Halloween Scare Tactics

By: Kristen Mucci, This Old House online (Page 3 of 3)

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A good haunted house must be an complete sensory experience.

Photo: Jaisen Crockett

Much like clowns, dolls have a scary quality to them, especially when piled up like this.

Little girl on mom's lap walking through the house

Photo: Jaisen Crockett

Eerie scenes like this can be set up as vignettes for your guests to view while walking through.

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Trip hazards. Make sure that anything that could be tripped over is either smoothed over, or protected by a ramp covering.
Fire. Certainly no open flames, but also nothing that generates a lot of heat that could also catch something else on fire.
Hidden exits. It might ruin your ambiance, but it is not worth it to not make exits clear and accessible.

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CSV Cultural Center
107 Suffolk Street (at Rivington Street), New York, NY
September 28 - November 3
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