Building A Better Monster

For several years we've been using vinyl semi-poseable mannequin ring display hands on our PVC pipe monster mannequins with a modicum of success with latex and vinyl monster hand gloves, but they were never ideal. Amazon had plastic realistic life size skeleton/zombie/monster hands for a very reasonable price, so we decided to buy them and see if they would work with our mannequins. Suffice to say they work perfectly with Spider Hill Prop Works "Spider Joints" using just a couple of screws. The hands could be painted whatever color desired, but we were also able to easily put on a pair of latex monster hand gloves over them. We're going to be updating all our mannequins with these plastic hands in the near future.

Edgar Allen Poe Speakeasy Event

We attended the Edgar Allen Poe Speakeasy event at The Little Theater in Rochester, NY tonight. It was a fantastic evening of cocktails and Poe-formances (there were plenty of puns throughout the show). Long lines of Poe fans around the block to get into the 6 PM show which we had tickets for and just as many waiting to get into the 8 PM show on our way out. More info: https://www.edgarallanpoebar.com/

Poe Fan Waiting Outside The Little Theater

Front Porch Barricade Upgrade Gets A "Done Stamp!"

Finished and ready to go on our front porch on Halloween night. It's the same base color as our 2022 bookcase prop, but wanted some of the trim and details to pop a little. Going for the look of an old black and white horror film.

Cool Zombie Artwork Music Video

Mr. Haunted Eve has always been a big fan of the band The Replacements and this modernized 2021 video for their 1981 song "Johnny's Gonna Die" is just as cool as the song is!

Halloween Candy Starting To Show Up On Store Shelves

Saw these bags of mini boxes of Ghost Dots in a big Halloween candy display at the front of our local grocery store and we pretty much cleared out what they had on display. They'll make a nice yard haunt theme matching "bonus" candy treat to go along side the full size candy bars this Halloween.

Porch Barricade "Haunted Mansion" Upgrade Progress

Slowly making progress on the front porch barricade upgrades for this year's Haunted Mansion inspired ghost themed haunt. New wider table top expansion and trim are now installed. Painting and additional front panel trim additions still need to be done. The skull plaques were installed temporarily so that we could mark up where they needed to go and have the screw holes in place before painting the barricade. The back of each plaque is labeled so that we know which one matches up with which set of panel screw holes!

Lowe's Halloween 2024

Lowe's started putting out some of their Halloween decorations. The skeleton in the antique deep sea diving suit is really cool and unique looking, but the $349 price tag is a bit steep!