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Brian Foreman & Darryl Plunkie: Haunters, Scare Actors, Haunt Owners

Have you always wanted to know what goes on behind the scenes of Haunted Attractions, Scare Attractions, and Halloween? We tell those stories here!

  • 1 hour 44 minutes
    Introduction to Animatronics with Ed Gannon

    Let's talk about things that move in your haunted attraction. Yes, animatronics can be complex and scary to attempt by yourself. But what if animatronics weren't as scary as you thought? Join co-host & haunt veteran Ed Gannon as he breaks down some simple takeaways that just might change the way you look at animations.

    You can also find Ed Gannon at Something Wicked Productions, Haunt Dawgs, and Haunt Fix.

    Sign up to be a Haunter's Toolbox member (any tier) before May 7, 2024 to receive a video of this Master Class at HauntersToolbox.com 

    Join our next Master Class with Rich Cimino on Wall Textures & Paint Effects on May.14th, 2024. This is for ProHaunters & Haunt Masters only. Become a Exclusive Member here. 

    28 April 2024, 6:36 pm
  • 1 hour 10 minutes
    Scare Tactics: How To Scare the Crap Out Of Your Customers

    Inside a Haunted Attraction, it's all about the SCARE! But how do you pull it off when your audience gets braver every year? Learn the proper techniques to create that perfect scare that can be effective over and over again. We'll talk about Actor Tools, Set Design, & Scare Techniques.

    To join us next time LIVE and get this video master class, become a member at HauntersToolbox.com

    29 March 2024, 1:36 am
  • 1 hour 8 minutes
    Wicker Manor: The Journey from Home Haunter to Pro
    Sean Herman takes us through the Wicker Manor and tells us how he will transition from a haunt in his two-car garage into a permanent location. Wicker Manor was featured on ABC’s Great Halloween Fright Fight and also won Best International Haunt in an award show.   To start your own haunted attraction business, visit our homebase at HauntersToolbox.com
    24 February 2024, 12:19 am
  • 1 hour 50 minutes
    Terror in the Corn: Mazes, Marketing, Management & Monsters

    Join the haunt community at HauntersToolbox.com and start your own haunted attraction or grow your current haunt business. Get instant access to haunt master classes, the haunt library, haunt vendor discounts, and haunt coaching.

    Bart Butler from Terror in the Corn located in Erie, Colorado, shares his knowledge about building corn mazes, designing haunted houses, scare actor management, and how he changed his marketing strategy to drastically increase his attendance numbers.

    Find Bart at TerrorInTheCorn.com

    28 January 2024, 9:18 pm
  • 1 hour 35 minutes
    Improve your haunted attraction in 2024 | Haunted Attraction Network

    What can you do before next season to improve your brand, your marketing, and your attraction? Are you focused on the right things? 

    Philip Hernandez, from the Haunted Attraction Network, lets us in on a few things he noticed in 2023 that will be game-changers for the future of your haunt. 

    Find Philip here: Haunted Attraction Network

    Start and grow a Haunted Attraction business here: Haunters Toolbox

    Buy ScareIt Badges for your haunt crew and yourself here: ScareIt Badges

    Music by The Crypt Keeper and Midnight Syndicate

    18 December 2023, 1:01 am
  • 2 hours 1 minute
    Take Your Haunt From Good to Great with The Scare Factor

    What makes a Haunt a GREAT one? The Scare Factor reveals their secret list of what they look for as they review haunted attractions. What to do and what not to do. We all can improve our attractions, here's your list.

    Become a member of The Haunter's Toolbox and make your attraction great.

    13 November 2023, 9:22 pm
  • 45 minutes 23 seconds
    Haunted Hollows & Warehouse of Nightmares
    10 October 2023, 2:56 pm
  • 24 minutes 6 seconds
    WickedFest: Halloween/Horror Con in Hannibal,MO

    Hannibal's inaugural Halloween & Horror Con! October 7th 2023 ~ 1:00PM until 9:00PM Celebrity Guests, Vendors and Costume Contest. Kids 10 and under are free. Price of admission: $20.00 Guaranteed to be frighteningly fun Admiral Coontz Recreation Center ~ 301 Warren Barrett Dr.~ Hannibal, MO. 63401

    More info: https://www.facebook.com/wickedfest

    Don't forget the ScareIt Badges for your Scare Actors and Staff. NEW badges this season!  See our entire collection at ScareItBadges.com

    21 September 2023, 12:10 am
  • 1 hour 41 minutes
    Are your Scare Actors ready? Japes Palles helps you get them ready.

    Get your Haunt started at HauntersToolbox.com

    Japes Palles, a scare actor manager and scare actor, shares many tips and tactics to build a strong team and how to make your haunted attraction one to remember. 

    We cover things like queue line acting, creating zones, actor safety, handling rude customers, how to scare someone using the word BOO! (yes, it's true), and lots more...because Japes loves to talk about acting! 

    Find Japes at https://www.lostsoulschicago.info/

    1 September 2023, 2:44 am
  • 1 hour 35 minutes
    The Haunt Hour: We get interviewed by Dan, Troy, & Suzie!

    Check out the Haunt Hour every Tuesday and their LIVE program for Haunters at https://www.facebook.com/haunthour

    The tables have turned! We get drilled by the team at Haunt Hour. Everything from how we got started in Halloween, who we would choose "Dan or Troy"??, and what is going on with ScareIt Badges...

    PLUS a ton more questions and BS from the Haunt Hour crew. These people are funny and informative. We love the energy over there. You might too! Let us know what you think.

    To get some ScareIt Badges for your scare actors and staff, go here: Buy ScareIt Badges

    Join our Facebook Group, The Haunter's Toolbox

    1 August 2023, 3:16 am
  • 1 hour 13 minutes
    ADA Haunt Design: Preparing Your Attraction for People with Disabilities

    Join our membership community at HauntersToolbox.com and talk with the Haunt professionals each month. 

    Leonard Pickel shows you how to design your haunted attraction for people with disabilities so that they can enjoy your show as well. Not only wheelchair accessibility but other disabilities as well.

    Contact Leonard Pickel at Hauntrepreneurs.com

    29 June 2023, 10:59 pm
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