ee tt ad US SAND CASTING SKULLSHELLO FRIGHTNERS! Welcome to issue 3! Half way through our 6 issue run and this has been another fun issue to put ree eee en ee eR enone Cea Sree Porm Firstly, I am personally gearing up for an all new haunt theme for my display, The Disney Haunted Mansion! I have decided to go all in and see just how many new props I can create this year and how far I can get with overhauling my display. I have had 2 themes these past few years. One has alws been Haunted Manor and graveyard, it's pretty classic and standard theme. The other theme has been more about the essence of Halloween and what we think of when we think of the holiday which is scarecrows, lighted pumpkins and skeletone. Also classic in many way want to turn my attention to a theme/ a ride that inspired me to get into haun and that is The Disney Haunted Mansion. but now I really eure ‘My haunts have bever been scary or gorey but have always leaned towards spooky and fun and I feel that the Haunted Mansion embodies those characteristics very well. I have always been facinated by the story of the Haunted Mansion from it's very conception. It is one of the most if not the most storied ride at the park and itis so popular that almost all of the other Disney Parks locations have a variation of the ride in their parks which is not something many of the other rides can boast. The hisory is rich and I wane to pay tribute to ‘This years haunt build is sure to present me many challenges since there are many special effects and new props I would like to incorporate but it is a challenge I am looking forward to! I am hoping when it i all said and done I will be standing back along with my many visitors saying “Wow!” That Se tes Ces eee stent a) As for Fright Radio... Well I am excited for what I do have in store. By the time you read this I will have recorded a few of the new shows. I took some time away from the show to reinvision the format of the show and how I present it to you and I think we have come up with something that is fan, different and easily digested, something that can be provided on a faster turn around and together with the E-Zine will be a well rounded source of Halloween and Haunt information for en Every new year offers a fresh start, a clean slate so [hope to take this opportunity and run with it Ser ene Seeger een a Cs enon eee ace aa to continue to push yourself to create these types of podcasts and ezines and videos to share with everyone, the time that goes into it can take it's toll on you but it is always fun to sit back and enjoy it one you have completed something and even ifa small population of you amazing haunters are enjoying this along wich me than that makes it all worth it and I am glad to be a part of the Poa etary ce So I hope you enjoy this third issue and will continue to stay on board the Fright Radio Rollercoast to see what else we have in store for 2016! I hope your haunt builds are gearing up and you are ready’ for another exciting year of haunting! Fira een riedBRANSON HAUNTED HILLS |An introduction to the concept and creation of Branson Haunted Hills Iby the Scream Queen herself Very Scary Mary! |By Very Scary Mary WD estat ty We learn about a cool 80's toy Boglins and how they tie in to the growing haunt trend Raed Mine tats wae |By Jason Diorio ND) BE] ISK AUSTINS CEMETERY GATES We take a look at an amazing set of cemetery gates and how they were built. |By Jason DiOrio e& SK Austin HS 8) KINETIC SAND CASTING ieee racer rot ntnrn ehec ect Ente eae st ee Rent eco By Jason DiorioHELLO FRIGKTWERS! Very Scary Mary here coming to you from Branson P2003 Haunted Hill and Very Scary Mary Productions. Dear enna ts Ame oT nau ac etc) haunt. | remember how cool | thought it was and how Pee es a ey and all of our ketchup for blood. The beginning } of our ‘ Yard Haunt Fast forward many years to 2003 - The Halloween bug bit me, | started decorating the front yard with store bought decorations. We got such a great response from the kids and the parents that | couldn't wait to do it Sree s ae Cu a ca Golomeenes suis For the next few years, I looked up everything | could ORM Rr ecu R nT tombstones, a coffin, and paper mache props. My eee es ee Rec aca around the yard. | corpsed my first blucky and made my eet ec ca Fast forward to 2007 - We decided to take the haunt into the garage that season, We had a mad lab and a witch's kitchen, It was a huge hit and we had a blast. | knew ee kee eee mee Reis nee sa uke aur Pen aoa te as eee ea EE Pag rte arene eta eer esas Peat Maeda syed cee ues handed! Fast forward to 2008 - | wanted the haunt to be even bigger so | took the haunt thru the front yard, thru the garage and through a maze in the back yard and then Pee uM eee ean ad re ene eee eee tg Poe ee ha eat aa a coal etd een he rec a ie cu ea ea PoE eae ae At that time, we had been renters for years. | knew that our landlord did not like Halloween and after he seen the pallets and how big our haunt was, he said it was ne Tue foes hues Tan ie Rue eye an we could live on and haunt on. It had to be located in ee eeenso ke reat ga og aa Cee ate Ree nna od DAN eeePep Ona ean etek tar nena say Pe enue aeRO ec nee Cena fcc) luck and | am pretty sure | was driving my real estate agent crazy. So we put all of our stuff into two large storage rooms and rented a mobile home. | was so bummed that | had not located a property yet. The leaves were falling off of the trees and it was almost Halloween. | didn't even want to decorate, Afterall, we lived in a mobile home park and all of our eee ee cits Then one day | looked out of the kitchen window in the mobile home and | | saw a barn. The perfect barn! | had to go check it out. | jumped in my H Jeep and drove to the next road over. | found it. There was ahouseright | Ma eee ear ae rae MR ee ae el una ne and drove by again, waving at the woman and thanking her for mowing Dee H Scary, I called my real estate agent. She asked if there was a 'For Sale’ sign on the Mary See eee et east cet sounded so excited, Sure enough, the property was for sale and was just a Reenter ea where we could purchase it and moved in shortly after Halloween. We had a few set-backs along the way including a total of five shoulder surgeries and another one is pending while | write this! | had also moved PCR eed aan ak HAUNT WALLS! Alzheimer's disease. | still managed to decorate and throw great Hallow- een parties and had put the dream ofa pro haunt on the middle burner Sauron eRe PUL e Cah Ch eu Ry eunel a etna sie) my plan with friends and family and most of them looked at me like | was crazy. So much to do and so much money needed! Once | realized they Pec enehicaken heer ager enetiagr ial wanted, | called it off. We did however spend the big bucks to get three power poles and the barn on its own meter so we could have electricity in Cre Rue anc ieee ta ned as Fast forward to Transworld 2015 - | finally got to meet Eric Lowther from Pee ea Meee eat ae LV eee) talked to us fora long time. He answered all of the questions we had. We got so much great information from him and we were super inspired, The one thing that he told us to do was“to OPEN. Even ifit is small, just open Som ae ee So we decided right then that we would open for 2015 no matter what. As Pees ed eect alse at cn acca ee DE se eae ee ad ea eRe ROC! Rene ert een Cue ee CMR eg aos doctor's appointments and to write this! LOL Other than those breaks, it ee cea eRe acsNon-stop building, painting, distressing, prop making, plastic melting, staining. picking up pallets and building material donations, replacing old barn doors with newer ones that function, running electrical lines thru out the haunt, installing light fixtures, fixing leaks in the barn roof, cutting down trees that had to go and the list eens Here we are now, the middle of September. We don't have our permit, insurance or approval by the fire marshal yet. If that doesn't work out then we will open as a charity haunt for this year. We are collecting cash and food donations for the Christian Action Ministries and for the Ozarks Food Harvest. We had planned on opening on October 2nd and be open each weekend in October. But with my husband eeu cr me ee enh ue ee eM tcc ad to be open for one or two weekends around Halloween. Then our foot will be in the door. And we can continue Peer ent rs I know we will probably make a bunch of new owner pro haunt mistakes but already this year has been so much fun. | have enjoyed being out at the barn all day and into the morning hours working on the haunt u drop and getting up the next day to do it again. | am living the dream already. So for those of you that have the same dream..Don't give UP! Keep pushing forward! Don't ever let someone SIBLE STS Eu MAD Ce SUS RC RO Ose EE en Re CTE Ema ge Scare Ya Later! NecBy: Jason DiOrio Welcome to the Collectors Corner! With Toy Fair only a few short weeks away and the Transworld Haunt and Attractions show now only a little more than a month away | felt it was necessary to try to find something | could tie into both events. Now not only ama Halloween fanatic but | am a 80's toy fanatic as well! My job is making childrens licensed goods and | work on handfuls of new licenses almost daily so it goes without saying that | also love the stuff too! In many ways | am still akid at heart, it’s what | think helps me create the items | work on because | am in love with them almost as much as the kids who buy them but the toys I love the most still are the one’s | grew up with in the 80's and their is one in particullar that | feel fits right at home with the haunt industry not only because they are monster related but also have to do with puppetry which is becoming somewhat of a popular trend in the industry these past few years. | present to you BOGLINS! Boglins were a series of toy puppets distributed by Mattel. They were created by Tim Clarke, Maureen Trotto, and Larry Mass, and Licensed by Seven towns. The original run of Boglins was released in 1987, coinciding with a “creatures” craze that included Ghoulies, Critters, and Gremlins. Boglins were made of flexible rubber and could be manipulated to represent speech and facial expressions. Several series of Boglins were released, themed around goblins, aquatic creatures, and Halloween, or with tufts of hair. In my opinion Mattel was ahead of their time with the creation of these little dudes. There was just something about 80's toys and the creativity of toys back then. People were not afraid to take some risks and create intellec- tual properties and toys that people have never heard of before. The quality of the toys especially Boglins seemed to be greater than many toys these days. | mean every little detail all the way down to the packaging which in the Boglins case was a crate with bars that slid up and down to release them was super detailed and well thought out. These days (in my opinion) toys are slapped together and creativity seems low. There are also a lot of companies who are creating and re-creating a lot of what is out there. People simply shop the shelves of the toys isiles and re-create the same products over and over. How many Boglins have you ever seen?! They were just super cool! They made an impact (at least on me) and they brought a fun play experience to the consumer (which was me!)Iwill always remember the day | received my Boglin. It was on my 7th birthday 1987, | remember that a Boglin is al | wanted. That morning which was a Sunday I believe, | got my birthday gift and | knew almost instantly that it was a Boglin from the square shape of the box. The Boglin | had been given in particular was Viobb. He was a blue Boglin with purplish colored back. | remember slipping him on. He had a very stretchy rubber body. You would place your hand . up the underside (sounds gross) and inside there were . simple controls for the eyes. The eyes could be made to look left and right and even blink which | thought was great! The mouth you simply moved like a sock puppet. These little creatures could be pretty expressive. Their eyes even glowed at night! To this very day | still have my Viobb and the box he came in. | can't remember very many toys back in the 80's that were based off horror movies such as Critters and were made to be puppets but | think that truly set Bogins a part from anything being made at the time. Now | mentioned that a growing trend in the haunt industry these days seems to be puppets and while | don't think that has anything to do with Boglins | do think itis interesting and is a smart move. Many companies still make amazing animitronics which | believe is the eye candy of a haunt but there are some companies out there that are applying ‘Actor Animitronics” now which | think not only offer you the same eye candy but also less potential for break downs and more ability for being unexpectedness. An animitronic runs on a scripted cycle that you program, when triggered the routine runs and some in the congo line going through the haunt may see that routine in it’s entirety and others may see it at the end of it's cycle with less effect but | think with an actor animitronic you can produce the scare at any moment to no end except for when your actor feels like stopping. Of course puppeteering is not easy task, takes work and skill to do but | think itis well ‘worth it should companies continue to incorporate actor animitronics into their product lines. There is a uniqueness that comes from a puppet that | believe you do not get from a stand alone animated prop or haunt actor in a costume. Now everything has it's place in a haunt but simply speaking on puppets they definitely add a creepy vide. You know they are not real, their look can be over the top and with the right person working them they offer a fun interactive experience for your guests. | see puppets being used more and more along side que line entertainers where the puppet is made to look like a zombie grabbing on to the actor. The actor has one free arm and the other arm is used to puppeteer the puppet. | have also seen zombie puppets being manned from inside an open window or doorway, these puppets have even had water and or air blasters connected to them for startle scares. These are just a few offerings making their way into product lines across the haunt industry and | only believe we will contiunue to see this trend grow more and more because of it's flexability and almost endless possabilities. Boglins definintely made their impact on the kids of the 80's and even fora short period of time had a small comback when Mattel jumpstarted them again in the early 2000's creating one's that talked and even one’s that stuck out their tounges and spit water. They captured my attention and you can even say my imagination and | look forward to seeing the day when a new version of these ghoulish friends of mine make it back into the eyes of the consumers today.Ar HALLOWEEN, HAUNT & HORROR NEWS, REVIEWS, ART & DESIGN 6 ALL NEW EPISODES AND 6 ISSUES OF THE ALL NEW E-ZINE!!! VISIT US AT: FRIGHTRADIO.BLOGSPOT.COM FRIGHTRADIO.PODOMATIC.COM AND ON ITUNES & FACEBOOK IT’S SCARY GOOD!iS) GPO Oy WAN) THE CEMETERY GATECree Re eee NPE Ts TOE Rae ANUS eT cece) Facebook to try to pull some inspiration and even motivation to get my ass in gear and start working on ERS eee a1 Eu eter Me Ey RCC eet eed ce tthe ea tet ae kee MN et ese ak TY Reece Uren She Weep De Cee Ue Cc Ce) Grounds is a fantastic home haunt that goes above and, CO En pp Mac ce ee) Sn De ec EC a ae aor Se aN et MCC CeCe emu Cg Peon Mana RCA Sa) Pree Rr ao EEL Dee EE ta Raman ice eee ese yee Mn te NSM RS Cr eee i Re ure ry it the gates had fallen and broken! Luckily SK was able to literally pick up the pieces and repair the gate back to. it's former glory for all to see on Halloween. Below is a description from SK himself about what went into building the gates. It was a job well done and | hope you find the same inspiration | found after seeing this as well. The project was inspired by a scene out of "the Watchmen" Core oe Sea eeu Se esc starts 16 seconds into the video). The project took just about 4 Pes Cr CRC Cue RC ECE sog 916" wide. The gates are full functioning (they open and close with ease). The total project took up one sheet of 1/4” plywood, EEE eral ene EY aC RT 12" square pieces of scrap 1/2" plywood, one 1/2 pvc X, fifty CN CR Ree Ket eR degree elbows, six 3/4" to 1/2" PVCT adapters, twelve 1/2" PVC ST tenn Pact ee Pe eens Care ea ete ee PUN eae Re tn eo cae ee ecg of 2 inch xps foam and several pieces of scrap 1 inch xps foam. The project was completed mostly by myself with a little help from my son Cody.Tee neeseue es oT SA 17] BY of B | Bil RS See ie CLAN HOT yo ae | ai See =HELLO HAUNTERS! For some time now | have wanted to give sand casting a try. | first leaned about sand casting in the book series created by Lynne and Shawn Mitchell How To Haunt Your House . | had received the first issue of the series as a Christmas gift some years ago and while flipping through it | came across the sand casting tutorial and thought how fun and useful it looked to be especially for casting smaller items. Fast forward to today and I finally decided to give sand casting a tryand lam glad I did! The catalyst for me to finally try sand casting was when my daughter received Kinetic Sand as a gift. The Kinetic Sand doesn't require water, holds it shape very well, and does not stick to anything, After playing around with it for a bit the light bulb went off in my head to give ita try and use it for sand casting, I won't go into great detail about the process because you can easily look it up on line or check it out in the Mitchell's book but the gist ofits to find an object you want to make a casting of, press it into the sand to get the impression of the piece and fill the impression that has been left with hot glue. Once the glue dries you are left with a casting of the piece. | choose a small baseball sized skull | had lying around and pressed it's face into the sand. It took about 3-4 glue sticks to fill up the void left behind and ensure that the glue filed it up fully and evenly with the sand leaving the back of the casting nice and flat. | would say about 2-3 minutes later the glue had cooled and I pulled the casting, Originally | had thought that maybe the kinetic sand which normally does not stick to anything would not stick to my casting but there was some slight clean up. | simply used a wood skewer to clean out the sand as best could then ran the piece under water to get any sand that was left over off. It tooka little time but the results (in my opinion) were well worth it. I made two sized skulls with this method and while neither were perfect representations of the original they were good enough for my intended uses on tombstones and my future mausoleum build. | gave them a quick paint job each by using a base of acrylic black paint then a dry brush of white over top for a stone look.Overall | would say sand casting is an enjoyable and easy process best served for small items that you may need a few multiples of. Larger castings aren't out of the question but you would have to test melting large portions of glue sticks in a pot for some fast pours because the time it would take to fill up a sand casted mold froma hot glue gun would take more time than this haunter thinks it would be worth. I would be interested to see what other casting materials could be used using this technique like resins perhaps or various types or rubber or silicone but for the time being hot glue works for me. Iwould definitely suggest giving this a try. Even if you don't have anything you really need to cast up at the moment itis still a fun craft to do. Ifyou happen to give this s try or try other methods please let me know in the comments below and attach some pictures for us to see, Have fun with it and now on to the next creepy creation for the 2016 Haunt Season! Frightguy~NDAR ee 18 FEBRUARY DAYS OF THE DEAD FEBRUARY S - 7, 2016 Atlanta, Georgia Ny toe cones Cc 165 Courtland Street NE WALKER STALKER CON FEBRUARY 20 - 21, 2016 roomate Olympia London MARCH RE Te AT HORROR REALM Meteor ee aLN Ree ATA TREASURE COAST FREAK SHOW Ft. Pierce, FL EYE EAC UNDERGROUND MONSTER CARNIVAL Oklahoma City, OK bye Cee WALKER STALKER CO. 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