntweekly.com

This week on Haunt Weekly, we're doing the news! We have a haunt putting on a special show for a conference, the world's smallest escape room and a petition to save a long-gone but still beloved haunted attraction.This Week's Episode Includes:1. Intro2. Work We Did for the Haunt3. Question of the Week4. Conference Reminders5. Spanish Company Introduces World's Smallest Escape Room - https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/worlds-smallest-escape-room-is-coffin-2024-01-25/6. A Petrified Forest Does Special Show for Megacon - ç7. Contain Introduces Haunt Elements to FPS GEnre - https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/this-spec-ops-haunted-house-shooter-got-me-thinking-about-unexpected-scares-in-call-of-duty8. Anarchists Build Haunt to Raise Money - https://crimethinc.com/2024/01/19/how-to-host-a-haunted-house-with-a-video-walkthrough9. Petition to Revive Long Gone Washington Haunt - https://www.change.org/p/reopen-our-beloved-haunted-attraction-in-washington-court-house-oh10. ConclusionsAll in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!Get in Touch and Follow Us!Facebook: @HauntWeeklyTwitter: @HauntWeeklyYouTube: @HauntWeeklyEmail: info@hauntweekly.com

This week on Haunt Weekly, we're talking about empowering people, specifically how you can help empower your fellow haunters and your customers through the art of fear.For many people, haunting gives them a very real sense of pride, control and achievement that they can take into other parts of their lives. Here's how to nurture that experience.This Week's Episode Includes;1. Intro2. Work We Did for Our Haunt3. Question of the Week4. Intro to the Topic5. Ways to Empower Fellow Haunters6. Ways to Empower Customers7. ConclusionsAll in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!Get in Touch and Follow Us!Facebook: @HauntWeeklyTwitter: @HauntWeeklyYouTube: @HauntWeeklyEmail: info@hauntweekly.com

This week on Haunt Weekly, we're taking a look at the things you can learn from reality TV and why your guilty pleasure TV time may not be as big of a waste of time as some may think.To that end, you can learn a great deal from reality TV, from learning what your particular tastes are, mastering new techniques and even basic skills like communication and business operations."Trash TV" can be surprisingly useful to a haunter...This Week's Episode Includes:1. Intro2. Housekeeping3. Work We Did for the Haunt4. Question of the Week5. Conference Reminders6. Our Recent Reality TV Viewing Habits7. Things You Can Learn from Reality TV8. ConclusionsAll in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!Get in Touch and Follow Us!Facebook: @HauntWeeklyTwitter: @HauntWeeklyYouTube: @HauntWeeklyEmail: info@hauntweekly.com

This week on Haunt Weekly, due to illness, we are revisiting an older episode where we sat down with Dwayne Sanburn from the 13th Gate. A great interview with a great haunter.Check out part two of the interview here: https://www.hauntweekly.com/1991532/10646240-haunt-weekly-episode-70-dwayne-sanburn-2-13th-gate-----Previous Notes: This week on Haunt Weekly, we sit down with a legend in the industry, Dwayne Sanburn of the 13th Gate Haunted House, Necropolis 13, 13th Gate Room Escapes and Midnight Productions.In this episode we sit down with Dwayne and discuss his haunt history including how he got started in the business, how he opened his first haunt and the path to having one fo the haunts that is consistently listed on top ten haunted attraction lists across the country.What we learn is that Dwayne's path to haunt success was not a linear one, it was a journey that involved a lot of hard work, more than a dash of inspiration and suffering through a few setbacks as well.So take a moment and spend the hour with us as we talk with Dwayne about his haunted attraction(s) and set the stage for our conversation next week about his room escape ventures. Hope you enjoy!Get in Touch and Follow Us!Facebook: @HauntWeeklyTwitter: @HauntWeeklyYouTube: @HauntWeeklyEmail: info@hauntweekly.com

This week on Haunt Weekly we're doing the news! We have a lot of important stories this week including the latest on a haunt owner pleading guilty to sexual assault, a haunt that is facing imminent domain and two major acts of haunt charity.Not bad for a January.This Week's Episode Includes:1. Intro2. Housekeeping Notes3. Question of the Week4. Conference Reminders5. Haunt Manager Pleads Guilty to Sexual Assault - https://gantnews.com/2023/12/20/clearfield-man-pleads-guilty-in-sexual-assault-case/6. Field of Screams Gives Away 100 Christmas Trees - https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/lancaster-county/field-of-screams-lancaster-county-christmas-tree-giveaway/521-81558f5c-dbe7-4c10-b469-d5832f03b15a7. Canadian Home Haunt Donates $18,000 to Local Food Bank - https://www.tricitynews.com/local-news/big-scares-generate-big-bucks-for-tri-cities-food-bank-80358888. Reaper's Realm Faces Imminent Domain - https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/hammond-moves-to-replace-reapers-realm-haunted-house-in-historic-indiana-botanic-gardens-mansion-with/article_26c99b4a-9f86-11ee-b0e8-cb52829c44e4.html9. Mystery Manor Demolished - https://omaha.com/news/local/photos-mystery-manor-haunted-attraction-torn-down-after-decades-in-omaha/collection_2a26fcea-a5be-11ee-9258-f71b6affa696.html#110. The Challenges of Using Public Domain Characters - https://screenrant.com/steamboat-willie-horror-movie-winnie-pooh-blood-honey-director-warning/11. 18 Year Old Opens Haunt Store - https://www.irontontribune.com/2024/01/10/it-grew-into-a-monster/ 12. Haunting Helps Improve Stress - https://glasgowguardian.co.uk/2023/12/21/from-one-season-of-terror-to-the-next-how-the-horror-genre-can-help-us-prepare-for-exams13. ConclusionsAll in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!Get in Touch and Follow Us!Facebook: @HauntWeeklyTwitter: @HauntWeeklyYouTube: @HauntWeeklyEmail: info@hauntweekly.com

This week on Haunt Weekly, we're taking a look at the (now expanding) public domain and what in there might be of good use for haunted houses.Due to a copyright extension, no new works entered into the public domain from 1999-2019. However, now things are lapsing every year including early versions of Winnie the Pooh, Mickey Mouse and the rest of the Sherlock Holmes stories.So what's in the public domain that may be good for haunters to use? It turns out a lot. There's even some weird quirks that caused much newer works to lapse way before their time.Special Thanks:Duke University Center for the Study of the Public Domain: https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/Screen Rant: https://screenrant.com/best-public-domain-horror-movies-ranked/This Week's Episode Includes:1. Intro2. Work We Did on Our Haunt3. The Question of the Week4. Intro to Copyright and the Public Domain5. 2019-2024 Public Domain Entrants6. Random Things in the Public Domain7. Historical Public Domain Characters8. ConclusionsAll in all, this is one episode you do not want to miss!Get in Touch and Follow Us!Facebook: @HauntWeeklyTwitter: @HauntWeeklyYouTube: @HauntWeeklyEmail: info@hauntweekly.com

This week on Haunt Weekly, we're celebrating the new year by both looking back at the year that was and looking ahead to the opportunities and challenges we see for the 2024 season.To that end, 2023 was a challenging season with many haunts reporting staffing shortages, lower numbers and rising costs. So, will 2024 break those trends? That's what we look at in this episode!This Week's Episode Includes:1. Intro 2. Work We Did for the Haunt3. Question of the Week4. Conference Reminders5. Look at Last Years Predictions6. This Year's Predictions7. ConclusionsAll in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!Get in Touch and Follow Us!Facebook: @HauntWeeklyTwitter: @HauntWeeklyYouTube: @HauntWeeklyEmail: info@hauntweekly.com

This week on Haunt Weekly, we're talking about flat black walls. We promise, it's at least slightly more interesting than watching paint dry.That's because we're talking about how to quickly and easily decorate such walls. After all, we've all been there and run out of time to detail, here's how to fix it. But if that doesn't sound interesting to you, that's ok. We also get to discuss Decomposed Haunted House's Christmas show, as well as Christmas shows more broadly.This Week's Episode Includes:1. Intro2. Work We Did on Our Haunt3. Question of the Week4. Decomposed Haunted House5. Fixing Flat Black Walls6. ConclusionsAll in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!Get in Touch and Follow Us!Facebook: @HauntWeeklyTwitter: @HauntWeeklyYouTube: @HauntWeeklyEmail: info@hauntweekly.com

This week on Haunt Weekly, we're celebrating episode 420 (nice) the only way we can...By doing a regular news episode...That's right, we're covering all the haunted attraction news that is fit to print including a possible Terrifier haunted attraction, a huge home haunt that's avoided closure and much, much more!This Wee's Episode Includes:1. Intro2. Work We Did on Our Haunt3. Update on Last Week's Episode4. Question of the Week5. Conference Reminders 6. Haunt Owner Pleads Not Guilty to Sexual Assault - https://www.seehafernews.com/2023/12/04/haunted-attraction-owner-pleads-not-guilty-on-sex-assault-charges/7. Terrifier Haunts House a Possibility - https://screenrant.com/terrifier-art-the-clown-video-game-haunted-house-experience-creator-plans/8. Spooktacular Documentary Looks at America's First Haunted Theme Park - https://horrorfuel.com/2023/11/20/documentary-spooktacular-explores-americas-first-haunted-attraction-in-new-clip/9. Terror Vault's The Initiation Returns in February - https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/theater/halloween-comes-early-revival-terror-vault-s-1855047010. New Hampshire Year Round Haunt Requires GPS to Find It - https://b985.fm/this-chilling-new-hampshire-haunted-attraction-is-open-year-round/11. Four Scythe's Haunted House Donates $50,000 to Charities - https://www.forsythnews.com/life/faith-charity/spirit-giving-local-haunted-attraction-donates-50000-charities/12. NC Haunt Named State Attraction of the Year - https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/this-central-nc-haunted-house-is-the-states-attraction-of-the-year/13. Novak Manor Gets Reprieve - https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/west-allis-haunted-house-novak-manor-gets-approval-to-continue14. Philadelphia Gets First Holiday Haunt - https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/entertainment/the-scene/for-one-night-only-lincoln-mill-to-debut-philadelphias-first-ever-holiday-haunted-house/3709653/15. Haunted House Tower Defense in Roblox - https://www.pockettactics.com/the-house-td/codes16. Haunted House Opens Christmas Themed Cocktail Bar - https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/ski-lodge-themed-christmas-pop-up-bar-opening-soon-in-westland17. ConclusionsAll in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!Get in Touch and Follow Us!Facebook: @HauntWeeklyTwitter: @HauntWeeklyYouTube: @HauntWeeklyEmail: info@hauntweekly.com

This week on Haunt Weekly, we're not discussing haunted attractions. Instead, we're taking our year "holiday" divergence to talk about something that means a great deal to us.Rather, we're talking with someONE who means a great deal to us and that is George Patience, the performer behind I HATE XMAS, one of the all-time great anti-Christmas tracks.So sit down with us as we sit down with him and he tells us the history of this amazing song in what can only be described as a celebrity-filled interview, that discusses the crazy times in mid-80s Hollywood. Check Out I HATE XMAS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PrNn...Also now available on Spotify, Apple Music and other streaming platforms...This Week's Episode Includes: 1. Intro2. Interview with George Patience3. ClosingAll in all, this is one amazing interview that you do NOT want to miss!Get in Touch and Follow Us!Facebook: @HauntWeeklyTwitter: @HauntWeeklyYouTube: @HauntWeeklyEmail: info@hauntweekly.com